[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54042-54043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25360]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8970-9]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Clean Air 
Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Carbon Monoxide Review Panel 
Meeting and 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 (CASAC) Carbon Monoxide Review Panel to 
peer review EPA's Integrated Science Assessment for Carbon Monoxide: 
Second External Review Draft (September 2009) and EPA's Risk and 
Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the Carbon Monoxide 
Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards--First External Review 
Draft (October 2009). The chartered CASAC will subsequently hold a 
public teleconference to review and approve the Panel's reports.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Monday, November 16, 2009 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Tuesday, November 17, 2009 
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time). The public teleconference will be 
held on December 22, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Carolina Inn, 211 
Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. The December 22, 2009 
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 November 16-17, 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 December 22, 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 the 
CASAC Carbon Monoxide Panel will hold a public meeting to peer review 
two draft documents related to the NAAQS review for carbon monoxide and 
that the chartered CASAC will hold a public teleconference to review 
and approve the Panel's draft reports. The Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee (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 Panel and chartered CASAC 
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 
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria'' 
air pollutants, including carbon monoxide (CO). EPA is conducting 
scientific assessments to

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review the primary (health-based) NAAQS for CO. CASAC has previously 
provided consultative advice on EPA's Plan for Review of the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide, the first document 
in this review of the CO NAAQS. CASAC held a public meeting on May 12-
13, 2009 (as announced in 74 FR 15265-15266) in Chapel Hill, North 
Carolina to review the Integrated Science Assessment for Carbon 
Monoxide (First External Review Draft) and provide consultative advice 
on the Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards: Scope 
and Methods Plan for Risk and Exposure Assessment. The CASAC advisory 
reports are available on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.
    The purpose of the November 16-17, 2009 meeting is for the CASAC 
Panel to conduct a peer review the Integrated Science Assessment for 
Carbon Monoxide: Second External Review Draft (September 2009) 
published by EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) and to 
review the Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the 
Carbon Monoxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards--First 
External Review Draft (October 2009) recently issued by EPA's Office of 
Air and Radiation (OAR). The chartered CASAC will review and approve 
the Panel's draft reports by a public conference call on December 22, 
2009.
    Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning EPA's Integrated 
Science Assessment for Carbon Monoxide: Second External Review Draft 
should be directed to Dr. Tom Long, ORD, at [email protected] or (919) 
541-1880. Any questions concerning EPA's Risk and Exposure Assessment 
to Support the Review of the Carbon Monoxide Primary National Ambient 
Air Quality Standards--First External Review Draft should be directed 
to Dr. Ines Pagan, OAR, at [email protected] or (919) 541-5469.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: EPA-ORD's Integrated Science 
Assessment for Carbon Monoxide: Second External Review Draft can be 
accessed at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/co/s_co_cr_isa.html. EPA-OAR's Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review 
of the Carbon Monoxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards--
First External Review Draft will be available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/co/s_co_index.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: To be placed on the public speaker list for the November 
16-17, 2009 meeting, interested parties should notify Ms. Kyndall 
Barry, DFO, by e-mail no later than November 9, 2009. To be placed on 
the public speaker list for the December 22, 2009 teleconference, 
interested parties should notify Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail 
no later than December 8, 2009. Individuals making oral statements will 
be limited to five minutes per speaker. Written Statements: Written 
statements for the November 16-17, 2009 meeting should be received in 
the SAB Staff Office by November 9, 2009, so that the information may 
be made available to the CASAC Panel for its consideration prior to 
this meeting. Written statements for the December 22, 2009 meeting 
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by December 8, 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 asked 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 meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: October 14, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-25360 Filed 10-20-09; 8:45 am]
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