[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21346-21347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9211]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9296-3]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office, Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Lead Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) Lead Review Panel to provide consultative advice on EPA's draft
Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards
for Lead (draft IRP).
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2011
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Location: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain information concerning the public
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meeting may contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, Designated Federal Officer (DFO),
EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2050 or at [email protected].
General information about the CASAC, as well as any updates concerning
the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the EPA Web site
at http://www.epa.gov/casac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The CASAC was established
pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1977, codified at 42
U.S.C. 7409D(d)(2), to provide advice, information, and recommendations
to the Administrator on the scientific and technical aspects of issues
related to the criteria for air quality standards, research related to
air quality, sources of air pollution, and the strategies to attain and
maintain air quality standards and to prevent significant deterioration
of air quality. The CASAC is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2.
Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the CASAC
Lead Review Panel will hold a public meeting to provide consultative
advice on EPA's draft Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards for Lead. The CASAC Lead Review Panel and the
CASAC 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 lead. EPA is currently reviewing the primary
(health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for lead.
Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office solicited nominations for the CASAC
Lead Review Panel on October 28, 2009 (74 FR 55548-55549). Membership
of the Panel is listed at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommitteesSubcommittees/CASAC%20Lead%20Review%20Panel%20%282010-2013%29.
EPA's Integrated Review Plan (IRP) will serve as the framework for
its review of the lead NAAQS. The draft IRP presents the current plan
and specifies the schedule for the entire review, the process for
conducting the review, and the key policy-relevant science issues that
will guide the review. The draft document also describes the different
phases of the review, including the science assessment, risk/exposure
assessment, and policy assessment/rulemaking, for which EPA will
prepare documents which will be submitted for later CASAC review and
public comment. The purpose of this teleconference is for the CASAC
Panel to provide consultative advice on the draft Integrated Review
Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Agendas and materials in support
of this meeting will be placed on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac in advance of the meeting. For technical questions
and information concerning the review materials please contact Dr.
Deirdre Murphy of EPA's Office of Air and Radiation at (919) 541-0729,
or [email protected].
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific
advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the
public can submit comments for a federal advisory committee to consider
as it develops advice for EPA. Input from the public to the CASAC will
have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical
information or analysis for CASAC panels to consider or if it relates
to the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the
public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated Federal
Officer directly. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups
requesting an oral presentation at a teleconference will be limited to
three minutes. Each person making an oral statement should consider
providing written comments as well as their oral statement so that the
points presented orally can be expanded upon in writing. Interested
parties should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, in writing (preferably via
e-mail) at the contact information noted above by April 28, 2011 for
the teleconference, to be placed on the list of public speakers.
Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO
via email at the contact information noted above by April 28, 2011 for
the teleconference so that the information may be made available to the
Panel members for their consideration. Written statements should be
supplied in one of the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP
format. It is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written
comments on the Web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference.
Submitters are requested to provide an unsigned version of each
document because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with
signatures on its Web sites. Members of the public should be aware that
their personal contact information, if included in any written
comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will
not be posted without explicit permission of the copyright holder.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Aaron Yeow at (202)
564-2050 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten days prior
to each meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: March 31, 2011.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-9211 Filed 4-14-11; 8:45 am]
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