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information collection described above.

Copies of the proposed collection of

information can be obtained and

comments may be forwarded by writing

to the Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Information Services,

370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: ACF

Reports Clearance Officer. All requests

should be identified by the title of the

information collection.

The Department specifically requests

comments one: (a) Whether the

proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Consideration will be given to

comments and suggestions submitted

within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6909–1]

Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the Radiation

Advisory Committee (RAC) of the

USEPA Science Advisory Board (SAB),

will meet December 12–14, 2000 in

conference room 6013, USEPA, Ariel

Rios Building North, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004.

The meeting will begin by 9:00 a.m. on

December 12 and adjourn no later than

2:30 p.m. on December 14. All times

noted are Eastern Standard Time. The

meeting is 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.

Purpose of the Meeting—During this

meeting, the RAC intends to draft its

review on the Draft Sewage Sludge Dose

Modeling Report jointly issued by the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) and the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) prepared as

part of the Sewage Sludge

Subcommittee of Interagency Steering

Committee on Radiation Standards

(ISCORS). The Draft Sewage Sludge

Dose Modeling report will assess

potential radiation dose from various

sewage sludge handling and end/use

disposal practices. The estimates will be

included in the final Guidance

Document to help publicly owned

treatment work (POTW) operators better

understand and interpret radionuclide

data associated with sewage sludge. The

charge questions to be answered,

include, but are not limited to the

following:

(1) Are the dose modeling scenarios

reasonable? Does the document

adequately explain them?

(2) Are the scenarios sufficiently

representative of the major exposure

situations?

(3) Are the approaches to obtaining

the modeling parameters and

distributions scientifically defensible? Is

the methodology’s approach for

characterizing uncertainty appropriate?

Further, the RAC will be conducting

a planning session for their Spring 2001

review of the Multi-Agency Radiological

Laboratory Protocols (MARLAP)

Manual.

Follow-up Teleconference Meeting—If

additional questions arise following the

meeting that concern the development

of the RAC’s report on the Draft Sewage

Sludge Dose Modeling Report that need

clarification or additional discussion,

the Committee will address these in a

public teleconference meeting that is

planned for Wednesday, January 17,

2001, from 12:00–2:00 pm. That

meeting, if held, will be hosted out of

the same location as the December 12–

14, 2000 meeting. Please contact Ms.

Medina-Metzger for details on

participating in person or via phone.

Please check the SAB website

(www.epa.sab/sab) after January 8, 2001

to determine if this follow-up

teleconference meeting will take place

or not.

Availability of Materials—A copy of

the draft meeting agenda will be

available on the SAB website

(www.epa.gov/sab) approximately two

weeks prior to the meeting.

For Further Information—Any

member of the public wishing further

information concerning either meeting

or wishing to submit brief oral

comments must contact Ms. Melanie

Medina-Metzger, Designated Federal

Officer, Science Advisory Board

(1400A), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202)

564–5987; FAX (202) 501–0582; or via

e-mail at medinametzger.melanie@epa.gov. Requests for

oral comments must be in writing (email, fax or mail) and received by Ms.

Medina-Metzger no later than noon

Eastern Time December 8, 2000. Public

comments will be normally limited to

ten minutes per speaker or organization.

The request should identify the name of

the individual making 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

of the presentation itself.

For questions pertaining to the

Review on the ISCORS Draft Sewage

Sludge Dose Modeling Report or on any

other topics discussed between the

SAB’s RAC and the ORIA staff, please

contact Dr. Mary E. Clark, (6601J),

ORIA, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20460, tel. (202) 564–

9348; fax (202)–565–2043; or E-mail:

clark.marye@epa.gov.

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 faceto-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

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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 IMB–PC/Windows 95/98 format).

Those providing written comments and

who attend the meeting are also asked

to bring 35 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 this

meeting, including wheelchair access to

the conference room, should contact Ms.

Medina-Metzger at least five business

days prior to the meeting so that

appropriate arrangements can be made.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OEI–100002; FRL–6722–1]

RIN 2070–AD09

Guidance Documents for: Mercury and

Mercury Compounds, Polycyclic

Aromatic Compounds, Pesticides and

Other Persistent Bioaccumulative

Toxic (PBT) Chemicals; Community

Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release

Reporting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

availability of three draft guidance

documents for certain persistent

bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) chemicals

which are subject to reporting under

section 313 of the Emergency Planning

and Community Right-to-Know Act of

1986 (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA).

In a rule made final on October 29,

1999, EPA lowered the reporting

thresholds of certain PBT chemicals

which were already on the EPCRA

section 313 list. In addition, EPA added

new PBT chemicals to this list, and

established the lower reporting

thresholds for these chemicals. EPA is

requesting comments on these draft

guidance documents.

On June 15, 2000, EPA published a

Federal Register notice, (65 FR

37548)(FRL–6497–9) asking if there was

interest in forming a workgroup to assist

in the preparation of the final guidance

documents. A workgroup has been

formed in response to this notice. EPA

welcomes additional stakeholders to

this workgroup.

DATES: Written comments, identified by

the docket control number OEI–100002,

must be received by EPA on or before

December 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of

this document.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

Froiman, (202) 260–0697, e-mail:

froiman.gail@epa.gov, for specific

information on these documents, or for

more information on EPCRA section

313, the Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Hotline,

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail

Code 5101, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll free:

1–800–535–0202, in Virginia and

Alaska: (703) 412–9877 or Toll free

TDD: 1–800–553–7672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Notice Apply to Me?

You may be interested in this notice

if you manufacture, process, or

otherwise use aldrin, chlordane,

heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, isodrin,

mercury, mercury compounds,

methoxychlor, octachlorostyrene,

pendimethalin, pentachlorobenzene,

polychlorinated biphenyls, certain

polycyclic aromatic compounds,

tetrabromobisphenol A, toxaphene, and

trifuralin. Potentially interested

categories and entities may include, but

are not limited to:

Category Examples of Potentially Interested Entities

Industry SIC major group codes 10 (except 1011, 1081, and 1094), 12 (except 1241), or 20 through 39; industry codes

4911 (limited to facilities that combust coal and/or oil for the purpose of generating power for distribution in

commerce); 4931 (limited to facilities that combust coal and/or oil for the purpose of generating power for

distribution in commerce); or 4939 (limited to facilities that combust coal and/or oil for the purpose of generating power for distribution in commerce); or 4953 (limited to facilities regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, subtitle C, 42 U.S.C. section 6921 et seq.), or 5169, or 5171, or 7389 (limited

to facilities primarily engaged in solvent recovery services on a contract or fee basis)

Federal Government Federal facilities

This table is not intended to be

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide

for readers regarding entities likely to be

interested in this notice. Other types of

entities not listed in the table could also

be interested. To determine whether

your facility may be interested in this

notice, you should carefully examine

the applicability criteria in part 372,

subpart B of Title 40 of the Code of

Federal Regulations. If you have

questions regarding the applicability of

this notice to a particular entity, consult

the person listed in the preceding FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information or Copies of this Document

or Other Support Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document from

the EPA internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. On the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under