[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32674-32675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15433]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5225-6]


Science Advisory Board; Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) 
Meeting; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting; Open 
Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) of 
the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will [[Page 32675]] conduct an 
advisory review of the Agency's Environmental Radiation Ambient 
Monitoring System (ERAMS) in a public meeting on Thursday, July 13 and 
Friday, July 14, 1995. The review will take place at the Agency's 
National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL), 540 South 
Morris Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36115-2601 [Tel. No. (334) 270-
3400]. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 13 and end 
no later than 3:00 p.m. Friday, July 14, 1995. The RAC was introduced 
to the topic of this review at its public meeting of May 25, 1995 in 
which a preliminary discussion occurred on the upcoming advisory review 
of the Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS) [See 
Federal Register Vol. 60, No. 80, Wednesday, April 26, 1995, pages 
20491-20492]. This meeting is open to the public, but seating is 
limited and available on a first come basis. Documents that are the 
subject of SAB reviews are normally available from the originating EPA 
office and are not available from the SAB Office. Public drafts of SAB 
reports are available to the Agency and the public from the SAB office. 
Additional instructions about how to participate in the meeting can be 
obtained by calling Ms. Diana L. Pozun at (202) 260-6552 or FAX (202) 
260-7118 no later than 12 noon eastern time on July 10, 1995.
    The ERAMS is a continuous monitoring network operating throughout 
the U.S. and its territories. The basic goals of the network are to 
provide a means of estimating the ambient levels of radioactive 
pollutants in the environment, following trends in environmental 
radioactivity levels, and assessing the impact of fallout and other 
intrusions of radioactive materials. Currently, the ERAMS network is 
used to collect air, pasteurized milk, precipitation, surface water, 
and drinking water. Several thousand samples per year are collected. 
There are approximately 300 sampling stations across the U.S. and its 
territories operated on a voluntary basis primarily by state and local 
health agencies. The stations are distributed so as to cover each 
geographic region, most individual states, and major population 
centers.
    The tentative charge to the SAB's RAC regarding the ERAMS protocol 
involves the following:
    (1) Are the proposed objectives adequate for the refinements and 
redirection of ERAMS, given the priorities that emerged from the 
various efforts to evaluate the program and user needs?
    (2) With specific emphasis on ambient monitoring, site-specific 
monitoring, and data dissemination, are the general approaches outlined 
in the Agency's submittal to the proposed objectives appropriate?
    The draft documents that are the subject of this review are 
available from the originating EPA office (see below) and are not 
available from the SAB Office. At this time the only draft document 
that has been provided to the SAB's RAC at this time is background 
information on the ERAMS program (i.e., the ERAMS Manual, EPA 520/5-84-
007, -008, -009). It is expected that additional information 
specifically relevant to the review will be provided to the Committee 
soon. To discuss technical aspects of the ERAMS program, or to obtain 
review and background information provided to the SAB's RAC, please 
contact Dr. Mary Clark, Technical Advisor, Office of Radiation and 
Indoor Air (ORIA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (6601J), 401 M 
Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20460 (Tel. 202-233-9348; FAX 202-233-
9651).
    To simply obtain copies of the draft documents, please contact Ms. 
Virginia Stradford, Secretary, at (202) 233-9350, FAX (202) 233-9650. 
The background documents that support this review, as well as the draft 
documents listed above are available in the Agency's Air and Radiation 
Docket. Please address written inquiries as follows: USEPA, Attn: Air 
and Radiation Docket, Mail Stop 6102, Air, Room M1500, First Floor, 
Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. The docket may 
be inspected from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding Federal holidays, in Room M1500. A reasonable fee may be 
charged for copies of docket materials. Inquiries regarding access to 
the public information docket should be directed to Ms. Lynn Johnson, 
ORIA Staff at (202) 233-9383.
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at 
this meeting must contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Staff Secretary, RAC, 
(tel. 202-260-6552; FAX 202-260-7118) no later than Monday, July 10, 
1995, in order to have time reserved on the agenda. For a copy of the 
proposed agenda, please contact Ms. Pozun at the numbers given above or 
via the INTERNET: [email protected]. For questions regarding 
technical issues to be discussed, please contact Dr. K. Jack 
Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official, Science Advisory Board 
(1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, tel. (202) 260-
2560, FAX (202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET: 
[email protected]. At this meeting, possible future 
review topics may be discussed as time permits.

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, opportunities for oral comment will be 
limited to no more than 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 the meeting date (usually 
one week prior to the meeting), may be mailed to the committee 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 committee up until the time of the meeting.

    Dated: June 13, 1995.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-15433 Filed 6-22-95; 8:45 am]
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