Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of Advisory Committee Meeting of the CASAC Lead Review Panel, 6772-6773 [E6-1801]

Download as PDF 6772 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 27 / Thursday, February 9, 2006 / Notices Notification of Public Advisory Committee Teleconference Meeting. cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, EPA gives notice of a public teleconference of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) Environmental Technology Subcommittee. The Environmental Technology Subcommittee was formed to assist EPA in evaluating its current and potential role in the development and commercialization of environmental technologies by suggesting how to optimize existing EPA programs to facilitate the development of sustainable private sector technologies, and by suggesting alternative approaches to achieving these goals. The teleconference is being held to discuss any final revisions to the Subcommittee’s first report before it is forwarded to the NACEPT Council for review. Due to extending circumstances, this meeting is being scheduled on short notice. DATES: The NACEPT Environmental Technology Subcommittee will hold a public teleconference on Wednesday, February 15 from 1–3 p.m. ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be held in the U.S. EPA Office of Cooperative Environmental Management at 655 15th Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Joyce, Designated Federal Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, 202–233–0068, U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (1601E), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral comments or provide written comments to the Subcommittee should be sent to Mark Joyce, Designated Federal Officer, at the contact information above by February 10, 2005. The public is welcome to attend all portions of the meeting, but seating is limited and is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public wishing to gain access to the conference room on the day of the meeting must contact Mark Joyce at 202–233–0068 or joyce.mark@epa.gov by Tuesday, February 14. Meeting Access: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Mark Joyce at 202–233–0068 or joyce.mark@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Mark Joyce, preferably by February 10 at the latest, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. VerDate Aug<31>2005 13:56 Feb 08, 2006 Jkt 208001 Dated: January 31, 2006. Mark Joyce, Designated Federal Officer. [FR Doc. 06–1223 Filed 2–8–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–M ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8030–2] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of Advisory Committee Meeting of the CASAC Lead Review Panel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee’s (CASAC) Lead Review Panel (Panel) to conduct a peer review of the Air Quality Criteria for Lead (First External Review Draft), Volumes I and II (EPA/600/R–05/ 144aA–bA, December 2005). DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. (eastern time) on Tuesday, February 28, 2006, through 3 p.m. (eastern time) on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. Location: The meeting will take place at the Hilton Durham near Duke University, 3800 Hillsborough Road, Durham, NC 27705, Phone: (919) 383– 8033. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to submit written or brief oral comments (five minutes or less) or wants further information concerning this meeting must contact Mr. Fred Butterfield, 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) 343–9994; fax: (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at: butterfield.fred@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC or the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA Web Site at: https:// www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: EPA is in the process of updating, and revising where appropriate, the air quality criteria document (AQCD) for lead. Section 109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires that EPA carry out a periodic review and revision, as appropriate, of the air quality criteria and the national PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants including lead. On December 1, 2005, EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment National, Research Triangle Park (NCEA–RTP), within the Agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), made available for public review and comment a revised draft document, Air Quality Criteria for Lead (First External Review Draft), Volumes I and II (EPA/600/R–05/ 144aA–bA). This first draft Lead air quality criteria document (AQCD) represents a revision to the previous EPA document, Air Quality Criteria for Lead, EPA–600/8–83/028aF–dF (published in June 1986) and an associated supplement (EPA–600/8–89/ 049F) published in 1990. Under CAA sections 108 and 109, the purpose of the revised AQCD is to provide an assessment of the latest scientific information on the effects of ambient lead on the public health and welfare, for use in EPA’s current review of the NAAQS for lead. Detailed summary information on the revised draft AQCD for lead is contained in a recent EPA Federal Register notice (70 FR 72300, December 2, 2005). EPA is soliciting advice and recommendations from the CASAC by means of a peer review of the first draft Lead AQCD. 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 scientific advisory committee, in part to provide 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 a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The SAB Staff Office has established a CASAC Lead Review Panel to provide EPA with advice and recommendations concerning lead in ambient air. On September 6, 2005 the SAB Staff Office announced the formation of the CASAC Lead Review Panel in the Federal Register (70 FR 53001) and solicited nominations for experts to supplement the statutory CASAC. The Panel will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. This meeting is the CASAC Lead Review Panel’s initial peer review of the first draft Lead AQCD. Technical Contact: Any questions concerning the first draft Lead AQCD should be directed to Dr. Lori White, E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 27 / Thursday, February 9, 2006 / Notices cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES NCEA–RTP, at phone: (919) 541–3146, or e-mail: white.lori@epa.gov. Availability of Meeting Materials: The Air Quality Criteria for Lead (First External Review Draft), Volumes I and II (December 2005) can be accessed via the Agency’s NCEA Web site at: https:// cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ recordisplay.cfm?deid=141779. In addition, a copy of the draft agenda for this meeting will be posted on the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab (under the ‘‘Agendas’’ subheading) in advance of this CASAC Lead Review Panel meeting. Other meeting materials, including the charge to the CASAC Lead Review Panel, will be posted on the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/ sab/panels/ casac_lead_review_panel.htm prior to this meeting. Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for the CASAC Lead Review Panel to consider during the advisory process. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact Mr. Butterfield, DFO (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted above, by February 21, 2006, to be placed on the public speaker list for this meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by February 24, 2006, so that the information may be made available to the Panel for their 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 email (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, 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 email 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: February 3, 2006. Vanessa Vu, Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6–1801 Filed 2–8–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 13:56 Feb 08, 2006 Jkt 208001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2005–0562; FRL–8029–9] Board of Scientific Counselors, Science To Achieve Results (STAR)/ Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship Subcommittee Meeting— March 2006 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of one meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Science to Achieve Results (STAR)/Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship Subcommittee. The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 2, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will continue on Friday, March 3, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. All times noted are eastern time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meeting will be accepted up to 1 business day before the meeting date. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2005– 0562, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2005–0562. • Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– 0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– HQ–ORD–2005–0562. • Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific Counselors, Science to Achieve Results (STAR)/Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship Subcommittee—Winter/ Spring 2006 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2005– 0562. • Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2005–0562. Note: this is not a mailing address. Such DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6773 deliveries are only accepted during the docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2005– 0562. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific Counselors, Science to Achieve Results (STAR)/ Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship Subcommittee—Winter/ Spring 2006 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of Advisory Committee Meeting 
of the CASAC Lead 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 of the Clean Air 
Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Lead Review Panel (Panel) to 
conduct a peer review of the Air Quality Criteria for Lead (First 
External Review Draft), Volumes I and II (EPA/600/R-05/144aA-bA, 
December 2005).

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. (eastern time) on Tuesday, 
February 28, 2006, through 3 p.m. (eastern time) on Wednesday, March 1, 
2006.
    Location: The meeting will take place at the Hilton Durham near 
Duke University, 3800 Hillsborough Road, Durham, NC 27705, Phone: (919) 
383-8033.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
submit written or brief oral comments (five minutes or less) or wants 
further information concerning this meeting must contact Mr. Fred 
Butterfield, 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-
9994; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at: butterfield.fred@epa.gov. 
General information concerning the CASAC or the EPA Science Advisory 
Board can be found on the EPA Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: EPA is in the process of 
updating, and revising where appropriate, the air quality criteria 
document (AQCD) for lead. Section 109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
requires that EPA carry out a periodic review and revision, as 
appropriate, of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air 
quality standards (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria'' air pollutants 
including lead. On December 1, 2005, EPA's National Center for 
Environmental Assessment National, Research Triangle Park (NCEA-RTP), 
within the Agency's Office of Research and Development (ORD), made 
available for public review and comment a revised draft document, Air 
Quality Criteria for Lead (First External Review Draft), Volumes I and 
II (EPA/600/R-05/144aA-bA). This first draft Lead air quality criteria 
document (AQCD) represents a revision to the previous EPA document, Air 
Quality Criteria for Lead, EPA-600/8-83/028aF-dF (published in June 
1986) and an associated supplement (EPA-600/8-89/049F) published in 
1990. Under CAA sections 108 and 109, the purpose of the revised AQCD 
is to provide an assessment of the latest scientific information on the 
effects of ambient lead on the public health and welfare, for use in 
EPA's current review of the NAAQS for lead. Detailed summary 
information on the revised draft AQCD for lead is contained in a recent 
EPA Federal Register notice (70 FR 72300, December 2, 2005).
    EPA is soliciting advice and recommendations from the CASAC by 
means of a peer review of the first draft Lead AQCD. 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 scientific advisory committee, in 
part to provide 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 
a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The SAB Staff Office 
has established a CASAC Lead Review Panel to provide EPA with advice 
and recommendations concerning lead in ambient air. On September 6, 
2005 the SAB Staff Office announced the formation of the CASAC Lead 
Review Panel in the Federal Register (70 FR 53001) and solicited 
nominations for experts to supplement the statutory CASAC. The Panel 
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 
Office procedural policies. This meeting is the CASAC Lead Review 
Panel's initial peer review of the first draft Lead AQCD.
    Technical Contact: Any questions concerning the first draft Lead 
AQCD should be directed to Dr. Lori White,

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NCEA-RTP, at phone: (919) 541-3146, or e-mail: white.lori@epa.gov.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The Air Quality Criteria for 
Lead (First External Review Draft), Volumes I and II (December 2005) 
can be accessed via the Agency's NCEA Web site at: https://
cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=141779. In addition, a 
copy of the draft agenda for this meeting will be posted on the SAB Web 
Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab (under the ``Agendas'' subheading) in 
advance of this CASAC Lead Review Panel meeting. Other meeting 
materials, including the charge to the CASAC Lead Review Panel, will be 
posted on the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/casac_
lead_review_panel.htm prior to this meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the CASAC 
Lead Review Panel to consider during the advisory process. Oral 
Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral 
presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per 
speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. 
Interested parties should contact Mr. Butterfield, DFO (preferably via 
e-mail) at the contact information noted above, by February 21, 2006, 
to be placed on the public speaker list for this meeting. Written 
Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff 
Office by February 24, 2006, so that the information may be made 
available to the Panel for their 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, WordPerfect, MS 
Word, 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 meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

    Dated: February 3, 2006.
Vanessa Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E6-1801 Filed 2-8-06; 8:45 am]
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