[Federal Register: October 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 196)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is
announcing a public teleconference of the SAB Environmental Economics
Advisory Committee (EEAC) to discuss the valuation of mortality risk
reduction.
DATES: The teleconference will be held from 11 am--1 pm (EST) on
October 30, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding the public teleconference and call-in
number may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office by telephone/voice
mail at (202) 343-9867, or via e-mail at stallworth.holly@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 in the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
The technical contact for EPA's work on valuing
mortality risk reduction is Dr. Chris Dockins who may be reached at
(202) 566-2286 or dockins.chris@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee will hold a public
teleconference to discuss appropriate methods for valuing mortality
risks in the context of cost-benefit analysis. The EEAC will be
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augmented by economists from the chartered Science Advisory Board as
well as the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis. 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.
Background: Background information on this advisory was published
in 71 FR 48546 (August 21, 2006). This teleconference follows a face-
to-face meeting of the EEAC on September 14-15, 2006. At this meeting,
EEAC discussed two papers related to valuing mortality risk reduction.
These papers are posted at http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwRepNumLookup/EE-0494?OpenDocument and http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/
gov/EE/epa/">http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/a.gov/EE/epa/
teleconference, EEAC members will discuss draft comments to be written
in response to the Agency's charge (posted at http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/eeac_adv_val_mortal_rick_reduc.htm
).
Availability of Meeting Materials: Materials in support of this
meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/
in advance of this meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB 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 five minutes per speaker, with no
more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Interested parties
should contact Dr. Stallworth, DFO, at the contact information noted
above, by October 17, 2006, to be placed on the public speaker list for
the October 30, 2006 teleconference. Written Statements: Written
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by October 17,
2006, so that the information may be made available to the SAB for
their consideration prior to this teleconference. 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
stallworth.holly@epa.gov (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Meeting Access: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at (202)
343-9867 or stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: October 2, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director of Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
[FR Doc. E6-16811 Filed 10-10-06; 8:45 am]
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