[Federal Register: September 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office
Notification of Upcoming Meetings of the Health Effects
Subcommittee of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces
two public teleconferences of the Health Effects Subcommittee (HES) of
the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council) to
discuss follow-on matters related to its report issued in March 2004
entitled Advisory on Plans for Health Effects Analysis in the
Analytical Plan for EPA's Second Prospective Analysis--Benefits and
Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1990-2020.
DATES: The public teleconferences of the Council HES will be held on
September 21, 2004 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern time) and on
September 29, 2004 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern time).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code or who wish to submit written
or brief oral comments (five minutes or less) must contact Dr. Holly
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer, at telephone/voice mail: (202)
343-9867 or via e-mail at: stallworth.holly@epa.gov. Requests to
provide oral comments must be in writing (e-mail, fax or mail) and
received by Dr. Stallworth no later than five business days prior to
the teleconference in order to reserve time on the meeting agenda. It
is the policy of the EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office to accept
written public comments of any length, and to accommodate oral public
comments whenever possible. Any member of the public wishing further
information regarding the SAB or the Council HES may also contact Dr.
Stallworth, or visit the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) conducts periodic,
scientifically reviewed studies to assess the costs and benefits of
regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act. The Council is an
outside body of recognized experts charged with reviewing the data,
methods and cost-benefit analyses conducted by OAR for implementing its
programs. EPA has thus far issued one retrospective analysis of the
Clean Air Act covering the 1970-1990 time period and one prospective
analysis covering the 1990-2010 time period. EPA is planning a second
prospective analysis covering the 1990-2020 time period and has issued
two analytic blueprints for this analysis. The Council provided advice
on these analytic blueprints in 2001 and 2004. These reports of the
Council and its subcommittees may be found at http://www.epa.gov/sab/fiscal04.htm.
OAR provides more information on ``Section 812'' reports
at: http://www.epa.gov/air/sect812/index.html. Additional background on
the Council and on the statutorily mandated analyses of the costs and
benefits of Clean Air Act programs was provided in a Federal Register
notice published on February 14, 2003 (68 FR 7531-7534).
In its March 2004 Advisory report, posted at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/council_adv_04002.pdf
, the Council HES provided advice
through the Council on the health science aspects of EPA's analytic
blueprint for its second prospective analysis. EPA's Office of Air and
Radiation and EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation recently
requested that the Council provide clarification on its advice in this
March 2004 report pertaining to cessation lags, i.e. the time delay
between reductions in air pollution and reductions in human health
effects. The Agency seeks clarification of the Council's advice
regarding this issue of cessation lags so that the Agency's analysis of
the benefits of future rules for particulate matter (PM 2.5) might
comport with the Council's previous recommendations. The Agency seeks
the Council's advice on this proposed cessation lag structure.
The September 21 and September 29 teleconferences will provide the
Council HES an opportunity to address the Agency's questions as stated
in the letter to the Council which is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/comments_on_council_adv_04001.pdf.
Agendas for these
teleconferences will be posted on the SAB Web site prior to the
teleconference calls.
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Dated: September 3, 2004.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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