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for particulate matter. The

Subcommittee last held a meeting/

workshop on January 22, 2001 (see 66

FR 1343, January 8, 2001 for additional

details). As a result of the meeting/

workshop, the Subcommittee prepared a

Commentary.

Purpose of the Meeting

At this meeting, the CASAC will

review the Subcommittee Commentary

(Exploring Opportunities for

Accommodating Emerging Technologies

for Continuous Monitoring in Routine

Air Monitoring Networks—A

Commentary stemming from a CASAC/

Agency Workshop) that was prepared as

a result of the January 22, 2001

Subcommittee meeting. CASAC will

also discuss future activities planned for

the remainder of this fiscal year.

Availability of Review Materials

The draft Subcommittee report is

available on the SAB Website

(www.epa.gov/sab) under the DRAFT

REPORTS subheading.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Members of the public desiring

additional information about the

meeting, including registering for the

limited number of seats in the meeting

room, must contact Mr. Robert Flaak,

Designated Federal Officer, Clean Air

Scientific Advisory Committee, EPA

Science Advisory Board (1400A), Suite

6450, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–4546;

fax at (202) 501–0582; or via e-mail at

flaak.robert@epa.gov. A copy of the

draft agenda will be posted on the SAB

Website (www.epa.gov/sab) (under the

AGENDAS subheading) approximately

12 days before the meeting.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation must

contact Mr. Flaak in writing (by letter or

by fax—see previously stated

information) no later than 12 noon

Eastern Time, Wednesday, May 9, 2001

in order to be included on the Agenda.

Public comments will be limited to

approximately three to five minutes per

speaker or organization, with a total

time of fifteen minutes overall for all

speakers. Written comments must be

received no later than the day prior to

the meeting, preferably in electronic

format.

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 conference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will

usually be limited to no more than three

minutes per speaker and no more than

fifteen minutes total, unless otherwise

stated. 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 two

days following the date of the meeting

(unless otherwise stated above), 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 formats:

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 EPA Science Advisory Board, its

structure, function, and composition,

may be found on our Website (http://

www.epa.gov/sab) and in The FY2000

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 Mr.

Flaak at least five business days prior to

the meeting so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

Dated: April 19, 2001.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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Gulf of Mexico Program

Comprehensive Meeting of the Focus

Teams

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory

Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice

of a Comprehensive Meeting of the Gulf

of Mexico Program (GMP) Focus Teams

(Public Health, Nutrient Enrichment,

Habitat, and Nonindigenous Species).

DATES: The Comprehensive Meeting will

be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2001,

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursday,

May 31, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Embassy Suites Hotel, 315 Julia

Street, New Orleans, LA, (504) 525–

1993.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gloria D. Car, Designated Federal

Officer, Gulf of Mexico Program Office,

Building 1103, Room 202, Stennis Space

Center, MS 39529–6000 at (228) 688–

2421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed

agenda is attached. The meeting is open

to the public.

Dated: April 18, 2001.

Gloria D. Car,

Designated Federal Officer.

Gulf of Mexico Program 2001

Comprehensive Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, May 30

8:00 a.m.—Meeting Opens.

5:00 p.m.—GMP Focus Teams (Public

Health, Nutrient Enrichment,

Habitat, and Nonindigenous

Species) Convene in Separate

Sessions to Initiate Development of

FY2003 Performance Goal

Recommendations and Supporting

Strategies.

Thursday, May 31

9:00 a.m.—General Plenary Session (All

Teams).

11:30 a.m.—

• Overview of FY2001 Workplan

Process and Accomplishments.

• Briefing on FY2002 Workplan

Schedule.

• Group Discussion / Q & A.

• Guest Speaker on Partnerships and

Stakeholders.

11:30–1:00 p.m.—Lunch

1:00–3:00 p.m.—Focus Teams Reconvene in Plenary Session with

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and Research Committee, and Gulf

Mapping and Assessment Center.

3:00 p.m.—Meeting Adjourns.

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Workshop

Notice is hereby given that the US

EPA along with the US EPA Science

Advisory Board (SAB), will jointly host

a public Workshop on Understanding

Public Values and Attitudes Related to

Ecological Risk Management. The

Workshop is open to the public,

however, seating is limited and

available on a registration basis. In most

instances, SAB meetings are subject to

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

which includes opportunities for public

comment. However, since this meeting

meets the requirements of 41 CFR 101–

6.1004, the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

92–463) do not apply. Therefore, we are

not soliciting public comments during

this non-FACA Workshop.

Time and Location—The Workshop

will be held on May 23–24, 2001 at the

Academy for Educational Development,

1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, Telephone 202–884–

8000. Registration is from 8:30–9:00 am

on May 23. The Workshop will begin at

9:00 am each day, ending at 5:00 pm on

May 23 and no later than 12:15 pm on

May 24.

Purpose of the Workshop—To

demonstrate how researchers using

different kinds of analytical methods,

tools and approaches from the social

sciences can mutually inform each other

and risk managers in understanding: (a)

public values and attitudes related to

specific threats to ecological resources,

such as a specific water body threatened

with nitrogen deposition and (b) the

significance of those values.

The Workshop will focus on a

particular waterbody, Tampa Bay

Estuary, and will provide an

opportunity for four researchers in the

social sciences to address the following

questions in terms that are relevant to

and readily comprehendible to Agency

management:

Given that the state of knowledge

about ecological and human health

effects of nitrogen deposition are fairly

well known in the Tampa Bay Estuary,

(a) Why do people care about protecting

waterbodies against current problems

and preventing further nitrogen

deposition? and (b) How can EPA move

beyond current economic

considerations, per se, to identify and

evaluate/measure why and how much

people care about protecting the

resource?

Workshop Agenda—A written agenda

is available on the SAB website (see

below). The first day of Workshop will

include an introduction followed by

four presentations of Research Plans

commissioned on the issue. These

proposals would demonstrate how

different social science approaches (in

the disciplines of anthropology,

decision sciences, economics, and social

psychology) could help decision makers

at EPA and outside understand values,

attitudes and decision factors related to

protection of Tampa Bay against

nitrogen deposition. There would be a

short time following each presentation

for a facilitated discussion.

The morning of the second day will

feature a panel of managers who will

discuss their reactions to the expert

presentations. They would focus on the

potential usefulness of the research

proposals presented, whether and how

they add value to information currently

available to decision makers for making

decisions, communicating decisions,

and justifying decisions about ecological

risk management.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the Workshop, please send

the following information via email to:

Brian Heninger at

heninger.brian@epa.gov by May 15:

name; affiliation; address; phone; fax; email address; occupation; area of

expertise; and what aspects of this

Workshop interest you the most.

Any member of the public wishing

further information concerning this

Workshop should consult the website

for this Workshop at http://

www.epa.gov/sab/presentation-1/

index.htm. Questions concerning this

Workshop can be directed to Dr. Angela

Nugent, Special Assistant, EPA Science

Advisory Board, (202) 564–4562 or

nugent.angela@epa.gov.

Dated: April 18, 2001.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot

Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the City

of Columbus Project XL for

Communities final project agreement

and related documents.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

signing of the Project XL for

Communities (XLC) Final Project

Agreement (FPA) for the City of

Columbus, Ohio.

DATES: The FPA was signed on

September 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the

Final Project Agreement, Fact Sheet, or

public comments received, contact:

Miguel Del Toral, 312–886–5253, US

EPA Region 5, Water Division, WD–15J,

77 West Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Illinois

60604–3507 (deltoral.miguel@epa.gov)

or Kristina Heinemann, US EPA, Office

of Environmental Policy Innovation,

1807, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460

(heinemann.kristina@epa.gov). The

documents are also available via the

internet at the following location: http:/

/www.epa.gov/ProjectXL/Columbus/

index.htm. In addition, public files on

the project are located at the EPA

Regional Office in Chicago. Questions to

EPA regarding the documents can be

directed to Miguel Del Toral at (312)

886–5253 or Kristina Heinemann at

(202) 260–5355. Additional information

on Project XL, and Project XL for

Communities including documents

referenced in this notice, other EPA

policy documents related to Project XL,

Regional and Headquarters contacts,

application information and

descriptions of existing XL projects and

proposals are available via the Internet

at http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final

Project Agreement is a voluntary

agreement developed by the City of

Columbus (the project sponsor), the

State of Ohio (the Ohio Department of

Health and the Ohio Environmental

Protection Agency), project

stakeholders, and US EPA. Project XL

and Project XLC, announced in the

Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60

FR 27282) and November 1, 1995 (60 FR

55569) respectively give regulated

sources the opportunity to develop

alternative strategies that will replace or

modify specific regulatory requirements

on the condition that they produce