[Federal Register: September 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting
(Teleconference)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency), Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a publicly-accessible
teleconference: for the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
to review, deliberate on, and approve the report of the CASAC National
Ambient Air Monitoring Strategy (NAAMS) Subcommittee; and for the CASAC
Particulate Matter (PM) Review Panel to discuss follow-on matters
related to its review of the EPA Air Quality Criteria Document for
Particulate Matter (Fourth External Review Draft).
DATES: The teleconference will take place on Friday, October 3, 2003,
from 2 to 5 pm (Eastern Time). The CASAC will discuss the report of the
CASAC NAAMS Subcommittee from 2 to 3 pm; and the CASAC PM Review Panel
will discuss follow-on matters related to the draft PM Air Quality
Criteria Document from 3 to 5 pm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the teleconference call-in numbers and access codes should
contact Ms. Delores Darden, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff, at
telephone/voice mail: (202) 564-2282, or e-mail:
darden.delores@epa.gov, or Ms. Sandra Friedman, EPA Science Advisory
Board Staff, at telephone/voice mail: (202) 564-2526, or e-mail:
friedman.sandra@epa.gov. Any member of the public who wants further information concerning
this teleconference, or who wishes to submit written or brief oral
comments (five minutes or less), must contact Mr. Fred Butterfield,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400A),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice mail: (202) 564-4561; fax: (202)
501-0582; or e-mail: butterfield.fred@epa.gov. Requests to provide oral
comments must be in writing (e-mail, fax or mail) and received by Mr.
Butterfield no later than noon Eastern Time five business days prior to
the teleconference in order to reserve time on the meeting agenda.
Written comments (preferably via e-mail) should be sent to Mr.
Butterfield by the same deadline so that these comments can be provided
to the CASAC or the CASAC PM Review Panel, as applicable, prior to the
teleconference. See additional instructions in the section below
entitled, ``Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings.''
General information concerning the CASAC or the EPA Science Advisory
Board can be found on the EPA Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary: The Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee, which comprises seven members appointed by the EPA
Administrator, was established under section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7409) as an independent scientific advisory committee,
in part to provide advice, information and recommendations on the
scientific and technical aspects of issues related to air quality
criteria and national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) under
sections 108 and 109 of the Act. The CASAC, which is administratively
located under the EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office, is a Federal
advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The CASAC and CASAC Particulate
Matter Review Panel will comply with the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: The CASAC NAAMS Subcommittee is charged with providing
advice, information and recommendations to the Agency on the technical
bases and design aspects of the National Ambient Air Monitoring
Strategy. The NAAMS Subcommittee held a public meeting in Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina, on July 8-9, 2003 (68 FR 34945, June 11,
2003) to review the NAAMS document. The Subcommittee will report to the
Administrator of EPA through the CASAC.
The CASAC PM Review Panel is charged in part with providing advice,
information and recommendations on the scientific and technical aspects
of issues related to air quality criteria and NAAQS for particulate
matter, under sections 108 and 109 of the Clean Air Act. The PM Review
Panel reports directly to the Administrator of EPA. This teleconference
is a follow-on to the Panel's review of the EPA Air Quality Criteria
Document for Particulate Matter (Fourth External Review Draft), which
review took place in a public meeting held in Research Triangle Park on
August 25-26, 2003 (68 FR 47060, August 7, 2003), and specifically to
discuss the restructuring of Chapter 9 (Integrative Synthesis) of that
document.
Availability of Additional Meeting Materials: The draft agenda for
the CASAC and CASAC PM Review Panel teleconference will be posted on
the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab (under the ``Agendas''
subheading) in advance of the meeting. The draft report of the CASAC
NAAMS Subcommittee, and any other materials that may be available, will
also be posted on the SAB Web site during this time-frame.
Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings: It is the
policy of the
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EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office to accept written public
comments of any length, and to accommodate oral public comments
whenever possible. The EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office expects
that public statements presented at its meetings will not be repetitive
of previously-submitted oral or written statements. Oral Comments: In
general, 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 for all speakers. The deadline for
getting on the public speaker list for this teleconference is given
above. Speakers who attend the teleconference in person 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 Staff Office will accept written comments
until the date of the teleconference (unless otherwise stated), 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 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: Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word,
or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 95/98 format). Those providing
written comments and who attend the teleconference in person are also
asked to bring 35 copies of their comments for public distribution.
Meeting Access. Individuals requiring special accommodation to
access this teleconference, or who wish to attend this teleconference
in person, should contact Mr. Butterfield at the telephone or e-mail
address provided above at least five business days prior to the meeting
so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Dated: September 8, 2003.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 03-23274 Filed 9-11-03; 8:45 am]
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