[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10853-10854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5883]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5701-2]
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 unless otherwise noted. All meetings
are open to the public, however, 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. The Human Exposure and Health Subcommittee (HEHS) of the Science
Advisory Board's (SAB) Integrated Risk Project (IRP) will meet on March
26-28, 1997, in room 3075, Building 90, at the Ernest O. Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley CA 947720. The
meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific
Time on each day. This meeting is open to the public, but prior
registration is required (see below).
The main purpose of the meeting is to continue discussions of a
methodology for assessing and ranking human health risks from exposure
to environmental stressors. Subcommittee members will discuss relative
risk ranking criteria, stressor-specific data sheets that will serve as
the basis for relative risk ranking, and approaches for generating risk
rankings from a broad group of environmental health scientists. The
Subcommittee's activities are part of the SAB's Integrated Risk
Project, begun in an effort to update the 1990 SAB report, Reducing
Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for Environmental Protection.
In a letter dated October 25, 1995, to Dr. Matanoski, Chair of the SAB
Executive Committee, Deputy Administrator Fred Hansen charged the SAB
to: (a) develop an updated ranking of the relative risk of different
environmental problems based upon explicit scientific criteria; (b)
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; (c) assess the potential for
risk reduction and propose alternative technical risk reduction
strategies for the environmental problems identified; and (d) identify
the uncertainties and data quality issues associated with the relative
rankings. The Integrated Risk Project is being conducted by several SAB
panels, including the HEHS, working at the direction of an ad hoc
Steering Committee established by the SAB's 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. Mary Winston, Staff
Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board (1400),
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 attend the meeting, and/or make an oral
presentation to the Committee must register with Mr. Samuel Rondberg,
Designated Federal Official for the HEHS, no later than 4:00 p.m.,
March 19, 1997, at (202) 260-2559 or via the INTERNET at
[email protected]. Prior registration is required for
admission to the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory complex. The registration
request should include name and affiliation of the attendee, and
indicate if parking space at the laboratory complex will be required.
Anyone wishing to make a presentation to the Subcommittee should also
provide an outline in writing to Mr. Rondberg by March 19, 1997 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 Subcommittee and the
interested public. See below for additional information on providing
comments to the SAB.
2. The Valuation Subcommittee (VS) of the Science Advisory Board's
(SAB) Integrated Risk Project (IRP) will meet April 2-4, 1997, from
8:00 am on April 2 to no later than 5:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) on
April 4 at the Holiday Inn--Baltimore Inner Harbor, located at 301 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.
In a letter dated October 25, 1995, Deputy Administrator Fred
Hansen requested the SAB (see information provided above) 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.
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 via the Internet at: Pozun.Diana@ EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Single
copies of Reducing Risk, the report of the previous relative risk
ranking effort of
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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, in writing no later than 4:00 pm (Eastern
Daylight Time) March 21, 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. The Ecological Risk Subcommittee (ERS) of the Science Advisory
Board's Integrated Risk Project will hold a teleconference meeting on
March 31, 1997 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The purpose of
the meeting is to complete revisions to a proposed Subcommittee
methodology for assessing the relative risks from ecological stressors.
A limited number of lines will be available for members of the public
who wish to call in.
For more information on the teleconference meeting, please contact
Ms. Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Official for the Ecological
Risk Subcommittee at (202) 260-6557, via fax at (202) 260-7118 or via
the Internet at Sanzone.Stephanie@EPAMAIL. EPA.GOV. Anyone wishing to
provide oral comments to the Subcommittee must contact Ms. Sanzone no
later than 4:00 p.m. on March 26, 1997. The request should identify the
name of the individual who will make the presentation and an outline of
the issues to be addressed. Oral comments will be limited to five
minutes per person.
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: February 28, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-5883 Filed 3-7-97; 8:45 am]
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