Final Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur, 48543-48544 [E9-22951]
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This action is also responsive to the
recommendations made by EPA’s Office
of Inspector General during its review of
EPA’s implementation of FQPA. In its
report ‘‘Opportunities to Improve Data
Quality and Children’s Health through
the FQPA’’ issued January 10, 2006,
https://www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2006/
20060110–2006–P–00009.pdf, the Office
of Inspector General recommended that
EPA update the status of its Science
Policy issue papers. This Federal
Register notice updates the public on
the status of one of the Science Policy
papers which has been superseded by
other guidance.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: September 16, 2009.
Stephen A. Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
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Final Risk and Exposure Assessment
Report for Secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for
Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of
Sulfur
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of final
report.
SUMMARY: On or about September 15,
2009, the Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is
making available a final report, Risk and
Exposure Assessment for Review of the
Secondary National Ambient Air
Quality Standards for Oxides of
Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Final
Report. The purpose of this document is
to convey the approach taken to assess
environmental exposures to ambient
oxides of nitrogen and sulfur and to
characterize associated public welfare
risks, as well as to present the results of
those assessments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Anne Rea, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (Mail code
C539–02), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; e-mail:
rea.anne@epa.gov; telephone: 919–541–
0053; fax: 919–541–0840.
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General Information
A. How Can I Get Copies of This
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1145.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through
https://www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566–1744, and the telephone
number for the Office of Air and
Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742.
2. Electronic Access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
Under section 108(a) of the Clean Air
Act (CAA), the Administrator identifies
and lists certain pollutants which
‘‘cause or contribute to air pollution
which may reasonably be anticipated to
endanger public health or welfare.’’ The
EPA then issues air quality criteria for
listed pollutants, which are commonly
referred to as ‘‘criteria pollutants.’’ The
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, in varying
quantities.’’ Under section 109 of the
CAA, EPA establishes National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for
each listed pollutant, with the NAAQS
based on the air quality criteria. Section
109(d) of the CAA requires periodic
review and, if appropriate, revision of
existing air quality criteria. The revised
air quality criteria reflect advances in
scientific knowledge on the effects of
the pollutant on public health or
welfare. The EPA is also required to
periodically review and revise the
NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the
revised criteria.
The EPA is currently conducting a
joint review of the existing secondary
(welfare-based) NAAQS for oxides of
nitrogen (NOX) and oxides of sulfur
(SOX). Because NOX, SOX, and their
associated transformation products are
linked from an atmospheric chemistry
perspective as well as from an
environmental effects perspective, and
because of the National Research
Council’s (NRC’s) 2004
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recommendations to consider multiple
pollutants in forming the scientific basis
for the NAAQS, EPA has decided to
jointly assess the science, risks, and
policies relevant to protecting the public
welfare associated with oxides of
nitrogen and oxides of sulfur. This is the
first time since NAAQS were
established in 1971 that a joint review
of these two pollutants has been
conducted. Since both the Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
and EPA have recognized these
interactions historically, and the science
related to these interactions has
continued to evolve and grow to the
present day, there is a strong basis for
considering them together.
As part of its review of the secondary
NAAQS for NOX and SOX, EPA is
preparing an assessment of exposures
and characterization of risks for adverse
ecological effects associated with
atmospheric NOX and SOX deposition.
A draft plan describing the proposed
approaches to assessing ecological
exposures and effects is described in the
draft document, Draft Scope and
Methods Plan for Risk/Exposure
Assessment: Secondary NAAQS Review
for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of
Sulfur. This document was released for
public review and comment in March
2008 and was the subject of a
consultation with the CASAC on April
2 and 3, 2008. Comments received from
that consultation were considered in
developing the document titled, Risk
and Exposure Assessment to Support
the Review of the Secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for
Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of
Sulfur: First Draft, which was released
for public review and comment in
August 2008. This document was the
subject of a CASAC review on October
1–2, 2008. Comments received from that
review were considered in developing
the document titled, Risk and Exposure
Assessment to Support the Review of the
Secondary National Ambient Air
Quality Standards for Oxides of
Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Second
Draft, which was released for public
review and comment in June 2009 and
was the subject of a CASAC review on
July 22–23, 2009. In preparing the final
risk and exposure assessment report,
EPA considered comments received
from CASAC and the public at and
subsequent to that meeting.
The Risk and Exposure Assessment
for Review of the Secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for
Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of
Sulfur: Final Report being released at
this time conveys the approach taken to
assess ecological effects due to the
deposition of ambient NOX and SOX,
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and presents the results of these
analyses. This document will be
available online at: https://www.epa.gov/
ttn/naaqs/standards/no2so2sec/
cr_rea.html.
Dated: September 14, 2009.
Jennifer Noonan Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards.
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Availability of FY 08 Grantee
Performance Evaluation Reports for
the Eight States of EPA Region 4 and
16 Local Agencies
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability; Clean Air
Act Section 105 grantee performance
evaluation reports.
SUMMARY: EPA’s grant regulations (40
CFR 35.115) require the Agency to
evaluate the performance of agencies
which receive grants. EPA’s regulations
for regional consistency (40 CFR 56.7)
require that the Agency notify the
public of the availability of the reports
of such evaluations. EPA performed
end-of-year evaluations of eight state air
pollution control programs (Alabama
Department of Environmental
Management; Florida Department of
Environmental Protection; Georgia
Department of Natural Resources;
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Department for Environmental
Protection; Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality; North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources; South Carolina Department
of Health and Environmental Control;
and Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation) and 16
local programs (City of Huntsville
Division of Natural Resources, AL;
Jefferson County Department of Health,
AL; Broward County Environmental
Protection Department, FL; City of
Jacksonville Environmental Quality
Division, FL; Hillsborough County
Environmental Protection Commission,
FL; Miami-Dade County Air Quality
Management Division, FL; Palm Beach
County Health Department, FL; Pinellas
County Department of Environmental
Management, FL; Louisville/Jefferson
County Metro Government, KY; Forsyth
County Environmental Affairs
Department, NC; Mecklenburg County
Land Use and Environmental Services
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Agency, NC; Western North Carolina
Regional Air Quality Agency, NC;
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air
Pollution Control Bureau, TN;
Memphis-Shelby County Health
Department, TN; Knox County
Department of Air Quality Management,
TN; and Metropolitan Government of
Nashville and Davidson County Public
Health Department, TN). The 24
evaluations were conducted to assess
the agencies’ Fiscal Year 2008
performance under the grants awarded
by EPA under authority of section 105
of the Clean Air Act. EPA Region 4 has
prepared reports for each agency
identified above and these reports are
now available for public inspection.
ADDRESSES: The reports may be
examined at the EPA’s Region 4 office,
61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia
30303, in the Air, Pesticides and Toxics
Management Division. The Regional
Office’s official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30,
excluding Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marie Persinger (404) 562–9048 for
information concerning the state and
local agencies of Alabama, Kentucky
and state agency of Mississippi; Miya
Smith (404) 562–9091 for the state and
local agencies of Florida; Mary Echols
(404) 562–9053 for the state agency of
Georgia; Seema Rao (404) 562–8429 for
the state and local agencies of North
Carolina; and Marilyn Sabadaszka (404)
562–9001 for the state agency of South
Carolina and for the state and local
agencies of Tennessee. They may be
contacted at the above Region 4 address.
Dated: August 5, 2009.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Notice of Issuance of Part 71 Federal
Operating Permit to Veolia
Environmental Services
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that,
on September 12, 2008, pursuant to
Title V of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA
issued a Title V Permit to Operate (Title
V permit) to Veolia Environmental
Services (Veolia). This permit
authorizes Veolia to operate its facility
in Sauget, Illinois. Veolia’s Sauget
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facility is a treatment, storage and
disposal facility, which accepts offsite
waste for further disposal through
incineration. Containers and bulk
shipments of hazardous and solid
wastes are received, analyzed and
transferred to temporary storage
facilities, processed and incinerated in
one of three combustion units.
DATES: During the public comment
period, which ended July 18, 2008, EPA
received comments on the draft Title V
permit. EPA responded to the comments
and issued the final permit on
September 12, 2008. No one appealed
the permit to the Environmental
Appeals Board (EAB). Therefore, in
accordance with 40 CFR 71.11 the
permit became effective 30 days after
permit issuance, October 12, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The final signed permit is
available for public inspection online at
https://www.regulations.gov, docket ID
EPA–R05–OAR–2008–0235, or during
normal business hours at the following
address: EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard (AR–18J), Chicago, Illinois
60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Genevieve Damico, Environmental
Engineer, EPA, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson
Boulevard (AR–18J), Chicago, Illinois
60604, (312) 353–4761, or
damico.genevieve@epa.gov.
This
supplemental information is organized
as follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. What Is the Background Information?
B. What Is the Purpose of This Notice?
A. What Is the Background
Information?
Veolia (formerly Onyx Environmental
Services) submitted to Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
(IEPA) on September 7, 1995, an
application for a Title V permit for its
facility in Sauget, Illinois. IEPA issued
a draft Title V permit on June 6, 2003,
and the public comment period for the
permit ended September 12, 2003.
During the public comment period,
IEPA received comments on the draft
permit. IEPA revised the permit and
submitted the proposed permit to EPA
on November 6, 2003. EPA did not
object to the proposed permit within its
45-day review period, which ended
December 21, 2003.
On February 18, 2004, EPA received
a petition from the Sierra Club and
American Bottom Conservancy
requesting that EPA object to issuance of
the Veolia Title V permit, pursuant to
Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA and 40
CFR 70.8(d). On February 1, 2005, EPA
issued an order granting the petition in
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1145; FRL-8959-6]
Final Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of
Sulfur
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of final report.
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SUMMARY: On or about September 15, 2009, the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is making available a final
report, Risk and Exposure Assessment for Review of the Secondary
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and
Oxides of Sulfur: Final Report. The purpose of this document is to
convey the approach taken to assess environmental exposures to ambient
oxides of nitrogen and sulfur and to characterize associated public
welfare risks, as well as to present the results of those assessments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Anne Rea, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (Mail code C539-02), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; e-mail:
rea.anne@epa.gov; telephone: 919-541-0053; fax: 919-541-0840.
General Information
A. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1145. Publicly available docket materials
are available either electronically through https://www.regulations.gov
or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Office
of Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
Under section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Administrator
identifies and lists certain pollutants which ``cause or contribute to
air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public
health or welfare.'' The EPA then issues air quality criteria for
listed pollutants, which are commonly referred to as ``criteria
pollutants.'' The 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, in
varying quantities.'' Under section 109 of the CAA, EPA establishes
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for each listed
pollutant, with the NAAQS based on the air quality criteria. Section
109(d) of the CAA requires periodic review and, if appropriate,
revision of existing air quality criteria. The revised air quality
criteria reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the effects of the
pollutant on public health or welfare. The EPA is also required to
periodically review and revise the NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the
revised criteria.
The EPA is currently conducting a joint review of the existing
secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for oxides of nitrogen (NOX)
and oxides of sulfur (SOX). Because NOX,
SOX, and their associated transformation products are linked
from an atmospheric chemistry perspective as well as from an
environmental effects perspective, and because of the National Research
Council's (NRC's) 2004 recommendations to consider multiple pollutants
in forming the scientific basis for the NAAQS, EPA has decided to
jointly assess the science, risks, and policies relevant to protecting
the public welfare associated with oxides of nitrogen and oxides of
sulfur. This is the first time since NAAQS were established in 1971
that a joint review of these two pollutants has been conducted. Since
both the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and EPA have
recognized these interactions historically, and the science related to
these interactions has continued to evolve and grow to the present day,
there is a strong basis for considering them together.
As part of its review of the secondary NAAQS for NOX and
SOX, EPA is preparing an assessment of exposures and
characterization of risks for adverse ecological effects associated
with atmospheric NOX and SOX deposition. A draft
plan describing the proposed approaches to assessing ecological
exposures and effects is described in the draft document, Draft Scope
and Methods Plan for Risk/Exposure Assessment: Secondary NAAQS Review
for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur. This document was released
for public review and comment in March 2008 and was the subject of a
consultation with the CASAC on April 2 and 3, 2008. Comments received
from that consultation were considered in developing the document
titled, Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the
Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen
and Oxides of Sulfur: First Draft, which was released for public review
and comment in August 2008. This document was the subject of a CASAC
review on October 1-2, 2008. Comments received from that review were
considered in developing the document titled, Risk and Exposure
Assessment to Support the Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air
Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Second
Draft, which was released for public review and comment in June 2009
and was the subject of a CASAC review on July 22-23, 2009. In preparing
the final risk and exposure assessment report, EPA considered comments
received from CASAC and the public at and subsequent to that meeting.
The Risk and Exposure Assessment for Review of the Secondary
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and
Oxides of Sulfur: Final Report being released at this time conveys the
approach taken to assess ecological effects due to the deposition of
ambient NOX and SOX,
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and presents the results of these analyses. This document will be
available online at: https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/no2so2sec/cr_rea.html.
Dated: September 14, 2009.
Jennifer Noonan Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. E9-22951 Filed 9-22-09; 8:45 am]
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