[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 40632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15196]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7782-3]


Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (External Review 
Draft)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending 
the public comment period on the revised drafts of Chapters 7, 8, and 9 
of EPA's document, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, to July 
30, 2004. In a previous Federal Register notice (69 FR 35028, June 23, 
2004), the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), within 
EPA's Office of Research and Development, announced the availability 
for public review and comment of revised drafts of Chapters 7, 8, and 9 
of EPA's document Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, which 
incorporate revisions made in response to earlier external review of 
those chapters. The June 23, 2004, notice announced that the public 
comment period closed on July 20, in preparation for review by the EPA 
Science Advisory Board's Clean Air Act Scientific Advisory Committee 
(CASAC) on July 20 and 21, 2004. The date and arrangements for the 
CASAC meeting were announced in the Federal Register on June 9, 2004 
(69 FR 32344).

DATES: Comments on the draft chapters must be submitted in writing no 
later than July 30, 2004. Send the written comments to the Project 
Manager for Particulate Matter, National Center for Environmental 
Assessment (B243-01), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711.

ADDRESSES: The revised Chapters 7, 8, and 9 of the Air Quality Criteria 
for Particulate Matter are available on CD ROM from NCEA. Contact Ms. 
Diane Ray by phone (919-541-3637), fax (919-541-1818), or e-mail 
([email protected]) to request these chapters. Please provide the 
document's title, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, and the 
EPA numbers for each of the three revised chapters (EPA/600/P-99/002aE, 
EPA/600/P-99/002bE), as well as your name and address, to properly 
process your request. The draft chapters are also available on the NCEA 
Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. Hard copies of the revised 
chapters can also be made available upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Robert Elias, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment (B243-01), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-4167; fax: 
919-541-1818; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: June 30, 2004.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 04-15196 Filed 6-30-04; 1:52 pm]
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