[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 91 (Friday, May 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26815-26816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9099]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8313-9]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference 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 its draft advisory report to EPA 
regarding issues in valuing mortality risk reduction.

DATES: The teleconference will be held from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Eastern time 
on June 4, 2007.

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 public 
teleconference 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. The SAB EEAC will be 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

    The SAB EEAC has been asked to review two papers related to EPA's 
issues in valuing mortality risk reduction. The first paper entitled 
``Report of the EPA Work Group on VSL Meta-Analyses'' addresses the 
application of meta analysis techniques to the derivation of estimates 
for mortality risk reduction. A second paper, entitled ``Willingness to 
Pay for Environmental Health Risk Reductions when there are Varying 
Degrees of Life Expectancy: A White Paper'' discusses appropriate and 
available methods for valuing mortality risk reductions when affected 
populations have varying life expectancies. http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwRepNumLookup/EE-0495?OpenDocument. 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. The SAB EEAC met on September 14-
15, 2006 (71 FR 48546), and a teleconference was held on October 30, 
2006 (71 FR 59779-59780). During the June 4, 2007 teleconference, the 
SAB EEAC members will discuss their draft advisory responding to EPA's 
charge questions on the two papers cited above.
    Availability of Teleconference Materials: Materials in support of 
the teleconference, including the SAB EEAC's draft response to the 
Agency's charge, will be placed on the SAB Web Site at http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/eeac_adv_val_mortal_rick_reduc.htm prior to 
the teleconference.
    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

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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 May 25, 2007, to be placed on the public 
speaker list for the June 4, 2007 teleconference. Written Statements: 
Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by May 
25, 2007, 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: May 4, 2007.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
 [FR Doc. E7-9099 Filed 5-10-07; 8:45 am]
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