[Federal Register: April 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 76)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8555-7]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Meeting of
the Science Advisory Board's Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance
Analysis (Council)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public face-to-face meeting of the Advisory Council on Clean Air
Compliance Analysis (Council).
DATES: The meeting dates are Thursday, May 8, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Friday, May 9, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the SAB Conference Center at
1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700, Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting may contact Dr. Holly
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory
Board Staff Office (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/voice
mail: (202) 343-9867 or at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General
information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the
meeting announced in this notice, 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
(Council) is a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The Council
is charged with providing advice, information and recommendations to
the Agency on the economic issues associated with programs implemented
under the Clean Air Act and its Amendments. 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 2001, analytic blueprints
for a second prospective study on the costs and benefits of clean air
programs covering the years 1990-2020.
On May 9, 2008, the Council will review a case study entitled
``Section 812 Prospective Study of the Benefits and Costs of the Clean
Air Act: Air Toxics Case Study--Health Benefits of Benzene Reductions
in Houston, 1990-2020.'' This case study presents a methodology for
assessing the benefits of reducing benzene levels in the Houston,
Texas, area over 30 years. EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
conducted this case study (posted at http://www.epa.gov/air/sect812/
prospective2.html#mar08/) as part of the second prospective study on
the costs and benefits of the Clean Air Act programs being developed by
EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR).
EPA's OAR has also requested the Council's advice on using results
of a recently conducted expert elicitation in the regulatory context of
a benefits assessment conducted as part of a regulatory impact analysis
for a regulation promulgated in 2006. To better characterize
uncertainty in the health benefits of particulate matter reductions,
EPA's Office of Air and Radiation undertook an expert elicitation study
in 2005-2006 to characterize the uncertainty in the concentration-
response function for premature mortality related to particulate
matter, specifically PM2.5. EPA applied the results of this
study to develop probabilistic estimates of reductions in premature
mortality as part of its regulatory impact analysis for the 2006
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particle Pollution. The
Council's review will focus on Chapter 5 and the Executive Summary of
the regulatory impact analysis found at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/
regdata/RIAs/Chapter%205_Benefits.pdf. The
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Council, augmented with additional experts, will conduct this review on
May 8, 2008. The SAB Staff Office described a process for identifying
experts for this advisory activity in the Federal Register on June 28,
2007 (72 FR 35463-35465).
The meeting agenda for May 8-9, 2008 and any background materials
will be posted on the Council area (http://www.epa.gov/
advisorycouncilcaa) of the SAB Web Site prior to the meeting.
Technical Contacts: The OAR technical contact for the benzene case
study is Ms. Jeneva Craig at (202) 564-1674 or craig.jeneva@epa.gov.
The technical contact for the review of the application of the PM-
Mortality expert elicitation is Ms. Lisa Conner at (919) 541-5060 or
conner.lisa@epa.gov.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Materials in support of this
meeting will be placed on the on the Council area (http://www.epa.gov/
advisorycouncilcaa) of the SAB Web site in advance of this meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the Council
to consider on the topics included in this advisory activity or the
group providing advice on the benzene case study. 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 one hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact
Dr. Stallworth at the contact information provided above by May 1,
2008, to be placed on the public speaker list for the May 8-9, 2008
meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in
the SAB Staff Office by May 1, 2008, so that the information may be
made available to the Council for their consideration prior to this
meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via e-mail to
stallworth.holly@epa.gov (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 Dr. Holly Stallworth at
(202) 343-9867, or via e-mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please contact Dr. Stallworth,
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much
time as possible to process your request.
Dated: April 11, 2008.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E8-8393 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]
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