[Federal Register: April 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 81)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming
Science Advisory Board Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public telephone conference meeting to discuss the review of two draft
SAB reports.
DATES: May 18, 2004. A public telephone conference meeting of the SAB's
review committee will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m (Eastern Time) on
May 18, 2004.
ADDRESSES: The telephone conference for these reviews will be held by
telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding the telephone conference may
contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), U.S.
EPA Science Advisory Board via phone (202) 343-9982) or e-mail at
miller.tom@epa.gov, or Dr. Anthony Maciorowski, Associate Director for
Science, U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board via phone ((202) 343-9983) or
e-mail at maciorowski.anthony@epa.gov.
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 on the SAB Web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/sab.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (a) Background on the Air Toxics Research
Strategy Report Quality Review Committee (QRC) Meeting: The Air Toxics
Research Strategy Report QRC Telephone Conference Meeting will be held
on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. The purpose of the
meeting will be to allow the members of the QRC to conduct a public
review and discussion of the report.
The focus of the discussion will be on whether: (i) The original
charge questions to the review panel have been adequately addressed,
(ii) there are any technical errors or omissions in the report or
issues that are inadequately dealt with in the report, (iii) the report
is clear and logical, and (iv) any conclusions drawn, or
recommendations provided, are supported by the body of information in
the review report. The outcome of the QRC review will be one of the
following: (i) Recommend SAB approval of the report, (ii) return the
report to the review panel for further work, (iii) reject the work of
the review panel and request a reconsideration and a revised report in
the future, or (iv) recommend that the SAB constitute an entirely new
review panel.
(b) Background on the Environmental Economics Research Strategy
Report QRC Meeting: The Environmental Economics Research Strategy
Report QRC Telephone Conference Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May
18, 2004 from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. The purpose of the meeting will be to
allow the members of the QRC to conduct a public review and discussion
of the report. The focus of the discussion and the possible outcomes
are the same as described in section (a), above.
Availability of Review Material for the Board Meeting: Documents
that are the subject of this meeting are available on the SAB Web site
at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/.
Procedures for Providing Public Comment: It is the policy of the
SAB Staff Office to accept written public comments of any length, and
to accommodate oral public comments whenever possible. The SAB Staff
Office expects that public statements presented at SAB meetings will
not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written statements.
Oral Comments: In general, each individual or group requesting an
oral presentation at a telephone conference call meeting will usually
be limited to no more than three minutes per speaker and no more than
fifteen minutes total. Interested parties should contact the DFO noted
above in writing via e-mail at least one week prior to the meeting in
order to be placed on the public speaker list for the meeting. Speakers
should provide an electronic copy of their comments for distribution to
interested parties and participants in the meeting.
Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the
date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), written comments should
be received in the SAB Staff Office at least one week prior to the
meeting date so that the comments may be made available to the
committee for their consideration.
Comments should be supplied to the DFO at the address/contact
information above in the following formats: One hard copy with original
signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format:
Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/Windows
95/98 format)).
Meeting Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodation
to access these meetings, should contact the DFO at least five business
days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Dated: April 19, 2004.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 04-9560 Filed 4-26-04; 8:45 am]
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