[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31540]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6501-5]


Science Advisory Board; Executive Committee, Notification of 
Public Advisory Committee Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) 
Executive Committee (EC) will conduct a public teleconference meeting 
on Tuesday, December 21, 1999, between the hours of 10:00 a.m.-12:00 
p.m (Eastern Standard Time). The meeting will be coordinated through a 
conference call connection in Room 6013 in the Ariel Rios Building 
North, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 (adjacent to 
the escalator to the Federal Triangle Metro Station on 12th Street NW). 
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. Betty Fortune at 
(202) 564-4533, or via e-mail at: <[email protected]> by December 
14, 1999.

Purpose of the Meeting

    At this meeting the Executive Committee tentatively plans to review 
reports from at least two of its Committees/Subcommittees: (a) EC 
Subcommittee's ``An SAB Report: Application of the Cancer Risk 
Assessment Guidelines to Children'', and (b) Ecological Processes and 
Effects Committee's (EPEC) ``An SAB Report: Metals in Sediments 
Method.''

For Further Information

    Any member of the public wishing further information concerning the 
meeting or wishing to submit brief oral comments should contact Dr. 
Donald G. Barnes, Designated Federal Officer for the Executive 
Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400A), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
(202) 564-4533; FAX (202) 501-0323; or via e-mail at 
<[email protected]>. Copies of the draft meeting agenda and draft 
reports will be available on the SAB Website (http://www.epa.gov/sab) 
at least one week prior to the meeting.

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 
teleconference meetings, opportunities for oral comment will usually be 
limited to no more than 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 before the meeting), may be mailed to the relevant SAB 
committee or subcommittee; comments received too close to the meeting 
date will normally be provided to the committee at its meeting.
    Additional information concerning the Science Advisory Board, its 
structure, function, and composition, may be found on the SAB Website 
(http://www.epa.gov/sab) and in The FY1999 Annual Report of the Staff 
Director which is available from the SAB Publications Staff at (202) 
564-4533 or via fax at (202) 501-0582.

Meeting Access

    Individuals requiring special accommodation at this teleconference 
meeting, including wheelchair access to the conference room, should 
contact Dr. Barnes at least five business days prior to the meeting so 
that appropriate arrangements can be made.

    Dated: November 26, 1999.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 99-31540 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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