[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 232 (Monday, December 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62089-62090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29452]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5338-2]


Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Science Advisory Board; 
Emergency Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting

December 14-15, 1995.
    This is an Emergency Notification of a Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting. This notice is being published less than fifteen calendar days 
prior to the date of the announced meeting due to delays caused by 
Federal budgetary exigencies.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee 
(CASAC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on December 14 
and 15, 1995 at the Omni Europa Hotel, One Europa Drive, Chapel Hill, 
North Carolina 27514. The hotel phone number is 919-968-4900. The 
meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end no later than 5 p.m. on both 
days (times noted are Eastern Time). The meeting is open to the public. 
Due to limited space, seating at the meeting will be on a first-come 
first-serve basis. Important Notice: Documents that are the subject of 
SAB reviews are normally available from the originating EPA office and 
are not available from the SAB Office--information concerning document 
availability from the relevant Program area is included below.

PURPOSE OF THE MEETING: At this meeting, the Committee will review and 
provide advice to EPA on the draft criteria document for particulate 
matter (Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter) and the draft 
staff paper for particulate matter (Review of National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for Particulate Matter: Policy Assessment of 
Scientific and Technical Information). The purpose of the staff paper 
is to evaluate and interpret the most relevant scientific and technical 
information reviewed in the air quality criteria document in order to 
better specify the critical elements which the EPA staff believes 
should be considered in any possible revisions to the national ambient 
air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter. This document is 
intended to bridge the gap between the 

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scientific review contained in the criteria document and the judgments 
required of the Administrator in setting a NAAQS. The Committee will 
consider presentations from Agency staff and the interested public 
prior to making recommendations to the Administrator.

AVAILABILITY OF REVIEW MATERIALS: (a) Air Quality Criteria for 
Particulate Matter (The Draft Criteria Document)--For the benefit of 
interested parties, an electronic version of the revised draft 
Particulate Matter Criteria materials (EPA 600/BP-95/001 a-c) will be 
available on the Agency's TTN Bulletin Board (reachable via modem on 
(919) 541-5742). To access the TTN Bulletin Board, a modem and 
communications software will be necessary. The terminal emulation needs 
to be VT100, VT102 or ANSI. The following parameters on the 
communications software are required: Data bits--8; Parity--N; and Stop 
Bits--1. The document will be located under the Clean Air Act 
Amendments BBS under Title I, Policy and Guidance. For INTERNET 
access--go to Telenet Site and enter TTNBBS.RTPNC.EPA.GOV or IP Number 
134.67.234.17. For INTERNET, we do not have FTP to download documents. 
Requester must have Kermit Protocol Program or pay a fee for SLIP 
account for downloading capabilities. Once in the TTN Bulletin Board, 
you must register (there is no charge for this). At the prompt for 
name, you should enter your name; at the prompt for password, make up a 
password (8 characters); select registration and enter registration 
information including company name. Then follow instructions.
    For assistance in assessing the draft materials, please contact the 
Help Desk at (919) 541-5384 in Research Triangle Park, NC. Copies of 
figures for some chapters (e.g., Chapter 6) may not be available by 
this electronic bulletin board, but can be obtained by contacting Ms. 
Diane Ray at the numbers given below. Hard copies of the revised 
materials will be available in the Air Docket at EPA Headquarters, 401 
M Street, Washington, DC, and in each of the EPA Regional Office 
Libraries. To arrange for copies of specific figures/graphs, not 
adequately reproduced with the TTN Bulletin Board, contact Ms. Diane 
Ray (phone (919) 541-3637; fax (919) 541-1818). For information 
regarding locations and office hours for the EPA Air Docket or Regional 
Office Libraries, please consult 60 FR 20085, April 24, 1995. Full 
copies of all PM Criteria Document draft chapters will also be 
available for public inspection at the December 14-15, 1995 CASAC 
meeting. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) will accept 
written comments from the public on the revised draft PM Criteria 
Document through December 22, 1995. Any public comments on the revised 
draft PM Criteria Document should be submitted in writing to: Diane 
Ray, NCEA/RTP (MD-52), U.S. EPA, 3200 Highway 5400, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711.
    (b) Review of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 
Particulate Matter: Policy Assessment of Scientific and Technical 
Information (The Draft Staff Paper)--Single copies of the draft 
particulate matter staff paper may be obtained from Ms. Tricia 
Crabtree, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-15), U.S. 
EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Ms. Crabtree can also be reached 
by telephone at (919) 541-5655 or by fax at (919) 541-0237. The Office 
of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) will accept written 
comments from the public on all aspects of their revised external 
review draft particulate matter staff paper through December 22, 1995. 
Written comments should be sent to Ms. Trish Koman at the previously 
stated address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public desiring 
additional information about the meeting should contact Mr. Robert 
Flaak, Designated Federal Official, Clean Air Scientific Advisory 
Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice mail at (202) 260-5133; fax at 
(202) 260-7118; or via the INTERNET at [email protected]. 
Those individuals requiring a copy of the draft Agenda should contact 
Ms. Connie Valentine at (202) 260-6552 or by FAX at (202) 260-7118 or 
via the INTERNET at

[email protected].

Additional information concerning the Science Advisory Board, its 
structure, function, and composition, may be found in The Annual Report 
of the Staff Director which is available by contacting Ms. Lori Gross 
at (202) 260-8414.
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation to 
the Committee must contact Mr. Flaak in writing (by letter or by fax--
see previously stated information) no later than 12 noon Eastern Time, 
Friday, December 8, 1995 in order to be included on the Agenda. Public 
comments will be limited to five minutes per speaker or organization. 
The request should identify the name of the individual who will make 
the presentation, the organization (if any) they will represent, any 
requirements for audio visual equipment (e.g., overhead projector, 35mm 
projector, chalkboard, etc), and at least 35 copies of an outline of 
the issues to be addressed or the presentation itself.

PROVIDING ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMENTS AT SAB MEETINGS: The Science 
Advisory Board expects that public statements presented at its meetings 
will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written 
statements. In general, each individual or group making an oral 
presentation will be limited to a total time of five minutes. For 
conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment are limited to 
no more than five minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes 
total. Written comments of any length (at least 35 copies) received in 
the SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior to a meeting date, may be 
mailed to the relevant SAB committee or subcommittee prior to its 
meeting; comments received too close to the meeting date will normally 
be provided to the committee at its meeting. Written comments may be 
provided to the relevant committee or subcommittee up until the time of 
its meeting, unless other publicly announced arrangements have been 
made.

    Dated: November 28, 1995.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-29452 Filed 11-29-95; 1:12 pm]
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