55248 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 205 / Thursday, October 23, 1997 / Notices

Certain records and reports are

necessary to enable the Administrator

to: (1) identify new, modified,

reconstructed, and existing sources

subject to the standards and (2) ensure

that the standards, which are based on

maximum achievable control

technology (MACT) and generally

available control technology (GACT),

are being achieved.

The NESHAP for Commercial

Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and

Fumigation Operations were

promulgated on December 6, 1994.

These standards apply to new and

existing commercial EO sterilization

and fumigation facilities that use air

pollution control devices that are in

operation after promulgation of the

NESHAP.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described must submit onetime reports of start of construction,

anticipated or actual startup dates, and

physical or operation changes to

existing facilities. In addition, owners or

operators of existing commercial EO

sterilization and fumigation operations

will submit one-time reports of actual

annual EO use. Owners or operators of

new commercial EO sterilization and

fumigation operations will submit onetime reports of estimated annual EO use.

Reports of initial emissions testing are

necessary to determine that the

applicable emission limit is being met.

The owner or operator of a commercial

EO sterilization and fumigation

operation that uses an air pollution

control device to meet the emission

limit is required to maintain records of

the site-specific monitoring parameters

as well as daily and monthly

inspections of the control device.

All reports are sent to the delegated

State or local authority. In the event that

there is no such delegated authority, the

reports are sent directly to the EPA

Regional Office. Notifications are used

to inform the Agency or delegated

authority when a source becomes

subject to the standard. The reviewing

authority may then inspect the source to

check if the pollution control devices

are properly installed and operated and

the standard is being met. Performance

test reports are needed as these are the

Agency’s record of a source’s initial

capability to comply with the emission

standard. An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 6/18/

97 (62 FR 33068); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 75 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide information to or

for a Federal agency. This includes the

time needed to review instructions;

develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purposes

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Commercial Ethylene Oxide

Sterilization and Fumigation

Operations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

98.

Frequency of Response: Daily,

Monthly, and Semi-annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

7,328 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $228,000.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1666.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0283 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

(or E-Mail

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov)

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Richard Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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Public Meetings Regarding

Environmental Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and

opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is announcing a series of public

meetings to solicit information from

stakehodlers regarding their use of, and

access to, environmental information

and data.

DATES: EPA is scheduling up to twenty

public meetings during October 1997

through December 1997. Specific dates

and cities are listed in the tentative

schedule under Supplementary

Information below. Requests to attend

the meetings and/or provide oral

comments at the meetings must be

received at least 7 days prior to the

scheduled meetings. The final times and

precise locations of the meetings will be

available to interested persons from the

EPA contact person, upon request, two

weeks prior to each meeting.

ADDRESSES: Requests to attend the

meetings and/or to provide oral

comments should be made to Ms. Lisa

M. Hunter; Center for Environmental

Information and Statistics (MC: 2164);

Office of Policy, Planning and

Evaluation; U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency; 401 M Street, SW;

Washington, DC; 20460; (202) 260–4744.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Lisa M. Hunter, EPA Headquarters,

(202) 260–4744, or e-mail,

hunter.lisa@epamial.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is

undertaking a variety of customer

survey efforts to learn how Agency

stakeholders use and access

environmental information and data.

One of these efforts will consist of a

series of twenty meetings throughout

the country to better understand the

views of particular individuals and

groups that typically use environmental

information. Each discussion session

will focus on a particular stakeholder

group or user’s environmental

information needs. The public is invited

to attend these meetings as observers

and/or to provide comment during a

public comment period at the end of

each meeting. The tentative schedule for

the public meetings—including

potential dates, cites,and intended

stakeholder groups—is as follows:
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1. October 23, 1997, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, African American

Community

2. October 23, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia,

Groups Concerned with Water Quality

3. October 28, 1997, New York, New

York, Environmental Organizations

4. October 30, 1997, Boston,

Massachusetts, State Monitoring

Agencies

5. October 30, 1997, Arlington, Texas,

Public Health Community

6. November 4, 1997, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, Researchers/Academic

Groups

7. November 6, 1997, Kansas City,

Kansas, Agricultural Community

8. November 6, 1997, Cleveland, Ohio,

Manufacturers/Process Industries

9. November 12, 1997, Denver,

Colorado, Manufacturers/Process

Industries

10. November 12, 1997, Atlanta,

Georgia, Groups Concerned with Air

Quality

11. November 13, 1997, San Juan,

Puerto Rico, Community/Regional

Representatives

12. November 13, 1997, Fort Collins,

Colorado, Agricultural Community

13. November 18, 1997, New

Hampshire, Environmental

Organizations

14. November 18, 1997, Seattle,

Washington, Businesses

15. November 20, 1997, Albuquerque,

New Mexico, Regional Tribes

16. November 20, 1997, St. Louis,

Missouri, Public Health Community

17. December 2, 1997, Olympia,

Washington, Regional Tribes

18. December 3, 1997, San Francisco,

California, Community/Regional

Representatives

19. December 4, 1997, Los Angeles,

California, Local Ethnic Groups

Art Koines,

Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Planning

and Environmental Data, Office of Policy,

Planning and Evaluation.

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee

Meetings; November 18–20, 1997

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the Radiation

Advisory Committee (RAC) and its

Uncertainty in Radiogenic Risk

Subcommittee (URRS) of the Science

Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on the

dates and times described below. All

times noted are Eastern Time. All

meetings are open to the public,

however, seating is limited and

available on a first come basis.

Documents that are the subject of SAB

reviews are normally available from the

originating U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) office and are

not available from the SAB Office.

Public drafts of SAB reports are

available to the Agency and the public

from the SAB office. Details on

availability are noted below.

1. Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC)

The Science Advisory Board’s (SAB’s)

Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC)

will conduct a public meeting on

Tuesday and Wednesday, November 18

and 19, 1997. The meeting will convene

both days at 9:00 a.m. in the Ramada

Hotel, 901 N. Fairfax Street, Old Town

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 (tel. 703–

683–6000) and adjourn no later than

5:30 pm each day.

At this meeting, the RAC will briefly

discuss projects that are planned to be

reviewed in Fiscal Year (FY) 1998, as

well as conduct an advisory of the

Agency’s Environmental Radiation

Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS),

and a consultation on disposal of

Federal low activity radioactive wastes.

In addition to the projects that are

currently under review by the RAC, the

likely FY 1998 projects to be briefly

discussed for planning purposes include

a proposed consultation on the

methodology for identifying high radon

geographic areas, a discussion on the

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

(BEIR) VI, an advisory on a white paper

regarding estimating cancer risks for

indoor radon as a basis for establishing

cancer risks for radon, a revised radon

risk assessment (which looks at the

National Academy of Sciences

recommendations for a model coming

out of the final peer reviews), a

consultation on the revised diffuse

Naturally-Occurring Radioactive

Material (NORM) draft scoping

document being prepared by the Office

of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA)

staff, and a courtesy briefing on the

Multi-Agency Radiation Laboratory

Analytical Procedures (MARLAP)

manual, which is under development.

Other topics may be discussed as time

permits.

At this meeting, the RAC will review

the draft document entitled

‘‘Reconfiguration Design of the

Environmental Radiation Ambient

Monitoring System,’’ October 1997. The

charge questions which focus on the

technical issues pertinent to the ERAMS

advisory are as follows: a) Will the

proposed reconfiguration of the current

ERAMS system enable it to meet the

system’s two basic objectives more

effectively and efficiently as described

in the attached document?; b) Are the

criteria used for matrix selection,

determination of sampling locations and

sampling frequency and other network

features appropriate given the

reconfigured ERAMS stated mission and

objectives? Are there other criteria that

should be considered?; and c) Will the

proposed changes to the system’s

current data dissemination and data

evaluation practices increase the data’s

usefulness to governmental agencies,

the scientific community and the

public? Are there any other

interpretation issues and/or practices

that should be addressed?

2. Uncertainty in Radiogenic Risk

Subcommittee

The Uncertainty in Radiogenic Risk

Subcommittee (URRS) of the Science

Advisory Board’s (SAB) Radiation

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet

Thursday, November 20, 1997 from 9:00

a.m. to no later than 4:00 p.m. at the

Ramada Hotel, 901 N. Fairfax Street,

Old Town Alexandria, Virginia 22314

(tel. 703–683–6000).

At this meeting, the RAC’s URRS will

review the draft document entitled

‘‘Uncertainty Analysis for Estimating

Radiogenic Cancer Risks,’’ October,

1997. The charge questions pertaining to

the review on uncertainty analysis for

estimating radiogenic cancer risks are as

follows: (a) Are the relevant major

sources of uncertainties addressed?; (b)

Is the overall approach to quantifying

and combining uncertainties

appropriate?, and (c) Are the

mathematical functions used to

characterize the various sources of

uncertainty reasonable, in view of

available scientific information?

For Further Information—Any

member of the public wishing further

information concerning the meeting,

such as copies of the proposed meeting

agenda, or who wish to submit

comments should contact Mrs. Diana L.

Pozun at Tel. (202) 260–8432; FAX (202)

260–7118, or via the Internet at:

pozun.diana@epamail.epa.gov.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation to the

Committee must contact Dr. K. Jack

Kooyoomjian in writing (by letter or by

fax—see previously stated information)

no later than 12 noon Eastern Time,

Wednesday, November 12, 1997 in

order to be included on the Agenda.

Public comments will be normally

limited to five minutes per speaker or

organization. The request should

identify the name of the individual who