[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52182-52183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24788]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5312-1]


Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting(s), Open Meeting(s)

    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 hold public teleconference 
meetings on the dates and times described below. All times noted are 
Eastern Time. Information on how to participate in these 
teleconferences can be found at the end of this notice.

(1) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) Teleconference on Environmental 
Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS) Advisory--October 24, 1995

    The Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will conduct a 
teleconference meeting on Tuesday, October 24, 1995 from 11:00 am to 
1:00 pm. In this teleconference, the RAC intends to discuss and reach 
closure on its draft advisory report, which provides advice to the 
Agency on reconfiguring the Agency's Environmental Radiation Ambient 
Monitoring System (ERAMS) [SAB Project #96-014]. 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. The RAC had conducted a review of ERAMS on July 13 and 14, 
1995 at the Agency's National Air and Radiation Environmental 
Laboratory (NAREL) in Montgomery, Alabama (See Federal Register, Vol. 
60, No. 121, Friday, June 23, 1995, pp. 32674-32675). The RAC was 
introduced to the topic of this review at its public meeting on May 25, 
1995 in which a preliminary discussion occurred on the upcoming 
advisory review of ERAMS (See Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 80, 
Wednesday, April 26, 1995, pp. 20491-20492).
    The draft documents that are the subject of this review are 
available from the originating office (see below) and are not available 
from the SAB Office. 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, DC 20460 (Tel. 202-233-9320; 
FAX 202-233-9651).
    To simply obtain copies of the draft ERAMS documents, please 
contact Dr. Charles Petko at (334) 270-3400, FAX (334) 270-3451. The 
background documents that support this review 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 1500. A 
reasonable fee may be charged for copies of docket materials. Inquiries 
regarding access to the public information docket should be directed to 
Ms. Jamie Burnett at (202) 233-9340.

(2) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) Teleconference on Fiscal Year 
1996 Project Planning--October 25, 1995

    The Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will conduct a 
teleconference meeting on Wednesday, October 25, 1995 from 11:00 am to 
1:00 pm. In this teleconference, the RAC intends to discuss its 
potential Fiscal Year 1996 review projects. The topics likely to be 
covered include scheduling and brief preliminary discussions of the 
tentative charges of the following:
    (a) Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS) II, 
[SAB Project #96-015],
    (b) ICRP Lung Model for Estimating Doses From Inhaled Particulates, 
[SAB Project # 96-016],
    (c) Review of Methodology for Estimating Uncertainties in Dose and 
Risk, [SAB Project #96-017],
    (d) Radon Proficiency Programs, [SAB Project #96-018],
    (e) Radon Measurement Protocol Evaluation Study, [SAB Project #96-
019],
    (f) National Survey of Radon in Workplaces, [SAB Project #96-020],
    (g) Methodology for Identifying High Radon Geographic Areas, [SAB 
Project #96-021],
    (h) Review of Application of Biological Effects of Ionizing 
Radiation (BIER VI) Report, Prepared by the National Academy of 
Sciences (NAS), [SAB Project #96-022],
    (i) Review of the Possible Carcinogenicity of Electro-Magnetic 
Fields (EMF),
    (j) Review of the Agency's Environmental Goals Project (Examination 
of ``measures of success'' for environmental goals through the year 
2005),
    (k) Reducing Risk II (A follow-up to Reducing Risk, 1990 Project), 
and
    (l) Futures II (A follow-up to Futures, 1995 Project)
    It is not expected in the time-frame available that extensive or 
comprehensive discussions will occur 

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on the above projects. Instead, it is anticipated that the main focus 
of the discussions will be overview and planning for managing the 
workload and focus of the RAC on the likely charges to be addressed 
among these topics in the course of the coming fiscal year. It is 
anticipated that the RAC will have a dialogue with the Agency staff on 
each of these topics, and if time permits, other possible review topics 
may be discussed.

To Obtain More Information on or Participate in These SAB 
Teleconference Meetings

    These teleconference meetings are open to the public, telephone 
lines are limited and available on a first come basis. Any member of 
the public desiring to participate in the teleconferences, desiring 
additional information about the meetings, or desiring to obtain copies 
of the agendas and other information about the conduct of the meetings, 
or to request time on the agenda for public comments, please contact 
Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US 
EPA, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20460, by telephone at (202) 
260-6552 or FAX at (202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET at: 
[email protected]. For questions regarding technical issues 
to be discussed, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated 
Federal Official, Science Advisory Board (1400F), USEPA, 401 M Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, tel. (202) 260-2560, FAX (202) 260-7118, 
or via the INTERNET: [email protected].

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 meetings, 
opportunities for oral comment will be limited to no more than three 
minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen 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, or as soon as possible following a teleconference. Written 
comments may be provided to the relevant committee or subcommittee up 
until the time of the meeting.

    Dated: September 26, 1995.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-24788 Filed 10-4-95; 8:45 am]
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