[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12905-12906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6460]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7468-7]


Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting; Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) Conference Call

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Science Advisory 
Board (SAB), Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) is announcing a 
planning teleconference meeting to discuss several proposed self-
initiated projects for Fiscal Year 2004.

DATES: The conference call meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 
2, 2003 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon eastern standard time.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public who wish to obtain the call-in number 
and access code to participate, must contact Ms. Mary Winston, EPA 
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-
4538 or via e-mail at [email protected] in order to register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information about this conference call meeting should contact 
Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone/voice 
mail at (202) 564-4557 or via e-mail at [email protected]. 
General information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be 
found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or 
Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) is providing this notification of 
an upcoming teleconference call meeting of the Radiation Advisory 
Committee (RAC).
    The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent 
scientific and technical advice, consultation, and recommendations to 
the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and 
regulations. This committee of the SAB will comply with the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and all appropriate SAB 
policies and procedures.
    During the public conference call meeting, to take place at the 
date and time noted above, the RAC will discuss its proposals for self-
initiated projects to be considered by the SAB in FY 2004. Self-
initiated projects are scientific and technical projects proposed 
outside of the normal mechanism of Agency-requested consultations, 
advisories, and peer reviews. Such projects are intended to address 
critical needs for anticipatory or cross-cutting scientific/technical 
advice. All SAB self-initiated projects will be evaluated by the SAB's 
Executive Committee (EC) during a public conference call to be 
announced in May 2003.
    2. Availability of Meeting Materials: A copy of the draft agenda 
for the meeting that is the subject of this notice will be posted on 
the SAB Web site (http://www.epa.gov/sab) (under the AGENDAs 
subheading) approximately 10 days before the conference call meeting. 
Other materials that may be available, such as draft proposals for SAB 
self-initiated projects to be considered at the RAC conference call 
meeting will also be posted on the SAB Website in this time-frame.
    3. Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings: It is the 
policy of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to accept written public 
comments of any length, and to accommodate oral public comments 
whenever possible. The EPA SAB expects that public statements presented 
at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or 
written statements. Oral Comments: In general, each individual or group 
requesting an oral presentation at a face-to-face meeting will be 
limited to a total time of ten minutes (unless otherwise indicated). 
For conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will 
usually be limited to no more than three minutes per speaker and no 
more than fifteen minutes total. Interested parties should contact the 
Designated Federal Official (DFO) at least one week prior to the 
meeting in order to be placed on the public speaker list for the 
meeting. Speakers may attend the meeting and provide comment up to the 
meeting time. Speakers should bring at least 35 copies of their 
comments and presentation slides for distribution to the reviewers and 
public at the meeting. Written Comments: Although the SAB accepts 
written comments until the date of the meeting (unless otherwise 
stated), written comments should be received in the SAB Staff Office at 
least one week prior to the meeting date so that the comments may be 
made available to the

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review panel for their consideration. Comments should be supplied to 
the appropriate DFO at the address/contact information noted below in 
the following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one 
electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat, 
WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/Windows 95/98 format). 
Those providing written comments and who attend the meeting are also 
asked to bring 35 copies of their comments for public distribution. 
Should comment be provided at the meeting and not in advance of the 
meeting, they should be in-hand to the DFO up to and immediately 
following the meeting.

    Dated: March 12, 2003.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 03-6460 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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