Air Quality Criteria for Lead, 57508-57509 [E6-16060]

Download as PDF 57508 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 189 / Friday, September 29, 2006 / Notices jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number). ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number. iii. 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Once the search has located the docket, clicking on the ‘‘Docket ID’’ will bring up a list of all documents in the docket for the pesticide including the petition summary. New Tolerances PP 6F7101. Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054, proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the herbicide pyroxsulam, N-(5,7dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5a]pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methoxy-4(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinesulfonamide in or on the food/feed commodities wheat, forage at 0.04 parts per million (ppm); wheat, grain at 0.01 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.01 ppm; and wheat, straw at 0.01 ppm. An analytical method was developed to measure the pyroxsulam in wheat by liquid chromatography with positive-ion electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ MS/MS). List of Subjects Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Dated: September 25, 2006. Lois Rossi, Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 06–8383 Filed 9–28–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2004–0018; FRL–8225–9] Air Quality Criteria for Lead Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of a document titled, ‘‘Air Quality Criteria for Lead’’ (EPA/600/R– 05/144aC–bC) (AQCD for Lead). The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development. ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Air Quality Criteria for Lead’’ will be available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Environmental Assessment’s home page under the Recent Additions and Publications menus at https:// www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of CD–ROM or paper copies will be available. Contact Ms. Diane Ray by phone (919–541–3637), fax (919–541– 1818), or e-mail (ray.diane@epa.gov) to request either of these, and please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document title, ‘‘Air Quality Criteria for Lead’’ (EPA/600/R– 05/144aC–bC) to facilitate processing of your request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information, contact Lori White, PhD, NCEA; telephone: 919– 541–3146; facsimile: 919–541–1818; or e-mail: white.lori@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act directs the Administrator to identify certain air pollutants, which ‘‘may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria for them. These air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of [a] pollutant in the ambient air * *. *.’’ Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is then to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for each pollutant for which EPA has issued criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act requires subsequent periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria to reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health and welfare. EPA is also to revise the NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the revised criteria. Lead is one of six ‘‘criteria’’ pollutants for which EPA has established air quality criteria and NAAQS. On November 9, 2004 (69 FR 64926), EPA formally initiated its current review of the criteria and NAAQS for lead, requesting the submission of recent scientific information on specified topics. A draft of EPA’s ‘‘Project Work Plan for Revised Air Quality Criteria for Lead’’ (NCEA–R–1465) was released on January 7, 2005, for public comment (70 FR 1439) and was discussed by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) via a publicly accessible teleconference consultation on March 28, 2005 (70 FR 11629). On July 15, 2005 (70 FR 41007), several workshops were announced to discuss, with invited recognized scientific experts, initial draft materials that dealt with various lead-related issues being addressed in the draft AQCD for lead. E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 189 / Friday, September 29, 2006 / Notices These workshops were held August 4– 5, 16–18, and 17–19, 2005. Availability of the first external review draft of the Air Quality Criteria for Lead (EPA/600/ R–05/144aA–bA), was announced in the Federal Register on December 2, 2005 (70 FR 72300). The CASAC Lead Review Panel reviewed the first external review draft at a public meeting on February 28 and March 1, 2006. EPA considered comments of the CASAC review panel and the public in revising the draft AQCD for lead. Availability of the second external review draft of the Air Quality Criteria for Lead (EPA/600/R–05/144aB–bB), was announced in the Federal Register on May 19, 2006 (71 FR 29152). The CASAC Lead Review Panel reviewed the second external review draft at a public meeting on June 28, 2006. EPA provided revised Integrative Synthesis and Executive Summary chapters of the draft AQCD for Lead to the public and CASAC for review in July 2006. The CASAC Lead Review Panel met via a publicly accessible teleconference on August 15, 2006, to review these revised chapters (71 FR 40516). EPA has considered the comments of the CASAC Lead Review Panel and of the public in preparing the final Air Quality Criteria for Lead. Dated: September 25, 2006. George W. Alapas, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E6–16060 Filed 9–28–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0291; FRL–8097–2] Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Small-Scale Field Testing and Low-level Intermittent Presence in Food of PlantIncorporated Protectants (PIPs) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PRN) entitled ‘‘Guidance on Small-Scale Field Testing and Low-level Intermittent Presence in Food of Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs).’’ PRNs are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:43 Sep 28, 2006 Jkt 208001 guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This particular draft PRN provides guidance to the registrant concerning clarification on the process by which EPA reviews and ensures the safety of low-level intermittentlypresent residues of plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) in food or feed, and the conditions under which a tolerance or exemption from the requirement of a tolerance would be required for field tests for biotechnology-derived food and feed crop plants containing plantincorporated protectants. DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 28, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0291, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305– 5805. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006– 0291. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line 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 regulations.gov or email. The Federal 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57509 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. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket 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, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at https:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305–5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Moe, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 305–0744; fax number: (703) 308– 7026; e-mail address: moe.patricia@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to those persons who are involved in plant breeding using plant-incorporated protectants including but not limited to academic researchers, seed companies, and PIP registrants. Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57508-57509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16060]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2004-0018; FRL-8225-9]


Air Quality Criteria for Lead

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of a document titled, ``Air 
Quality Criteria for Lead'' (EPA/600/R-05/144aC-bC) (AQCD for Lead). 
The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental 
Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development.

ADDRESSES: The ``Air Quality Criteria for Lead'' will be available 
primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental 
Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions and Publications 
menus at https://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of CD-ROM or paper 
copies will be available. Contact Ms. Diane Ray by phone (919-541-
3637), fax (919-541-1818), or e-mail (ray.diane@epa.gov) to request 
either of these, and please provide your name, your mailing address, 
and the document title, ``Air Quality Criteria for Lead'' (EPA/600/R-
05/144aC-bC) to facilitate processing of your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information, contact 
Lori White, PhD, NCEA; telephone: 919-541-3146; facsimile: 919-541-
1818; or e-mail: white.lori@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act directs 
the Administrator to identify certain air pollutants, which ``may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare'' and 
to issue air quality criteria for them. These air quality criteria are 
to ``accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in 
indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public 
health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of [a] 
pollutant in the ambient air * *. *.'' Under section 109 of the Act, 
EPA is then to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 
for each pollutant for which EPA has issued criteria. Section 109(d) of 
the Act requires subsequent periodic review and, if appropriate, 
revision of existing air quality criteria to reflect advances in 
scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health 
and welfare. EPA is also to revise the NAAQS, if appropriate, based on 
the revised criteria.
    Lead is one of six ``criteria'' pollutants for which EPA has 
established air quality criteria and NAAQS. On November 9, 2004 (69 FR 
64926), EPA formally initiated its current review of the criteria and 
NAAQS for lead, requesting the submission of recent scientific 
information on specified topics. A draft of EPA's ``Project Work Plan 
for Revised Air Quality Criteria for Lead'' (NCEA-R-1465) was released 
on January 7, 2005, for public comment (70 FR 1439) and was discussed 
by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) via a publicly 
accessible teleconference consultation on March 28, 2005 (70 FR 11629). 
On July 15, 2005 (70 FR 41007), several workshops were announced to 
discuss, with invited recognized scientific experts, initial draft 
materials that dealt with various lead-related issues being addressed 
in the draft AQCD for lead.

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These workshops were held August 4-5, 16-18, and 17-19, 2005. 
Availability of the first external review draft of the Air Quality 
Criteria for Lead (EPA/600/R-05/144aA-bA), was announced in the Federal 
Register on December 2, 2005 (70 FR 72300). The CASAC Lead Review Panel 
reviewed the first external review draft at a public meeting on 
February 28 and March 1, 2006.
    EPA considered comments of the CASAC review panel and the public in 
revising the draft AQCD for lead. Availability of the second external 
review draft of the Air Quality Criteria for Lead (EPA/600/R-05/144aB-
bB), was announced in the Federal Register on May 19, 2006 (71 FR 
29152). The CASAC Lead Review Panel reviewed the second external review 
draft at a public meeting on June 28, 2006. EPA provided revised 
Integrative Synthesis and Executive Summary chapters of the draft AQCD 
for Lead to the public and CASAC for review in July 2006. The CASAC 
Lead Review Panel met via a publicly accessible teleconference on 
August 15, 2006, to review these revised chapters (71 FR 40516). EPA 
has considered the comments of the CASAC Lead Review Panel and of the 
public in preparing the final Air Quality Criteria for Lead.

    Dated: September 25, 2006.
George W. Alapas,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E6-16060 Filed 9-28-06; 8:45 am]
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