[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 184 (Monday, September 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54255-54257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18813]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Public 
Meetings of the Science Advisory Board Radiation Advisory Committee 
MARSAME Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces 
two public meetings of the SAB Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) 
augmented with additional experts to review the draft document entitled 
``Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and 
Equipment (MARSAME) Manual,'' December 2006.

DATES: The SAB Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) MARSAME Review Panel 
will hold a public teleconference on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 from 1 
p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time, and a public face-to-face meeting on 
October 29 through October 31, 2007, commencing at 9 a.m. Eastern Time 
on Monday, October 29, 2007.
    The final agendas for these public meetings will be posted on the 
SAB's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference meeting of October 9, 2007 will 
take place via telephone only. The October 29--31, 2007 meeting will 
take place at the Renaissance M Street Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain the call-in number and access code for the public teleconference 
meeting, or further information concerning the face-to-face public 
meeting may contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), by mail at the EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 
343-9984; by fax at (202) 233-0643; or by e-mail at: 
[email protected]. General information concerning the SAB can be 
found on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
    Technical Contact: For questions and information concerning the 
draft MARSAME document, background information, as well as briefing and 
other background materials provided to the RAC MARSAME Review Panel 
which are pertinent to the meetings in this notice, please contact Dr. 
Mary E.

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Clark of the U.S. EPA, ORIA by telephone at (202) 343-9348, fax at 
(202) 243-2395, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The EPA's Office of Radiation 
and Indoor Air (ORIA) on behalf of the Federal agencies participating 
in the development of the MARSAME Manual (see below) requested the SAB 
to provide advice on a draft document entitled ``Multi-Agency Radiation 
Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment (MARSAME) Manual,'' 
December 2006. MARSAME is a supplement to the ``Multi-Agency Radiation 
Survey and Site Investigation Manual'' (MARSSIM, EPA 402-R-970-016, 
Rev.1, August 2000 and June 2001 update). The SAB Staff Office 
announced this advisory activity and requested nominations for 
technical experts to augment the SAB's Radiation Advisory Committee 
(RAC) in the Federal Register (72 FR 11356; March 13, 2007). MARSAME 
was developed collaboratively by the multi-agency work group (60 FR 
12555; March 7, 1995) and provides technical information on approaches 
for planning, conducting, evaluating, and documenting radiological 
disposition surveys to determine proper disposition of materials and 
equipment (M&E). The techniques, methodologies, and philosophies that 
form the basis of this manual have been developed to be consistent with 
current Federal limitations, guidelines, and procedures. The multi-
agency work group which developed the MARSAME manual consists of the 
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC).
    MARSSIM was limited to surfaces soils and building surfaces. The 
MARSAME supplement addresses M&E potentially affected by radioactivity, 
including metals, concrete, tools, equipment, piping, conduit, 
furniture and dispersible bulk materials such as trash, rubble, roofing 
materials, and sludge. Such M&E may be containers and packages in 
general commerce or from licensed users of radioactivity. The wide 
variety of M&E requires additional flexibility in the survey process, 
and this has been incorporated in MARSAME. MARSAME encourages an 
effective use of resources, and when finalized, will be a multi-agency 
consensus document.
    The purpose of this supplement to MARSSIM is to provide information 
for the design and implementation of technically defensible surveys for 
disposition of M&E, where disposition is defined as the future use, 
fate, or final location of something. MARSAME provides information on 
selecting and properly applying disposition survey strategies and 
selecting measurement methods.
    The U.S. EPA SAB conducted the scientific peer reviews of the 
companion Multi-Agency documents, MARSSIM (EPA-SAB-RAC-97-008, dated 
September 30, 1997) and the Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory 
Analytical Protocols (MARLAP) Manual (EPA-SAB-RAC-03-009, dated June 
10, 2003). Two previous SAB consultations have taken place for MARSAME 
(EPA-SAB-RAC-CON-03-002, dated February 27, 2003, and EPA-SAB-RAC-CON-
04-001, dated February 9, 2004). The SAB reports can be found on the 
EPA SAB's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 
92-463, the SAB Staff Office hereby gives notice of one public 
teleconference meeting and one face-to-face public meeting of the SAB 
Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) augmented to deal with this subject. 
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. The augmented RAC will comply with the provisions of FACA 
and all appropriate SAB procedural policies.
    Purpose of the Teleconference and Meeting: The purpose of the 
teleconference is to: introduce the subject and discuss the charge to 
the Panel; determine if the review and background materials provided 
are adequate to respond to the charge questions directed to the SAB's 
RAC MARSAME Review Panel; and agree on charge assignments for 
Panelists. The purpose of the meeting is to: receive presentations by 
the Multi-Agency Work Group Staff; deliberate on the charge questions; 
and draft a report in response to the charge questions pertaining to 
the draft MARSAME Manual, dated December 2006.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: A roster and biosketches of the 
RAC MARSAME Review Panel members, the meeting agenda, and the charge to 
the SAB's RAC MARSAME Review Panel will be posted on the SAB Web Site 
at (http://www.epa.gov/sab) prior to the meetings. The draft document, 
``Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and 
Equipment (MARSAME) Manual,'' December 2006 (NUREG-1575, Supp. 1; EPA 
402-R-06-002; and DOE/EH-707) is available at http://63.151.45.33/marsame/system/index.cfm, or http://epa.gov/radiation/marssim/publicpreview.htm#obtain. In addition to the hotlinks above, the charge 
to the RAC's MARSAME Review Panel, and other supplemental information 
may be found at the SAB Web Site (http://www.sab.gov/sab).
    Additional background materials on the December, 2006 draft MARSAME 
Manual and other materials related to this topic may be found at:
    MARSAME: http://63.151.45.33/marsame/system/index.cfm, or: http://epa.gov/radiation/marssim/publicpreview.htm#obtain for the draft 
document itself,
    MARSSIM: http://epa.gov/radiation/marssim/index.html, or: http://epa.gov/radiation/marssim/obtain.htm for the document itself; and
    MARLAP: http://epa.gov/radiation/marlap/index.html, or: http://epa.gov/radiation/marlap/manual.htm#voli for the document itself.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB 
Panel 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 three 
minutes per speaker with no more than a total of fifteen minutes for 
all speakers. For face-to-face meetings, in general, individuals or 
groups requesting an oral presentation at a public face-to-face meeting 
will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Interested parties should 
contact the DFO, contact information provided above, in writing via e-
mail seven days prior to the teleconference meeting date. For the 
October 9, 2007 teleconference meeting, the deadline is Tuesday, 
October 2, 2007. For the October 29, 30, and 31, 2007 meeting, the 
deadline is Monday, October 22, 2007 to be placed on the public speaker 
list. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the 
SAB Staff Office seven days prior to the teleconference meeting. For 
the Tuesday, October 9, 2007 teleconference meeting, the deadline is 
Tuesday, October 2, 2007; for the October 29, 30 and 31, 2007 meeting 
the deadline is Monday, October 22, 2007, so that the information may 
be made available to the SAB RAC MARSAME Review Panel for their 
consideration. 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,

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WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 
format).
    Meeting Accommodations: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact 
information provided above. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact the DFO, preferably at least 10 days prior to the 
meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: September 18, 2007.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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