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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA’s Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing
a public meeting of the SAB
Environmental Economics Advisory
Committee (EEAC) to discuss the
valuation of mortality risk reduction.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9
a.m.–5 p.m. (EST) on September 14,
2006 and from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. (EST) on
September 15, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the SAB Conference Center located at
1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700,
Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding the public
meeting may contact Dr. Holly
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory
Board Staff Office by telephone/voice
mail at (202) 343–9867, or via e-mail at
stallworth.holly@epa.gov. The SAB
mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science
Advisory Board (1400F), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. General
information about the SAB, as well as
any updates concerning the meeting
announced in this notice, may be found
in the SAB Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/sab. The technical contact
for EPA’s work on valuing mortality risk
reduction is Dr. Chris Dockins who may
be reached at (202) 566–2286 or
dockins.chris@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby
given that the SAB Environmental
Economics Advisory Committee will
hold a public meeting to discuss
appropriate methods for valuing
mortality risks in the context of costbenefit analysis. The EEAC will be
augmented by economists from the
chartered Science Advisory Board as
well as the Advisory Council on Clean
Air Compliance Analysis. The SAB was
established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide
independent scientific and technical
advice to the Administrator on the
technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The
SAB will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
Background: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) uses a value of
statistical life (VSL) to express the
benefits of mortality risk reductions in
monetary terms for use in benefit cost
analyses of its rules and regulations.
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EPA has used the same central default
value (adjusted for inflation) in its
primary analyses since 1999 when the
Agency updated its Guidelines for
Preparing Economic Analyses (2000).
Prior to the release of the Guidelines,
EPA sought advice from the Science
Advisory Board’s Environmental
Economics Advisory Committee (SAB–
EEAC) on the appropriateness of this
estimate and its derivation. In 2000,
EPA also consulted with the SAB–EEAC
on the appropriateness of making
adjustments to VSL estimates to capture
risk and population characteristics
associated with fatal cancer risks. On
May 12–13, 2004, the Environmental
Economics Advisory Committee held a
consultation to discuss the robustness of
estimates from the mortality risk
valuation literature.
EPA is now in the process of revising
and updating its Guidelines and as such
would like additional guidance on its
approach to valuing mortality risk
reductions. The EEAC has been asked to
review two papers related to this topic.
The first paper (posted at https://
yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/
vwRepNumLookup/EE–
0494?OpenDocument) addresses the
application of meta analysis techniques
to the derivation of estimates for
mortality risk reduction. A second paper
discusses appropriate and available
methods for valuing mortality risk
reductions when affected populations
have varying life expectancies. This
paper will be posted at https://
yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/
vwRepNumLookup/EE–
0495?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials:
Materials in support of this meeting will
be placed on the SAB Web Site at:
https://www.epa.gov/sab/ in advance of
this meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral
information for the SAB to consider
during the advisory process.
Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public meeting will be
limited to five minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of one hour
for all speakers. Interested parties
should contact Dr. Stallworth, DFO, at
the contact information noted above, by
August 31, 2006, to be placed on the
public speaker list for the September
14–15, 2006 meeting.
Written Statements: Written
statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by August 31, so that
the information may be made available
to the SAB for their consideration prior
to this meeting. Written statements
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should be supplied to the DFO in the
following formats: one hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic
copy via e-mail to
stallworth.holly@epa.gov (acceptable
file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint,
or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows
98/2000/XP format).
Meeting Access: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr.
Stallworth at (202) 343–9867 or
stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at
least 10 days prior to the meeting to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: August 11, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office.
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Customer Evaluation Survey
Respondents: 2,200.
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Hours Per Response: .05 (3 minutes)
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.06 (4 minutes) for e-mail survey.
Total Burden Hours: 119
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information is necessary and whether it
will have practical utility; whether our
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September 20, 2006.
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ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Human Services is pleased to announce
the BioShield Stakeholders Workshop.
The BioShield Stakeholders Workshop
is being convened to provide individual
stakeholders with an opportunity to
gain insight into the current BioShield
interagency governance process and to
provide input into the draft HHS Public
Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasures (PHEMC) Strategy for
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and
Nuclear (CBRN) Threats.
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Services is pleased to announce the
upcoming HHS BioShield Stakeholders
Workshop. The goals of the HHS
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1. To provide its attendees with
insight into the current BioShield
interagency governance process; and
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Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)
Threats.
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SUMMARY: The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is
announcing a public meeting of the SAB Environmental Economics Advisory
Committee (EEAC) to discuss the valuation of mortality risk reduction.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (EST) on September
14, 2006 and from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (EST) on September 15, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the SAB Conference Center
located at 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700, Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding the public meeting may contact Dr. Holly
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory
Board Staff Office by telephone/voice mail at (202) 343-9867, or via e-
mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. The SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA,
Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB, as well as any
updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice, may be found
in the SAB Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab. The technical contact
for EPA's work on valuing mortality risk reduction is Dr. Chris Dockins
who may be reached at (202) 566-2286 or dockins.chris@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting
to discuss appropriate methods for valuing mortality risks in the
context of cost-benefit analysis. The EEAC will be augmented by
economists from the chartered Science Advisory Board as well as the
Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis. The SAB was
established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency
positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended,
5 U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses a
value of statistical life (VSL) to express the benefits of mortality
risk reductions in monetary terms for use in benefit cost analyses of
its rules and regulations. EPA has used the same central default value
(adjusted for inflation) in its primary analyses since 1999 when the
Agency updated its Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses (2000).
Prior to the release of the Guidelines, EPA sought advice from the
Science Advisory Board's Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
(SAB-EEAC) on the appropriateness of this estimate and its derivation.
In 2000, EPA also consulted with the SAB-EEAC on the appropriateness of
making adjustments to VSL estimates to capture risk and population
characteristics associated with fatal cancer risks. On May 12-13, 2004,
the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee held a consultation to
discuss the robustness of estimates from the mortality risk valuation
literature.
EPA is now in the process of revising and updating its Guidelines
and as such would like additional guidance on its approach to valuing
mortality risk reductions. The EEAC has been asked to review two papers
related to this topic. The first paper (posted at https://
yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwRepNumLookup/EE-0494?OpenDocument)
addresses the application of meta analysis techniques to the derivation
of estimates for mortality risk reduction. A second paper discusses
appropriate and available methods for valuing mortality risk reductions
when affected populations have varying life expectancies. This paper
will be posted at https://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/
vwRepNumLookup/EE-0495?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Materials in support of this
meeting will be placed on the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/ in advance of this meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to
consider during the advisory process.
Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an
oral presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes
per speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers.
Interested parties should contact Dr. Stallworth, DFO, at the contact
information noted above, by August 31, 2006, to be placed on the public
speaker list for the September 14-15, 2006 meeting.
Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by August 31, so that the information may be made
available to the SAB for their consideration prior to this meeting.
Written statements
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should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy
with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail to
stallworth.holly@epa.gov (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Meeting Access: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at (202)
343-9867 or stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: August 11, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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