[Federal Register: November 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 227)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7842-5]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an
Teleconference Meetings of the Ecological 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 teleconference meetings of the Ecological Effects
Subcommittee (EES) of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance
Analysis (Council). The EES will discuss the draft advisory report in
response to EPA's charge questions related to the Agency's Benefits and
Costs of the Clean Air Act, Revised Analytic Plan for EPA's Second
Prospective Analysis, 1990-2020.
DATES: The public teleconference meetings of the Council EES will be
held on December 9, 2004, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (eastern time) and
December 20, 2004, from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. (eastern time).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code, or submit
written or brief oral comments (three 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 meeting 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 EES 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. The EES is one of the Council's three
subcommittees. Additional information on the EES and its advisory
activity was provided in a Federal Register notice published on October
14, 2004 (69 FR 60996). 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).
The December 9 and December 20 teleconference meetings will provide
the Council EES an opportunity to discuss draft responses to the
Agency's three charge questions pertaining to ecological issues and
Clean Air Act regulations. These three charge questions (numbers 18-20)
may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/air/sect812/812chargequestions-070303finalrevised.pdf.
Meeting agendas will be posted on the SAB Web
site prior to the teleconference meetings.
Procedures for Providing Public Comment: It is the policy of the
SAB Staff Office to accept written public comments of any length, and
to accommodate oral public comments whenever possible. The SAB Staff
Office expects that public statements presented at any teleconference
or face-to-face meeting will not be repetitive of previously submitted
oral or written statements. Oral Comments: 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. For teleconferences,
opportunities for oral comment will usually be limited to no more than
three minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes total.
Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the date
of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), written comments should be
received in the SAB Staff Office at least five business days 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 98/2000/XP format).
Dated: November 16, 2004.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 04-26163 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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