63162 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 26, 1997 / Notices

Dated: November 18, 1997.

Gary V. Gulezian,

Director, Great Lakes National Program

Office.

[FR Doc. 97–31135 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

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Toxics Data Reporting Committee of

the National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology;

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a 2–

day meeting of the Toxics Data

Reporting Committee of the National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology. This will be the

second meeting of the Toxics Data

Reporting (TDR) Committee, whose

mission is to provide advice to EPA

regarding the Agency’s Toxics Release

Inventory (TRI) Program.

DATES: The public meeting will take

place on December 9-10, 1997, from

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Written and

electronic comments in response to this

notice should be received by December

5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:

L’Enfant Plaza, 480 L’Enfant Plaza SW.,

Washington, DC 20024, (202) 484–1000.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppt.

ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under Unit II. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

All comments which contain

information claimed as CBI must be

clearly marked as such. Three sanitized

copies of any comments containing

information claimed as CBI must also be

submitted and will be placed in the

public record for this action. Persons

submitting information on any portion

of which they believe is entitled to

treatment as CBI by EPA must assert a

business confidentiality claim in

accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for

each such portion. This claim must be

made at the time that the information is

submitted to EPA. If a submitter does

not assert a confidentiality claim at the

time of submission, EPA will consider

this as a waiver of any confidentiality

claim and the information may be made

available to the public by EPA without

further notice to the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cassandra Vail, telephone: (202) 260–

0675, fax number: (202) 401–8142, email: vail.cassandra@epamail.epa.gov.

or Michelle Price, telephone: (202) 260–

3372, fax number: (202) 410–8142, email: price.michelle@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

At the 2–day meeting, the TDR

Committee will continue the

discussions begun at the September 29-

30 meeting regarding the Agency’s

interpretation of the EPCRA definition

of ‘‘release.’’ In section 5 of the Form R,

there have been a number of issues

raised with regard to the definition of

‘‘release,’’ particularly with respect to

Class I underground injection wells and

RCRA Subtitle C Landfills. Several

commenters believe that EPA’s

interpretation of the EPCRA definition

of ‘‘release’’ will lead to the

misperception that a reported EPCRA

section 313 ‘‘release’’ necessarily results

in an actual exposure of people or the

environment to a toxic chemical. The

TDR Committee will continue to discuss

possible recommendations on ways to

collect (including nomenclature and

format changes) and disseminate the

data that are consistent with the

Agency’s interpretation of the EPCRA

definition of ‘‘release’’ and would

address the concerns raised regarding

public misperception.

In addition to the discussions on

section 5, the TDR Committee will also

be discussing how EPA characterizes

the TRI data through the annual public

data release. Concerns have been raised

that EPA’s presentation of the TRI data

can lead to public misperception of the

data. Some commenters have stated that

because EPA uses the word ‘‘release,’’

TRI data leads to the misperception that

a reported EPCRA section 313 ‘‘release’’

necessarily results in actual exposure of

people or the environment to a toxic

chemical. The Committee will be

discussing possible recommendations

on ways to more clearly present release

data to the public to distinguish

between the various methods of

disposal while still making it possible to

present meaningful statistics on a

national basis about releases.

A meeting summary from the

September 29-30 TDR Committee

meeting will shortly be available on the

TRI Home Page. The address of the TRI

Home Page is http://www.epa.gov/

opptintr/tri. This summary can be found

under the heading ‘‘TRI Stakeholder

Dialogue.’’ In addition, the agenda and

an issue paper outlining topics for

discussion at the December 9-10

Committee meeting will also be

available at this same site prior to the

meeting. Oral presentations or

statements by interested parties will be

limited to 5 minutes. Interested parties

are encouraged to contact Cassandra

Vail, to schedule presentations before

the Committee.

II. Public Record and Electronic

Submissions

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this action under docket

control number ‘‘OPPTS–400120’’

(including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from 12 noon

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The official

record is located in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center,

Rm. NE–B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number ‘‘OPPTS–

400120.’’ Electronic comments on this

action may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

Dated: November 24, 1997.

Cassandra Vail,

Designated Federal Official, Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Open Public Advisory Committee

Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that two

committees of the Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and

times described below. All times noted
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are Eastern Time. All meetings are open

to the public. Due to limited space,

seating at meetings will be on a firstcome basis. For further information

concerning specific meetings, please

contact the individuals listed below.

Documents that are the subject of SAB

reviews are normally available from the

originating EPA office and are not

available from the SAB Office.

1. Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee (CASAC)

The Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee (CASAC) of the Science

Advisory Board will meet on Monday,

December 15, 1997 at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

(USEPA), Environmental Research

Center, Main Auditorium, Route 54 and

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711. The meeting will begin

at 9 am and end no later than 5 pm. At

this meeting, the Committee will receive

briefings from Agency Staff concerning:

(a) the project work plan for preparation

of the air quality criteria document for

Carbon Monoxide (CO), which will

serve as the scientific basis for the next

periodic review of the CO National

Ambient Air Quality Standards

(NAAQS); (b) the schedule for the

Particulate Matter (PM) NAAQS review;

and (c) an overview of the Agency’s

plans for upcoming reviews of the other

NAAQS. These briefings will help set

the stage for subsequent meetings of the

Committee as it begins its review

responsibilities for the various NAAQS.

Interested parties may obtain a copy

of the CO Project Work Plan by writing

to the CO Project Manager, USEPA,

Office of Research and Development,

National Center for Environmental

Assessment, Research Triangle Park, NC

27711 or by sending a request via fax

(919–541–1818) or e-mail

(ray.diane@epamail.epa.gov). The

review schedule for the PM NAAQS is

contained in 62 FR 55201 (October 23,

1997).

2. Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC)

The Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC) of the Science

Advisory Board, will meet on Tuesday,

December 16, 1997 in the Science

Advisory Board Conference Room,

Room 2103 Mall Level (entry near the

Safeway Supermarket), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters Building, 401 M St. SW,

Washington, DC 20460. The meeting

will begin at 8:30 am and end no later

than 4:30 pm. The purpose of the

meeting is to receive briefings from

Agency Staff on the Office of Research

and Development’s (ORD) strategic

planning and budgeting process and to

discuss the upcoming RSAC review of

the ORD budget and the role of RSAC

in ORD’s strategic planning process.

For Further Information

Members of the public desiring

additional information about either

meeting should contact Mr. Robert

Flaak, Designated Federal Officer, Clean

Air Scientific Advisory Committee

(CASAC) and Research Strategies

Advisory Committee (RSAC), Science

Advisory Board (1400), Room 2812, U.S.

EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460; telephone/voice mail at (202)

260–5133; fax at (202) 260–7118; or via

the INTERNET at FLAAK.ROBERT

@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Those

individuals requiring a copy of the draft

Agenda for either meeting should

contact Ms. Dorothy Clark at (202) 260–

8414 or by FAX at (202) 260–7118 or via

the INTERNET at CLARK.DOROTHY

@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Additional

information concerning the Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

and composition, may be found in The

Annual Report of the Staff Director

which is available from the SAB

Publications Staff at (202) 260–8414.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation to either

Committee must contact Mr. Flaak in

writing (by letter or by fax—see

previously stated information) no later

than 12 Noon Eastern Time, Tuesday,

December 9, 1997 in order to be

included on the respective Agenda.

Public comments will be limited to five

minutes per speaker or organization.

The request should identify the name of

the individual who will make the

presentation, the organization (if any)

they will represent, the name of the

committee (CASAC or RSAC) they wish

to address, any requirements for audio

visual equipment (e.g., overhead

projector, 35mm projector, chalkboard,

etc), and at least 35 copies of an outline

of the issues to be addressed or the

presentation itself. Public comments

should focus on scientific or technical

aspects of the matters before the

respective Committee at its meeting.

There will be time allocated for public

comment at subsequent meetings when

the Committees are actually involved in

substantive review activities.

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, each individual

or group making an oral presentation

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. For conference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will be

limited to no more than five minutes per

speaker and no more than fifteen

minutes total. Written comments (at

least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

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.

A. Robert Flaak,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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State FIFRA Issues Research and

Evaluation Group (SFIREG); Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues

Research and Evaluation Group

(SFIREG) will hold a 2–day meeting,

December 8, and December 9, 1997.

This notice announces the location and

times for the meetings and sets forth the

tentative agenda topics. The meetings

are open to the public.

DATES: The SFIREG will meet on

Monday, December 8, 1997, from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, December

9, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Airport Doubletree Hotel,

300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal

City, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Office of Pesticide

Programs (7506C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Crystal Mall #2, Rm.

1113I, Arlington-Crystal City, VA; (703)

305–5306; (703) 308–1850 (fax); e-mail:

Lyon.elaine.@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

tentative agenda of the SFIREG includes

the following:

1. Update on the Food Quality

Protection Act:

a. Tolerance reassessment program.

b. Minor crops - office interactions

with USDA for use data collection.