[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 32 (Thursday, February 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3504]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8774-5]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Ozone Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Review Panel to conduct a
consultation on EPA's draft Integrated Review Plan for the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (February 2009).
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Monday, March 30, 2009
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Location: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the teleconference meeting may contact
Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science
Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice
mail (202) 343-9867; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at
[email protected]. General information concerning the CASAC can
be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 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. CASAC
provides advice, information and recommendations on the scientific and
technical aspects of air quality criteria and national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 and 109 of the Act. The
CASAC is a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The CASAC
Ozone Review Panel Panel will comply 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 ozone. EPA is currently reviewing the primary
(health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for ozone.
Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office solicited nominations for the Ozone
Review Panel on June 26, 2008 (73 FR 36319-36321). Membership of the
Panel is listed at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/
WebExternalSubCommitteeRosters?OpenView&committee=CASAC&subcommittee=Ozo
ne%20Review%20Panel.
EPA is developing the Integrated Review Plan (IRP) that will serve
as the framework for its review of the ozone NAAQS. The IRP presents
background information, the schedule for the review, the process to be
used in conducting the review, and the key policy-relevant science
issues that will guide the review. The IRP also discusses the
frameworks for the various documents to be prepared by the EPA as part
of the review, including an integrated science assessment (ISA) and a
risk/exposure assessment (REA), and policy assessment, that will be
submitted for later CASAC review and public comment. The purpose of the
March 30, 2009 teleconference is for the CASAC Panel to provide
consultative advice on the draft Integrated Review Plan for the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone.
Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning EPA's Integrated
Review Plan for ozone should be directed to Dr. David McKee, OAR, at
(919) 541-5288 or [email protected].
Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other
materials for the meeting will be placed on the CASAC Web site at
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/SABPRODUCT.NSF/
81e39f4c09954fcb85256ead006be86e/
97662d128e20ca968525746b006ce9fd!OpenDocument. The Integrated Review
Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone will be
available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/ozone/s_o3_
index.html (see ``Planning Documents'').
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for
consideration on the topics included in this advisory activity. Oral
Statements: To be placed on the public speaker list for the March 30,
2009 meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Holly Stallworth,
DFO, by e-mail no later than March 24, 2009. Individuals making oral
statements will be limited to three minutes per speaker. Written
Statements: Written statements for the March 30, 2009 meeting should be
received in the SAB Staff Office by March 24, 2009, so that the
information may be made available to the CASAC Panel for its
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, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich
Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are asked
to provide versions of each document submitted with and without
signatures, because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents
with signatures on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at the
phone number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten
days prior to the teleconference, to give EPA as much time as possible
to process your request.
Dated: February 12, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-3504 Filed 2-18-09; 8:45 am]
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