[Federal Register: March 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 48)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference Meeting of the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee CASAC Ozone 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 teleconference
meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone
Review Panel (Panel) to hold follow-on discussions concerning the Final
Rule for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone.
DATES: The teleconference meeting will be held on Friday, March 28,
2008, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to
obtain the teleconference meeting call-in number and access code;
submit a written or brief oral statement (three minutes or less); or
receive further information concerning this teleconference meeting,
must contact Mr. Fred Butterfield, Designated Federal Officer (DFO).
Mr. Butterfield may be contacted at the EPA Science Advisory Board
(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via telephone/voice mail: 202-
343-9994; fax: 202-233-0643; or e-mail at: butterfield.fred@epa.gov.
General information concerning the CASAC or the SAB can be found on the
EPA Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/casac or http://www.epa.gov/sab,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The CASAC, which is comprised of seven members
appointed by the EPA Administrator, was established under section
109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42 U.S.C. 7409) as an
independent
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scientific advisory committee. The CASAC provides advice, information
and recommendations on the scientific and technical aspects of issues
related to air quality criteria and NAAQS under sections 108 and 109 of
the Act. The CASAC is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The CASAC Ozone Review Panel
consists of the seven CASAC members supplemented by subject-matter-
experts. The Panel provides advice and recommendations to EPA
concerning ground-level ozone and related photochemical oxidants in
ambient air. The Panel complies 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 Standards (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria''
air pollutants, including ambient ozone. Pursuant to sections 108 and
109 of the Act, EPA is in the process of reviewing the ozone NAAQS,
which the Agency most recently revised in July 1997. The CASAC Ozone
Review Panel last met in March 2007 to review the Agency's Final Ozone
Staff Paper and, in particular, to offer additional, unsolicited advice
to EPA on the chapters in this document concerning the primary (human
health-related) and secondary (welfare effects-related) Ozone NAAQS.
The purpose of such advice was to advise EPA as it developed its
Proposed Rule for the NAAQS for ozone. The CASAC's letter to the
Administrator from that teleconference review (EPA-CASAC-07-002, dated
March 26, 2007) is posted on the CASAC's Web site at: http://
www.epa.gov/casac. On June 20, 2007, EPA released the Proposed Rule for
the NAAQS for Ozone.
The purpose of this teleconference meeting is for the Panel to hold
follow-on discussions concerning the Final Rule for the NAAQS for ozone
and, prospectively, to offer additional, unsolicited advice to the EPA
Administrator on this final rule.
Technical Contact: Any questions concerning the Agency's Final
Rule for the NAAQS for ozone should be directed to Dr. David McKee, EPA
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), at phone: (919)
541-5288, or e-mail: mckee.dave@epa.gov.
Availability of Meeting Materials: EPA's Final Rule for the NAAQS
for ozone will be posted on or before March 12, 2008 on the Agency's
``Ground-level Ozone--Regulatory Actions'' Web site at: http://epa.gov/
air/ozonepollution/actions.html. A copy of the draft agenda and other
materials for this CASAC teleconference meeting will be posted on the
SAB Web site at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/WebCASAC/
recentadditions prior to the teleconference meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the CASAC
Ozone Review Panel to consider the topics included in this advisory
activity and/or the group conducting the activity. Oral Statements: In
general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a
public teleconference will be limited to three minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact Mr. Butterfield, DFO, in writing (preferably via
e-mail), by March 21, 2008, at the contact information noted above, to
be placed on the list of public speakers for this teleconference
meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in
the SAB Staff Office by March 25, 2008, so that the information may be
made available to the Panel for its consideration prior to this
teleconference meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the
DFO electronically via e-mail (acceptable file formats: Adobe PDF, MS
Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows
98/2000/XP format).
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Butterfield at the
phone number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten
days prior to the teleconference meeting, to give EPA as much time as
possible to process your request.
Dated: March 5, 2008.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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