[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2043]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 Mercury Review Subcommittee (MRS) of 
the Science Advisory Board (SAB) Executive Committee will meet on 
February 26-27, 1997, at the Holiday Inn Georgetown, 2101 Wisconsin 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007. The hotel telephone number is (202) 
338-4600. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. and end no later that 5 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 Draft Mercury Study Report to Congress 
(EPA-452/R-96-001a-g, June 1996). The Subcommittee's review of the 
draft Report will include detailed evaluation of the following areas: 
(a) general scientific foundations; (b) sources; (c) environmental 
fate/transport; (d) exposure; (e) doses/body burdens; (f) health 
endpoints and susceptible subpopulations; (g) issues on wildlife 
assessment; (h) research needs; and (i) questions related to social 
cost.
    For Further Information--PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT IS NOT 
AVAILABLE FROM THE SAB. Copies may be obtained only by ordering from 
the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) at (800) 553-6847, or 
by facsimile to (703) 321-8547. To obtain the complete draft report, 
request document PB 96-184-619; the cost is $310. An Executive Summary 
(PB 96-184-627) is available for $28. One copy of the draft Report will 
be available for public viewing at the EPA Library, room 2904 in the 
Mall section of the EPA Headquarters facility, 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460 (telephone (202) 260-5821). The Library is open 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please note that copying 
facilities are limited; an individual may copy a maximum of 25 pages 
per day.
    Members of the public desiring additional technical information 
about the draft Report should contact Dr. Kate Mahaffey, US EPA (NCEA 
117), 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268; by 
telephone at (513) 569-7957; by facsimile at (513) 569-7916; or via the 
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 MRS, in writing at the above 
address no later than 4 p.m., February 17, 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 45 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 22, 1997.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-2043 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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