[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49458-49459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24203]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5612-5]


Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that several committees of the Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and times described below. All times 
noted are Eastern Daylight Time. All meetings are open to the public. 
Due to limited space, seating at meetings will be on a first-come 
basis. For further information concerning specific meetings, please 
contact the individuals listed below. Documents that are the subject of 
SAB reviews are normally available from the originating EPA office and 
are not available from the SAB Office.

1. Ecological Processes and Effects Committee

    The Ecological Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC) of the 
Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on October 8-9, 1996, at the 
Environmental Protection Agency's Waterside Mall Complex, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20460 in Room M2103. For convenient access, members 
of the public should use the EPA entrance next to the Safeway store. 
The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on October 8 and 8:00 a.m. on 
October 9 and end no later than 5:00 p.m. on each day.
    The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss ecological risks and 
risk ranking criteria as part of an SAB project to update the 1990 SAB 
report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for 
Environmental Protection. EPEC may also conduct general committee 
business, including briefings on upcoming review topics, agenda 
planning, and discussion of subcommittee activities.

Background

    In a letter dated October 25, 1995, to Dr. Matanoski, Chair of the 
SAB Executive Committee, Deputy Administrator Fred Hansen charged the 
SAB to update its 1990 report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and 
Strategies for Environmental Protection. Specifically, the charge is 
to: (1) develop an updated ranking of the relative risk of different 
environmental problems based upon explicit scientific criteria; (2) 
provide an assessment of techniques and criteria that could be used to 
discriminate among emerging environmental risks and identify those that 
merit serious, near-term Agency attention; (3) assess the potential for 
risk reduction and propose alternative technical risk reduction 
strategies for the environmental problems identified; and (4) identify 
the uncertainties and data quality issues associated with the relative 
rankings. The project will be conducted by several SAB panels, 
including EPEC, working at the direction of an ad hoc Steering 
Committee established by the Executive Committee.
    Single copies of Reducing Risk can be obtained by contacting the 
SAB's Committee Evaluation and Support Staff (1400), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-8414, or fax (202) 260-1889. 
Members of the public desiring additional information about the 
meeting, including an agenda, should contact Ms. Constance Valentine, 
Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 260-6552, fax at (202) 
260-7118, or via The INTERNET at: [email protected].
    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting should 
contact Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Official for EPEC, no 
later than 4:00 p.m., October 2, 1996, at (202) 260-6557 or via the 
Internet at Sanzone.S[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. At least 35 copies of any 
written comments to the Committee are to be given to Ms. Sanzone no 
later than the time of the presentation for distribution to the 
Committee and the interested public. See below for additional 
information on providing comments to the SAB.

2. Valuation Subcommittee (VS) of the Integrated Risk Project Committee 
(IRP)

    The Valuation Subcommittee (Committee) of the Integrated Risk 
Project Committee (IRP) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet 
on October 15 and 16, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m. 
(Eastern Daylight Time) in Room 2103--Mall of the US EPA, 401 M Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20460. This meeting is open to the public, however, 
due to limited space, seating will be on a first-come basis. The 
purpose of the meeting is to continue Committee efforts in support of 
the larger IRP effort of the SAB.
    Background--In a letter dated October 25, 1995, Deputy 
Administrator Fred

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Hansen requested the SAB to update the assessment of environmental 
risks, priorities, and risk reduction opportunities contained in the 
1990 SAB report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for 
Environmental Protection (EPA-SAB-EC-90-021). In subsequent discussions 
with the Deputy Administrator, the SAB has also agreed to provide 
insights on economic analysis of risk reduction options and ecosystem 
valuation. In summary, the current charge to the Valuation Subcommittee 
is to propose a new framework for assessing the value of ecosystems to 
humans, including ecological services and environmentally mediated 
health and quality of life values.
    For Further Information--Single copies of the information provided 
to the Committee can be obtained by contacting Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff 
Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board (1400), 
US EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-
6552, fax (202) 260-7118, or Internet at: [email protected]. 
Single copies of Reducing Risk, the report of the previous relative 
risk ranking effort of the SAB, can be obtained by contacting the SAB's 
Committee Evaluation and Support Staff (1400), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-8414, or fax (202) 260-1889. 
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact 
Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Official for the Valuation 
Subcommittee IRP, in writing no later than 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight 
Time) October 8, 1996, at the above address, via 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. At least 35 copies of any 
written comments to the Committee are to be given to Mr. Miller no 
later than the time of the presentation for distribution to the 
Committee and the interested public. To discuss technical aspects of 
the meeting, please contact Mr. Miller by telephone at (202) 260-5886.

3. Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) and the Economic 
Analysis Subcommittee (EAS) of the Integrated Risk Project (IRP)

    The Environmental Economic Advisory Committee, sitting as the 
Economic Analysis Subcommittee of the Integrated Risk Project Committee 
(IRP) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB), will meet on October 18, 
1996, from 8:30 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) 
in Conference Room 3 North near the Washington Information Center 
(WIC), US EPA, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460. This meeting is 
open to the public, however, due to limited space, seating will be on a 
first-come basis. The purpose of the meeting is to continue Committee 
efforts in support of the larger IRP effort of the SAB.
    Background--In a letter dated October 25, 1995, Deputy 
Administrator Fred Hansen requested the SAB to update the assessment of 
environmental risks, priorities, and risk reduction opportunities 
contained in the 1990 SAB report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and 
Strategies for Environmental Protection (EPA-SAB-EC-90-021). In 
subsequent discussions with the Deputy Administrator, the SAB has also 
agreed to provide insights on economic analysis of risk reduction 
options. The current charge to the Economic Analysis Subcommittee is to 
explore and report on ways to assess the economic values associated 
with regulatory options that the agency often proposes in response to 
its statutory mandates for environmental protection.
    For Further Information--Single copies of the information provided 
to the Subcommittee can be obtained by contacting Ms. Diana Pozun, 
Staff Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board 
(1400), US EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, telephone (202) 
260-6552, fax (202) 260-7118, or Internet at: Pozun.Diana@ 
EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Single copies of Reducing Risk, the report of the 
previous relative risk ranking effort of the SAB, can be obtained by 
contacting the SAB's Committee Evaluation and Support Staff (1400), 401 
M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-8414, or fax 
(202) 260-1889. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the 
meeting must contact Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Official for 
the Valuation Subcommittee IRP, in writing no later than 4:00 pm 
(Eastern Daylight Time) October 10, 1996, at the above address, via 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. At least 35 
copies of any written comments to the Committee are to be given to Mr. 
Miller no later than the time of the presentation for distribution to 
the Committee and the interested public. To discuss technical aspects 
of the meeting, please contact Mr. Miller by telephone at (202) 260-
5886.
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, each individual or group making an oral 
presentation will be limited to a total time of ten minutes. For 
conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will be 
limited to no more than five 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, 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: September 12, 1996.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
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