[Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8894-4]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC);
Particulate Matter 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 Particulate Matter Review Panel (the
CASAC PM Review Panel) to review and approve its draft letters on three
EPA documents: Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter--
First External Review Draft, Dec 2008; PM NAAQS: Scope and Methods Plan
for Health 88Risk and Exposure Assessment (February 2009); and PM
NAAQS: Scope and Methods Plan for Urban Visibility Impact Assessment
(February 2009) developed for the PM National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) review.
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Thursday May 7, 2009
from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the CASAC public teleconference 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
stallworth.holly@epa.gov. 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
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedures.
Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires that the Agency periodically
review and revise, as appropriate, the air quality criteria and the
NAAQS for the six ``criteria'' air pollutants, including particulate
matter (PM). EPA conducts scientific assessments to determine both
primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) standards for each
of these pollutants.
The CASAC PM Review Panel will hold a public teleconference on May
7, 2009 to review and approve draft letters reviewing three EPA draft
documents supporting EPA's review of the PM National Ambient Air
Quality Standard: (1) Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate
Matter--First External Review Draft, Dec 2008; (2) PM NAAQS: Scope and
Methods Plan for Health Risk and Exposure Assessment (February 2009);
and (3) PM NAAQS: Scope and Methods Plan for Urban Visibility Impact
Assessment (February 2009).
The CASAC PM Panel previously held a public meeting on April 1-2,
2009 (announced in 74 FR 7688-7689) to review these documents. The
purpose of the May 7, 2009 teleconference is to
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review and approve the CASAC PM Panel's draft letters on the above-
referenced documents.
Additional information about the CASAC PM panel's review and advice
in support of EPA's NAAQS review for PM can be found on the CASAC Web
site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
WebProjectsbyTopicCASAC!OpenView.
Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning EPA's Integrated
Science Assessment for Particulate Matter should be directed to Dr.
Lindsay Stanek at stanek.lindsay@epa.gov or 919-541-7792. Any questions
concerning EPA's Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality
Standard: Scope and Methods Plan for Health Risk and Exposure
Assessment should be directed to Ms. Beth Hassett-Sipple at hassett-
sipple.beth@epa.gov or 919-541-4605. Any questions concerning
Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: Scope and
Methods Plan for Urban Visibility Impact Assessment (February 2009)
should be directed to Ms. Vicki Sandiford at sandiford.vicki@epa.gov or
919-541-2629.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The CASAC panel draft reports,
teleconference agenda, and other materials for the teleconference will
be placed on the CASAC Web site prior to the meeting at http://
www.epa.gov/casac. Select the calendar link on the left to access
agenda and meeting materials for May 7, 2009. The Integrated Science
Assessment for Particulate Matter: First External Review Draft
(December 2008) is available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/
recordisplay.cfm?deid=201805. Both of the PM NAAQS Scope and Methods
Plans (February 2009) are available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/
standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pd.html.
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 May 7, 2009
teleconference meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Holly
Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no later than May 1, 2009. Individuals
making oral statements will be limited to three minutes per speaker.
Written Statements: Written statements for the May 7, 2009
teleconference should be received in the SAB Staff Office by May 1,
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: April 15, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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