[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 27538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13597]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8915-5]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference and Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Risk and 
Technology Review Assessment Methodologies Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference and a face-
to-face meeting of the SAB Risk and Technology Review Assessment 
Methodologies Panel to review the Agency's draft methodologies for 
performing assessments of residual risk featuring case studies from the 
Petroleum Refineries and Portland Cement Manufacturing source 
categories.

DATES: The SAB will hold the public teleconference on June 30, 2009 
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). A face-to-face meeting will be 
held on July 28, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and will 
continue on July 29, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The telephone conference will be conducted by phone only. 
The July 28-29, 2009 face-to-face meeting will be held at the Marriott 
at Research Triangle Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 27703.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain general information concerning this public teleconference or 
meeting should contact Dr. Sue Shallal, 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) 343-9977; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at [email protected]. General information concerning the EPA 
Science Advisory Board can be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that the EPA SAB 
Risk and Technology Review Assessment Methodologies Panel will hold a 
public teleconference and a face-to-face meeting to prepare for and 
review the Agency's draft document on methodologies for the assessment 
of residual risk featuring case studies from the Petroleum Refineries 
and Portland Cement Manufacturing source categories. The SAB was 
established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent 
scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical 
basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 
Advisory Committee chartered under FACA. The SAB will comply with the 
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 
policies.
    Background: EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 
(OAQPS) has requested that the SAB conduct a review of their 
methodologies for conducting Risk and Technology Review Assessments in 
conjunction with assessments of residual risk required by the Clean Air 
Act. These assessments evaluate the effects of industrial emissions of 
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) on public health and the environment. 
The proposed methodologies are demonstrated through the use of two case 
studies, (1) petroleum refineries and (2) Portland cement 
manufacturers. Background on this SAB review and the process for 
formation of this review panel was provided in a Federal Register 
Notice published on January 31, 2008 (73 FR 5836-5838). The purpose of 
this upcoming teleconference is for the SAB Review Panel to discuss 
EPA's charge questions and plan for the face-to-face meeting. The Panel 
will then discuss and deliberate on the charge questions at the face-
to-face meeting.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The meeting agendas and other 
materials, including a link to access the EPA's document(s) related to 
the peer review, will be posted on the SAB Web site (http://www.epa.gov/sab) in advance of the meeting. For questions and 
information concerning the Agency's documents, please contact Dave 
Guinnup at 919-541-5368 or [email protected].
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to 
consider on the topics included in this advisory activity and/or group 
conducting the activity. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or 
groups requesting an oral presentation at a public SAB teleconference 
will be limited to three minutes per speaker, with no more than a total 
of one-half hour for all speakers. At the face-to-face meeting, 
presentations will be limited to five minutes, with no more than a 
total of one hour for all speakers. To be placed on the public speaker 
list, interested parties should contact Dr. Sue Shallal, DFO, in 
writing (preferably via e-mail), by June 22, 2009 for the 
teleconference and by July 21, 2009 for the face-to-face meeting, at 
the contact information noted above. Written Statements: Written 
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by June 22, 2009, 
so that the information may be made available to the SAB for their 
consideration prior to the teleconference or by July 21, 2009 for their 
consideration prior to the face-to-face meeting. Written statements 
should be supplied to the DFO via e-mail to [email protected] 
(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS 
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 
Submitters are requested to provide two versions of each document 
submitted with and without signatures, because the SAB Staff Office 
does not publish documents with signatures on its Web sites.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Sue Shallal at (202) 
343-9977 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Dr. Shallal preferably at least ten days 
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: June 3, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-13597 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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