[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
[FRL-5560-7]
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.
[FR Doc. 96-21826 Filed 8-26-96; 8:45 am]
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