[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 91 (Friday, May 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26816-26817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9098]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0362; FRL-8313-8]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Final Report: ``Comparison of 
the Alternative Asbestos Control Method and the NESHAP Method for 
Demolition of Asbestos-Containing Buildings''

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of document availability and invitation for public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a 
public comment period and independent, external peer review for the 
draft Final Report for the Alternative Asbestos Control Method (AACM) 
Demonstration Project. The external peer review is expected to include 
a face-to-face meeting in Cincinnati, OH. The time and location for the 
external peer review meeting have not yet been determined and will be 
specified in a separate Federal Register notice. EPA expects to invite 
the public to attend the meeting and to provide an opportunity to the 
public to make comments at the meeting. The public comment period and 
the external peer review provide opportunities for all interested 
parties to comment on the report. In addition to consideration by EPA, 
all public comments submitted in accordance with this notice will also 
be forwarded to EPA's contractor for consideration by the external peer 
review panel prior to the meeting.
    EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality 
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. 
This draft Final Report does not represent and should not be construed 
to represent any EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination.
    The U.S. EPA conducted a controlled demonstration to evaluate the 
AACM alongside the current National Emissions Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) method in a remote, secure location at Fort 
Chaffee, Arkansas. To facilitate side-by-side comparison, the 
demonstration used two similar structures with asbestos-containing 
materials. Additional information about this research project, 
including a description of the AACM and the project schedule, is 
available at http://epa.gov/region6/6xa/asbestos.htm.

DATES: The public comment period for this draft Final Report begins 
with the publication of this notice. Comments may be submitted by June 
11, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public may obtain the draft Final Report from 
www.regulations.gov or from Stephen Watkins via the contact information 
below.
    Public comments should be identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0362, and submitted by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA 
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0362. Deliveries are only 
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0362. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA, without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you 
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to 
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special 
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or 
viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD 
Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like additional 
information regarding the draft Final Report, or EPA's independent, 
external peer

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review process, please contact Stephen Watkins, Office of Research and 
Development, Mail Code 8104-R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-3744; fax number: (202) 565-2925, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: May 1, 2007.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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