[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19320-19321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10218]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Teleconference Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) Advisory 
Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or the ``Council'') 
and its Air Quality Models Subcommittee (AQMS) will hold three public 
teleconference meetings on the dates and times described below. All 
meetings are open to the public, however, the number of available phone 
lines is limited. All times noted are Eastern Time. For further 
information concerning the specific meetings described in this notice, 
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 (see information 
provided below). These teleconferences are a follow-up to earlier 
Council discussions held on November 7 & 8, 1996 concerning the 1990 
Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 812 Retrospective and Prospective Studies 
(See 61 FR 54196, Thursday, October 17, 1996, and 62 FR 10045, 
Wednesday, March 5, 1997, for further information).

1. Air Quality Models Subcommittee

    The Air Quality Models Subcommittee (AQMS) of the Advisory Council 
on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or ``the Council'' will 
conduct a public teleconference meeting on Monday, May 5, 1997, between 
the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be 
coordinated through a conference call connection in Room 2103 of the 
Mall at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20460. The public is welcome to attend the meeting 
physically or through a telephonic link. Additional instructions about 
how to participate in the conference call can be obtained by calling 
Ms. Diana L. Pozun at (202) 260-8414 prior to the meeting.
    In this meeting the AQMS plans to review the draft documents 
pertaining to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 812 Prospective Study 
emissions modeling assumptions, methodology, results and documentation. 
In a previous public teleconference meeting of the Council on March 14, 
1997 (See 61 FR 54196, Thursday, October 17, 1996, and 62 FR 10045, 
Wednesday, March 5, 1997 for further information), the Council advised 
the Agency staff that the AQMS should review the emissions modeling 
information before proceeding to conduct any model runs. This 
forthcoming May 5, 1997 public teleconference of the AQMS is for this 
purpose.
    Any member of the public wishing further information concerning the 
meeting or who wishes to submit comments should contact Dr. K. Jack 
Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official for the AQMS of the Council, 
Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington DC 20460; telephone (202) 260-2560; FAX (202) 260-7118; or 
via the INTERNET at [email protected].

2. Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis

    The Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or 
the ``Council'') of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) plans to hold two 
public teleconference meetings on the dates and times described below.
    (a) Thursday, May 15, 1997 (11:00 am to 2:00 pm): Prospective Study 
and Retrospective Study: The major topic planned for this 
teleconference is review of the Retrospective Study closure issues. The 
Council is anticipating receiving a completely revised text of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 812 Retrospective Study in April, 1997. The 
Council anticipates that review of this draft document will be the 
major topic of the teleconference. If additional time is available, the 
Council may also discuss the emissions estimates, modeling assumptions, 
methodology, results and documentation. The revised draft Retrospective 
Study document, dated April, 1997 is not available from the Science 
Advisory Board, but may be obtained by contacting Ms. Michelle Olawuyi 
(see below for ordering information). The Prospective Study emissions 
estimates draft documents are available from Mr. James DeMocker, Office 
of Air and Radiation (see below for ordering information).
    (b) Friday, May 16, 1997 (11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.): Prospective 
Study and Retrospective Study: The major topics for this teleconference 
are to complete review of the Prospective Study emissions modeling 
assumptions, methodology, results and documentation (if more time is 
needed after the discussions of May 15), and to complete closure review 
on the Retrospective Study issues. The timing of which specific issues 
are to be discussed at each teleconference will be planned at the 
previous (May 15, 1997) teleconference. The Council identified a number 
of Retrospective Study issue areas, some of which are listed here as 
follows: valuation of bronchitis and heart disease; presentation of 
baseline (``but for'' issues, that is, but for the presence of the 1990 
Clean Air Act), choice of study for estimating PM-related mortality 
(includes physical effects); costs (operations and maintenance costs, 
cost-of-clean, etc.); ecological effects; valuing changes in 
intelligence quotient (IQ) issues; presentation of life years lost 
calculations (life years remaining issue); methodological effects; 
morbidity effects by age; and research needs. Other related issues are 
planned to be discussed as time permits.
    Please contact the SAB staff (see below) to determine the logistics 
and details of the individual public teleconference meetings, or if the 
later planned meetings will be necessary.
    To discuss technical aspects or obtain copies of the draft 
documents pertaining to the CAA Section 812 Prospective Study emissions 
estimates, or the Appendices and select text edits for the 
Retrospective Study, please contact Mr. James DeMocker, Office of 
Policy Analysis and Review (OAR) (MC 6103), US Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Tel. (202) 260-8980; 
FAX (202) 260-9766, or via the Internet at: 
[email protected]. To obtain copies of the latest complete 
draft of the Retrospective Study Report to Congress dated April 1997 
and entitled ``The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 
1990,'' please contact Ms. Michelle Olawuyi, Secretary, Office of 
Economy and Environment (MC 2172), US Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Tel. (202) 260-5488; FAX (202) 
260-5732, or via the Internet at [email protected].
    To obtain copies of the teleconference agendas, please contact Mrs. 
Diana L. Pozun, Secretary to the Council at Tel. (202) 260-8414; FAX 
(202) 260-7118; or via the Internet: [email protected]. To 
discuss technical or logistical aspects of the Council's review 
process, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal 
Official, Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (the 
``Council''), Tel. (202) 260-2560; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the 
Internet: kooyoomjian.jack @epamail.epa.gov. Members of the public who 
wish to physically be present at the teleconferences may do so at the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters Building,

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401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, Waterside Mall Room Number 
2103. Members of the public who wish to obtain teleconference logging-
on procedures should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun at least one week 
prior to the teleconference(s) of interest.

Public Speaking

    To request time for public comments at the Council teleconferences, 
please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun in writing at the mail, FAX or E-
Mail addresses given above no later than one week prior to each of the 
teleconferences.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    The Science Advisory Board (SAB) expects that public statements 
presented at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously 
submitted oral or written statements. In general, opportunities for 
oral comment at teleconference meetings will be usually limited to 
three 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 (usually one week prior to a 
meeting), may be mailed to the Council prior to its meeting; comments 
received too close to the meeting date will normally be provided to the 
Council at its meeting, except for teleconferences, where brief written 
materials may be FAXed to the participants, with more detailed or 
lengthy materials received too close to the teleconference to be mailed 
to the Council or its appropriate subcommittee participants shortly 
after the teleconference. Written comments may be provided up until the 
time of the meeting.

    Dated: April 14, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-10218 Filed 4-18-97; 8:45 am]
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