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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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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5913–5]

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
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will make the presentation, the

organization (if any) they will represent,

any requirements for audio visual

equipment (e.g., overhead projector,

35mm projector, chalkboard, easel, etc),

and at least 35 copies of an outline of

the issues to be addressed or the

presentation itself. Further information

pertaining to the meeting may be

obtained directly from Dr. K. Jack

Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal

Official for the Radiation Advisory

Committee, Science Advisory Board

(1400), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC

20460, phone (202)–260–2560; fax

(202)–260–7118; or via E-mail at:

kooyoomjian.jack@epamail.epa.gov.

For questions pertaining to the review

of uncertainty analysis for estimating

radiogenic cancer risks, and to obtain

copies of the draft document being

reviewed, as well as background

documents provided to the SAB’s RAC,

please contact Dr. Jerome S. Puskin,

(6602J), ORIA/EPA at (202) 233–9212.

To discuss any other aspects of this

review or any supporting or background

information, please contact Mr. Brian

Littleton, (6601J), ORIA, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460,

tel. (202) 233–9216; fax (202) 233–9651;

or E-mail:

littleton.brian@epamail.epa.gov. After

November 1, 1997 please call Mr.

Littleton at (202) 564–9216.

For questions pertaining to the

ERAMS advisory review, and to obtain

copies of the draft document being

reviewed, as well as background

documents provided to the SAB’s RAC,

please contact LT. Rhonda Cook, US

Public Health Service (PHS)/EPA at

(334) 270–3413. The SAB’s RAC

conducted an earlier advisory on

ERAMS on July 13 and 14, 1995 and

produced an SAB advisory (EPA–SAB–

RAC–ADV–96–003, April 5, 1996). For

copies of this earlier SAB report, please

contact the SAB’s Committee Evaluation

Support Staff (CESS) at (202) 260–8414;

FAX (202) 260–7118. For additional

information or to discuss technical

aspects of any of the other ORIA agenda

topics, or any supporting or background

information, please contact Mr. Brian

Littleton, (6601J), Office of Radiation

and Indoor Air (ORIA), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460,

tel. (202) 233–9216; fax (202) 233–9651;

or E-mail:

littleton.brian@epamail.epa.gov. After

November 1, 1997 please call Mr.

Littleton at (202) 564–9216.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements. In general, for meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will

usually be limited to no more than five

minutes per speaker and no more than

thirty minutes total. Written comments

(at least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date (usually one week before

the meeting), may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee; comments received too

close to the meeting date will normally

be provided to the committee at its

meeting. Written comments may be

provided to the relevant committee or

subcommittee up until the time of the

meeting.

Information concerning the Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

and composition, may be found in The

FY1996 Annual Report of the Staff

Director which is available from the

SAB Committee Evaluation and Support

Staff (CESS) by contacting US EPA,

Science Advisory Board (1400),

Attention: CESS, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460 or via fax (202)

260–1889. Additional information

concerning the SAB can be found on the

SAB Home Page at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

October 17, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before November 24,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s) contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0370.

Title: Part 32, Uniform System of

Accounts for Telecommunications

Companies.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 239.

Estimated Time Per Response: 12,685

hours per recordkeeper/response.

Cost to Respondents: N/A.

Total Annual Burden: 3,028,768

hours.

Needs and Uses: The Uniform System

of Accounts is a historical financial

accounting system which reports the

results of operational and financial

events in a manner which enables both

management and regulators to assess

these results within a specified

accounting period. Subject respondents

are telecommunications companies.

Entities having annual revenues from

regulated telecommunications

operations of less than $100 million are

designated as Class B companies and are

subject to a less detailed accounting

system than those designated as Class A

companies. Part 32 imposes essentially

recordkeeping requirements. The