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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