[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29693-29694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14712]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8921-9]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee (CASAC); NOx & SOx Secondary NAAQS Review Panel 
Meeting and CASAC Teleconference

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 Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and 
Sulfur Oxides (SOx) Secondary National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards (NAAQS) Review Panel (CASAC Panel) to peer review EPA's Risk 
and Exposure Assessment for Review of the Secondary National Ambient 
Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: 
Second Draft (EPA-452/P-09-004a). The chartered CASAC will subsequently 
hold a public teleconference to review and approve the Panel's report.

DATES: The CASAC Panel will meet from 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 
2009 through 3 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2009 (Eastern Time). The 
chartered CASAC will meet by public teleconference from 10 a.m. to 12 
p.m. on August 20, 2009 (Eastern Time).
    Location: The July 22-23, 2009 public meeting will take place at 
the Marriott at Research Triangle Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 
27703, telephone (919) 941-6200. The August 20, 2009 public 
teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
submit a written or brief oral statement or wants further information 
concerning the July 22-23, 2009 meeting may contact Ms. Kyndall Barry, 
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) 343-9868; fax 
(202) 233-0643; or e-mail at [email protected]. For information on 
the CASAC teleconference on August 20, 2009, please contact Dr. Holly 
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at the above listed 
address; via telephone/voice mail (202) 343-9867 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. General information concerning the CASAC and 
the CASAC documents can be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 
Law 92-463 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that a CASAC 
Panel will hold a public meeting to peer review EPA's Risk and Exposure 
Assessment for Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft and 
that the chartered CASAC will hold a public teleconference to review 
and approve the Panel's draft report. The CASAC 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. CASAC provides advice, 
information and recommendations on the scientific and technical aspects 
of air quality criteria and national ambient air quality standards 
(NAAQS) under sections 108 and 109 of the Act. The CASAC and CASAC 
Panel will comply 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 
NAAQS for the six ``criteria'' air pollutants, including NOx 
and SOx. EPA is in the process of reviewing the secondary 
NAAQS for NOx and SOx. Welfare effects as defined 
in the CAA include, but are not limited to, effects on soils, water, 
wildlife, vegetation, visibility, weather, and climate, as well as 
effects on materials, economic values, and personal comfort and well-
being.
    CASAC has previously provided consultative advice on EPA's Draft 
Plan for Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
for Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide and conducted peer 
reviews of the first and second drafts of EPA's Integrated Science 
Assessment fox Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur--Environmental Criteria. 
CASAC also provided consultative advice on EPA's Scope and Methods Plan 
for Risk/Exposure Assessment and conducted a peer review of EPA's Risk 
and Exposure Assessment for Review of the Secondary National Ambient 
Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: 
First Draft. The CASAC advisory reports are available on the EPA Web 
site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.
    The purpose of the July 22-23, 2009 meeting is for the CASAC Panel 
to conduct a peer review of EPA's Risk and Exposure Assessment for 
Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 
Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft. The chartered 
CASAC will review and approve the Panel's draft report on the REA by 
public conference call on August 20, 2009.
    Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning EPA's Risk and 
Exposure Assessment for Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Second 
Draft should be directed to Dr. Anne Rea, OAR, by telephone at (919) 
541-0053, or e-mail [email protected].
    Availability of Meeting Materials: EPA-OAR's Risk and Exposure 
Assessment for Review of the Secondary

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National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and 
Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft can be accessed at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/no2so2sec/cr_rea.html. The agenda and other 
materials for the CASAC meetings will be posted on the SAB Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/casac.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for 
consideration on the topics included in this advisory activity. Oral 
Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral 
presentation at the public meeting will be limited to five minutes per 
speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Public 
statements during the teleconference will be limited to three minutes 
per speaker, with no more than a total of thirty minutes for all 
speakers. To be placed on the public speaker list for the July 22-23, 
2009 meeting, interested parties should notify Ms. Kyndall Barry, DFO, 
by e-mail no later than July 17, 2009. To be placed on the public 
speaker list for the August 20, 2009 teleconference, interested parties 
should notify Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no later than August 
14, 2009. Written Statements: Written statements for the July 22-23, 
2009 received in the SAB Staff Office by July 17, 2009, so that the 
information may be made available to the CASAC Panel for its 
consideration prior to this meeting. For the teleconference meeting of 
the chartered CASAC on August 20, 2009, statements should be received 
in the SAB Staff Office by August 14, 2009. Written statements should 
be supplied to the appropriate DFO in the following formats: one hard 
copy with original signature and one electronic copy via e-mail 
(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS 
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 
Submitters are requested to provide 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 Ms. Barry at the phone 
number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten days 
prior to the face-to-face meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible 
to process your request.

    Dated: June 17, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-14712 Filed 6-22-09; 8:45 am]
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