[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26032-26033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11993]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Science Advisory Board
[FRL-5207-5]


Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting; Open Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that various Committees and Subcommittees of the 
Science Advisory Board will meet as follows:
    (1) The Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR) Subcommittee of 
the SAB Executive Committee will meet on May 31-June 1, 1995, at the 
Quality Hotel Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 
telephone (202) 638-1616. The Subcommittee will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m. on May 31 and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 1. An evening 
working session may be held on May 31, if needed. The meeting will be 
open to the public, but seating will be limited.

Background

    The Subcommittee met on April 26-27, 1995, to review the Agency's 
draft multi-media, multi-pathway risk analysis being developed to 
support the proposed Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR). At 
that meeting, the Subcommittee agreed that an additional public meeting 
would be needed to complete the review and discussion of the risk 
analysis document. The purpose of HWIR is to specify those conditions 
under which materials designated as hazardous waste may be declassified 
as such and therefore no longer subject to the constraints of hazardous 
waste management. The Executive Committee of the SAB established an ad 
hoc subcommittee for this review in order to adequately consider the 
multiple routes of fate, transport, and exposure of humans, plus 
ecological effects of wastes. The Charge to the Subcommittee includes 
examination of the approaches for assessing fate and transport of waste 
constituents, ecological exposure and effects, and human exposure and 
effects. In addition, the Agency has asked the Subcommittee to consider 
whether the approach taken for determining high-end estimates will 
produce roughly comparable levels of conservatism across the different 
pathways and receptors being considered.

Additional Information

    To obtain a copy of the review document, ``Development of human 
health-based and ecologically-based exit criteria for the Hazardous 
Waste Identification Project (HWIP),'' contact the RCRA Docket at (202) 
260-9327. To obtain a meeting agenda and a copy of the Charge to the 
Subcommittee, contact Ms. Constance Valentine, Science Advisory Board, 
401 M Street, SW. (1400F), Washington, DC, 20460, telephone (202) 260-
6552, FAX (202) 260-7118, or via the Internet at 
[email protected].
    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation to the Subcommittee 
regarding the HWIR risk analysis must notify Stephanie Sanzone, 
Designated Federal Official for the Subcommittee, at telephone (202) 
260-6557, FAX (202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET at 
[email protected] no later than May 25, 1995. The 
request should identify the name of the individual who will make the 
presentation and an outline of the issues to be addressed.
    (2) The Ecological Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC) will meet 
on June 2, 1995, beginning at 8 a.m. and ending no later than 4 p.m., 
at the Quality Hotel Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, telephone (202) 638-1616. The purpose of the meeting is 
to: (1) Discuss reports under preparation by various Subcommittees 
(possibly including draft reports on bioaccumulation modeling, AVS 
methodology for sediment metals, acid deposition feasibility study, and 
the science issues surrounding marsh management); (2) engage in a 
consultation with Agency staff on the selection and use of case studies 
in the ecological risk assessment guidelines being developed by the 
Agency; and (3) receive a briefing from Robert Huggett, Assistant 
Administrator for Research and Development on his vision for the 
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). The SAB has 
developed the consultation as a mechanism to advise the Agency on 
technical issues that should be considered in the development of 
regulations, guidelines or technical guidance before the Agency has 
taken a position.

Additional Information

    To obtain a meeting agenda, contact Ms. Constance Valentine, 
Science Advisory Board, 401 M Street, SW. (1400F), Washington, DC, 
20460, telephone (202) 260-6552, FAX (202) 260-7118, or via the 
Internet at [email protected].
    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation to the Subcommittee 
regarding the topic under review must notify Stephanie Sanzone, 
Designated Federal Official for EPEC, at telephone (202) 260-6557, FAX 
(202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET at 
[email protected] no [[Page 26033]] later than May 25, 
1995. The request should identify the name of the individual who will 
make the presentation and an outline of the issues to be addressed.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    The Science Advisory Board expects that public statements presented 
at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or 
written statements. In general, for teleconference call meetings, 
opportunities for oral comment will be limited to no more than three 
minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes total. For 
meetings other than teleconference calls, opportunities for oral 
comment will usually be limited to five minutes per speaker and no more 
than thirty minutes total. Written comments (at least 35 copies) 
received in the SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior to a meeting date 
(usually one week prior to a meeting or teleconference), may be mailed 
to the relevant SAB committee or subcommittee prior to its meeting; 
comments received too close to the meeting date will normally be 
provided to the committee at its meeting. Written comments may be 
provided to the relevant committee or subcommittee up until the time of 
the meeting.

    Dated: May 1, 1995.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-11993 Filed 5-15-95; 8:45 am]
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