[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45253-45254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22659]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5882-5]


Science Advisory Board Executive Committee; Public Teleconference 
Meeting; September 22, 1997

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) 
Executive Committee, will conduct a public teleconference meeting on 
Monday, September 22, 1997, between the hours of 1 and 3 pm, Eastern 
Time. The meeting will be coordinated through a conference call 
connection in Room 2103 of the Mall at the 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. Priscilla Tillery-Gadsen at (202) 260-8414 by 
September 15, 1997.
    In this meeting the Executive Committee plans to review reports 
from several of its Committees. Expected reports include: (1) 
Environmental Health Committee (EHC)--Review of the Agency's Cancer 
Risk Assessment Guidelines; (2) Environmental Engineering Committee 
(EEC)--Review of the Use of Toxicity Weighting Factors in the Sector 
Facility Indexing Project (SFIP); (3) Radiation Advisory Committee 
(RAC)--Review of the Multi-

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 Agency Radiation Survey & Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM); (4) 
Ecological Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC)--(a) Advisory on 
development of Phase II of the Index of Watershed Indicators, (b) 
Review of EMAP Research Strategy & Plan; and (c) Advisory on Potential 
EcoRisk Management Guidelines; and (5) Executive Committee--Commentary 
on the Question of Agency Consensus for Benchmark Values for Ecological 
Toxicity. Please contact Ms. Tillery-Gadsen a week prior to the meeting 
to confirm that a given report will be reviewed.
    Any member of the public wishing further information concerning the 
meeting or wishing to submit comments should contact Dr. Donald G. 
Barnes, Designated Federal Official for the Executive Committee, 
Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington DC 20460; telephone (202) 260-4126; FAX (202) 260-9232; and 
via the INTERNET at [email protected]. Copies of the relevant 
documents are available from the same source.

    Dated: August 18, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-22659 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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