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not involve evaluations of indirect

effects.

Each panel will be composed of

experts from the public and private

sector. They will use the two case

studies to evaluate how the nature and

extent of uncertainties associated with

the TEF approach and with associated

data sets can have varying implications

in different types of risk assessments.

The results of the workshop will be

compiled and summarized by Eastern

Research Group in a workshop report.

The availability of this workshop report

will be announced in a future Federal

Register document.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

William H. Farland,

Director, National Center for Environmental

Assessment.

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Technical Workshop on Drake Site

Incinerator Risk Issues

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a

workshop convened by Eastern

Research Group, Inc., an EPA

contractor, for scientific peer review of

the EPA draft risk assessment for the

Drake Chemical Superfund Site

Incinerator full-scale operation in Lock

Haven, Pennsylvania. The workshop

will be held in Williamsport,

Pennsylvania, and will be open to

members of the public as observers. The

peer review, to be conducted by

scientists from outside EPA, is being

organized to assist in completing the

risk assessment.

DATES: The workshop will begin on

Thursday, January 15, 1998 at 12 Noon

and end on Friday, January 16, 1998 at

12:30 p.m. Members of the public may

attend as observers.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Genetti Hotel & Conference Center,

200 West 4th Street, Williamsport,

Pennsylvania 17701. Since seating

capacity is limited, please contact

Eastern Research Group, Inc., Tel.: (781)

674–7374, by January 9, 1998 to attend

the workshop as an observer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

technical inquires, contact Mr. Gregg

Crystall, U.S. EPA Region III, 841

Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107. Tel.: (215) 566–3207. Copies of

the draft risk assessment will be

available for inspection in the EPA

Region III Library, Philadelphia, PA,

and the EPA Headquarters Information

Resources Center, Washington DC. In

addition, the draft risk assessment will

be available for inspection in: the Ross

Public Library, West Main Street, Lock

Haven, PA, 17745; the Stevenson

Library, Lock Haven University, Lock

Haven PA, 17745; and the Lock Haven

City Hall, 20 East Church Street, Lock

Haven, PA, 17745. Inquiries concerning

additional opportunities for document

review should be directed to Mr.

Crystall.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: While

operational, the Drake Chemical

Company in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

was sited numerous times by State and

Federal agencies for violating

environmental and health and safety

regulations. In 1982 as a response to the

Company’s noncompliance with

environmental regulations, EPA Region

III undertook emergency removal

actions. These actions included removal

and disposal of surface drums, surface

sludges, and liquids contained in

process and storage tanks, and

placement of fences around the

property. Additional remediation

actions have been conducted in several

phases since then. Phase I remedial

activities included the remediation of a

leachate stream draining into Bald Eagle

Creek. Phase II included drainage and

removal of materials from two lined

Lagoons, and demolition and removal of

the on-site buildings. Subsequent

studies conducted at the site indicated

that the remaining contamination in

soils presented a serious threat to the

environment and human health. The

1988 Record of Decision concluded that

the remaining site wastes,

approximately 200,000 cubic yards of

contaminated site soils, sediments, and

sludges from the on-site lagoons, should

be excavated and treated on-site in a

high temperature incinerator. The

excavated soils would be stockpiled

temporarily, remediated in an on-site

rotary kiln incinerator, then returned to

the site. After all the contaminated soil

had been remediated, the incinerator

would be dismantled and removed from

the site.

Prior to full-scale operation, a trial

burn process was conducted to ensure

incinerator equipment functioned

according to operational and safety

specifications. Prior to conducting this

evaluation, EPA Region III prepared a

trial burn process risk assessment (June,

1996). The trial burn process risk

assessment was developed using

approximated data drawn from site soil

samples, anticipated soil feed rates,

incinerator design parameters, and

emissions data from other incinerators.

Results of the trial burn risk assessment

were presented during a public meeting

held in September 1996. The trial burn

process was conducted in January and

February 1997.

Most recently, EPA Region III

developed a full-scale operation risk

assessment by utilizing actual data

collected during the trial burn process.

The resulting Draft Drake Chemical Site

Incinerator Full-Scale Operation Risk

Assessment (November 1997) is the

subject of the current peer review.

For the current review, EPA is

inviting a panel of 14 independent

scientists from the fields of toxicology,

environmental fate and transport,

combustion engineering, atmospheric

modeling, exposure assessment, and

ecological assessment. These scientists

will focus on the scientific data,

methods, and analyses, along with the

assumptions and uncertainties that are

associated with full-scale operation risk

estimates. Following the workshop, EPA

will consider the scientist’s individual

recommendations in completing the risk

assessment. The risk assessment

documents undergoing review relate

only to scientific issues. Although the

completed risk assessment will be one

of the factors considered in making

future decisions for the Drake Chemical

site, these decisions and other risk

management issues will not be a part of

the peer review process.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

William H. Farland,

Director, National Center for Environmental

Assessment.

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Notice of Open Meeting of the

Environmental Financial Advisory

Board on February 10–11, 1998

The Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) Environmental

Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will

hold an open meeting of the full Board

on February 10–11, 1998. The meeting

will be held at the National Press Club,

13th Floor in the Holeman Lounge, 14th

and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC. The

February 10 session will run from 9 am

to 5 pm, while the February 11 session

will run from 8:15 am to 11 am.

EFAB is chartered with providing

analysis and advice to the EPA
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Administrator on environmental

finance. The purpose of this meeting is

to discuss work products under EFAB’s

current strategic action agenda and to

develop an action agenda to direct the

Board’s activities over the remainder of

this year and into 1999. Environmental

financing topics expected to be

discussed include: cost effective

environmental management,

community-based environmental

protection, brownfields redevelopment,

Drinking Water State Revolving Funds,

and small business access to capital.

The meeting will be open to the

public, but seating is limited. For

further information, please contact

Alecia Crichlow, U.S. EPA on 202–564–

5188, or Joanne Lynch, U.S. EPA on

202–564–4999.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Jack Shipley,

Acting Comptroller.

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National Drinking Water Advisory

Council Occurrence and Contaminant

Selection Working Group; Notice of

Open Meeting

Under section 10(a)(2) of Pub. L. 92–

423, ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee

Act,’’ notice is hereby given that a

meeting (via conference call) of the

Occurrence & Contaminant Selection

Working Group of the National Drinking

Water Advisory Council established

under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as

amended (41 U.S.C. S300f et seq.), will

be held on January 7, 1998 from 12:30

p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. The conference

call is open to the public, but due to

availability, conference lines are limited

and access will be granted on a firstcome first-served basis.

The purpose of this call is to review

proposed changes to the first Drinking

Water Contaminant Candidate List

(CCL). The changes will be based on

public comments and additional

information received as a result of the

October 6, 1997 document (62 FR

52193) of the draft CCL. The Working

Group members will review and discuss

the relevant issues and facts, and

develop proposed recommendations for

deliberation by the advisory council.

Therefore, statements will be taken from

the public as time allows.

For more information, please contact,

Evelyn Washington, Designated Federal

Officer, Occurrence & Contaminant

Selection Working Group, U.S. EPA,

Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water (4607), 401 M Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. The telephone

number is 202–260–3029, fax 202–260–

3762, and e-mail address

washington.evelyn@epamail.epa.gov.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Charlene E. Shaw,

Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking

Water Advisory Council.

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Science Advisory Board; Notice of

Public Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that several

committees of the Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and

times described below. All times noted

are Eastern Time and 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 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. Executive Committee (EC)

The Science Advisory Board’s

Executive Committee (EC) will meet on

Tuesday, January 13, 1998, and

Wednesday, January 14, 1998. The

meeting will convene each day at 8:30

a.m., in the Administrator’s Conference

Room 1103 West Tower of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters Building, 401 M Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20460, and will

adjourn no later than 5:30 p.m. on each

day (Eastern Time).

At this meeting, the Executive

Committee will receive updates from its

committees and subcommittees

summarizing their recent and planned

activities. As part of these updates,

some committees expect to present draft

reports for the Executive Committee

review and approval. Expected drafts

include:

(a) Environmental Engineering

Committee

(1) Review of Pollution Prevention

Research Plan

(2) Review of Surface Impoundments

Survey

(b) Integrated Human Exposure

Committee

(1) Update on Expedited Action on

‘‘Review of Indoor Air Source Ranking

Database’’

(2) Commentary on ‘‘Importance of

Indoor Air Environments’’

Other items on the agenda tentatively

include, but are not limited to, the

following:

(a) Discussion with Deputy

Administrator Fred Hansen on various

issues.

(b) Discussion with the Acting

Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development, Mr. Henry Longest on

Peer Review at EPA.

(c) Updates on Activities of the

Agency’s FIFRA Scientific Advisory

Panel (SAP) and the Board of Scientific

Counselors (BOSC) and their

interactions with the SAB.

(d) An update of the Futures activities

of the SAB.

(e) An update on the Integrated Risk

Project.

(f) A follow-up to the Board’s

Strategic Planning Retreat held in

November 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Members of the public desiring

additional information concerning the

meeting or who wish to submit

comments should contact Dr. Donald G.

Barnes, Designated Federal Official for

the Executive Committee, Science

Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460,

telephone (202) 260–4126; fax (202)

260–9232; or via the INTERNET at:

barnes.don@epamail.epa.gov. Copies of

the draft meeting agenda and available

draft reports listed above can be

obtained from Ms. Priscilla TilleryGadson on (202) 260–8414; fax (202)

260–7118; or via the INTERNET at:

tillery.priscilla@epamail.epa.gov.

2. Advisory Council on Clean Air

Compliance Analysis—Three Meetings

The Science Advisory Board’s (SAB)

Advisory Council on Clean Air

Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or the

‘‘Council’’), its Air Quality Models

Subcommittee (AQMS), and its Health

and Ecological Effects Subcommittee

(HEES) will each hold public meetings

on the dates and times described below.

All meetings are open to the public, and

all times noted are Eastern Time. For

further information concerning the

specific meetings described in this

section, please contact the individuals

listed below. These public meetings are

a follow-up to earlier Council public

teleconference discussions held on

March 14, March 19, May 15 and June

30, 1997, as well as the AQMS public

teleconference meeting discussions of