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102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended.

Requests for copies of EPA comments

can be directed to the Office of Federal

Activities at (202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 10, 1998 (63 FR 17856).

Final EISs

ERP No. F–MMS–L02026–AK,

Beaufort Sea Planning Area Outer

Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease

Sale 170 (1997) Lease Offering, Offshore

Marine, Beaufort Sea Coastal Plain,

North Slope Borough of Alaska.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–UAF–A11074–00, Evolved

Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)

Program, Development, Operation and

Deployment, Proposed Launch

Locations are Cape Canaveral Air

Station (AS), Florida and Vandenberg

Air Force Base (AFB), California,

Federal Permits and Licenses, FL and

CA.

Summary: EPA stated that the Air

Force adequately addressed earlier

concerns and has no further comment.

ERP No. F–UAF–L11013–ID, Idaho

Enhanced Training Project, Training for

the 366th Wing at Mountain Home Air

Force Base (AFB), Approval for Rightsof-Way Permit by (BLM) and Airspace

Modifications by (FAA), Owyhee

County, ID.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. FS–APH–A82124–00, Logs,

Lumber and Other Unmanufactured

Wood Articles Importation,

Improvements to the existing system to

Prohibit Introduction of Plant Pests into

the United States.

Summary: EPA continued to have

environmental objections to the

proposed project. Issues of concern

included the efficacy of combinations of

control methods, compliance by

exporting countries, human health

effects of eradication and control efforts,

comparison of the alternatives, and the

use of methyl bromide.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 98–16397 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

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[OPP–00540; FRL–5798–2]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: There will be a two-day

meeting of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

and Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to

review a set of scientific issues being

considered by the Agency in connection

with the FQPA 10x Safety Factor, Linear

Low Dose Extrapolation for Cancer Risk

Decisions, Proposed Methods for BasinScale Estimation of Pesticide

Concentrations in Flowing Water and

Reservoirs for Tolerance Reassessment,

DDVP (Dichlorvos)and Chlorothalonil.

The Agency will present a status report

of the FQPA 10x Safety Factor, as

requested by the SAP at the March 25,

1998, SAP meeting. For the cancer risk

assessment session, the Agency will

discuss the issue that due to

uncertainties and variabilities

surrounding input measures, estimates

of carcinogenic risk using linear low

dose extrapolation should be presented

in a manner that reflects the precision

of the estimated risk. The precision of

the risk estimate can be no better than

that for the least certain input parameter

into the model. Representation of

additional significant figures in risk

estimates may introduce false precision

into risk management decisions. The

Agency will also present a session

evaluating and developing improved

methods to allow for basin-scale

estimation of pesticide concentrations

in surface waters used as drinking

water. As an interim approach, the

Agency is developing a reservoir

scenario as a replacement water body

for the standard small water body

currently used in ecological exposure

assessments and drinking water

exposure assessments. The reservoir

scenario is being developed to be

representative of an actual reservoir

which serves as a drinking water supply

for a rural community. Additionally, the

Agency is critically evaluating basin

scale models and developing linkages of

field scale models to estimate pesticide

concentrations in flowing surface waters

and reservoirs. Two sessions are

scheduled for pesticide specific

discussions. The first session will focus

on two issues concerning the

chlorothalonil human health risk

assessment: (1) mechanism for the

formation of renal and forestomach

tumors and; (2) calculations for

acceptable margins of exposure. The

second pesticide for discussion is DDVP

(dichlorvos). For this session, the

Agency will present the DDVP risk

assessment.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Wednesday and Thursday, July 29 and

July 30, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:

Embassy Suites Hotel, 1300 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. The

telephone number for the hotel is: (703)

979–9799.

By mail, submit written comments

(one original and 20 copies) to: Larry C.

Dorsey, Designated Federal Official for

the FIFRA/Scientific Advisory Panel,

(7509C), Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. In person or by delivery

service, bring comments to: Rm. 819–B,

Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

Comments and data also may be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@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 also will be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1/

6.1 file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

‘‘OPP–00540.’’ No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments

may be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated

Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific

Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460; Office location:

Rm. 819B, CM2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA; telephone:

(703) 305–5369; e-mail:

Dorsey.Larry@epamail.epa.gov.

A meeting agenda is currently

available and copies of EPA primary

background documents for the meeting

will be available no later than July 6,

1998, and may be obtained by

contacting: Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch, Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460;
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Office location: Rm. 119, CM2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA;

telephone: (703) 305–5805.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

member of the public wishing to submit

written comments should contact Larry

C. Dorsey at the address or the phone

number given above to confirm that the

meeting is still scheduled and that the

agenda has not been modified or

changed. Interested persons are

permitted to file written statements

before the meeting. To the extent that

time permits and upon advanced

written request to the Designated

Federal Official, interested persons may

be permitted by the Chair of the

Scientific Advisory Panel to present oral

statements at the meeting. There is no

limit on the length of written comments

for consideration by the Panel, but oral

statements before the Panel are limited

to approximately five minutes. As oral

statements only will be permitted as

time permits, the Agency urges the

public to submit written comments in

lieu of oral presentations. Persons

wishing to make oral and/or written

statements should notify the Designated

Federal Official and submit twenty

copies of the summary information.

Please note that comments should be

received by July 20, 1998, to ensure that

the Panel Members will have the time

necessary to consider and review the

comments.

Information submitted as a comment

in response to this notice may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as CBI.

Information marked CBI will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

An edited copy of the comment that

does not contain the CBI material must

be submitted for inclusion in the public

docket. Information not marked

confidential will be included in the

public docket. All comments and

materials received will be made part of

the public record and will be considered

by the Panel.

A public record has been established

for this notice under docket number

‘‘OPP–00540’’ (including comments and

data submitted electronically). A public

version of this record, including printed

versions of electronic comments, which

does not include information claimed as

CBI, is available for inspection from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays.

The public record is located in Rm.

119 of the Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch, Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Copies of the Panel’s report of their

recommendations will be available

approximately 30 working days after the

meeting and may be obtained by

contacting the Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch, at the address

or telephone number given above.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs

[FR Doc. 98–16248 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

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. All meetings are open

to the public, however, due to limited

space, seating at meetings will be on a

first-come 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. Executive Committee

The Science Advisory Board’s (SAB)

Executive Committee (EC) will conduct

a public meeting on Wednesday, July 8,

1998, and Thursday, July 9, 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 at 401 M Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20460, and

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

day (Eastern Time). The meeting is open

to the public, however, seating is

limited and available on a first-come

basis.

At this meeting, the Executive

Committee will receive updates from its

committees and subcommittees

concerning their recent and planned

activities. As part of these updates,

some committees will present draft

reports for Executive Committee review

and approval. Anticipated drafts

include the following:

(a) Ecological Processes and Effects

Committee Review of the Blackstone

River Initiative in Region I;

(b) Environmental Economics

Advisory Committee Advisory on

Economic Research Topics;

(c) Radiation Advisory Committee

(1) Commentary on the Radiation

Quality Assurance Program

(2) Report on the Environmental

Radiation Ambient Monitoring System

(ERAMS).

Other items on the agenda tentatively

include, but are not limited to, the

following:

(a) Discussion of the Agency’s new

Urban Environment program and the

role of science in the program;

(b) Discussion of the Agency’s

American Indian Program and the

associated scientific issues;

(c) Discussion of Agency requests for

SAB reviews in FY99.

For Further Information—Any

member of the public wishing further

information concerning the meeting or

who wishes to submit comments should

contact Dr. Donald G. Barnes,

Designated Federal Officer for the

Executive Committee, Science Advisory

Board (1400), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC

20460, phone (202)–260–4126; fax

(202)–260–9232; or via Email at:

barnes.don@epa.gov. Copies of the draft

meeting agenda and the draft reports

will be available on the SAB Website (/

/http:www.epa.gov/sab) by July.

Alternatively, these materials can be

obtained from Ms. Priscilla TilleryGadson at the above phone and fax

numbers or via Email:

tillery.priscilla@epa.gov.

2. Ecological Processes and Effects

Committee

The Ecological Processes and Effects

Committee (EPEC) of the Science