[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43594-43595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20766]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5283-3]


Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory 
Committee; Open Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Ecological Processes and Effects 
Committee of the Science Advisory Board will meet on September 7-8, 
1995, at the Environmental Protection Agency's Washington Information 
Center, Conference Room 17, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
The meeting agenda includes: (1) discussion with Deputy Administrator 
Fred Hansen on the Agency's move toward Community-Based Environmental 
Protection and the role of science in that approach; (2) review of 
portions of the Agency's draft document, ``Proposed Environmental Goals 
for America with Benchmarks for the Year 2005''; and (3) planning for 
Fiscal Year 1996. The committee will meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. each 
day, and ending no later than 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be open to the 
public, but seating will be on a first-come basis.
    Background: The Environmental Goals Project is an EPA effort to 
define national environmental goals and benchmarks by which to measure 
progress toward achieving those goals. In 1994, a series of nine public 
roundtables were held in cities around the country to receive input on 
the nation's goals for the environment. The draft document, ``Proposed 
Environmental Goals for America with Benchmarks for the Year 2005,'' 
summarizes the Agency's proposals for long-range goals and measurable 
10-year benchmarks. Following review by other federal agencies and the 
SAB, the document will be distributed for public review, including a 
series of public roundtables in early 1996. Concurrent with final 
federal agency review of the document, the SAB has been asked to review 
the goals and benchmarks and evaluate the following: (a) are the long-
range goals technically meaningful and achievable? (b) will the goals, 
if met, result in a healthy and economically secure populace and a 
healthy environment? (c) are the milestones appropriate for gauging 
progress toward the goals? (d) do the milestones, taken together, 
adequately cover the range of technical considerations for each goal? 
and, (e) what other milestones should be considered, and is data 
currently available to allow their use?

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    In accepting the charge, the SAB agreed to establish a special 
subcommittee of the Executive Committee, with representatives of the 
relevant standing committees of the SAB, to review the draft document. 
EPEC's review of the draft document on September 7-8 will serve as 
input to the Executive Committee's Environmental Goals Subcommittee.
    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]. To obtain a copy 
of the draft document, ``Proposed Environmental Goals for America with 
Benchmarks for the Year 2005,'' please contact Judith Koontz, Office of 
Administration and Resources Management, US EPA, 401 M Street, SW., 
Mail Code 3102, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-8608.
    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation to the Committee 
regarding any of the topics on the agenda must notify Stephanie 
Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer for EPEC, no later than September 
1, 1995, at telephone (202) 260-6557, FAX (202) 260-7118, or via the 
INTERNET at [email protected]. The request should 
identify the name of the individual who will make the presentation and 
an outline of the issues to be addressed. Oral presentations will be 
limited to five minutes. Written comments (at least 30 copies) may be 
submitted to Ms. Sanzone up until the time of the meeting.

    Dated: August 11, 1995.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-20766 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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