[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59779-59780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16811]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is 
announcing a public teleconference of the SAB Environmental Economics 
Advisory Committee (EEAC) to discuss the valuation of mortality risk 
reduction.

DATES: The teleconference will be held from 11 am--1 pm (EST) on 
October 30, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information regarding the public teleconference and call-in 
number may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office by telephone/voice 
mail at (202) 343-9867, or via e-mail at [email protected]. The 
SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. General information 
about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced 
in this notice, may be found in the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. The technical contact for EPA's work on valuing 
mortality risk reduction is Dr. Chris Dockins who may be reached at 
(202) 566-2286 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB 
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee will hold a public 
teleconference to discuss appropriate methods for valuing mortality 
risks in the context of cost-benefit analysis. The EEAC will be

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augmented by economists from the chartered Science Advisory Board as 
well as the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis. The SAB 
was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and 
technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency 
positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 
5 U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all 
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: Background information on this advisory was published 
in 71 FR 48546 (August 21, 2006). This teleconference follows a face-
to-face meeting of the EEAC on September 14-15, 2006. At this meeting, 
EEAC discussed two papers related to valuing mortality risk reduction. 
These papers are posted at http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwRepNumLookup/EE-0494?OpenDocument and http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwRepNumLookup/EE-0495?OpenDocument. On the October 30, 2006 
teleconference, EEAC members will discuss draft comments to be written 
in response to the Agency's charge (posted at http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/eeac_adv_val_mortal_rick_reduc.htm).
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Materials in support of this 
meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/ 
in advance of this meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to 
consider during the advisory process. Oral Statements: In general, 
individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public 
teleconference will be limited to five minutes per speaker, with no 
more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Interested parties 
should contact Dr. Stallworth, DFO, at the contact information noted 
above, by October 17, 2006, to be placed on the public speaker list for 
the October 30, 2006 teleconference. Written Statements: Written 
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by October 17, 
2006, so that the information may be made available to the SAB for 
their consideration prior to this teleconference. Written statements 
should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy 
with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail to 
[email protected] (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format).
    Meeting Access: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at (202) 
343-9867 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at least 10 days 
prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: October 2, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
 Associate Director of Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 
Office.
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