[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8062-8063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3518]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9115-3]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting and Public Teleconference(s) 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 meeting on March 10-11,
2010 of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate
Matter Review Panel to review EPA's Particulate Matter Urban-Focused
Visibility Assessment-Second External Review Draft (January 2010) and
Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for Particulate Matter--Second
External Review Draft (February 2010). The SAB Staff Office also
announces a teleconference of the CASAC Particulate Matter Review Panel
on April 8, 2010 to review EPA's Policy Assessment for the Review of
Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards--First
External Review Draft (February 2010).
An optional public teleconference will be held on April 9, 2010 in
the event more time is needed to discuss EPA's Policy Assessment
following the April 8, 2010 teleconference.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on March 10, 2010 from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and March 11, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(Eastern Time). A public teleconference will be held on April 8, 2010
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time). An additional public
teleconference will be held on April 9, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(Eastern Time) in the event more time is needed.
ADDRESSES: The March 10-11, 2010 meeting will be held at the Marriott
in Research Triangle Park, NC, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, North
Carolina 27703. The public teleconferences will be conducted by
telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the public meeting or public
teleconferences 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 2. The 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 Standard (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria''
air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM). EPA conducts
scientific and policy assessments related to both primary (health-
based) and secondary (welfare-based) standards for each of these
pollutants. As part of that process, the CASAC Particulate Matter
Review Panel reviews a series of EPA's assessments that provide the
basis for EPA rulemaking.
The purpose of the March 10-11, 2010 meeting is to review second
drafts of the Particulate Matter Urban-Focused Visibility Assessment
(January 2010) and Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for Particulate
Matter (February 2010). In addition the March 10-11, 2010 meeting will
also include a presentation on a first draft of EPA's Policy Assessment
for the Review of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (Policy Assessment, February 2010). The Policy Assessment
will serve to ``bridge the gap'' between the scientific information and
the judgments required of the Administrator in determining whether it
is appropriate to retain or revise the standards. The first draft
Policy Assessment builds upon the key scientific and technical
information contained in the Agency's Integrated Science Assessment for
Particulate Matter (Final Report) (ISA, December 2009) as well as the
two draft assessment documents titled Particulate Matter Urban-Focused
Visibility Assessment: Second External Review Draft (January 2010) and
Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for Particulate Matter: Second
External Review Draft (February 2010). CASAC's deliberations on the
first draft Policy Assessment will take place during the teleconference
scheduled for April 8, 2010 and if more time is needed, on April 9,
2010.
Background information about the formation of the CASAC Particulate
Matter Review Panel was published in the Federal Register on March 8,
2007 (72 FR 10527-10528). The Panel previously held a public
teleconference on November 30, 2007 (announced in 72 FR 63177-63178) to
provide consultative advice on EPA's draft Integrated Review Plan for
the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
(October 2007) the first document in this review of the PM NAAQS. On
April 1-2, 2009, CASAC reviewed the Integrated Science Assessment for
Particulate Matter--First External Review Draft (December 2008), and
provided consultative advice on Particulate Matter National Ambient Air
Quality Standards: Scope and Methods Plan for Health Risk and Exposure
Assessment (February 2009) and Particulate Matter National Ambient Air
Quality Standards: Scope and Methods Plan for Urban Visibility Impact
Assessment (February 2009). The April 1-2, 2009 meeting was announced
February 19, 2009 in 74 FR 7688-7689. As announced in 74 FR 46586--
46587, on October 5-6, 2009, CASAC reviewed the Integrated Science
Assessment for Particulate Matter--Second External Review Draft (July
2009) and Particulate Matter Urban Focused Visibility Assessment-
External Review Draft (September 2009) and Risk Assessment to Support
the Review of the PM Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards-
External Review Draft (September 2009).
Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning Particulate Matter
Urban-Focused Visibility Assessment--Second External Review Draft
(January 2010) should be directed to Ms. Vicki Sandiford, OAR, at
[email protected] or 919-541-2629. Any questions concerning EPA's
Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for Particulate Matter--Second
External Review Draft (February 2010) should be directed to Dr. Zachary
Pekar, OAR, at [email protected] or 919-541-3704. Any questions
concerning Policy Assessment for the Review of Particulate Matter
National Ambient Air Quality Standards--First External Review Draft
(February 2010) should be directed to Ms. Beth Hassett-Sipple, OAR, at
[email protected] or 919-541-4605.
Availability of Meeting Materials: All meeting materials (agenda,
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questions, preliminary comments and other materials) for the March 10-
11, 2010 meeting and the April 8, 2010 and April 9, 2010
teleconferences will be placed on the CASAC Web site on the Web pages
for those public meetings, accessible through the calendar link on the
blue navigational bar at http://www.epa.gov/casac. The Particulate
Matter Urban-Focused Visibility Assessment: (January 2010) is available
at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_2007_risk.html.
The Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for Particulate Matter--Second
External Review Draft (February 2010) will be available on or about
February 5, 2010 at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_2007_risk.html. The Policy Assessment for the Review of Particulate
Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: First External Review
Draft (February 2010) will be available on or about February 26, 2010
at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pa.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 March 10-
11, 2010 meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Holly
Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no later than March 4, 2010. Individuals
making oral statements will be limited to five minutes per speaker. To
be placed on the public speaker list for the April 8, 2010
teleconference, interested parties should notify Dr. Stallworth, DFO,
by e-mail no later than April 1, 2010. Individuals making oral
statements on the teleconference will be limited to three minutes per
speaker. Written Statements: Written statements for the March 10-11,
2010 meeting should be received in the SAB Staff Office by March 4,
2010, so that the information may be made available to the CASAC Panel
for its consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements for the
April 8, 2010 teleconference should be received in the SAB Staff Office
by April 1, 2010. 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 16, 2010.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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