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representatives from EPA, the Bureau of

Indian Affairs, the Indian Health

Service, the Federal Aviation

Administration, the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration, the

U.S. Geological Survey, the Agency for

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,

the United States Coast Guard and the

Departments of Agriculture, Defense

and Housing and Urban Development.

Criteria: Eligible recipients of

assistance under the Cleanup Project

include federally recognized tribes and

multi-tribe 501(c)(3) organizations

whose membership consists of federally

recognized tribes. A full explanation of

the submittal process, the qualifying

requirements, and the criteria that will

be used to evaluate proposals for this

Project may be found in the Request for

Proposals package.

DATES: For consideration, pre-proposals

must be received by close of business on

November 13, 2000 and full proposals

must be received by close of business on

February 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the Request for Proposals

package may be downloaded from the

Internet at www.epa.gov/tribalmsw by

clicking on ‘‘What’s New.’’ Copies may

also be obtained by contacting EPA, IHS

or BIA regional or area offices or one of

the following Workgroup

representatives:

EPA—Melanie Barger Garvey, 202–

564–2579, Beverly Goldblatt, 703–308–

7278, or Tonya Barnett, 703–308–8278.

IHS—Steve Aoyama, 301–443–1046.

BIA—Jerry Gidner, 202–208–5696.

Dated: October 2, 2000.

Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,

Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee

Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that two

committees of the US EPA Science

Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on the

dates and times noted 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. Important Notice: Documents that

are the subject of SAB reviews are

normally available from the originating

EPA office and are not available from

the SAB Office—information concerning

availability of documents from the

relevant Program Office is included

below.

1. Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC)—October 27, 2000

The Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC) will meet via public

teleconference on Friday, October 27,

2000 from 10:00 am–12:00 pm. The

teleconference meeting will be hosted

out of Conference Room 6013 in the

USEPA, Ariel Rios Building North, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460. Members of the public

located in the Washington, DC area are

encouraged to attend the meeting due to

the limitation on teleconference lines.

Purpose of the Meeting: In this

meeting, the Research Strategy Advisory

Committee will hold a consultation on

the Office of Research and

Development’s (ORD) draft Strategic

Plan 2000.

Availability of Review Materials: A

draft agenda will be available to the

public at the SAB website (http://

www.epa.gov/sab) by close-of-business

on October 20, 2000. Copies of the ORD

draft Strategic Plan 2000 are available

from Greg Grinder, US EPA, ORD

(8201R), 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone

(202) 564–6882 or via e-mail at:

grinder.greg@epa.gov. The draft is also

available on the ORD Website at: http:/

/www.epa.gov/ORD/SP2K.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any

member of the public wishing further

information concerning this meeting or

wishing to submit brief oral comments

must contact John ‘‘Jack’’ R. Fowle III,

Designated Federal Officer, Science

Advisory Board (1400A), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460; telephone (202) 564–4547;

FAX (202) 501–0323; or via e-mail at

fowle.jack@epa.gov. Requests for oral

comments must be in writing (e-mail

preferred) and received by Fowle no

later than noon Eastern Time on October

20, 2000. For further information

concerning participation via telephone,

please contact Wanda Fields,

Management Assistant, Committee

Operations Staff, US EPA Science

Advisory Board (1400A), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460; telephone (202) 564–4539;

FAX (202) 501–0582; or via e-mail at

fields.wanda@epa.gov.

2. Executive Committee (EC)—

November 1–2, 2000

The Executive Committee (EC) of US

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB)

will meet on Wednesday and Thursday,

November 1–2, 2000 beginning at 8:30

a.m. each day and ending no later than

5:00 p.m. each day. The meeting will be

held in Conference Room 6013 in the

USEPA, Ariel Rios Building North, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460.

Purpose of the Meeting: In this

meeting, the Executive Committee plans

to review reports from some of its

Committees/Subcommittee, most likely

including, but not limited to, the

following:

(a) Environmental Engineering

Committee (EEC): (1) Commentary on

Diffusion (For more details on this SAB

commentary, please refer to 65 Federal

Register 32089, May 22, 2000); (2)

Commentary on Measures of

Environmental Technology Performance

(For more details on this SAB

commentary, please refer to 65 Federal

Register 1866, January 12, 2000).

(b) Radiation Advisory Committee

(RAC): (1) Advisory on GENII ver. 2.0;

and (2) Advisory on TENORM

(Technologically Enhanced Naturally

Occurring Radioactive Material) (For

more details on these two SAB

Advisories, please refer to 65 Federal

Register 18095, April 6, 2000).

On the afternoon of November 1st, the

Board will conduct the fourth and final

workshop in its series on Science and

New Approaches to Stakeholder

Involvement. In addition, the EC is

planning to conduct a Consultation with

the Office of Environmental Information

(OEI), discuss interactions with other

Federal Advisory committees in the

Agency, develop plans for a strategic

planning retreat next spring, and confer

with selected Agency officials.

Availability of Review Materials: The

agenda for the meeting will be updated

on the SAB Website (www.epa.gov/sab)

up to the time of the meeting per se and

will track which reports will be

reviewed by EC. The draft SAB reports

will also be posted on the Website at

least one week prior to the meeting.

Important Notice: The Agency

documents that are the subject of SAB

reviews are normally available from the

originating EPA office and are not

available from the SAB Office.

Information concerning availability of

documents from the relevant Program

Office is included in the FR references

given above with each SAB report.

For Further Information: Any member

of the public wishing further

information concerning this meeting or

wishing to submit brief oral comments

must contact Donald Barnes, Designated

Federal Officer, Science Advisory Board

(1400A), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

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NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone

(202) 564–4533; FAX (202) 501–0323; or

via e-mail at barnes.don@epa.gov.

Requests for oral comments must be in

writing (e-mail preferred) and received

by Dr. Barnes no later than noon Eastern

Time on October 24, 2000.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

It is the policy of the Science

Advisory Board to accept written public

comments of any length, and to

accommodate oral public comments

whenever possible. The Science

Advisory Board expects that public

statements presented at its meetings will

not be repetitive of previously

submitted oral or written statements.

Oral Comments: In general, each

individual or group requesting an oral

presentation at a face-to-face meeting

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. For teleconference meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will

usually be limited to no more than three

minutes per speaker and no more than

fifteen minutes total. Deadlines for

getting on the public speaker list for a

meeting are given above. Speakers

should bring at least 35 copies of their

comments and presentation slides for

distribution to the reviewers and public

at the meeting. Written Comments:

Although the SAB accepts written

comments until the date of the meeting

(unless otherwise stated), written

comments should be received in the

SAB Staff Office at least one week prior

to the meeting date so that the

comments may be made available to the

committee for their consideration.

Comments should be supplied to the

appropriate DFO at the address/contact

information noted above in the

following formats: One hard copy with

original signature, and one electronic

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format:

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files

(in IBM–PC/Windows 95/98 format).

Those providing written comments and

who attend the meeting are also asked

to bring 25 copies of their comments for

public distribution.

General Information: Additional

information concerning the Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

and composition, may be found on the

SAB Website (http://www.epa.gov/sab)

and in The FY1999 Annual Report of

the Staff Director which is available

from the SAB Publications Staff at (202)

564–4533 or via fax at (202) 501–0256.

Committee rosters, draft Agendas and

meeting calendars are also located on

our website.

Meeting Access: Individuals requiring

special accommodation at these

meetings, including wheelchair access

to the conference room, should contact

the appropriate DFO at least five

business days prior to the meeting so

that appropriate arrangements can be

made.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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Notice of Intent To Develop Ambient

Water Quality Criteria for Protection of

Human Health—Arsenic,

Methylmercury, and Carbofuran;

Notice of Data Availability; Request for

Data and Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intent to revise

ambient water quality criterion for

protection of human health for arsenic;

notice of intent to develop ambient

water quality criteria for methylmercury

and carbofuran; notice of data

availability; request for data and

information.

SUMMARY: Section 304(a)(1) of the Clean

Water Act requires the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and

publish, and from time to time revise,

ambient water quality criteria (AWQC)

that accurately reflect the latest

scientific knowledge. Today, EPA is

notifying the public of its intent to

revise the current, recommended human

health water quality criterion for

arsenic, and to develop recommended

criteria for methylmercury, and

carbofuran. This notice does not

establish a schedule for revision or

development of the criteria; the criteria

will be revised or developed on

differing schedules. EPA expects to have

a peer review draft of the

methylmercury criterion on the Office of

Water web page, http://www.epa.gov/

ost/standards/humanhealth/ in the fall

of 2000. The arsenic criteria revisions

will parallel the development of the

Safe Drinking Water Standard for

arsenic. Carbofuran criteria

development is on a one-year schedule.

The pertinent list of references on the

adverse health effects of arsenic is

available for viewing at the Office of

Water’s Docket (W–99–16) for the

proposed National Primary Drinking

Water Regulation, 65 FR 38888; June 22,

2000. The Agency will be using these

references and scientific views and data

submitted in response to the proposed

maximum contaminant level (MCL) for

arsenic in drinking water in revising the

human health AWQC for arsenic. Thus,

persons who have submitted health

effects data to the docket for that

proposal or any subsequent notice of

data availability with respect to that

proposal need not resubmit the same

information. However, information

about bioaccumulation of arsenic is

relevant specifically to the AWQC and

should be submitted as noted under the

ADDRESSES section. References for

methylmercury and carbofuran will be

posted on the Office of Science and

Technology’s website at www.epa.gov/

ost/humanhealth/ when they are

available. EPA is soliciting any

additional pertinent data or scientific

views that may be useful in revising the

criteria for arsenic, and developing

criteria for methylmercury and

carbofuran.

DATES: Information submissions should

be submitted by November 13, 2000 for

methylmercury and by December 11,

2000 for carbofuran and arsenic.

Information submitted after this date

and too near to the end of the document

preparation may not receive the degree

of consideration of data submitted

earlier.

ADDRESSES: By US mail, send an

original and three copies of any data,

references or information to W–00–19

Comment Clerk for arsenic; to W–00–20

Comment Clerk for methylmercury; or

to W–00–21 Comment Clerk for

carbofuran at the Water Docket, MC

4101, US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.

NW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Material

may also be hand delivered to Room EB

57, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC

20460 between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm

EST. When using a private delivery

company, send to Room EB 57, 401 M

Street SW, Washington, DC 20460 or to

Charles O. Abernathy, US EPA (4304),

401 M Street SW, Room 543 West

Tower, Washington, DC 20460.

Information may also be submitted

electronically to OW-Docket@epa.gov.

Information should be submitted as a

WP5.1, 6.1 and/or 8.0 or an ASCII file

with no form of encryption.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles O. Abernathy, Health and

Ecological Criteria Division (4304), US

EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,

Washington, D.C. 20460, Washington,

D.C. 20460; (202) 260–5374;

abernathy.charles@epa.gov (data on

toxicity of arsenic); Keith Sappington,

Health and Ecological Criteria Division

(4304), US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20460; (202)

260–9898; sappington.keith@epa.gov or