[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17169-17170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8650]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[TRL 6320-9]


Science Advisory Board; Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC); 
Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting Open Teleconference 
Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Science Advisory Board's (SAB's) 
Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will conduct a public teleconference 
meeting from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, April 27, 
1999. for those wishing to physically attend the meeting, it will be 
held in the SAB Conference Room 3709 Waterside Mall, EPA Headquarters, 
401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
    All times noted are Eastern Time. The meeting is open to the 
public, however, due to limited space, seating at the meeting will be 
on a first-come basis. Important Notice: Documents that are the subject 
of SAB reviews are normally available from the originating EPA office 
and are not available from the SAB Office. Information concerning 
availability of documents from the relevant Program Office is included 
below.
    At this meeting, the RAC will attempt to reach closure on its 
April, 1999 draft advisory of an Office of Radiation and Indoor Air 
(ORIA) draft white paper. The ORIA draft white paper (37 pages in 
length) entitled ``Proposed EPA Methodology for Assessing Risks from 
Indoor Radon Based on BEIR VI,'' dated February, 1999, proposes a 
methodology for assessing cancer risks from indoor radon in light of 
the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Biological Effects of Ionizing 
Radiation (BEIR VI) committee document. The draft SAB/RAC advisory in 
review of the ORIA draft white paper focuses on the technical aspects 
of the Agency's methodology report. The first public meeting which 
initiated the advisory began on March 24, 1999 (see Federal Register, 
Vol. 64, No. 41, Wednesday, March 3, 1999, pp. 10294-10295). The charge 
questions to be answered include, but are not limited to the following:
    (a) Is the overall approach of using the BEIR VI age-concentration 
model acceptable? (BEIR VI gives model options);
    (b) What advice does the RAC have on refinements and extensions we 
(the Agency) are considering?; and
    (c) Have we (the Agency) adequately accounted for the sources of 
uncertainty?


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public wishing further 
information concerning the teleconference meeting, such as copies of 
the proposed meeting agenda or RAC draft advisory dated April, 1999, or 
who wish to submit written comments should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun 
at (202) 260-8432; fax (202) 260-7118, or via E-Mail: 
[email protected]. Members of the public who wish to make a brief 
oral presentation to the Committee must contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian 
in writing (by letter or by fax--see contact information below) no 
later than 12 noon Eastern Time, Tuesday, April 20, 1999 in order to be 
included on the Agenda. In general, public comments at teleconferences 
will be normally limited to three minutes per speaker or organization. 
The request should identify the name of the individual making the 
presentation, the organization (if any) they will represent, and at 
least 35 copies of an outline of the issues to be addressed or of the 
presentation itself.
    The SAB expects that public statements presented at its meetings 
will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written 
statements. 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. 
For further information, contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated 
Federal Officer for the Radiation Advisory Committee, Science Advisory 
Board (1400), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC 20460, phone (202)-260-2560; fax 
(202)-260-7118; or via E-Mail at: [email protected].
    For questions pertaining to the white paper, please contact Dr. 
Mary E. Clark, (6601J), ORIA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 
M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, tel. (202) 564-9348; fax (202)-565-
2043; or E-mail: [email protected]. Documents pertaining to BEIR VI 
may also be obtained on the world wide web at the following address: 
http://www.nap.edu/reading room/ and search on ``radon.''
    Additional information concerning the SAB, its structure, function, 
and composition, may be found on the SAB Website (http://www.epa.gov/
sab) and in The annual Report of the Staff Director which is available 
from the SAB Publications Staff at (202) 260-4126 or via fax at (202) 
260-1889. Individuals requiring special accommodation at SAB meetings, 
including wheelchair access, should contact Dr. Kooyoomjian or Mrs. 
Pozun at least five business days prior to the meeting so that 
appropriate arrangements can be made.

    Dated: April 1, 1999.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 99-8650 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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