[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20175-20176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10706]


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Environmental Protection Agency

[FRL-5817-2]


Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting May 13-15, 1997

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Ecological Processes and Effects 
Committee (EPEC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on May 
13-15, 1997, in Room 2103 of the EPA Waterside Mall Complex, 401 M 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. 
eastern time and end no later than 5:00 p.m. eastern time each day. The 
meeting will be open to the public and seating will be on a first-come, 
first-served basis. Members of the public should use the EPA entrance 
next to the Safeway Store, and sign in with the guard desk on the 
second floor. The purpose of the meeting is to: (1) Engage in a 
consultation with the Agency on a proposal to develop a sediment 
quality criterion for PAH mixtures; (2) review the Superfund ecotox 
thresholds for water and sediment; (3) review the research strategy and 
research plan for the Agency's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 
Program (EMAP); and (4) prepare an advisory on Phase II of the Agency's 
National Watershed Assessment Project.
    Additional Information: For additional information on the meeting, 
including a draft agenda, contact Ms. Wanda R. Fields, SAB Committee 
Operations Staff, at FAX 202-260-7118 or via the Internet at 
Fields.W[email protected]. Documents that are the subject of SAB 
reviews are normally available from the originating EPA office and are 
not available from the SAB Office. To request copies of background 
materials provided to the Committee, contact the appropriate Agency 
staff, as indicated: (1) Consultation on PAH Mixtures Criterion--Heidi 
Bell, Office of Water, (202) 260-5464; (2) Superfund Ecotox 
Thresholds--Steve Ells, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, 
(703) 603-8822, or via the EPA Home Page (at http://www.epa.gov/
superfund/); (3) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program--Gil 
Veith, EPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research 
Laboratory, (919) 541-4130; and (4) National Watershed Assessment 
Project--Lynda Buie, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division, 
(202) 260-7046.
    Anyone wishing to make a brief oral presentation at the meeting 
must contact Ms. Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Official for 
EPEC, no later than
4:00 p.m. on May 7, 1997, at
(202) 260-6557, 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 Ms. Sanzone no later than the time of 
the presentation for distribution to the Committee and the interested 
public. See below for additional information on providing comments to 
the SAB.

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

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to the committee at its meeting. Written comments may be provided to 
the relevant committee or subcommittee up until the time of the 
meeting.
    Information concerning the Science Advisory Board, its structure, 
function, and composition, may be found in The FY1996 Annual Report of 
the Staff Director which is available from the SAB Committee Evaluation 
and Support Staff (CESS) by contacting US EPA, Science Advisory Board 
(1400), Attention: CESS, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460 or via 
fax (202) 260-1889. Additional information concerning the SAB can be 
found on the SAB Home Page at: http://www.epa.gov/science1/.

    Dated: April 17, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-10706 Filed 4-24-97; 8:45 am]
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