[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1453-1454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-646]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5674-9]


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 Risk Subcommittee of the Integrated Risk Project 
(IRP)

    The Ecological Risk Subcommittee of the Integrated Risk Project 
(IRP) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will hold a teleconference 
meeting on January 27 from 2:00 pm--4:30 pm to discuss the 
Subcommittee's draft methodology for assessing relative ecological 
risks from a variety of biological, chemical and physical stressors.
    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 
response to that the charge, the ERS has held a series of meetings over 
the past nine months and is now finalizing its recommendations and 
relative risk ranking methodology.
    For Further Information--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 on the teleconference must contact Ms. Stephanie Sanzone, 
Designated Federal Official for the Subcommittee, no later than 4:00 pm 
(Eastern Daylight Time) January 22, 1997, at telephone (202) 260-6557, 
fax (202) 260-7118, or via the Internet at: Sanzone.Stephanie@
EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. The request should identify the name of the individual 
who will make the presentation and an outline of the issues to be 
addressed.

2. 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 February 7, 
1997, from 9:00 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) 
in Room 2103 of Waterside Mall, 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. This will be the 
second meeting of the Subcommittee on this issue.
    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 Economic Analysis Subcommittee-IRP, in writing no later than 4:00 
pm (Eastern Daylight Time) February 3, 1997, 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. Valuation Subcommittee (VS) of the Integrated Risk Project (IRP)

    The Valuation Subcommittee (Committee) of the Integrated Risk 
Project Committee (IRP) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet 
from February 19 through 21, 1997, from 9:00 am on February 19 to no 
later than 5:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) on February 21 at the 
Holiday Inn-Baltimore Inner Harbor, located at 30-1 W. Lombard Street, 
Baltimore, MD, 21201. 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 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

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(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) February 12, 1997, 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: January 2, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-646 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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