[Federal Register: March 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7468-7]
Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee
Meeting; Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) Conference Call
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Science Advisory
Board (SAB), Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) is announcing a
planning teleconference meeting to discuss several proposed self-
initiated projects for Fiscal Year 2004.
DATES: The conference call meeting will take place on Wednesday, April
2, 2003 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon eastern standard time.
ADDRESSES: Members of the public who wish to obtain the call-in number
and access code to participate, must contact Ms. Mary Winston, EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-
4538 or via e-mail at winston.mary@epa.gov in order to register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information about this conference call meeting should contact
Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone/voice
mail at (202) 564-4557 or via e-mail at kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov.
General information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be
found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or
Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) is providing this notification of
an upcoming teleconference call meeting of the Radiation Advisory
Committee (RAC).
The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent
scientific and technical advice, consultation, and recommendations to
the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. This committee of the SAB will comply with the provisions
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and all appropriate SAB
policies and procedures.
During the public conference call meeting, to take place at the
date and time noted above, the RAC will discuss its proposals for self-
initiated projects to be considered by the SAB in FY 2004. Self-
initiated projects are scientific and technical projects proposed
outside of the normal mechanism of Agency-requested consultations,
advisories, and peer reviews. Such projects are intended to address
critical needs for anticipatory or cross-cutting scientific/technical
advice. All SAB self-initiated projects will be evaluated by the SAB's
Executive Committee (EC) during a public conference call to be
announced in May 2003.
2. Availability of Meeting Materials: A copy of the draft agenda
for the meeting that is the subject of this notice will be posted on
the SAB Web site (http://www.epa.gov/sab) (under the AGENDAs
the SAB Web site (http://www.epa.gov/sab) (under the AGENDAs
subheading) approximately 10 days before the conference call meeting.
Other materials that may be available, such as draft proposals for SAB
self-initiated projects to be considered at the RAC conference call
meeting will also be posted on the SAB Website in this time-frame.
3. Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings: It is the
policy of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to accept written public
comments of any length, and to accommodate oral public comments
whenever possible. The EPA SAB expects that 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 face-to-face meeting will be
limited to a total time of ten minutes (unless otherwise indicated).
For conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will
usually be limited to no more than three minutes per speaker and no
more than fifteen minutes total. Interested parties should contact the
Designated Federal Official (DFO) at least one week prior to the
meeting in order to be placed on the public speaker list for the
meeting. Speakers may attend the meeting and provide comment up to the
meeting time. Speakers should bring at least 35 copies of their
comments and presentation slides for distribution to the reviewers and
public at the meeting. Written Comments: Although the SAB accepts
written comments 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
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review panel for their consideration. Comments should be supplied to
the appropriate DFO at the address/contact information noted below 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).
Those providing written comments and who attend the meeting are also
asked to bring 35 copies of their comments for public distribution.
Should comment be provided at the meeting and not in advance of the
meeting, they should be in-hand to the DFO up to and immediately
following the meeting.
Dated: March 12, 2003.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 03-6460 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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