[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3510-3511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1643]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5679-8]


Science Advisory Board Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Environmental Health Committee (EHC) of 
the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on February 13-14, 1997 at 
the Holiday Inn Georgetown, 2101 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 
20007. The hotel telephone number is (202) 338-4600. The meeting will 
start at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) each 
day. The meeting is open to the public. Due to limited space, seating 
at the meeting will be on a first-come basis.

PURPOSE OF THE MEETING: The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss 
and review the EPA's Proposed Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment 
(EPA/600/P-92/003C, April 1996). The Committee's review of the 
Guidelines will include the following issues: (a) hazard 
characterization; (b) information requirements necessary to depart from 
defaults; (c) dose response assessment; (d) margin of exposure (MoE) 
analysis; (e) human data; (f) NRC recommendations for tumor data 
analysis; and (g) susceptibility factors for human variability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOCUMENTATION IS NOT 
AVAILABLE FROM THE SAB. The Proposed Guidelines were published in their 
entirety in the Federal Register on April 23, 1996 [61(79):17960-
18011]. Electronic, disk, and paper copies are being made available as 
follows: (a) An electronic version is available for download through 
EPA's Office of Research and Development home page on the Internet at 
http://www.epa.gov/ORD/WebPubs/carcinogen ; (b) An electronic version 
also is available for download from EPA's Technology Transfer Network 
(TTN)/National Air Toxic's Clearinghouse (NATICH). The TTN is a network 
of electronic bulletin boards developed and operated by EPA's Office of 
Air Quality Planning and Standards. The service is free except for the 
cost of the phone call. Dial 919-541-5742 for data transfer of up to 
14,400 bits per second. The TTN also is available on the Internet at 
TELENET ttnbbs.rtpnc.epa.gov. For more information on the operation of 
the TTN, contact the systems operator at 919-541-5384; (c) To obtain a 
3.5'' disk in WordPerfect 5.1 format, contact ORD Publications 
Technology Transfer and Support Division, National Risk Management 
Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther 
King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268 (telephone: 513-569-7562; fax: 513-
569-7566). Please provide your name, mailing address, document title, 
and the following EPA document number (EPA/600/P-92/003); (d) A paper 
copy is available for review at the EPA's Headquarters Library (ORD's 
Public Information Shelf), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460, 
between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except for Federal holidays, and at all EPA regional and laboratory 
libraries; and (e) Paper copies have been made available to the U.S. 
Government Depository Libraries. Through the Depository Library 
program, government publications are provided to over 50 regional 
depositories throughout the United States and its territories. An 
additional 1,350 depositories in the system choose to receive select 
publications of interest to meet local needs. Please check with the 
depository library closest to you; (f) Paper copies are available for 
purchase

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from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) 5285 Port Royal 
Road, Springfield, VA 22161 (telephone: 703-487-4650; fax: 703-321-
8547). Please provide the following number when ordering (PB96-157599). 
The cost is $35.
    Members of the public desiring additional technical information 
about the Proposed Guidelines should contact Dr. Jeanette Wiltse, US 
EPA (4304), 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-
7317, fax (202) 260-1036, or Internet at: 
[email protected]
    Members of the public desiring additional information about the 
meeting, including a draft agenda, should contact Ms. Mary Winston, 
Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400), US EPA, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-8114, fax (202) 260-7118, 
or Internet at: [email protected] Anyone wishing to make an 
oral presentation at the meeting must contact Mr. Samuel Rondberg, 
Designated Federal Official for the EHC, in writing at the above 
address no later than 4:00 p.m., February 5, 1997 via fax (202) 260-
7118 or via 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. 
Rondberg no later than the time of the presentation for distribution to 
the Committee and the interested public. The Science Advisory Board 
expects that the public statements presented at its meetings will not 
be repetitive of previously submitted written statements. In general, 
each individual or group making an oral presentation will be limited to 
a total time of ten minutes. Mr. Rondberg may be contacted by telephone 
at (202) 260-2559.

    Dated: January 13, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-1643 Filed 1-22 97; 8:45 am]
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