[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9410-9411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4311]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9121-4]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public 
Teleconference of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee of the Advisory 
Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 
public teleconference of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee (AQMS) 
of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council) to 
finalize its draft advisory report on EPA's air quality modeling work 
for the Second Section 812 Prospective Benefit-Cost Study of the Clean 
Air Act.

DATES: The AQMS will conduct a public teleconference on March 15, 2010. 
The teleconference will begin at 2 p.m. and end by 4 p.m. (Eastern 
Time).

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain general information concerning the public teleconference may 
contact Ms. Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via 
telephone at (202) 343-9697 or e-mail at [email protected]. 
General information about the Council can be found on the EPA Web site 
at http://www.epa.gov/advisorycouncilcaa.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is hereby given that the Air 
Quality Modeling Subcommittee (AQMS) of the Advisory Council on Clean 
Air Compliance Analysis (Council) will hold a public teleconference to 
discuss and finalize its draft peer review report on the EPA's air 
quality modeling and model performance analyses prepared to support the 
Second Section 812 Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Clean Air Act. The 
Council was established in 1991 pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
Amendments of 1990 (see 42 U.S.C. 7612) to provide advice, information 
and recommendations on technical and economic aspects of analyses and 
reports EPA prepares on the impacts of the CAA on the public health, 
economy, and environment of the United States. The Council is a Federal 
Advisory Committee chartered under FACA. The AQMS will provide advice 
through the Council and will comply with the provisions of FACA and all 
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: Pursuant to Section 812 of the 1990 Clean Air Act 
Amendments (CAAA), EPA conducts periodic studies to assess benefits and 
costs of the EPA's regulatory actions under the Clean Air Act. The 
Council has provided advice on an EPA retrospective study published in 
1997 and an EPA prospective study completed in 1999. EPA initiated a 
second prospective study to evaluate the benefits and costs of EPA 
Clean Air programs for years 1990-2020. The Council has previously 
provided advice on the analytical blueprint for this study. EPA's 
Office of

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Air and Radiation (OAR) is now nearing completion of the analytical 
work for the second prospective study. The AQMS met on February 19, 
2010 [Federal Register Notice dated January 26, 2010 (75 FR 4070-4071)] 
to review technical documents pertaining to modeling of air quality for 
seven emissions scenarios: a 1990 baseline simulation; and simulations 
for 2000, 2010 and 2020 with and without the CAAA. Materials for the 
February 19 meeting are available on the Council Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/SABPRODUCT.NSF/MeetingCal/962D3C3D233888B085257695005098B5?OpenDocument. The purpose of the March 
15 teleconference meeting is to discuss and finalize the AQMS draft 
advisory report.
    Technical Contacts: The Office of Air and Radiation technical 
contact for the Second Section 812 Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Clean 
Air Act is Mr. Jim DeMocker at (202) 564-1673 or [email protected].
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The AQMS draft advisory report 
and meeting agenda for the March 2010 teleconference will be posted to 
the Council Web site (http://www.epa.gov/advisorycouncilcaa) prior to 
the meeting. EPA draft documents provided to the AQMS are available at 
http://www.epa.gov/oar/sect812/prospective2.html.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the AQMS to 
consider on the topics of this advisory activity. Oral Statements: In 
general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a 
teleconference meeting will be limited to three minutes per speaker, 
with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Interested 
parties should contact Ms. Sanzone at the contact information provided 
above by March 10, 2010, to be placed on the public speaker list for 
the March 15, 2010 meeting. Written Statements: Written statements 
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by March 10, 2010, so that 
the information can be made available to the AQMS for their 
consideration prior to the meeting. Written statements should be 
supplied to Ms. Sanzone 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). Submitters are asked to provide electronic 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. Sanzone at (202) 343-
9697, or via e-mail at [email protected], preferably at least 
ten (10) days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as 
possible to process your request.

    Dated: February 24, 2010.
Anthony Maciorowski,
 Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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