[Federal Register: January 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 10)]
[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; EPA Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of Public Advisory Committee
Meeting of the CASAC Lead Review Panel
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 public meeting of the
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Lead Review Panel
(CASAC Panel) to conduct a peer review of the Draft Review of the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead: Policy Assessment of
Scientific and Technical Information (1st Draft Lead Staff Paper,
December 2006) and a related draft technical support document, Lead
Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments and Ecological Risk
Assessment for Selected Areas: Pilot Phase, Draft Technical Report
(Draft Lead Exposure and Risk Assessments, December 2006).
DATES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, through 3 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on
Wednesday, February 7, 2007.
Location: The meeting will take place at the Marriott at Research
Triangle Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 27703, phone: 919-941-
6200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to
submit a written or brief oral statement (five minutes or less) or
wants further information concerning this meeting must contact Mr. Fred
Butterfield, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Mr. Butterfield may be
contacted at the EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
or via telephone/voice mail: 202-343-9994; fax: 202-233-0643; or e-mail
at: butterfield.fred@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC
or the EPA SAB can be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
Information concerning EPA technical contacts appears below in
this Federal Register notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The CASAC, which is comprised of seven members
appointed by the EPA Administrator, was established under section
109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42 U.S.C. 7409) as an
independent scientific advisory committee. The CASAC provides advice,
information and recommendations on the scientific and technical aspects
of issues related to air quality criteria and NAAQS under sections 108
and 109 of the Act. The CASAC is chartered under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The CASAC Lead Review
Panel consists of the seven CASAC members supplemented by subject-
matter-experts. The CASAC Lead Review Panel provides advice and
recommendations to EPA concerning lead in ambient air. The Panel
complies with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires that the Agency periodically
review and revise, as appropriate, the air quality criteria and the
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria''
air pollutants, including Lead. On September 30, 2006, EPA's National
Center for Environmental Assessment National, Research Triangle Park
(NCEA-RTP), within the Agency's Office of Research and Development
(ORD), made available a document, Air Quality Criteria for Lead (EPA/
600/R-05/144aC-bC). This final Lead air quality criteria document
(AQCD) represented a revision to the previous EPA document, Air Quality
Criteria for Lead, EPA-600/8-83/028aF-dF (published in June 1986) and
an associated supplement (EPA-600/8-89/049F) published in 1990. The
CASAC's most-recent letter to the Administrator concerning the draft
Lead AQCD (EPA-CASAC-06-010, dated September 6, 2006) is posted on the
SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/casac-06-010.pdf. Detailed
summary information on the Final AQCD for Lead is contained in a
previous EPA Federal Register notice (71 FR 57508, September 29, 2006).
In December 2006, EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards (OAQPS), within the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR),
released the 1st Draft Lead Staff Paper and the Draft Lead Exposure and
Risk Assessments document as part of its review of the Lead NAAQS. The
purpose of the 1st Draft Lead Staff Paper is to evaluate the policy
implications of the key scientific
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and technical information contained in the Agency's Final AQCD for Lead
and to identify critical elements that EPA staff believes should be
considered in its review of the Lead NAAQS. The Lead Staff Paper is
intended to ``bridge the gap'' between the scientific review contained
in the Lead AQCD and the public health and welfare policy judgments
required of the EPA Administrator in reviewing the Lead NAAQS. The
Draft Lead Exposure and Risk Assessments technical support document
describes the methodology and presents the results of the pilot phase
human exposure and health risk assessments and ecological risk
assessments for a number of case studies.
Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning the Agency's 1st Draft
Lead Staff Paper should be directed to Dr. Deirdre Murphy, OAQPS, at
phone: 919-541-0729, or e-mail: murphy.deirdre@epa.gov. Any questions
about the human exposure and health risk analyses in the Draft Lead
Exposure and Risk Assessments technical support document can be
directed to Dr. Zachary Pekar, OAQPS, at phone: 919-541-3704, or e-
mail: pekar.zachary@epa.gov; while questions about the environmental
assessment can be directed to Ms. Ginger Tennant, OAQPS, at phone: 919-
541-4072, or e-mail: tennant.ginger@epa.gov.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The 1st Draft Lead Staff Paper
and the Draft Lead Exposure and Risk Assessments technical support
document can be accessed via the Agency's Technology Transfer Network
(TTN) Web site at URL http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html
, in the ``Documents from Current Review'' section under
``Staff Papers'' and ``Technical Documents,'' respectively. In
addition, a copy of the draft agenda and other materials for this CASAC
meeting will be posted on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/casacorpanel.html
prior to the meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the CASAC
Lead Review Panel to consider during the advisory process. Oral
Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per
speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers.
Interested parties should contact Mr. Butterfield, DFO, in writing
(preferably via e-mail), by January 30, 2007, at the contact
information noted above, to be placed on the list of public speakers
for this meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be
received in the SAB Staff Office by Thursday, February 1, 2007, so that
the information may be made available to the CASAC Panel for their
consideration prior to this meeting. 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 PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich
Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Butterfield at the
phone number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
Dated: January 9, 2007.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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