[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40515-40516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11238]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office; Notification of an 
Upcoming Teleconference of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee of the 
EPA's Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 
public teleconference of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee (AQMS), 
a subcommittee of the EPA's Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance 
Analysis (Council).

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on August 7, 2006, from 1 
p.m. to 3 p.m. (eastern daylight time).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference may 
contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by mail 
at EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 343-9867; or by e-mail 
at [email protected]. General information about the SAB may be 
found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis 
is a statutorily-mandated peer review group charged with providing 
advice, information and recommendations to the Agency on technical and 
economic aspects of studies prepared by EPA relating to the benefits 
and costs of the CAA and its Amendments. The Council is a Federal 
advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. Pursuant to a requirement under 
section 812 of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, EPA conducts periodic 
studies to assess the benefits and the costs of the Clean Air Act. The 
Council has been the chief reviewing body for these studies and has 
issued advice on a retrospective study issued in 1997, a prospective 
study issued in 1999, and, since 2003, analytic blueprints for a second 
prospective study on the costs and benefits of clean air programs 
covering the years 1990-2020. OAR's Web site on these section 812 
studies may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/oar/sect812/.

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    The AQMS is one of three subcommittees of the Advisory Council on 
Clean Air Compliance Analysis. The AQMS is charged with providing 
expert advice on the Office of Air and Radiation's air quality 
modeling. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 
92-463, notice is hereby given that the Air Quality Modeling 
Subcommittee (AQMS) will hold a public teleconference to discuss a 
draft emissions inventory developed for the EPA Office of Air and 
Radiation's ``Second Prospective Analysis: Benefits and Costs of the 
Clean Air Act 1990-2020.'' Meeting materials and a teleconference 
agenda will be posted on the SAB Web site provided above prior to the 
teleconference. The Panel will comply with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and all appropriate SAB 
procedural policies.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Members of the public may 
submit relevant written or oral information for the AQMS to consider 
during the advisory process. Oral Statements: In general, individuals 
or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference 
will be limited to three minutes per speaker with no more than a total 
of fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested parties should contact 
the DFO, contact information provided above, in writing via e-mail by 
July 31, 2006, in order to be placed on the public speaker list. 
Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB 
Staff Office by July 31, 2006, so that the information may be made 
available to the Panel for their consideration. 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, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files (in 
IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
    Meeting Accommodations: For information on access or services for 
people with disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact information 
provided above. To request accommodation of a disability please contact 
the DFO, preferably at least ten business days prior to the meeting, to 
give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 
Office.
 [FR Doc. E6-11238 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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