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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. ER08–1113–004; ER08–1113–
005]
California Independent System
Operator Corporation; Notice of
Technical Conference Comment Dates
August 21, 2009.
On August 20, 2009, the Commission
convened a staff technical conference in
the above-captioned proceedings. The
purpose of the technical conference was
to explore issues concerning Market
Efficiency Enhancement Agreements
between the California Independent
System Operator Corporation and
eligible market participants.
During the course of the technical
conference, the Commission instructed
the presenting parties to file their
presentations in the above dockets.
All interested persons may file
written comments on these
presentations and/or issues addressed in
the technical conference on or before
September 10, 2009. Reply comments
will be due on or before September 17,
2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Extension of Public Comment Period:
Second External Review Draft
Integrated Science Assessment for
Particulate Matter
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Extension of public comment
period.
SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing an
extension of the public comment period
for the draft document titled,
‘‘Integrated Science Assessment for
Particulate Matter—Second External
Review Draft’’ (EPA/600/R–08/139B and
EPA/600/R–08/139BA). The document
was prepared by the National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
within EPA’s Office of Research and
Development as part of the review of the
national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) for particulate matter.
On July 31, 2009 (74 FR 38185), EPA
released this draft document to seek
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review by the Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) and the
public (meeting date and location to be
specified in a separate Federal Register
notice). The draft document does not
represent and should not be construed
to represent any final EPA policy,
viewpoint, or determination. EPA will
consider any public comments
submitted in response to this notice
when revising the document.
DATES: The public comment period
started on July 31, 2009 (74 FR 38185).
This notice announces the extension of
the deadline for public comment from
September 30, 2009, to October 12,
2009. Comments must be received on or
before October 12, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Second External
Review Draft Integrated Science
Assessment for Particulate Matter’’ is
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.
Debbie Wales by phone (919–541–4731),
fax (919–541–5078), or e-mail
(wales.deborah@epa.gov) to request
either of these, and please provide your
name, your mailing address, and the
document title, ‘‘Second External
Review Draft Integrated Science
Assessment for Particulate Matter’’
(EPA/600/R–08/139B and EPA/600/R–
08/139C) to facilitate processing of your
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information, contact Dr.
Lindsay Wichers Stanek, NCEA;
telephone: 919–541–7792; fax: 919–
541–2985; or e-mail:
stanek.lindsay@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Document
Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act
directs the Administrator to identify
certain pollutants which, among other
things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air
pollution which may reasonably be
anticipated to endanger public health or
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
subsequently requires periodic review
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and, if appropriate, revision of existing
air quality criteria to reflect advances in
scientific knowledge on the effects of
the pollutant on public health or
welfare. EPA is also to revise the
NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the
revised air quality criteria.
Particulate matter (PM) is one of six
‘‘criteria pollutants’’ for which EPA has
established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA
reviews the scientific basis for these
standards by preparing an Integrated
Science Assessment (ISA) (formerly
called an Air Quality Criteria
Document). The ISA and supplementary
annexes, in conjunction with additional
technical and policy assessments,
provide the scientific basis for EPA
decisions on the adequacy of the current
NAAQS and the appropriateness of
possible alternative standards. The
Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC), an independent
science advisory committee whose
existence and whose review and
advisory functions are mandated by
Section 109(d)(2) of the Act, is charged
(among other things) with independent
scientific review of EPA’s air quality
criteria.
On June 28, 2007 (72 FR 35462), EPA
formally initiated its current review of
the air quality criteria for PM,
requesting the submission of recent
scientific information on specified
topics. A draft of EPA’s ‘‘Integrated
Review Plan for the National Ambient
Air Quality Standard for Particulate
Matter’’ (EPA/452/P–08–006) was made
available in October 2007 for public
comment and was discussed by the
CASAC PM Review Panel via a publicly
accessible teleconference consultation
on November 30, 2007 (72 FR 63177).
EPA finalized the plan and made it
available in March 2008 (EPA/452/R–
08–004; https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/
standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pd.html). In
June 2008 (73 FR 30391), EPA held a
workshop to discuss, with invited
scientific experts, initial draft materials
prepared in the development of the PM
ISA and its supplementary annexes.
The First External Review Draft ISA
for PM (EPA/600/R–08/139 and EPA/
600/R–08/139A; https://cfpub.epa.gov/
ncea/cfm/
recordisplay.cfm?deid=201805) was
released on December 22, 2008 (73 FR
77686). This document was reviewed by
the CASAC and discussed at a public
meeting on April 1 and 2, 2009 (74 FR
7688). The CASAC held a follow-up
public teleconference on May 7, 2009
(74 FR 18230) to review and approve the
CASAC PM Review Panel’s draft letter
providing comments to the Agency on
the First External Review Draft ISA for
PM (https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. ER08-1113-004; ER08-1113-005]
California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of
Technical Conference Comment Dates
August 21, 2009.
On August 20, 2009, the Commission convened a staff technical
conference in the above-captioned proceedings. The purpose of the
technical conference was to explore issues concerning Market Efficiency
Enhancement Agreements between the California Independent System
Operator Corporation and eligible market participants.
During the course of the technical conference, the Commission
instructed the presenting parties to file their presentations in the
above dockets.
All interested persons may file written comments on these
presentations and/or issues addressed in the technical conference on or
before September 10, 2009. Reply comments will be due on or before
September 17, 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-20849 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]
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