47206 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 173 / Monday, September 8, 1997 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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National Advisory Committee for Acute

Exposure Guideline Levels for

Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the National

Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure

Guideline Levels for Hazardous

Substances (NAC/AEGL Commitee) will

be held on September 23–25, 1997, in

Washington, DC. At this meeting, the

committee will address, as time permits,

the various aspects of the acute toxicity

and the development of Acute Exposure

Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for the

following chemicals: hydrogen fluoride;

carbon tetrachloride;

dichlorodimethylsilane; phosgene;

methyl chloroformate; isopropyl

chloroformate; propyl chloroformate;

acrylyl chloride; propylene oxide boron

trichloride; and allyl alcohol. In

addition, the committee will discuss

literature search results and other

available data for sulfur dioxide, sulfur

trioxide, and sulfuric acid in

preparation for the development of

AEGLs for these chemicals.

DATES: A meeting of the NAC/AEGL

Committee will be held from 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23; from

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 24;

and from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on

September 25, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Interstate Commerce Commission

Building, Hearing Room A, 1201

Constitution NW., Washington DC.

(entrance on Constitution Ave at the

corner of Constitution Ave and 12th St.,

NW., 1 block from the Federal Triangle

Metro stop).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

S. Tobin, Designated Federal Officer

(DFO) Office of Prevention, Pesticides,

and Toxic Substances (7406), 401 M St.

SW., Washington, DC. 20460, (202) 260–

1736, e-mail:

tobin.paul@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting of the NAC/AEGL Commitee

will be open to the public. Oral

presentations or statements by

interested parties will be limited to 10

minutes. Interested parties are

encouraged to contact Paul Tobin, to

schedule presentations before the

committee. Since seating for outside

observers may be limited, those wishing

to attend the meeting as observers also

are encouraged to contact Paul Tobin, at

the earliest possible date to insure

adequate seating arrangements.

Inquiries regarding oral presentations

and the submission of written

statements or chemical specific

information should be directed to the

DFO. Another meeting of the NAC/

AEGL is expected to be held in

Washington, DC in December, 1997

(currently planned for December 8–10,

1997). It is anticipated that chemicals to

be addressed at this meeting will

include, but not necessarily be limited

to the following: hydrogen cyanide;

sulfur dioxide; sulfur trioxide; sulfuric

acid; peracetic acid; piperidine;

arsenous trichloride; and bromine.

Inquiries regarding the submission of

data, written statements or chemicalspecific information on these chemicals

should be directed to the DFO at the

earliest date possible to allow for

consideration of this information in the

preparation of committee materials.

Dated: August 29, 1997.

William H. Sanders III,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Notification of

Public Advisory Committee Meeting:

September 1997

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the

Integrated Risk Project (IRP) Steering

Committee, an ad hoc committee

established by the Executive Committee

of the Science Advisory Board, will

meet on September 24–26, 1997 at the

Quality Hotel, 1200 North Courthouse

Road, Arlington, VA, telephone (703)

524–4000. The meeting will begin at

8:30 a.m. on September 24, and end no

later than 5:30 p.m. each day. Seating

will be limited and available on a firstcome, first-served basis. The purpose of

the meeting is to review and revise the

second draft of a report being developed

as part of the Integrated Risk Project,

describing an integrated model for

decision-making that incorporates

information on risks to ecosystems and

humans, risk reduction options, and

their economic and societal

implications.

Background on the Integrated Risk

Project (IRP)

In a letter dated October 25, 1995, to

Dr. Matanoski, Chair of the SAB

Executive Committee, Deputy

Administrator Fred Hansen charged the

SAB to: a) develop an updated ranking

of the relative risk of different

environmental problems based upon

explicit scientific criteria; b) provide an

assessment of techniques and criteria

that could be used to discriminate

among emerging environmental risks

and identify those that merit serious,

near-term Agency attention; c) assess

the potential for risk reduction and

propose alternative technical risk

reduction strategies for the

environmental problems identified; and

d) identify the uncertainties and data

quality issues associated with the

relative rankings. The project is being

conducted by several SAB panels,

working at the direction of an ad hoc

Steering Committee established by the

Executive Committee.

Single copies of Reducing Risk, the

report of the previous relative risk

ranking effort of the SAB, can be

obtained by contacting the SAB’s

Committee Evaluation and Support Staff

(1400), 401 M Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-8414, or

fax (202) 260–1889. Members of the

public desiring additional information

about the meeting, including an agenda,

should contact Ms. Wanda Fields, Staff

Secretary, Committee Operations Staff,

Science Advisory Board (1400), US

EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC

20460, by telephone at (202) 260–8414,

fax at (202) 260–7118, or via the Internet

at: Fields.Wanda@epamail.epa.gov.

Anyone wishing to make a brief oral

presentation at the IRP meeting must

contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller,

Designated Federal Official, no later

than 4:00 pm on September 16, 1997, at

fax: (202) 260–7118 or via the Internet

at miller.tom@epamail.epa.gov. The

request should identify the name of the

individual who will make the

presentation and an outline of the issues

to be addressed. At least 35 copies of

any written comments to the Committee

are to be given to Mr. Miller no later

than the time of the presentation for

distribution to the Committee and the

interested public. For further

information, you may also reach Mr.

Miller by phone on (202) 260–5886. See

below for additional information on

providing comments to the SAB.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its