[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27784-27785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12940]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting; Open Meeting

    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 Wednesday and 
Thursday, June 9-10, 1999 at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(US EPA), Environmental Research Center, Main Auditorium, Route 54 and 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. The meeting will 
begin at 8:30 am and end no later than 5:30 pm on June 9th and begin at 
8:00 am and end no later than 4:00 pm on June 10th. All times noted are 
Eastern Daylight Time. The meeting is open to the public. Due to 
limited space, seating at the meeting will be on a first-come basis. 
For further information concerning various aspects of the meeting, 
please contact the individuals listed below. 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 availability of documents from the 
relevant Program Office is included below.
    Purpose of the Meeting: Three issues will be discussed at this 
meeting:
    (a) Review of Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards (NAAQS)--The Committee will begin its review of the Carbon 
Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) with a review 
of the National Center for Environmental Assessment's (NCEA) draft Air 
Quality Criteria for Carbon Monoxide (External Review Draft) 1999, EPA/
600/P-99/001. The Committee will also provide advice and comment to the 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) on its draft 
Estimation of Carbon Monoxide Exposures and Associated 
Carboxyhemoglobin Levels in Denver Residents Using pNEM/CO (Version 
2.0) At this meeting (the first in a series of meetings), EPA is 
seeking advice and comment from CASAC with regard to the scientific 
soundness of the draft CO Criteria Document for its subsequent use in 
providing scientific bases for Agency decisions on retention or the 
possible need for revision to the existing CO NAAQS. The CASAC review 
will focus on the extent to which the draft document: (1) adequately 
identifies and poses pertinent issues that need to be addressed in the 
document; (2) accurately and concisely summarizes relevant key findings 
from previous CO criteria review(s); (3) accurately and concisely 
summarizes and assesses important newly available pertinent information 
(or have any important new studies been omitted?); (4) appropriately 
interprets and synthesizes the assessed information; and (5) arrives at 
sound conclusions and findings, taking into account the newly available 
data assessed. For information on obtaining copies of the two Carbon 
Monoxide NAAQS documents identified above, or to obtain information 
concerning contact individuals, please see 64 FR 13198-13199, March 17, 
1999.
    (b) Consultation on the Diesel Health Assessment--With two past 
CASAC reviews of the draft Diesel Engine Exhaust Health Assessments, 
the most recent being on May 5-6, 1998 (see 63 FR 17000, April 7, 
1998), NCEA believes that a Consultation with CASAC to review progress 
on current work to revise the Assessment is timely. The primary focus 
of this Consultation is on the issues raised earlier by CASAC (see 
CASAC Report #EPA-SAB-CASAC-99-001, October 7, 1998, available from the 
Science Advisory Board on its website (WWW.EPA.GOV/SAB) or at: (202) 
260-4126, FAX: (202) 260-1889, please give the title and report number 
and your name and address when requesting a copy via phone or fax) and 
how NCEA would address these issues. Given the importance of completing 
the Assessment and providing it to the Agency's Mobile Sources Program, 
a discussion with CASAC, at this juncture, would be useful to both NCEA 
and CASAC. The document titled, Discussion Paper for CASAC--Diesel 
Exhaust Health Assessment, is available on the NCEA page of the 
Internet at HTTP://WWW.EPA.GOV/NCEA under the What's New and 
Publications menus. A limited number of paper copies are available from 
the Technical Information Staff (8623D), NCEA-W; telephone: (202) 564-
3261; FAX: (202) 565-0050. If you are requesting a paper

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copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and the document 
title, Discussion Paper for CASAC--Diesel Exhaust Health Assessment. 
For information on Diesel, contact William Pepelko, NCEA-W, telephone: 
(202) 564-3309; FAX: (202) 565-0078; or e-mail: 
<[email protected]>.
    (c) Review of the draft Airborne Particulate Matter (PM) Research 
Strategy--The Committee last met on November 18 and 19, 1996 to review 
and provide advice to EPA on the Particulate Matter Research Program 
Strategy. Since then, the Agency has revised the strategy and has asked 
that CASAC review the revised document. Interested parties may obtain a 
copy of the draft Airborne Particulate Matter Research Strategy and the 
charge to CASAC by contacting Dr. John Vandenberg at: (919) 541-4527; 
FAX: (919) 541-0642), or e-mail <[email protected]>, National 
Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), USEPA, 
(M-51A), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Technical questions 
regarding this document should also be directed to Dr. Vandenberg.
    The tentative agenda planned for this meeting calls for the Carbon 
Monoxide issue to be discussed all day on June 9th, the PM Research 
Strategy on the morning of June 10th, and the Diesel issue on the 
afternoon of June 10th. A draft agenda will be available approximately 
two weeks prior to the meeting. See below for information on obtaining 
a copy.
    For Further Information Concerning the Meeting: Members of the 
public desiring additional information about the meeting should contact 
Mr. Robert Flaak, Designated Federal Officer, Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), Room 3702G, U.S. 
EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice mail at 
(202) 260-5133; fax at (202) 260-7118; or via e-mail at 
<[email protected]>. A copy of the draft agenda will be available 
approximately two weeks prior to the meeting on the SAB website 
(WWW.EPA.GOV/SAB) or from Ms. Diana Pozun at (202) 260-8432; FAX: (202) 
260-7118; or e-mail at: <[email protected]>.
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation to 
the Subcommittee must contact Mr. Flaak in writing (by letter or by 
fax--see previously stated information) no later than 12 noon Eastern 
Time, Tuesday, June 1, 1999 in order to be included on the Agenda. 
Public comments will be limited to ten minutes per speaker or 
organization. The request should identify the name of the individual 
making 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 of 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 ten minutes. For 
conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will be 
limited to no more than five minutes per speaker and no more than 
fifteen minutes total. Written comments (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 
the meeting.
    Additional information concerning the Science Advisory Board, its 
structure, function, and composition, may be found on the SAB Website 
(http://www.epa.gov/sab) and in The Annual Report of the Staff Director 
which is available from the SAB Publications Staff at (202) 260-4126 or 
via fax at (202) 260-1889.
    Individuals requiring special accommodation at SAB meetings, 
including wheelchair access, should contact Mr. Flaak at least five 
business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can 
be made.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 99-12940 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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