[Federal Register: August 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 162)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7804-6]
Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (External Review
Draft)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Draft of Particulate Matter Criteria Document Chapter
for Public Review and Comment.
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SUMMARY: On or about August 27, 2004, the National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA), within EPA's Office of Research and
Development, will make available for public review and comment a
revised draft of Chapter 9 (integrative synthesis) of EPA's draft Air
Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (EPA/600/P-99/002bD). The
revised draft chapter incorporates revisions made in response to
earlier public external and Clean Air Act Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) reviews of the draft document. Under sections 108 and 109 of
the Clean Air
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Act, the purpose of the Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter is
to provide an assessment of the latest scientific information on the
effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) on the public health and
welfare for use in EPA's current review of the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM.
DATES: Comments on the revised draft Chapter 9 (dated August, 2004)
must be submitted in writing no later than September 30, 2004. Send the
written comments to the Project Manager for Particulate Matter,
National Center for Environmental Assessment-RTP (B243-01), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.
ADDRESSES: The revised draft Chapter 9 of the Air Quality Criteria for
Particulate Matter will be available on CD ROM from NCEA-RTP. Contact
Ms. Diane Ray by phone (919-541-3637), fax (919-541-1818), or e-mail
ray.diane@epa.gov) to request the chapter. Please provide the
document's title, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, and the
EPA number for the revised chapter (EPA/600/P-99/002bD, August 2004
Draft), as well as your name and address, to properly process your
request. Internet users will be able to download a copy from the NCEA
home page. The URL is http://www.epa.gov/ncea/. Hard copies of the
revised chapter can also be made available upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert Elias, National Center for
Environmental Assessment-RTP (B243-01), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-4167; fax:
919-541-1818; e-mail: elias.robert@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The revised draft Chapter 9 will be reviewed
by CASAC on September 20, 2004, via a publically accessible
teleconference. The arrangements for the CASAC meeting will be
announced in a separate Federal Register notice.
Dated: August 18, 2004.
Charles Ris,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 04-19323 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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