[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29746-29747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12598]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9309-8]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public 
Meeting of the SAB Mercury Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB 
Mercury Review Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 15, 2011 and June 16, 2011 from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on June 17, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 
(Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The Panel meeting will be held at the Marriott at Research 
Triangle Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, NC, 27703.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain further information regarding this meeting may contact Dr. 
Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 
telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2188; by fax at (202) 565-2098 or via 
e-mail at [email protected]. General information concerning the EPA 
Science Advisory Board can be found at the EPA SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDAA), 
codified at 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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., 
App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that 
the SAB Mercury Review Panel will hold a public meeting to review EPA's 
Technical Support Document: National-Scale Mercury Risk Assessment 
Supporting the Appropriate and Necessary Finding for Coal and Oil-Fired 
Electric Generating Units--March 2011. The Panel will comply with the 
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 
policies.
    EPA's Office of Air and Radiation has requested peer review of the 
March 2011 draft risk assessment for mercury, entitled Technical 
Support Document: National-Scale Mercury Risk Assessment Supporting the 
Appropriate and Necessary Finding for Coal and Oil-Fired Electric 
Generating Units--March 2011. This technical document was developed to 
support a proposed rule concerning regulation of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) released from coal-burning electric generating units 
in the United States (U.S. EGUs) under Section 112(n)(1)(A) of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA). This regulation may potentially use a Maximally 
Achievable Control Device (MACT) approach to set a technology-based 
standard for reducing HAP emissions.
    The SAB announced this peer review and requests for public 
nomination of experts to serve on an ad hoc review panel on February 
28, 2011 (76 FR 10896-10897) and March 30, 2011 (76 FR 17649-17650). 
Information about formation of the Mercury Review Panel can be found at 
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/A%26N%20Hg%20Risk%20Assessment%20TSD?OpenDocument.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda will be available on 
the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/A%26N%20Hg%20Risk%20Assessment%20TSD?OpenDocument 
in advance of the meeting.
    EPA contact for background on the draft document to be reviewed: 
For questions concerning the development of EPA's mercury assessment, 
on the Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/utility/pro/hg_risk_tsd_3-17-11.pdf, please contact Dr. Zachary Pekar at (919) 541-3704 or 
pekar.zachary @epa.gov.
    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. Input from the public to the SAB will 
have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical 
information or analysis for SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 
the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the 
public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated Federal 
Officer for the relevant advisory committee directly. Oral Statements: 
In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at 
this public meeting will be limited to five minutes per speaker. 
Interested parties should contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, in writing 
(preferably via e-mail), at the contact information noted above, by 
June 10, 2011 to be placed on the list of public speakers for the 
meeting.
    Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the 
SAB Staff Office by June 10, 2011 so that the information may be made 
available to the Panel for their consideration. Written statements 
should be supplied to the DFO in electronic format via e-mail 
(acceptable file formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS 
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). It 
is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written comments on the 
Web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. Submitters are 
requested to provide an unsigned version of each document because the 
SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its Web 
sites. Members of the public should be aware that their personal 
contact information, if included in any written comments, may be posted 
to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will not be posted without 
explicit permission of the copyright holder.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Angela Nugent at the 
phone number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten 
days prior to the meeting, to give

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EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: May 16, 2011.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-12598 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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