[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25418]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7390-9]


Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB) Meeting Date, and 
Agenda

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Laboratory 
Advisory Board (ELAB) will hold an Open Forum on Tuesday, November 19, 
2002 at 5-6 p.m. MST and an Open Meeting on Thursday, November 21, 2002 
at 9 a.m.-12 p.m. MST at the La Fonda Hotel, 100 E. San Francisco 
Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The ELAB meetings will be held in 
conjunction with the NELAC Eighth Interim Meeting occurring in the same 
location the week of November 17. Members of the public are invited to 
attend both ELAB events. Items to be discussed include: (1) An update 
on implementation of the National Environmental Laboratory 
Accreditation Conference (NELAC) restructuring, (2) discussion of 
future ELAB recommendations to EPA, and (3) the hearing of public 
comments and views on the environmental laboratory accreditation. ELAB 
is soliciting input from the public on these and other issues related 
to the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) 
and the NELAC standards. Written comments on NELAP laboratory 
accreditation and the NELAC standards are encouraged and should be sent 
to Mr. Edward Kantor, DFO, U.S. EPA, P.O. Box 93478, Las Vegas NV 
89193, or faxed to (702) 798-2261, or e-mailed to 
[email protected]. or can be presented in person at the Open Forum, 
November 19, 2002. Members of the public are invited to raise issues or 
to make comments at the Open Forum, and time permitting, will be 
allowed to comment on discussions ensued from the ELAB Open Meeting.

    Dated: September 30, 2002.
John G. Lyon,
Director, Environmental Sciences Division, National Environmental 
Research Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 02-25418 Filed 10-4-02; 8:45 am]
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