[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28700-28701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13923]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5832-1]


Science Advisory Board; Emergency Notification of Public Advisory 
Committee Meeting

June 6, 1997.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Integrated Risk Project (IRP) Steering 
Committee of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will hold a 
teleconference meeting on June 6, 1997 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time. The meeting is open to the public, however 
teleconference lines are limited. Please call Stephanie Sanzone, 
Designated Federal Official for the Committee, at (202) 260-6557 if you 
are interested in participating in the call and to obtain the dial-in 
number. The purpose of the teleconference meeting is to continue 
discussion of a conceptual framework for decision-making that utilizes 
information on risk, risk reduction opportunity, and economic and 
societal consequences of various risk reduction strategies. The 
Steering Committee began discussion of the framework at their meeting 
April 21-23, 1997. The framework is intended to be a unifying theme for 
the final report from the IRP that illustrates the inter-relationships 
between the methodologies developed by IRP Subcommittees for assessing 
and ranking risks to human health and the environment, identifying 
optimal sets of risk reduction strategies, and assessing the economic 
and societal consequences of both risks and risk reduction options.

Background on the Integrated Risk Project (IRP)

    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 project is being conducted 
by several SAB panels, working at the direction of an ad hoc Steering 
Committee established by the Executive Committee.
    Single copies of Reducing Risk, the report of the previous relative 
risk ranking effort of 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.
    For Further Information--Any member of the public wishing further 
information concerning the meeting or who wishes to submit oral or 
written comments should contact Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal 
Official for the IRP Steering Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), 
U.S. EPA, Washington, DC 20460, phone (202)-260-6557; fax (202)-260-
7118; or via Email at: Sanzone.S[email protected]. Requests for 
oral comments must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 
June 3, 1997. Copies of the draft meeting agenda can be obtained from 
Ms. Wanda Fields at (202) 260-8414 or at the above fax number or by 
Email to Fields.W[email protected].

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,

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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.
    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/science1/.

    Dated: May 21, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-13923 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]
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