[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54196-54197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26445]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5636-9]
Science Advisory Board; Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance
Analysis; Open Public Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Clean Air
Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or ``the Council,'' formerly known as the
Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council, or CAACAC) of the Science
Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a two-day meeting on Thursday,
November 7 and Friday, November 8, 1996. The meeting will commence at
9:00 a.m. eastern time each day and will adjourn no later than 5:00
p.m. each day. The meeting will take place in the Administrator's
Conference Room, 1103WT in the West Tower at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Headquarters Building, 401 M Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20460. In this meeting, the Council intends to go to
closure on the Retrospective Study Report to Congress, and to be
introduced to the Prospective Study Report to Congress. It is
anticipated that the Council will have briefings and discussions with
Agency staff on additional staff papers and supporting documentation
related to closure on the Retrospective Study and introductions to the
methodology and approaches proposed for the Prospective Study.
The Council last met on June 5 and 6, 1996 (See Federal Register,
Vol. 61, No. 87, Friday, May 3, 1996, pp. 19932-19935) and reviewed the
Agency's draft document Report to Congress entitled ``The Benefits and
Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990: Report to Congress,'' dated
May 3, 1996, as well as findings of two subcommittees, the Physical
Effects Review Subcommittee (PERS), and the Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee's (CASAC), Air Quality Models Subcommittee (AQMS).
The Agency has asked the SAB to conduct the following activities in
the proposed charge relating to this specific review:
(a) Review the revised draft Report to Congress, entitled ``The
Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990,'' USEPA, dated
October, 1996, and
(b) Discuss the topic of the prospective study on costs and
benefits, which will be presented to the Council at the November
meeting.
The 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: (a) For copies of the Agency's draft Section
812 CAA draft, Report to Congress, entitled ``The Benefits and Costs of
the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990,'' USEPA, dated October, 1996 please
contact Ms. Michelle Olawuyi, Secretary, Office of Economy and
Environment (2172), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460; tel. (202) 260-5488; FAX (202) 260-5732;
E-Mail; Olawuyi.Michelle @epamail.epa.gov; (b) For a discussion of
technical aspects of the Agency draft Report to Congress, dated
October, 1996 please contact Mr. James DeMocker of EPA's Office of
Policy Analysis and Review (OPAR) at (202) 260-8980, FAX (202) 260-
9766, E-mail: Democker.J[email protected], or Mr. Tom Gillis of EPA's
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) (2172) at (202) 260-
4181; FAX (202) 260-5732; E-mail: Gillis.T[email protected].
Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at
this meeting should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Staff Secretary, (tel.
202-260-2553; FAX 202-260-7118) no later than October 31, 1996, in
order to advise the Agency of your desire to participate in the meeting
and to have time reserved on the agenda for public comments. This
meeting is open to the public, but seating is limited and available on
a first come basis. For a copy of the proposed agenda, please contact
Ms. Pozun at the numbers given above. For questions regarding technical
issues to be discussed, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian,
Designated Federal Official, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA,
401 M Street, S.W., Washington DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 260-
2560, FAX at (202) 260-7118, or via the E-Mail:
Kooyoomjian.J[email protected], or at Pozun.D[email protected].
Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings
Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at
the meetings should contact the listed Designated Federal Official no
later than one week prior to the meeting in order to have time reserved
on the agenda. 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
meetings, opportunities for oral comment will usually 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 a meeting date (usually one week prior to
a meeting), 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.
To Obtain More Information on or Participate in the SAB Meetings
These meetings are open to the public, but seating is limited and
available on a first come basis. Written inquiries can be sent to the
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection
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Agency; Science Advisory Board (1400); 401 M Street, S.W., Washington,
DC 20460, Phone: (202) 260-8414 or FAX (202) 260-7118.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 96-26445 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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