[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32763-32764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13855]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9160-5]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 
Particulate Matter Review Panel

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 on July 26-27, 2010 
of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Particulate Matter Review Panel 
(Panel) to review EPA's forthcoming Policy Assessment for the Review of 
Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards-- Second 
External Review Draft (June 2010).

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 26, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
(Eastern Time) and July 27, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern 
Time).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott at Research 
Triangle Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 27703, telephone (919) 
941-6200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the public meeting may contact Dr. Holly 
Stallworth, 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-
9867; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at [email protected]. 
General information concerning the CASAC can be found on the EPA Web 
site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: 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 is a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App 2. The 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 particulate 
matter (PM). EPA conducts scientific and policy assessments related to 
both primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) standards for 
each of these pollutants. As part of that process, the CASAC 
Particulate Matter Review Panel has been reviewing a series of EPA's 
assessments that provide the basis for EPA rulemaking on particulate 
matter.
    At the July 26-27, 2010 meeting, the CASAC Particulate Matter 
Review Panel will review EPA's forthcoming Policy Assessment for the 
Review of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards--Second External Review Draft (June 2010). EPA's Office of 
Air and Radiation's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 
(OAQPS) requested CASAC's review of this draft document as part of its 
review of the PM NAAQS. The second draft Policy Assessment includes 
consideration of CASAC and public comments on the first draft Policy 
Assessment (March 2010) as well as additional analyses conducted by 
OAQPS. This draft document builds upon the key scientific and technical 
information contained in the Agency's Integrated Science Assessment 
(ISA) for Particulate Matter: Final Report (December 2009) as well as 
the two forthcoming final assessment documents titled Particulate 
Matter Urban-Focused Visibility Assessment: Final Report (June 2010) 
and Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for Particulate Matter: Final 
Report (June 2010).
    Background information about the formation of the CASAC Particulate 
Matter Review Panel was published in the Federal Register on March 8, 
2007 (72 FR 10527-10528). The Panel previously held a public 
teleconference on November 30, 2007 (announced November 8, 2007 in 72 
FR 63177-63178) to provide consultative advice on EPA's Draft 
Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
for Particulate Matter (October 2007), the first document in this 
review of the PM NAAQS.
    On April 1-2, 2009, CASAC reviewed the Integrated Science 
Assessment for Particulate Matter--First External Review Draft 
(December 2008), and provided consultative advice on Particulate Matter 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards: Scope and Methods Plan for 
Health Risk and Exposure Assessment (February 2009) and Particulate 
Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: Scope and Methods Plan 
for Urban Visibility Impact Assessment (February 2009). The April 1-2, 
2009 meeting was announced February 19, 2009 in 74 FR 7688-7689. As 
announced September 10, 2009 in 74 FR 46586-46587, on October 5-6, 
2009,

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CASAC reviewed the Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate 
Matter--Second External Review Draft (July 2009) and Particulate Matter 
Urban Focused Visibility Assessment--External Review Draft (September 
2009) and Risk Assessment to Support the Review of the PM Primary 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards--External Review Draft 
(September 2009). In addition, this meeting included a discussion with 
CASAC of an EPA/OAQPS document titled Policy Assessment for the Review 
of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: 
Preliminary Draft (September 2009) on the nature of the policy 
assessment document including the overall structure, areas of focus, 
and level of detail. As announced February 23, 2010 in 75 FR 8062-8063, 
the CASAC Particulate Matter Review Panel reviewed second drafts of the 
health risk and visibility assessment documents on March 10-11, 2010. 
The Panel also held teleconferences (announced February 23, 2010 and 
April 16, 2010 in 75 FR 8062-8063 and 75 FR 19971) on April 8-9, 2010 
and May 7, 2010, respectively, to review the first external review 
draft Policy Assessment.
    Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning Policy Assessment for 
the Review of Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards--Second External Review Draft (June 2010) should be directed 
to Ms. Beth Hassett-Sipple, OAR, at [email protected] or 
(919) 541-4605.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: All meeting materials (agenda, 
charge questions, preliminary comments and other materials) for the 
July 26-27, 2010 meeting will be placed on the CASAC Web site on the 
Web pages for those public meetings, accessible through the calendar 
link on the blue navigational bar at http://www.epa.gov/casac. The 
Policy Assessment for the Review of Particulate Matter National Ambient 
Air Quality Standards--Second External Review Draft (June 2010) will be 
available on or about June 30, 2010 at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pa.html.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for 
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a 
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices. 
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory 
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an 
EPA program office.
    Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific 
advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the 
public can submit comments for a federal advisory committee to consider 
as it develops advice for EPA. They should send their comments directly 
to the Designated Federal Officer for the relevant advisory committee. 
Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral 
presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per 
speaker. To be placed on the public speaker list for the July 26-27, 
2010 meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Holly Stallworth, 
DFO, by e-mail no later than July 20, 2010. Individuals making oral 
statements will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Written 
Statements: Written statements for the July 26-27, 2010 meeting should 
be received in the SAB Staff Office by July 20, 2010, so that the 
information may be made available to the CASAC Panel for its 
consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements should be 
supplied to the 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 Dr. Stallworth 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: May 28, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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