Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63925-63926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30827]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) 
Environmental Engineering Committee, will meet Tuesday through 
Thursday, December 1-3, 1998 in Room 3709 of the Mall at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460. 
The meeting will begin at 8:30 am on December 1st and adjourn

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no later than 3:00 pm on December 3rd. All times noted are Eastern 
Time. This meeting is open to the public. Due to limited space, seating 
at meetings will be on a first-come basis. For further information 
concerning this meeting, please contact the individuals listed below. 
Documents that are the subject of SAB reviews are normally available 
from the originating EPA office and are not available from the SAB 
Office.
    No reviews are being conducted at this meeting. The EEC will 
consider two draft subcommittee reports for approval. These are the 
Quality Management Subcommittee's draft report on the implementation of 
the Agency's quality program and the draft report of the Retrospective 
Subcommittee on attributes of successful SAB advice. (Copies of these 
drafts will be available from Ms. Mary Winston, address below.)
    The EEC will consider four commentaries currently in preparation to 
determine whether they should be forwarded to the Executive Committee 
for consideration or ended. The commentaries address measures of 
technology performance, environmental impacts of natural hazards, waste 
reuse, and the toxicity characteristic leaching procedures. (Copies of 
these drafts will be available at the meeting. Contact Ms. Mary 
Winston, address below, for advanced copies, if available.) EEC members 
will brief the committee on the progress of proposed commentaries on 
sources of PM 2.5 and barriers to Pollution Prevention. Members will 
also have the opportunity to identify other topics for potential 
commentaries.
    The EEC has received written requests for three reviews; Agency 
staff will provide preliminary briefings on these requests which will 
enable the EEC to refine the charge and determine the expertise needed 
for the subsequent reviews. Two requests are from the Office of 
Research and Development--Wet Weather Pollution Research and Research 
on the Natural Attenuation of Contaminants in Ground Water, Soils and 
Sediments to Support Decisions on Site Remediation and Restoration. The 
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response is seeking EEC input on 
whether average or ``Not to Exceed'' concentrations are most 
appropriate for the development of cleanup goals at waste sites. 
(Copies of the requests can be obtained from Ms. Mary Winston, address 
below. Copies of any hand-outs distributed at the meeting in the course 
of these briefings will be available subsequently through Ms.Winston.)
    Agency staff will brief the EEC on topics of mutual interest 
including brown fields, environmental justice, industrial ecology, and 
sediments. The EEC will select FY99 activities, then attend to the 
practicalities of scheduling and completing the work. (Copies of any 
hand-outs distributed at the meeting in the course of these briefings 
will be available subsequently through Ms. Mary Winston, address 
below.)
    Members of the public desiring additional information about the 
meeting should contact Kathleen White Conway, Designated Federal 
Officer, Environmental Engineering Committee, Science Advisory Board 
(1400), Room 3702L, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone/voice mail at (202) 260-2558; fax at (202) 260-7118; or via 
E-mail at conway.kathleen@epa.gov. A copy of the draft Agenda is 
available from Ms. Mary Winston at (202) 260-2554; fax at (202) 260-
7118; or via E-Mail at winston.mary@epa.gov.
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation to 
the Committee must contact Ms. Conway in writing (by letter or by fax--
see previously stated information) no later than 12 noon Eastern Time, 
Wednesday, November 25, 1998 in order to be included on the Agenda. 
Public comments will be limited to ten minutes per speaker or 
organization. The request should identify the name of the individual 
making the presentation, the organization (if any) they will represent, 
any requirements for audio visual equipment (e.g., overhead projector, 
35mm projector, chalkboard, etc), and at least 35 copies of an outline 
of the issues to be addressed or of the presentation itself.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    The Science Advisory Board expects that public statements presented 
at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or 
written statements. In general, each individual or group making an oral 
presentation will be limited to a total time of ten minutes. For 
conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will be 
limited to no more than five minutes per speaker and no more than 
fifteen minutes total. Written comments (at least 35 copies) received 
in the SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior to a meeting date, may be 
mailed to the relevant SAB committee or subcommittee prior to its 
meeting; comments received too close to the meeting date will normally 
be provided to the committee at its meeting. Written comments may be 
provided to the relevant committee or subcommittee up until the time of 
the meeting.
    Additional information concerning the Science Advisory Board, its 
structure, function, and composition, may be found on the SAB Website 
(www.epa.gov/sab) and in The Annual Report of the Staff Director 
which is available from the SAB Publications Staff at (202) 260-4126 or 
via fax at (202) 260-1889. Individuals requiring special accommodation 
at SAB meetings, including wheelchair access, should contact the 
appropriate DFO at least five business days prior to the meeting so 
that appropriate arrangements can be made.

    Dated: November 12, 1998.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 98-30827 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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