[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 25695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10138]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8563-8]


EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference meeting of 
the Chartered EPA Science Advisory Board to review a draft report from 
the SAB's Radiation Advisory Committee Augmented for the review of the 
draft Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and 
Equipment (MARSAME) Manual.

DATES: The SAB will hold the public teleconference on May 29, 2008. The 
teleconference will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted by telephone conference only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain general information concerning this public teleconference or 
meeting should contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
via telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9982; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at: [email protected]. General information concerning the EPA 
Science Advisory Board can be found on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov./sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the EPA 
SAB will hold a public teleconference meeting to conduct a quality 
review the SAB Panel's draft Report on EPA's Draft Entitled ``Multi-
Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment 
(MARSAME) Manual,'' of December 2006.
    Background: The EPA SAB Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC), 
augmented with additional experts, reviewed the ``Multi-Agency 
Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment (MARSAME) 
Manual,'' Draft Report for Comment, December 2006. A multi-agency work 
group with participation by staff from the U.S. Department of Energy, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. 
EPA prepared the manual. The multi-agency work group has been active 
since 1995 and prepares radiological guidance documents. The draft 
MARSAME manual complements MARSSIM (a surficial soils radiation survey 
manual) by providing a process for surveying potentially radioactive 
material and equipment (M&E). It provides guidance to determine whether 
M&E are sufficiently free of radionuclide contamination to be admitted 
to or removed from a site. Additional information on this review can be 
obtained on the EPA SAB Web Site at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommitteesSubcommittees/Radiation%20Advisory%20Committee and in the Federal Register at 72 FR 
11356-11358 on the Web at: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-SAB/2007/March/Day-13/sab4562.htm.
    The purpose of this upcoming teleconference is for the Chartered 
SAB to conduct a quality review of the draft Panel report.
    Availability of Materials: The draft agenda and other materials 
will be posted on the SAB Web Site at http://www.epa.gov/sab prior to 
the meeting. For questions and information concerning the Agency's 
draft document on this topic please contact Dr. Mary E. Clark of the 
U.S. EPA, ORIA by telephone at (202) 343-9348, fax at (202) 243-2395, 
or e-mail at: [email protected].
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the 
Chartered SAB's consideration during this quality review meeting. Oral 
Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral 
presentation at a public SAB teleconference will be limited to three 
minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one-half hour for all 
speakers. At face-to-face meetings, presentations will be limited to 
five minutes, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. 
To be placed on the public speaker list, interested parties should 
contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail), 
by May 21, 2008, at the contact information noted above. Written 
Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff 
Office by May 21, 2008, so that the information may be made available 
to the SAB for their consideration prior to the teleconference meeting. 
Written statements should be supplied to the DFO 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).
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller at 
(202) 343-9982 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Mr. Miller preferably at least ten days 
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: April 30, 2008.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
 [FR Doc. E8-10138 Filed 5-6-08; 8:45 am]
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