[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20522-20523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11334]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5501-4]


Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a final report 
titled, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (EPA/600/P-95/
001aF-cF), prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 
Office of Research and Development (ORD). This document evaluates the 
latest scientific information pertaining to health and environmental 
effects associated with airborne particulate matter (PM).

DATES: On April 12, 1996 ORD transmitted to the EPA Office of Air and 
Radiation final versions of all thirteen chapters of the document, Air 
Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter. After duplication of this 
large final report, bound copies of the PM Air Quality Criteria 
Document will be available for wide public distribution on or about May 
15, 1996. Until duplication is completed, interested parties can access 
the Executive Summary of the PM Air Quality Criteria Document via the 
Internet on the ORD Home Page (http://www.epa.gov/ORD). In addition, 
the entire PM Air Quality Criteria Document is available electronically 
on the Agency's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards' (OAQPS) 
Technology Transfer Network (TTN) Bulletin Board System (BBS). The 
telephone number for the TTN BBS is (919) 541-5742. To access the 
bulletin board a modern and communications software are necessary. The 
following parameters on the communications software are required: Data 
Bits--8; Parity--N; and Stop Bits--1.The document will be located on 
the Clean Air Act Amendments BBS, under Title I, Policy/Guidance 
Documents. If assistance is needed in accessing the system, call the 
help desk at (919) 541-5384 in Research Triangle Park, NC. Also, a copy 
of the completed report is available for public inspection at the EPA 
Air Docket and at the EPA Library, both at EPA Headquarters, Waterside 
Mall, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. EPA Air Docket hours, in Room

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M1500 of Waterside Mall, are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding holidays. EPA Library hours are from 10:00 a.m. until 
2:00 p.m., excluding holidays.

ADDRESSES: On or about May 15, 1996, interested parties can obtain a 
single copy of the final PM Air Quality Criteria Document by 
contacting: ORD Publications Office, Technology Transfer Division, 
National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 
45268; telephone (513) 569-7562; facsimile: (513) 569-7566. Please 
provide your name and mailing address, and request the three-volume 
document by the title and EPA document number (EPA/600/P-95/001aF-cF). 
There will be a limited number of paper copies available from the above 
source. Requests will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. 
After the supply is exhausted, copies of the PM Air Quality Criteria 
Document can be purchased from the National Technical Information 
Service (NTIS) by calling (703) 487-4650 or sending a facsimile to 
(703) 321-8547. The NTIS order numbers for the Air Quality Criteria for 
Particulate Matter are: Vol. I of III (PB96-168232), Vol. II of III 
(PB96-168240), Vol. III of III (PB96-168257), and for the three volume 
set (PB96-168224).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane H. Ray, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment (MD-52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541-3637; facsimile: 
(919) 541-1818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 108 to 109 of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA) govern the establishment, review, and revision of National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Section 108 directs the 
Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to list 
pollutants that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health 
or welfare and to issue air quality criteria for them. The air quality 
criteria are to reflect the latest scientific information useful in 
indicating the kind and extent of all effects on public health and 
welfare that may be expected from the presence of the pollutant in 
ambient air. In keeping with these CAA mandates, this document 
evaluates the latest scientific information useful in deriving criteria 
to form scientific bases for decisions regarding possible revision of 
current PM NAAQS.

    Dated: May 1, 1996.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-11334 Filed 5-6-96; 8:45 am]
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