[Federal Register: February 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 33)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection 
Advisory Committee (CHPAC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the second meeting 
of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be 
held March 4-6, 1998, in Washington, D.C. The CHPAC was created to 
advise the Environmental Protection Agency in the development of 
regulations, guidance and policies to address children's environmental 
health.

DATES: Wednesday, March 4, 1998, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Work 
Group meetings only); Plenary session begins on Thursday, March 5, 
1998, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and continues on Friday, March 6, 
1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW (at 
Massachusetts Avenue and 14th Street, NW), Washington, D.C. 20005.

Agenda Items

    The meetings of the CHPAC are open to the public. The Regulatory 
Re-evaluation Work Group will meet from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 
Wednesday, March 4, 1998 and the Outreach and Communications Work Group 
will meet from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 1998. The 
plenary session will begin on Thursday, March 5, 1998, from 10:00 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m. and continue on Friday, March 6, 1998, from 9:30 a.m. to 
1:00 p.m. The plenary session will open with introductions, a review of 
the agenda and objectives for the meeting. Some tentative agenda items 
include reports from the Work Groups, discussion on the selection of 
five standards for review with regards to children's environmental 
health, and discussion about the formation of a Cost/Benefit Work 
Group. There will be a public comment period on Friday, March 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons needing further information 
should contact Paula R. Goode, Office of Children's Health Protection, 
USEPA, MC 1107, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 260-
7778, goode.paula@epamail.epa.gov.

    Dated: February 10, 1998.
E. Ramona Trovato,
Director, Office of Children's Health Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-4180 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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