[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32605-32606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15727]
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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 Advisory Council on Clean Air
Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or the ``Council'') of the Science
Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a public teleconference on the date
and times specified below. This meeting is open to the public, however,
the number of available phone lines is limited. All times noted are
Eastern Time. 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).
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 a
public teleconference meeting on Monday, June 30, 1997, from 11:00 am
to 2:00 pm. The topics to be discussed are closure on select edits to
the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 812 Retrospective Study and a strategic
plan and continued discussions on emissions modeling on the Prospective
Study of costs and benefits. The Council expects to receive select
draft text edits to the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 812 Retrospective
Study in June 1997. The review of these select draft edits to the
Retrospective Study document will occupy only a portion of the time
available for the teleconference. Most of the remaining time will be
spent discussing the Agency's strategic vision, plan and approach to
develop the CAA section 812 Prospective Study of costs and benefits.
The Council will continue its discussions with the Agency staff of the
emissions estimates, modeling assumptions, methodology, results and
documentation for the Prospective Study that were the subject of its
March and May teleconferences.
This public teleconference is a follow-up to earlier Council face-
to-face discussions held on November 7 and 8, 1996, concerning the 1990
Clean Air Act
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(CAA) section 812 Retrospective and Prospective Studies (see 61 FR
54196, Thursday, October 17, 1996), as well as public teleconferences
held in March 14, 19 and 26, and May 15, 1997 (See 62 FR 10045,
Wednesday, March 5, 1997 and 62 FR 19320, Monday, April 21, 1997, for
further information). Please note that the previously advertised
teleconferences of March 21 and May 16, 1997 were cancelled.
Specifically, the March 21, 1997 teleconference was cancelled to give
the Agency staff time to prepare select text edits to the Retrospective
Study, and have discussion on them at the March 26,1997 public
teleconference. The May 16, 1997 teleconference was cancelled so that
the Agency staff would have time to prepare a strategic vision and plan
to present and discuss with the Council at its June 30, 1997 public
teleconference.
The latest 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, as well as a brief paper on the strategic plan are available
from Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Air and Radiation (see below for
ordering information).
With regard to closure on the Retrospective Study Report to
Congress, 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. While most of these issues are settled, it is
anticipated that the closure discussions will touch on some of these
issues. Other related issues may be discussed as time permits.
To discuss technical aspects or obtain copies of the draft EPA
documents pertaining to the CAA section 812 Retrospective Study select
draft text edits as well as the Prospective Study strategic vision and
plan, as well as emissions estimates, 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 June 30, 1997 teleconference agenda, 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 for the Council, Tel. (202)
260-2560; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the Internet at:
[email protected]. Members of the public who wish to
physically be present at the teleconference may do so at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters Building, 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.
Public Speaking
To request time to present public comments at the Council
teleconference, 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 the teleconference.
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: June 4, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
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