[Federal Register: July 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office; Notification of an
Upcoming Teleconference of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee of the
EPA's 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 a
public teleconference of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee (AQMS),
a subcommittee of the EPA's Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance
Analysis (Council).
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on August 7, 2006, from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. (eastern daylight time).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference may
contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by mail
at EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 343-9867; or by e-mail
at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General information about the SAB may be
found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
is a statutorily-mandated peer review group charged with providing
advice, information and recommendations to the Agency on technical and
economic aspects of studies prepared by EPA relating to the benefits
and costs of the CAA and its Amendments. The Council is a Federal
advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. Pursuant to a requirement under
section 812 of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, EPA conducts periodic
studies to assess the benefits and the costs of the Clean Air Act. The
Council has been the chief reviewing body for these studies and has
issued advice on a retrospective study issued in 1997, a prospective
study issued in 1999, and, since 2003, analytic blueprints for a second
prospective study on the costs and benefits of clean air programs
covering the years 1990-2020. OAR's Web site on these section 812
studies may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/oar/sect812/.
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The AQMS is one of three subcommittees of the Advisory Council on
Clean Air Compliance Analysis. The AQMS is charged with providing
expert advice on the Office of Air and Radiation's air quality
modeling. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92-463, notice is hereby given that the Air Quality Modeling
Subcommittee (AQMS) will hold a public teleconference to discuss a
draft emissions inventory developed for the EPA Office of Air and
Radiation's ``Second Prospective Analysis: Benefits and Costs of the
Clean Air Act 1990-2020.'' Meeting materials and a teleconference
agenda will be posted on the SAB Web site provided above prior to the
teleconference. The Panel will comply with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and all appropriate SAB
procedural policies.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral information for the AQMS to consider
during the advisory process. Oral Statements: In general, individuals
or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference
will be limited to three minutes per speaker with no more than a total
of fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested parties should contact
the DFO, contact information provided above, in writing via e-mail by
July 31, 2006, in order to be placed on the public speaker list.
Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB
Staff Office by July 31, 2006, so that the information may be made
available to the Panel for their consideration. Written statements
should be supplied to the DFO 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).
Meeting Accommodations: For information on access or services for
people with disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact information
provided above. To request accommodation of a disability please contact
the DFO, preferably at least ten business days prior to the meeting, to
give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
[FR Doc. E6-11238 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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