[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11630-11631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4588]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7882-7]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office, Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee (CASAC), Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting (Teleconference)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of 
the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee to review and approve the 
advisory report of the CASAC Ambient Air Monitoring and Methods (AAMM) 
Subcommittee (Subcommittee) regarding EPA's implementation plan for the 
Agency's National Ambient Air Monitoring Strategy (NAAMS).

DATES: The teleconference meeting will be held on March 21, 2005, from 
1 to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
obtain the teleconference call-in numbers and access codes; would like 
to submit written or brief oral comments (five minutes or less); or 
wants further information concerning this teleconference meeting, must 
contact Mr. Fred Butterfield, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 
Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/
voice mail: (202) 343-9994; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at: 
[email protected]. General information concerning the CASAC or 
the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA Web site at: 
http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CASAC and the AAMM Subcommittee: The CASAC, 
which comprises seven members appointed by the EPA Administrator, was 
established under section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7409) as an independent scientific advisory committee, in part to 
provide advice, information and recommendations on the scientific and 
technical aspects of issues related to air quality criteria and 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 and 
109 of the Act. The CASAC, which is administratively located under the 
SAB Staff Office, is a Federal advisory committee chartered under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The 
SAB Staff Office established the CASAC AAMM Subcommittee in early 2004 
as a standing subcommittee to provide the EPA Administrator, through 
the CASAC, with advice and recommendations, as necessary, on topical 
areas related to ambient air monitoring, methods and networks. The 
Subcommittee complies with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate 
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: In response to a request from EPA's Office of Air and 
Radiation (OAR), a subcommittee of the CASAC provided advice and 
recommendations on the implementation aspects of EPA's Final Draft 
NAAMS at a face-to-face,

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public meeting held on December 15, 2004 at the SAB Conference Center 
in Washington, DC. Subsequent to that meeting, the Subcommittee drafted 
an advisory report for the CASAC's consideration. Detailed summary 
information on both the establishment of the CASAC AAMM Subcommittee 
and the history of EPA's Final Draft NAAMS is contained in a previous 
Federal Register notice (69 FR 68901, November 26, 2004).
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The Agency's final draft 
National Ambient Air Monitoring Strategy document is posted on EPA's 
Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center (AMTIC) Web site at 
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/files/ambient/monitorstrat/allstrat.pdf. Any questions concerning the Agency's NAAMS should be 
directed to Mr. Tim Hanley, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards (OAQPS), at phone: (919) 541-4417; or e-mail: 
[email protected]. The CASAC AAMM Subcommittee's draft advisory report 
and the final agenda for this teleconference meeting will be made 
available on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/casac_aamm_subcom.html and http://www.epa.gov/sab (under ``Meeting 
Agendas''), respectively, in advance of the CASAC teleconference.
    Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings: It is the 
policy of the SAB Staff Office to accept written public comments of any 
length, and to accommodate oral public comments whenever possible. The 
SAB Staff Office expects that public statements presented at its 
meetings or teleconferences will not be repetitive of previously-
submitted oral or written statements. Oral Comments: In general, each 
individual or group requesting an oral presentation at a meeting or 
teleconference will be limited to a total time of five minutes (unless 
otherwise indicated). Requests to provide oral comments must be in 
writing (preferably via e-mail) and received by Mr. Butterfield no 
later than noon Eastern Time five business days prior to the meeting or 
teleconference in order to reserve time on the meeting agenda. Written 
Comments: The SAB Staff Office accepts written comments until the date 
of the meeting or teleconference (unless otherwise stated). Copies of 
both oral and written public comments and other presentation materials 
should be provided to Mr. Butterfield (preferably via e-mail) at the 
address/contact information noted above, as follows: one hard copy with 
original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file 
format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and 
Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/Windows 95/98 format)). All comments should 
be received in the SAB Staff Office no later than noon Eastern Time 
five business days prior to the meeting or teleconference so that these 
comments may be made available to the CASAC for their consideration.

    Dated: February 25, 2005.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 05-4588 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
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