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states have established some form of

registration, certification or licensing

program for those in the radon services

business. Many of these states have

made participation in the EPA National

Radon Proficiency Program mandatory.

As of January 30, 1996, about 2,700

individuals and organizations were

participating in the program. About 770

participants were listed as proficient for

radon measurement analytical services,

with another 1,450 for residential

measurement services, and about 480

individuals for mitigation, or radon

reduction, services.

Until 1994, EPA funded the program

through its annual budget

appropriation. However, in April 1994,

the Agency began assessing and

collecting user fees to defray the

program’s operating costs. Congress

directed EPA to establish this user fee

system under section 305 (e)(2) of the

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

EPA distributed the percentage of

program costs to be recovered

incrementally over five years, with the

first year’s fees based on 30% of

program costs, and full cost recovery

(100%) expected in 1998.

EPA is now interested in exploring

privatization of the National Radon

Proficiency Program for several reasons.

First, the radon services industry has

matured sufficiently to a point where

the scale of EPA’s direct involvement in

making proficiency determinations can

be reduced. Second, the states are much

stronger in their public health and

consumer protection radon activities

now than they were a decade ago,

because of their general radon programs

and certification programs. Finally, the

Agency is interested in the private

sector’s potential to operate the program

more cost effectively.

Purpose of Public Workshop

To more fully explore privatization,

EPA is today announcing a public

workshop to discuss the Agency’s

options and the mechanics of

privatizing the National Radon

Proficiency Program, and to gauge the

level of private sector interest. The

Agency expects a wide variety of

organizations to have a potential interest

in the question of whether and how to

privatize the National Radon

Proficiency Program.

Topics that the Agency expects to

discuss with those attending the public

workshop include: (1) EPA’s strawman

privatization plan; (2) a brief history of

the program and the radon industry; (3)

the current program design; (4)

alternatives to the current program

design; (5) the process and mechanisms

for moving all or parts of the program

into the private sector; (6) the Agency’s

role in a privatized program; and, (7)

what steps and actions EPA expects to

take following the workshop to

implement any final privatization plan

and provide a mechanism for

continuing a dialog with interested

parties. Also, the Agency has

established a public docket for the

privatization effort and this public

workshop. The Agency will place in the

docket all public materials about the

privatization effort and this public

workshop.

Furthermore, EPA has established a

30-day comment period, ending July 1,

1996, for receiving comments about the

privatization plan and the public

workshop. Written comments should be

sent to the docket. The Agency will

issue a Federal Register notice

announcing the outcomes from the

public workshop, the Agency’s decision

on privatization and what steps the

Agency will take to implement any final

plan. The Agency expects to have

decided on a privatization plan by the

Fall of 1996.

IV. Public Record

EPA has established a public record

for this workshop (docket control

number A–96–21). The record for this

workshop is available to the public in

the Clean Air Act Docket, located on the

first floor Waterside Mall, room M1500,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street SW, mail stop 6102,

Washington, DC 20460, open from 8:30

a.m. to 12 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. to 3:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding

legal holidays, (202) 260–7548. The

Agency may charge a reasonable fee for

the copying of docket materials.

Dated: April 24, 1996.

Richard Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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Peer-Review Workshop on PCBs:

Cancer Dose-Response Assessment

and Application to Environmental

Mixtures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review

Workshop.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a peerreview workshop sponsored by the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) National Center for

Environmental Assessment of the Office

of Research and Development to review

the external review draft document,

PCBs: Cancer Dose-Response

Assessment and Application to

Environmental Mixtures (EPA/600/P–

96/001A). EPA will use comments and

recommendations from the workshop to

assist in document revisions.

DATES: The workshop will begin on

Tuesday, May 21, 1996, at 8:30 a.m. and

end on Wednesday, May 22, at 4:30 p.m.

Members of the public may attend as

observers, and there will be a limited

time for comments from the public on

Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday

afternoon is reserved for the peer panel

to write its comments.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the Holiday Inn/Bethesda, 8120

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland

20814. Eastern Research Group, Inc.

(ERG), and EPA subcontractor, is

providing logistical support for the

workshop. To attend the workshop,

register by May 15 by calling ERG’s

registration line at 617–674–7374, or

send a fax to 617–674–2906. Space is

limited, and reservations will be

accepted on a first-come-first-served

basis. There will be a limited time for

comments from the public on Tuesday

afternoon. Please let ERG know if you

wish to make a brief statement.

The document is available on the

Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ORD or

for purchase from the National

Technical Information Service, 5285

Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161;

telephone 703–487–4650; facsimile

703–321–8547. The NTIS order number

is PB96–140603; the price is $19.50 for

paper and $9.00 for microfiche. Copies

are also available for inspection at EPA

libraries. The EPA Headquarters Library

is located at 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC; the library is open

Monday through Friday between 10:00

a.m. and 2:00 p.m., except for Federal

holidays. Copies are not available from

ERG or NCEA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Jim Cogliano, National Center for

Environmental Assessment/Washington

Office (8623), U.S. Environmental

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

Washington, DC 20460. Telephone:

202–260–3830; facsimile: 202–260–

3803; E–Mail:

cogliano.jim@epamail.epal.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft

report updates the cancer dose-response

assessment for PCBs and shows how

information on toxicity, disposition, and

environmental processes can be

considered together to evaluate health

risks from PCB mixtures in the

environment. Guidance is given on

applying the assessment to
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environmental mixtures, different

exposure routes, partial lifetime

exposure, and mixtures containing

dioxin-like compounds. After the

workshop, EPA will incorporate the

panel’s comments and issue a final

report. The expected date for the final

report is September 1996. A summary of

the final report will be loaded onto the

Agency’s on-line database, the

Integrated Risk Information System

(IRIS).

Dated: April 24, 1996.

Robert J. Huggett,

Assistant Administrator for Research and

Development.

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Risk Assessment and Risk

Management Commission;

Amendment to Earlier Federal Register

Notice—Change in Meeting Date and

Location

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the Risk

Assessment and Risk Management

Commission, established as an Advisory

Committee under Section 303 of the

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,

will release its draft report on June 13

from 1:00–3:00 p.m. at the National

Press Building, 529 14th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20045 on the 13th floor

in the National Press Club conference

room. There will be a briefing and the

draft report will be available to the

public at that time. If you are unable to

attend, but wish to receive a copy of the

draft report, either fax your request to

202–233–9540, mail your request to the

Commission on Risk Assessment and

Risk Management, 529 14th Street, NW.,

Room 452, Washington, DC 20045, or

obtain via the Internet at http://

www.riskworld.com. Be sure to indicate

your complete mailing address and a

phone number where you can be

reached. If you have already requested

a copy of the draft report, it is not

necessary to send another request. The

Commission Members had anticipated

an earlier release of the draft report on

May 9th. Unfortunately, the draft report

will not be available now until the June

13th date.

Comments on the draft report must be

received no later than July 18, 1996.

Please send your comments to the

Commission on Risk Assessment and

Risk Management, address listed above.

If you need additional information,

please call 202–233–9537. The report

will not be available prior to June 13,

1996.

Dated: April 25, 1996.

Gail Charnley,

Executive Director, Commission on Risk

Assessment and Risk Management.

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Science Advisory Board,

Environmental Engineering

Committee; Notification of Public

Advisory Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Engineering Committee

(EEC) of the Science Advisory Board

(SAB) will hold a public teleconference

on May 20, 1996 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00

p.m., Eastern Time. During this

teleconference, the Committee will: (a)

review the report of its Waste

Incineration Subcommittee; (b) receive

an update on EPA and SAB activities of

interest; and (c) discuss potential FY96

EEC activities. Documents that are the

subject of SAB reviews are normally

available from the originating EPA office

and are not available from the SAB

Office. Please see previous Federal

Register notice for details concerning

the availability of review documents

and for details concerning the charge to

the Subcommittee (60 FR 43148, dated

August 18, 1995).

Members of the public desiring

additional information about the

meeting, including an agenda, should

contact Mrs. Kathleen W. Conway,

Designated Federal Official, Science

Advisory Board (1400F), US EPA, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, by

telephone at (202) 260–2558 or FAX at

(202) 260–7118, or via the INTERNET

at: conway.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation to the

Committee must contact Mrs. Conway

in writing (by letter or by fax—see

previously stated information) no later

than 12 noon Eastern Time, Monday,

May 13, 1996 in order to be included on

the Agenda. A total time limit of 15

minutes will be allocated for public

comment. Written comments of any

length may be submitted to the

Committee up through the date of the

meeting. Please address such material to

Mrs. Conway at the above address.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements. In general, for

teleconference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will be

limited to no more than three minutes

per speaker and no more than fifteen

minutes total. Written comments (at

least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date (usually one week prior to

a meeting or teleconference), may be

mailed to the relevant SAB committee

or subcommittee prior to its meeting;

comments received too close to the

meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of the meeting.

Dated: April 24, 1996.

John R. Fowle, III,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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Certain Companies; Applications to

Register Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of applications to register pesticide

products containing active ingredients

not included in any previously

registered products pursuant to the

provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by May 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments identified by the document

control number [OPP–30409] and the

file symbol to: Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Divisions (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also 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 will be accepted on

disks in Wordperfect in 5.1 file format

or ASCII file format. All comments and

data in electronic form must be