60864 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2004 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7826–9] 

Meeting of the Ozone Transport 

Commission

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency is 

announcing the 2004 Fall Meeting of the 

Ozone Transport Commission (OTC). 

This meeting will explore options 

available for reducing ground-level 

ozone precursors in a multi-pollutant 

context.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 9, 2004 starting at 1 p.m. 

(EST), and November 10, 2004 starting 

at 9 a.m. (EST).

ADDRESSES: Historic Inns of Annapolis, 

58 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland 

21401; (410) 263–2641.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marcia L. Spink, Associate Director, Air 

Protection Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; 

(215) 814–2100. For Documents and 

Press Inquiries Contact: Ozone 

Transport Commission, 444 North 

Capitol Street NW., Suite 638, 

Washington, DC 20001; (202) 508–3840; 

e-mail: ozone@otcair.org; Web site: 

http://www.otcair.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean 

Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain at 

Section 184 provisions for the ‘‘Control 

of Interstate Ozone Air Pollution.’’

Section 184(a) establishes an ‘‘Ozone 

Transport Region’’ (OTR) comprised of 

the States of Connecticut, Delaware, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, 

Northern Virginia and the District of 

Columbia. The purpose of the Ozone 

Transport Commission is to deal with 

ground level ozone formation, transport, 

and control within the OTR. The 

purpose of this notice is to announce 

that the OTC will meet on November 9–

10, 2004, at the address noted earlier in 

this notice. This meeting will explore 

options available for reducing groundlevel ozone precursors in a multipollutant context. Section 176A(b)(2) of 

the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 

specifies that the meeting of the Ozone 

Transport Commission is not subject to 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. This meeting will be 

open to the public as space permits. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Agenda: Copies of the final agenda are 

available from the OTC office (202) 508–

3840, by e-mail: ozone@otcair.org or via 

the OTC Web site at http://

www.otcair.org.

Dated: October 4, 2004. 

Richard J. Kampf, 

Acting Regional Administrator.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7827–3] 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff 

Office Notification of Upcoming 

Meeting of the Regional Vulnerability 

Assessment Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The EPA’s Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing 

a public face-to-face meeting of the SAB 

Regional Vulnerability Assessment 

(ReVA) Advisory Panel. The purpose of 

this meeting is to provide advice to EPA 

on the ReVA Methods for Multi-Scale 

Decision-Making.

DATES: The SAB ReVA Advisory Panel 

will meet starting Tuesday October 26, 

2004 at 9 a.m., and adjourn at 

approximately 4 p.m. (eastern time) 

Wednesday October 27, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting of the 

Panel will be held at the Science 

Advisory Board Conference Center 

located at 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 

3705, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding the public 

meeting may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory 

Board by telephone/voice mail at (202) 

343–9995, fax at (202) 233–0643, by email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov, or by 

mail at U.S. EPA SAB (1400F), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, 20460. General information about 

the SAB and the meeting location may 

be found on the SAB Web site at:

http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, Notice is hereby given that the 

Panel will hold a public meeting to 

provide advice to the EPA on the 

Agency’s Regional Vulnerability 

Assessment Methods for Multi-Scale 

Decision-Making. The dates and times 

for the meeting are provided above. 

Background: Background on the 

meeting described in this notice was 

provided in a Federal Register Notice 

published on July 30, 2004 (69 FR 

45706–45707). The SAB Staff Office has 

determined that the advisory on the 

Regional Vulnerability Assessment 

Methods for Multi-Scale DecisionMaking will be conducted by the SAB’s 

Ecological Processes and Effects 

Committee augmented with experts in 

decision science and environmental 

decision-making, landscape ecology, 

analysis of land use change, ecology and 

the use of geographic information 

system technology to analyze 

environmental stressors and effects, and 

environmental statistics. A roster of 

Panel members, their biosketches, and 

the meeting agenda will be posted on 

the SAB Web site prior to the meeting. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

meeting agenda and the charge to the 

SAB panel will be posted on the SAB 

Web site prior to the meeting. Meeting 

materials also include: (1) The EPA 

document, Regional Vulnerability 

Assessment for the Mid-Atlantic Region: 

Evaluation of Integration Methods and 

Assessments Results; (2) the EPA 

document, The U.S. EPA’s Regional 

Vulnerability Assessment Program—A 

Research Strategy for 2001–2006; and 

(3) four Internet Web sites with versions 

of the ReVA Web-based Environmental 

Decision Toolkit (EDT). Copies of these 

materials may be obtained by contacting 

Dr. Betsy Smith, EPA Office of Research 

and Development, by telephone: 919–

541–0626, or e-mail: 

smith.betsy@epa.gov.

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments: It is the policy of the EPA 

SAB 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 the ReVA panel 

meeting 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). Interested parties should 

contact the DFO in writing (e-mail, fax 

or mail—see contact information above) 

by close of business October 21, 2004 in 

order to be placed on the public speaker 

list for the meeting. Speakers should 

bring at least 35 copies of their 

comments and presentation slides for 

distribution to the participants and 

public at the meeting. Written 

Comments: Although the SAB Staff 

Office accepts written comments until 

the date of the meeting (unless 

otherwise stated), written comments