[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 44057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21826]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants

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 Ozone and Related Photochemical 
Oxidants, Volumes I, II, and III (EPA/600/P-93/004aF, bF, and 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 ozone and related photochemical oxidants.

DATES: On June 12, 1996, ORD transmitted the final document to the EPA 
Office of Air and Radiation. ORD thereby completed a criteria document 
preparation, comment, revision and approval cycle beginning with the 
call for information of August 27, 1992 (57 FR 38832).

ADDRESSES: Interested parties can obtain a single bound copy of the 
final Air Quality Criteria Document for Ozone and Related Photochemical 
Oxidants by contacting the ORD Publications Office, Technology Transfer 
and Support 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-
93/004aF-cF). A limited number of paper copies will be available from 
the above source. After the supply is exhausted, copies of the Ozone 
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 
Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants are: Vol. I of III (PB96-
185582), Vol. II of III (PB96-185590), Vol. III of III ( PB96-185608), 
and for the three-volume set (PB96-185574).
    The Executive Summary of the Air Quality Criteria Document for 
Ozone will be available via the Internet on the ORD Home Page (http://
www.epa.gov/ORD). Interested parties also can access the Executive 
Summary of the Ozone Air Quality Criteria Document 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 modem and communications software are necessary. The 
following parameters on the communications software are required: Data 
Bits--8; Parity--N; and Stop Bits--1. The Executive Summary 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. A 
copy of the complete report is also 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 M1500 of Waterside Mall, are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. EPA Library hours 
are from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Raub, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment (MD-52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541-4157; facsimile: 
(919) 541-1818; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 108 and 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 Ozone NAAQS.

    Dated: August 7, 1996.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
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