[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29992-29993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14588]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6105-8]


Science Advisory Board; Drinking Water Committee; Notification of 
Public Advisory Committee Meeting June 18-19, 1998

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notice is hereby given that the Drinking Water Committee (DWC) of 
the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will hold a public meeting beginning 
at 8:30 am Thursday, June 18, 1998 and ending not later than 3:00 pm 
Friday, June 19, 1998 (Eastern Time). The meeting will be held in Room 
3709-Mall of the EPA Headquarters Building, 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460.
    At the meeting, the Committee will engage in ``consultations'' with 
the Agency on a number of scientific topics of relevance to Safe 
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) implementation. Documents discussing some or 
all of these topics may be the subject of future formal reviews by the 
Drinking Water Committee. Consultations to be conducted include the 
following topics: (a) The EPA drinking water contaminant occurrence 
data base; (b) technologies for small systems; and (c) drinking water 
intake. The DWC will also receive an update on the agency's final 
Research Plan for Microbial Pathogens and Disinfection By-Products in 
Drinking Water, receive information on the agency's M/DBP Research 
Tracking System, and receive an informational briefing on alternative 
test systems for disinfection byproduct testing. The DWC will also 
conduct discussions with the Agency that will help the Committee plan 
its future actions on drinking water and drinking water research.
    An SAB ``Consultation'' is an early, public interaction between the 
SAB and the Agency occurring before the Agency has committed itself to 
a position and even before it has written its ideas down. The intent of 
a Consultation is to leaven the Agency's thinking by airing and 
discussing various views and ideas about how the Agency might proceed 
on a problem--long before the Agency has committed itself to a specific 
direction. The process of a Consultation is an open dialogue between 
Agency personnel, who describe the problem, and the members of an SAB 
panel who give their individual ideas and suggestions about how the 
Agency might proceed. There is no intention to develop a consensus 
position; therefore, an SAB Consultation should not be considered a 
peer review of the issue by the SAB, since--by definition--the Agency 
has not produced anything to peer review at the time of the 
Consultation, and the reactions provided are those of individuals and 
not formal advice approved by the SAB's Executive Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Single copies of the background 
information for this review, or the meeting agenda, can be obtained by 
contacting Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer for the 
Drinking Water Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA, 401 
M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 260-5886; by 
fax at (202) 260-7118 or via Email at:

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[email protected], or by contacting Ms. Mary Winston at (202) 260-
4126, by fax at (202) 260-7118, or via Email at: [email protected].

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation to the Committee must 
contact Mr. Miller, in writing (by letter, fax, or Email) no later than 
12 noon (Eastern Time) Friday, March 6, 1998, in order to be included 
on the Agenda. 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 Mr. Miller no later than the time of the 
presentation for distribution to the Committee and the interested 
public.
    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. Written 
comments 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.
    Individuals requiring special accommodation at SAB meetings, 
including wheelchair access, should contact the appropriate DFO at 
least five business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made.

    Dated: May 20, 1998.
Donald G. Barnes, Ph.D.,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 98-14588 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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