[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34739-34740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14242]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9912-45-OA]


Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered Clean 
Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)

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 teleconference of the 
Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) to conduct 
quality reviews of draft CASAC reports on EPA's Recommendation for an 
additional Federal Reference Method for Ozone and on EPA's Integrated 
Review Plan for the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for 
Sulfur Dioxide.

DATES: The teleconference will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 from 
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
    Location: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone 
only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain information concerning the public teleconference may contact Mr. 
Aaron Yeow, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone at (202) 
564-2050 or at [email protected]. General information about the CASAC, 
as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice, 
may be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CASAC was established pursuant to the 
Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 
7409(d)(2), to review air quality criteria and NAAQS and recommend any 
new NAAQS and revisions of existing criteria and NAAQS as may be 
appropriate. The CASAC shall also provide advice, information, and 
recommendations to the Administrator on the scientific and technical 
aspects of issues related to the criteria for air quality standards, 
research related to air quality, sources of air pollution, and of 
adverse effects which may result from various strategies to attain and 
maintain air quality standards. The CASAC 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 Chartered CASAC will hold a public teleconference to conduct 
quality reviews of draft CASAC reports on EPA's Recommendation for an 
Additional Federal Reference Method

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for Ozone and on EPA's Integrated Review Plan for the Primary National 
Ambient Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide.
    The CASAC quality review process ensures that all draft reports 
developed by CASAC panels, committees or workgroups are reviewed and 
approved by the Chartered CASAC before being finalized and transmitted 
to the EPA Administrator. These reviews are conducted in a public 
meeting or teleconference as required by FACA.
    The EPA is proposing the addition of the Nitric Oxide (NO)-
Chemiluminescence method as an additional Federal Reference Method 
(FRM) for ozone. The CASAC Air Monitoring and Methods Subcommittee 
(AMMS) reviewed the scientific and technical aspects of a draft 
document that supports the EPA's recommendation to add the NO-
Chemiluminescence method as an FRM and developed the draft report 
``Review of EPAs Recommendation for an Additional Federal Reference 
Method for Ozone-Nitric Oxide-Chemiluminescence''. The Chartered CASAC 
will conduct a quality review of this draft CASAC report. Background 
information about this advisory activity can be found on the CASAC Web 
site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/O3%20FRM%3A%20NO-Chemiluminescence?OpenDocument.
    The EPA's Integrated Review Plan for the Primary NAAQS for Sulfur 
Dioxide (External Review Draft--March 2014) presents the planned 
approach for the review of the primary (health-based) NAAQS for sulfur 
oxides. The CASAC Augmented for Sulfur Oxides Panel reviewed this 
document and developed the report ``Draft CASAC Review of the EPA's 
Integrated Review Plan for the Primary National Ambient Air Quality 
Standard for Sulfur Dioxide.'' The Chartered CASAC will conduct a 
quality review of this draft CASAC report. Background information about 
this advisory activity can be found on the CASAC Web site at http://
yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr--activites/
SO2%20Primary%20NAAQS%20Review?OpenDocument.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Prior to the meeting, the review 
documents, agenda and other materials will be accessible through the 
calendar link on the blue navigation bar at http://www.epa.gov/casac/.
    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. Interested members of the public may 
submit relevant written or oral information on the topic of this 
advisory activity, and/or the group conducting the activity, for the 
CASAC to consider during the advisory process. Input from the public to 
the CASAC will have the most impact if it provides specific scientific 
or technical information or analysis for CASAC 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 DFO 
directly.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation on a public teleconference will be limited to three 
minutes. Each person making an oral statement should consider providing 
written comments as well as their oral statement so that the points 
presented orally can be expanded upon in writing. Interested parties 
should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, in writing (preferably via email) 
at the contact information noted above by July 9, 2014 to be placed on 
the list of public speakers.
    Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the 
DFO via email at the contact information noted above by July 9, 2014 so 
that the information may be made available to the Panel members for 
their consideration. Written statements should be supplied in one of 
the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 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 CASAC 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 Mr. Aaron Yeow at (202) 
564-2050 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten days prior 
to each meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: June 11, 2014.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-14242 Filed 6-17-14; 8:45 am]
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