[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6772-6773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1801]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8030-2]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of Advisory Committee Meeting 
of the CASAC Lead Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air 
Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Lead Review Panel (Panel) to 
conduct a peer review of the Air Quality Criteria for Lead (First 
External Review Draft), Volumes I and II (EPA/600/R-05/144aA-bA, 
December 2005).

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. (eastern time) on Tuesday, 
February 28, 2006, through 3 p.m. (eastern time) on Wednesday, March 1, 
2006.
    Location: The meeting will take place at the Hilton Durham near 
Duke University, 3800 Hillsborough Road, Durham, NC 27705, Phone: (919) 
383-8033.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
submit written or brief oral comments (five minutes or less) or wants 
further information concerning this 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: Background: EPA is in the process of 
updating, and revising where appropriate, the air quality criteria 
document (AQCD) for lead. Section 109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
requires that EPA carry out a periodic review and revision, as 
appropriate, of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air 
quality standards (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria'' air pollutants 
including lead. On December 1, 2005, EPA's National Center for 
Environmental Assessment National, Research Triangle Park (NCEA-RTP), 
within the Agency's Office of Research and Development (ORD), made 
available for public review and comment a revised draft document, Air 
Quality Criteria for Lead (First External Review Draft), Volumes I and 
II (EPA/600/R-05/144aA-bA). This first draft Lead air quality criteria 
document (AQCD) represents a revision to the previous EPA document, Air 
Quality Criteria for Lead, EPA-600/8-83/028aF-dF (published in June 
1986) and an associated supplement (EPA-600/8-89/049F) published in 
1990. Under CAA sections 108 and 109, the purpose of the revised AQCD 
is to provide an assessment of the latest scientific information on the 
effects of ambient lead on the public health and welfare, for use in 
EPA's current review of the NAAQS for lead. Detailed summary 
information on the revised draft AQCD for lead is contained in a recent 
EPA Federal Register notice (70 FR 72300, December 2, 2005).
    EPA is soliciting advice and recommendations from the CASAC by 
means of a peer review of the first draft Lead AQCD. The CASAC, which 
is comprised of seven members appointed by the EPA Administrator, was 
established under section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or 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 NAAQS under sections 108 and 109 of the Act. The CASAC is 
a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The SAB Staff Office 
has established a CASAC Lead Review Panel to provide EPA with advice 
and recommendations concerning lead in ambient air. On September 6, 
2005 the SAB Staff Office announced the formation of the CASAC Lead 
Review Panel in the Federal Register (70 FR 53001) and solicited 
nominations for experts to supplement the statutory CASAC. The Panel 
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 
Office procedural policies. This meeting is the CASAC Lead Review 
Panel's initial peer review of the first draft Lead AQCD.
    Technical Contact: Any questions concerning the first draft Lead 
AQCD should be directed to Dr. Lori White,

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NCEA-RTP, at phone: (919) 541-3146, or e-mail: [email protected].
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The Air Quality Criteria for 
Lead (First External Review Draft), Volumes I and II (December 2005) 
can be accessed via the Agency's NCEA Web site at: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=141779. In addition, a 
copy of the draft agenda for this meeting will be posted on the SAB Web 
Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab (under the ``Agendas'' subheading) in 
advance of this CASAC Lead Review Panel meeting. Other meeting 
materials, including the charge to the CASAC Lead Review Panel, will be 
posted on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/casac_lead_review_panel.htm prior to this meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the CASAC 
Lead Review Panel to consider during the advisory process. Oral 
Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral 
presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per 
speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. 
Interested parties should contact Mr. Butterfield, DFO (preferably via 
e-mail) at the contact information noted above, by February 21, 2006, 
to be placed on the public speaker list for this meeting. Written 
Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff 
Office by February 24, 2006, so that the information may be made 
available to the Panel for their consideration prior to this meeting. 
Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the following 
formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy 
via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS 
Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 
format).
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Butterfield at the 
phone number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten 
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

    Dated: February 3, 2006.
Vanessa Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E6-1801 Filed 2-8-06; 8:45 am]
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