[Federal Register: May 31, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 103)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Advisory
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board; Regulatory Environmental
Modeling (REM) Guidance Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board (SAB) Regulatory Environmental
Modeling (REM) Guidance Review Panel will hold a public teleconference
to discuss its draft peer review report of the Agency's draft guidance
entitled, ``Draft Guidance on the Development, Evaluation, and
Application of Regulatory Environmental Models,'' dated November 2003
(referred to here also as the Draft Guidance), and the ``Models
Knowledge Base'' related to modeling activity within the EPA.
DATES: June 16, 2005, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will take place via telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes
to: Obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code; would
like to submit written or brief oral comments (3 minutes or less for
this public teleconference), or who wants further information
concerning this public teleconference should contact Dr. Jack
Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA SAB, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., (MC 1400F), Washington, DC 20460; via
telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9984; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-mail
at: kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General information concerning the SAB
can be found on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The EPA's Council for Regulatory
Environmental Modeling (CREM) has requested that the SAB review the
Agency's ``Draft Guidance and Models Knowledge Base''. The ``Draft
Guidance'' was prepared by the CREM in response to the EPA
Administrator's request to help continue to strengthen EPA's
development, evaluation and use of models in the Agency. The CREM
``Models Knowledge Base'' provides public internet-accessible access to
information on some of EPA's most frequently used models. The ``Draft
Guidance and the Models Knowledge Base'' are currently being reviewed
by the SAB's REM Guidance Review Panel, and are the subject of this
conference call. Additional background information on this review
activity, including all previous announcements (68 FR 46602, August 6,
2003; 70 FR 1243, January 6, 2005; 70 FR 12477, March 14, 2005),
meeting agendas, review and background materials can be found at the
SAB Web site. The purpose of this meeting is for the SAB Panel to
review the working draft report.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Copies of the meeting agenda,
the roster of the SAB's REM Guidance Review Panel, and the latest
working draft report of the REM Guidance Advisory Panel will be posted
on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/cremgacpanel.html
prior to the meeting.
Persons who wish to obtain copies of the Agency's Draft Guidance,
the Models Knowledge Base or other materials pertinent to this advisory
activity may obtain these materials at: http://www.epa.gov/crem, or
http://www.epa.gov/crem/sab. For further information regarding the
Agency's Draft Guidance or Models Knowledge Base or other relevant
background materials, please contact Mr. Pasky Pascual of the U.S. EPA,
Office of Science Policy, Office of Research & Development (Mail Code
8102), by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2259, by fax at (202) 565-
2925; or via e-mail at pascual.pasky@epa.gov.
Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings: It is the
policy of the SAB Staff Office to accept written public comments of any
length, and to accommodate oral public comments wherever possible. The
SAB Staff Office expects the public statements presented at its
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 public teleconference will be limited to a total
time of three minutes (unless otherwise indicated). Requests to provide
oral comments must be in writing (e-mail, fax, or mail) and received by
the DFO no later than noon Eastern Time five business days prior to the
meeting in order to reserve time on the meeting agenda.
Written Comments: Although the SAB Staff Office accepts written
comments until the date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated),
written comments should be received in the SAB Staff Office no later
than noon Eastern Time five business days prior to the meeting so that
the comments may be made available to the Panelists for their
consideration. Comments should be supplied to the DFO (preferably by e-
mail) at the address/contact information noted above in the following
formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy
via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect,
Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format)).
Dated: May 24, 2005.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 05-10768 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]
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