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Science Advisory Board Staff Office,
EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee; Notification of a Public
Advisory Committee Meeting of the
CASAC Lead Review Panel for the
Review of the Lead National Ambient
Air Quality Standards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office
announces a public meeting of the Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) Lead Review Panel (CASAC
Panel) to review the Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for Lead.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9
a.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday,
December 12, 2007, through 1 p.m.
(Eastern Time) on Thursday, December
13, 2007.
Location: The meeting will take place
at the Mandarin Oriental, 1330
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024, telephone: 202–554–8588.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public who wishes to
submit a written or brief oral statement
(five minutes or less) or wants further
information concerning these meetings
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 EPA SAB can be found on the EPA
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
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
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
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amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The CASAC
Lead Review Panel consists of the seven
members of the chartered CASAC
supplemented by subject matter experts.
The CASAC Lead Review Panel
provides advice and recommendations
to EPA concerning lead 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 NAAQS for the
‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including lead.
In February 2007, the CASAC Panel met
to conduct a peer-review of the
Agency’s 1st Draft Lead Staff Paper and
the Draft Lead Exposure and Risk
Assessments technical support
document, developed by EPA’s Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards
(OAQPS), within the Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR). The 1st Draft Lead
Staff Paper, which is based on key
scientific and technical information
contained in the Agency’s Final Air
Quality Criteria Document (AQCD) for
Lead, included assessments and
preliminary analyses related to air
quality characterization, integration and
evaluation of health information, human
exposure analysis and health risk
assessment, and evaluation and analysis
of information on vegetation damage
and other welfare effects. The Draft Lead
Exposure and Risk Assessments
technical support document described
the methodology and presented the
results of the pilot phase human
exposure and health risk assessments
and ecological risk assessments for a
number of case studies. The CASAC’s
letter/report to the Administrator
concerning this review (EPA–CASAC–
07–003, dated March 27, 2007) is posted
on the SAB Web site.
In August 2007, the CASAC Panel
held a public advisory meeting to
review EPA’s 2nd Draft Lead Human
Exposure and Health Risk Assessments
document, which was limited in focus
to draft lead human exposure and health
risk assessments for selected, full-scale
case studies. The CASAC’s letter/report
to the Administrator concerning this
review (EPA–CASAC–07–007, dated
September 27, 2007) is posted on the
SAB Web site. In that letter, the CASAC
indicated it would review the Agency’s
Final Lead Staff Paper and Final Lead
Risk Assessment Report for the purpose
of offering additional, unsolicited
advice to the EPA Administrator as the
Agency develops the proposed rule for
the Lead NAAQS. On November 1,
2007, EPA released the Review of the
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Lead: Policy Assessment
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of Scientific and Technical
Information—OAQPS Staff Paper (Final
Lead Staff Paper, November 2007), in
accordance with a court-ordered
schedule; and the related technical
support document, Lead: Human
Exposure and Health Risk Assessments
for Selected Case Studies (Final Lead
Risk Assessment Report, November
2007).
The Agency is implementing its new
and improved process for conducting
NAAQS reviews (https://www.epa.gov/
ttn/naaqs/) during the course of the
Lead NAAQS review. As part of this
revised NAAQS review process, the
Agency intends to issue an ANPR on the
NAAQS for Lead around the end of
November 2007 for publication in the
Federal Register. The ANPR, which
draws heavily from EPA’s Final Lead
Staff Paper and the Final Lead Risk
Assessment Report, presents the range
of policy options that the Agency is
considering with respect to the NAAQS
for Lead. The purpose of this public
advisory meeting is for the CASAC to
provide independent advice and
recommendations on these policy
options under consideration by EPA.
Technical Contacts: Any questions
concerning the ANPR or the Agency’s
Final Lead Staff Paper or Final Lead
Risk Assessment Report can be directed
to Dr. Deirdre Murphy, OAQPS, at
telephone: 919–541–0729, or e-mail:
murphy.deirdre@epa.gov.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The
Final Lead Staff Paper and the Final
Lead Risk Assessment Report are posted
on the Agency’s Technology Transfer
Network (TTN) Web site at URL:
https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/
standards/pb/s_pb_index.html, in the
‘‘Documents from Current Review’’
section under ‘‘Staff Papers’’ and
‘‘Technical Documents,’’ respectively.
Around the end of November 2007, the
Agency will sign the ANPR for
publication in the Federal Register, and
will also post this on the same Web site
at the URL above, in the ‘‘Documents
from Current Review’’ section under
‘‘Federal Register Notices.’’ A copy of
the draft agenda and other materials for
this CASAC meeting will be posted on
the SAB Web site prior to the 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, in
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writing (preferably via e-mail), by
Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at the
contact information noted above, to be
placed on the list of public speakers for
these meetings. Written Statements:
Written statements should be received
in the SAB Staff Office by Friday,
December 7, 2007, so that the
information may be made available to
the CASAC Panel for their consideration
prior to these meetings. Written
statements should be supplied to the
DFO in the following formats: one hard
copy with original signature (optional),
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 email address noted above, preferably at
least ten days prior to the first meeting,
to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
Dated: November 14, 2007.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel;
Notice of Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: There will be a 4–day meeting
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory
Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and
review the Scientific Issues Associated
with the Agency’s Proposed Action
under FIFRA 6(b) Notice of Intent to
Cancel Carbofuran.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
February 5-8, 2008, from approximately
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard
Time.
Comments. The Agency encourages
that written comments be submitted by
January 22, 2008 and requests for oral
comments be submitted by January 29,
2008. Written comments and requests to
make oral comments are accepted until
the date of the meeting, but anyone
submitting written comments after
January 22, 2008 should contact the
Designated Federal Official (DFO) listed
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under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. For additional instructions,
see Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Nominations. Nominations of
candidates to serve as ad hoc members
of the FIFRA SAP for this meeting
should be provided on or before
December 3, 2007.
Special accommodations. For
information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, and to
request accommodation of a disability,
please contact the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least
10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA
as much time as possible to process
your request.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Environmental Protection Agency
Conference Center, Lobby Level, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
Comments. Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–1088, 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 Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions. Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–
1088. If your comments contain any
information that you consider to be CBI
or otherwise protected, please contact
the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT to obtain special
instructions before submitting your
comments. 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
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office, EPA Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee; Notification of a Public Advisory Committee Meeting
of the CASAC Lead Review Panel for the Review of the Lead National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
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
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Lead Review Panel
(CASAC Panel) to review the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(ANPR) on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. (Eastern Time) on
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, through 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) on
Thursday, December 13, 2007.
Location: The meeting will take place at the Mandarin Oriental,
1330 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024, telephone: 202-554-
8588.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to
submit a written or brief oral statement (five minutes or less) or
wants further information concerning these meetings 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 EPA SAB can be found on the EPA
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
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 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 Lead Review
Panel consists of the seven members of the chartered CASAC supplemented
by subject matter experts. The CASAC Lead Review Panel provides advice
and recommendations to EPA concerning lead 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
NAAQS for the ``criteria'' air pollutants, including lead. In February
2007, the CASAC Panel met to conduct a peer-review of the Agency's 1st
Draft Lead Staff Paper and the Draft Lead Exposure and Risk Assessments
technical support document, developed by EPA's Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS), within the Office of Air and Radiation
(OAR). The 1st Draft Lead Staff Paper, which is based on key scientific
and technical information contained in the Agency's Final Air Quality
Criteria Document (AQCD) for Lead, included assessments and preliminary
analyses related to air quality characterization, integration and
evaluation of health information, human exposure analysis and health
risk assessment, and evaluation and analysis of information on
vegetation damage and other welfare effects. The Draft Lead Exposure
and Risk Assessments technical support document described the
methodology and presented the results of the pilot phase human exposure
and health risk assessments and ecological risk assessments for a
number of case studies. The CASAC's letter/report to the Administrator
concerning this review (EPA-CASAC-07-003, dated March 27, 2007) is
posted on the SAB Web site.
In August 2007, the CASAC Panel held a public advisory meeting to
review EPA's 2nd Draft Lead Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments
document, which was limited in focus to draft lead human exposure and
health risk assessments for selected, full-scale case studies. The
CASAC's letter/report to the Administrator concerning this review (EPA-
CASAC-07-007, dated September 27, 2007) is posted on the SAB Web site.
In that letter, the CASAC indicated it would review the Agency's Final
Lead Staff Paper and Final Lead Risk Assessment Report for the purpose
of offering additional, unsolicited advice to the EPA Administrator as
the Agency develops the proposed rule for the Lead NAAQS. On November
1, 2007, EPA released the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Lead: Policy Assessment
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of Scientific and Technical Information--OAQPS Staff Paper (Final Lead
Staff Paper, November 2007), in accordance with a court-ordered
schedule; and the related technical support document, Lead: Human
Exposure and Health Risk Assessments for Selected Case Studies (Final
Lead Risk Assessment Report, November 2007).
The Agency is implementing its new and improved process for
conducting NAAQS reviews (https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/) during the
course of the Lead NAAQS review. As part of this revised NAAQS review
process, the Agency intends to issue an ANPR on the NAAQS for Lead
around the end of November 2007 for publication in the Federal
Register. The ANPR, which draws heavily from EPA's Final Lead Staff
Paper and the Final Lead Risk Assessment Report, presents the range of
policy options that the Agency is considering with respect to the NAAQS
for Lead. The purpose of this public advisory meeting is for the CASAC
to provide independent advice and recommendations on these policy
options under consideration by EPA.
Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning the ANPR or the
Agency's Final Lead Staff Paper or Final Lead Risk Assessment Report
can be directed to Dr. Deirdre Murphy, OAQPS, at telephone: 919-541-
0729, or e-mail: murphy.deirdre@epa.gov.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The Final Lead Staff Paper and
the Final Lead Risk Assessment Report are posted on the Agency's
Technology Transfer Network (TTN) Web site at URL: https://www.epa.gov/
ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html, in the ``Documents from
Current Review'' section under ``Staff Papers'' and ``Technical
Documents,'' respectively. Around the end of November 2007, the Agency
will sign the ANPR for publication in the Federal Register, and will
also post this on the same Web site at the URL above, in the
``Documents from Current Review'' section under ``Federal Register
Notices.'' A copy of the draft agenda and other materials for this
CASAC meeting will be posted on the SAB Web site prior to the 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, in writing
(preferably via e-mail), by Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at the contact
information noted above, to be placed on the list of public speakers
for these meetings. Written Statements: Written statements should be
received in the SAB Staff Office by Friday, December 7, 2007, so that
the information may be made available to the CASAC Panel for their
consideration prior to these meetings. Written statements should be
supplied to the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy with
original signature (optional), 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 first meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible
to process your request.
Dated: November 14, 2007.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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