[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 141 (Monday, July 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41802-41803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11709]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8202-6]


EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting of the CASAC Ozone 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) Ozone Review Panel (CASAC 
Panel) to conduct a peer review of the Review of the National Ambient 
Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Policy Assessment of Scientific and 
Technical Information (second draft Ozone Staff Paper, July 2006) and 
three related draft technical support documents: Ozone Health Risk 
Assessment for Selected Urban Areas: Draft Report (second draft Ozone 
Health Risk Assessment, July 2006); Ozone Population Exposure Analysis 
for Selected Urban Areas: Draft Report (second draft Ozone Exposure 
Assessment, July 2006); and Draft Ozone Environmental Assessment: 
Exposure, Risk and Benefits Assessment (draft Ozone Environmental 
Assessment, July 2006).

DATES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on 
Thursday, August 24, 2006, through 3 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Friday, 
August 25, 2006.
    Location: The meeting will take place at the Marriott at Research 
Triangle Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 27703, Phone: (919) 941-
6200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
submit a written or brief oral statement (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: 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 CASAC Ozone Review Panel complies with the provisions of FACA 
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires that the Agency periodically 
review and revise, as appropriate, the air quality criteria and the 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria'' 
air pollutants, including ambient ozone. Pursuant to sections 108 and 
109 of the Act, EPA is in the process of reviewing the ozone NAAQS, 
which the Agency most recently revised in July 1997. EPA's Office of 
Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), within the Office of Air 
and Radiation (OAR), has developed a second draft Ozone Staff Paper as 
part of its review of the ozone NAAQS. This second draft Ozone Staff 
Paper evaluates the policy implications of the key scientific and 
technical information contained in the Agency's final Air Quality 
Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants, Volumes I, II, 
and III, (EPA/600/R-05/004aF-cF, February 2006), and identifies 
critical elements that EPA believes should be considered in its review 
of the ozone NAAQS. The Ozone Staff Paper is intended to ``bridge the 
gap'' between the scientific review contained in the Ozone Air Quality 
Criteria Document (AQCD) and the public health and welfare policy 
judgments required of the EPA Administrator in reviewing the ozone 
NAAQS. The Agency solicited early advice and recommendations from the 
CASAC Panel by means of a consultation on the Review of the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Policy Assessment of 
Scientific and Technical Information (first draft Ozone Staff Paper, 
November 2005) and two related draft technical support documents, Ozone 
Health Risk Assessment for Selected Urban Areas: Draft Report (first 
draft Ozone Risk Assessment, November 2005) and Ozone Population 
Exposure Analysis for Selected Urban Areas: Draft Report (first draft 
Ozone Exposure Assessment, October 2005). This consultation took place 
in a public meeting on December

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8, 2005 in Durham, NC. The letter to the Administrator documenting that 
this consultative meeting occurred (EPA-CASAC-CON-06-003, dated 
February 16, 2006, is posted on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/casac_con_06_003.pdf. This meeting is a 
continuation of the CASAC Ozone Review Panel's advisory activities in 
this current review cycle for the ozone NAAQS.
    Technical Contact: Any questions concerning the second draft Ozone 
Staff Paper and the second draft Ozone Health Risk Assessment, the 
second draft Ozone Exposure Assessment, and the draft Ozone 
Environmental Assessment should be directed to Dr. Dave McKee, OAQPS, 
at phone: (919) 541-5288, or e-mail: [email protected].
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The second draft Ozone Staff 
Paper and the three related technical support documents can be accessed 
via the Agency's Technology Transfer Network (TTN) Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/ozone/s_o3_index.html in the 
``Documents for Current Review'' section under ``Staff Papers'' and 
``Technical Documents,'' respectively. In addition, a copy of the draft 
agenda and other materials for this CASAC meeting will be posted on the 
SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/casacorpanel.html prior 
to the meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the CASAC 
Ozone 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, in writing 
(preferably via e-mail), by August 17, 2006, at the contact information 
noted above, to be placed on the public speaker list for this meeting. 
Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB 
Staff Office by August 17, 2006, so that the information may be made 
available to the CASAC 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: July 17, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 
Office.
[FR Doc. E6-11709 Filed 7-21-06; 8:45 am]
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