[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 33692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14312]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7509-7]


Science Advisory Board, Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance 
Analysis; Notification of Changes in an Upcoming Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis 
(Council) is announcing changes in a previously announced meeting.

DATES: Instead of holding a full meeting of the Council as previously 
announced for June 11-13, 2003, the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee 
(AQMS) of the Council will meet for one day only on June 12, 2003 at 8 
a.m. and adjourn no later than 5 p.m (EST) on that day. The meeting 
agenda will be posted on the SAB Web site, http://www.epa.gov/sab/agendas.htm by June 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting of the Subcommittee will be held in 
Washington, DC. The meeting location will be announced on the SAB Web 
site, http://www.epa/sab. For further information concerning the public 
meeting, please contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO (see contact information 
below).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information regarding the public meeting may contact Dr. Angela 
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory 
Board by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-4562 or via e-mail at 
[email protected]. General information about the SAB can be found 
in the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 
Notice was given in the Federal Register (68 FR 25882-25883, May 14, 
2003) that the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis would 
hold a public meeting on June 11-13, 2003 to provide advice to the EPA 
on the Agency's plan to develop the second prospective study, the third 
in a series of statutorily mandated comprehensive analyses of the total 
costs and benefits of programs implemented pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act. This meeting was to include sessions for its two subcommittees, 
the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee and the Health Effects 
Subcommittee. Background on the Council, its subcommittees, and on the 
advisory project was provided in a Federal Register notice published on 
February 14, 2003 (68 FR 7531-7534).
    The Agency provided review material and detailed charge questions 
for the Council and its two subcommittees in mid May. These review 
materials for the ``Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act 1990-2020; 
Revised Analytical Plan for EPA's Second Prospective Analysis' can be 
found at the following Web site, maintained by EPA's Office of Air and 
Radiation at: http://www.epa.gov/oar/sect812/. Material provided there 
contains the analytical plan, including individual technical appendices 
and charge questions submitted by EPA to the Council.
    The Agency informed the SAB Staff Office and Council on May 30, 
2003 that it plans to revise parts of the analytical plan and to defer 
many of the charge questions. Based on that information, the Council 
decided not to meet as planned on June 11-13, 2003. Most of the 
questions pertaining to the work of the Air Quality Modeling 
Subcommittee, however, have not been deferred. Therefore the 
Subcommittee will hold a short meeting on June 12, 2003 to begin 
providing advice on those issues.

    Dated: June 2, 2003.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 03-14312 Filed 6-4-03; 8:45 am]
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