[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52254-52255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19437]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7805-9]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office, Environmental Economics 
Advisory Committee; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting 
(Teleconference)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency), Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference for 
the SAB Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) to discuss 
follow-on matters related to its consultation on the valuation of 
mortality risk reduction.

DATES: The teleconference will take place on Monday, September 20, 
2004, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
obtain the teleconference call-numbers and access codes or who wishes 
to submit written or brief oral comments (five minutes or less), must 
contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 
Science Advisory Board (1400A), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice 
mail: (202) 343-9867.
    Requests to provide oral comments must be in writing (e-mail, fax, 
or mail) and received by Dr. Stallworth no later than five business 
days prior to the teleconference in order to reserve time on the 
meeting agenda. It is the policy of the EPA Science Advisory Board 
Staff Office to accept written public comments of any length, and to 
accommodate oral public comments whenever possible.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The EEAC, a committee of the EPA 
Science Advisory Board, is a Federal advisory committee chartered under 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 
The EEAC is charged with providing advice, information and

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recommendations through the chartered SAB to the Agency on the economic 
issues associated with various EPA programs.
    The EEAC held a public meeting in Washington, DC on May 13, 2004 to 
provide consultative advice to the EPA National Center for 
Environmental Economics on the valuation of mortality risk reduction. 
Background on this review was provided in a Federal Register notice 
published on April 22, 2004 (Vol. 69, No. 78). Minutes of the May 13, 
2004 consultation are available on the SAB Web site. The meeting agenda 
for the September 20, 2004 teleconference will continue this 
consultative project with a discussion of four questions related to the 
valuation of mortality risk reduction. This agenda will be posted on 
the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab prior to the meeting.

    Dated: August 12, 2004.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 04-19437 Filed 8-24-04; 8:45 am]
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