[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66093-66094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29433]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2003-0060; FRL-7333-1]


National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels; 
Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Acute 
Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) 
will be held on December 10-12, 2003, in San Antonio, TX. At this 
meeting, the NAC/AEGL Committee will address, as time permits, the 
various aspects of the acute toxicity and the development of Acute 
Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for the following chemicals: Acetyl 
chloride, acrylic acid, ammonia, benzonitrile, bromine, chloroacetyl 
chloride, dichloroacetyl chloride, disulfur dichloride, hydrogen 
iodide, methacrylonitrile, methyl chloride, methyl ethyl ketone, oleum, 
sulfur dichloride, sulfur trioxide, sulfuric acid, tetrachloroethylene, 
trichloroacetyl chloride, uranium hexafluoride, vinyl acetate monomer, 
and xylenes.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 10, 2003, from 10 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m.; December 11, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; December 12, 
2003, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID 
number OPPT-2003-0060, must be received on or before December 8, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at La Mansion Del Rio, 112 College 
St., San Antonio, TX 78205.
    Requests to participate in the meeting may be submitted to the 
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: 
Barbara Cunningham, Director, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].
    For technical information contact: Paul S. Tobin, Economics and 
Technology Division (7406M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8557; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may 
be of particular interest to anyone who may be affected if the AEGL 
values are adopted by government agencies for emergency planning, 
prevention, or response programs, such as EPA's Risk Management Program 
under the Clean Air Act and Amendments Section 112r. It is possible 
that other Federal agencies besides EPA, as well as State agencies and 
private organizations, may adopt the AEGL values for their programs. As 
such, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2003-0060. The 
official public docket consists of the documents specifically 
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other 
information related to this action. Although a part of the official 
docket,

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the public docket does not include Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
The official public docket is the collection of materials that is 
available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102-Reading 
Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 
Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading Room 
telephone number is (202) 566-1744 and the telephone number for the 
OPPT Docket, which is located in EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-0280.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official 
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that 
are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be 
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly 
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in 
Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
appropriate docket ID number.

II. Background

    The NAC/AEGL Committee develops AEGLs for use in chemical emergency 
programs. The NAC/AEGL Committee meets approximately four times each 
year. The next meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee is tentatively 
scheduled for March 2004 in Washington, DC.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not 
submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests 
to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number OPPT-
2003-0060, must be received on or before December 8, 2003.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Acute Exposure Guideline Levels, 
Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Health.


    Dated: November 13, 2003.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 03-29433 Filed 11-24-03; 8:45 am]
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