Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel, 54562-54563 [E9-25465]

Download as PDF 54562 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filing in the above proceeding is accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket. For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 23, 2009. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–25398 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2157–188] Public Utility District No.1 of Snohomish County; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments, Extending Due Date for Filing Motions To Intervene and Protests, Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions, and Modifying Process Plan dcolon on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES October 15, 2009. Take notice that the following Settlement Agreement (Settlement) has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement. b. Project No.: P–2157–188. c. Date Filed: October 14, 2009. d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County. e. Name of Project: Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The existing project is located on the Sultan River in Snohomish County, Washington, about 20 miles east of Everett, Washington. The project penstock underlies 10.9 acres of Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:13 Oct 21, 2009 Jkt 220001 g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602, Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)—825(r) h. Applicant Contact: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County (District), Steven J. Klein, General Manager, 2320 California Street, P.O. Box 1107, Everett, WA 98206–1107. i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 502–6091 or via e-mail at david.turner@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing comments on the Settlement: November 6, 2009. Reply comments due December 21, 2009. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. k. The District filed a comprehensive settlement agreement (Agreement) on behalf of itself, United States National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States National Park Service, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Department of Ecology, Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Snohomish County, City of Everett, City of Sultan, and American Whitewater. The purpose of the Agreement is to resolve among the signatories all issues associated with issuance of a new license for the project, including, in part, reservoir operations, minimum instream flows, process flows, whitewater boating flows, ramping rates, fish passage, fish habitat improvements, wildlife habitat management, marbled murrelet protection measures, recreation, and historic properties management. The District requests that the Commission: (1) Accept and incorporate, without material modification, all of the proposed license articles in Appendix 1 of the Settlement in the new project license; and (2) issue a new license for a term of 45 years. l. The A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘e-Library’’ link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. Register online at https:// www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified via e-mail of new filings and PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. m. Procedural Schedule: We are extending the due date to file interventions, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions and reply comments on these filings to coordinate with the filing of comments on the Settlement. Therefore, the application will be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Filing of Interventions, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Fishway Prescriptions. Reply Comments Due Issue Draft EA ........... Comments on Draft EA Due. Filing of Modified Mandatory Terms and Conditions. Issue Final EA ........... Target date November 6, 2009. December 21, 2009. May 5, 2010. June 4, 2010. August 3, 2010. November 1, 2010. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–25400 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8971–7] Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Review Panel to conduct a consultation on EPA’s draft Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (External Review Draft, September 2009). DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Friday, November 13, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time). ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone only. E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1 dcolon on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants further information concerning the teleconference may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, 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) 343–9867; fax (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC can be found on the EPA Web site at https:// www.epa.gov/casac. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 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. CASAC provides advice, information and recommendations on the scientific and technical aspects of air quality criteria and national ambient air quality standards (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 CASAC Ozone Review Panel Panel will comply 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 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including ozone. EPA is currently reviewing the primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for ozone. Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office solicited nominations for the Ozone Review Panel on June 26, 2008 (73 FR 36319–36321). Membership of the Panel is listed at https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ sabpeople.nsf/WebExternal SubCommitteeRosters?OpenView &committee=CASAC&subcommittee =Ozone%20Review%20Panel. EPA is developing the Integrated Review Plan (IRP) that will serve as the framework for its review of the ozone NAAQS. The IRP presents background information, the schedule for the review, the process to be used in conducting the review, and the key policy-relevant science issues that will guide the review. The IRP also discusses the frameworks for the various documents to be prepared by the EPA as part of the review, including an integrated science assessment (ISA) and a risk/exposure assessment (REA), and policy assessment that will be submitted VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:13 Oct 21, 2009 Jkt 220001 for later CASAC review and public comment. The purpose of the November 13, 2009 teleconference is for the CASAC Panel to provide consultative advice on the draft Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone. A teleconference was previously planned for March 30, 2009 and noticed in the Federal Register on February 19, 2009 (74 FR 7689) but was subsequently cancelled at the request of the EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning EPA’s Integrated Review Plan for ozone should be directed to Dr. David McKee, OAR, at (919) 541–5288 or mckee.dave@epa.gov. Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other materials for the meeting will be placed on the CASAC Web site at https://yosemite.epa. gov/sab/SABPRODUCT.NSF/ 81e39f4c09954fcb85256ead006be86e/ 97662d128e20ca968525746b006ce9fd! OpenDocument. The Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone will be available at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/ naaqs/standards/ozone/s_o3_index. html (see ‘‘Planning Documents’’). Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for consideration on the topics included in this advisory activity. Oral Statements: To be placed on the public speaker list for the November 13, 2009 teleconference, interested parties should notify Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no later than November 9, 2009. Individuals making oral statements will be limited to three minutes per speaker. Written Statements: Written statements for the November 13, 2009 teleconference should be received in the SAB Staff Office by November 9, 2009 so that the information may be made available to the CASAC Panel for its 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, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/ 2000/XP format). Submitters are asked to provide versions of each document submitted with and without signatures, because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its Web sites. Accessibility: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at the phone number or email address noted above, preferably at PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54563 least ten days prior to the teleconference, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: October 15, 2009. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E9–25465 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8971–8] EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office Request for Nominations of Experts for the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice request for nominations. SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting public nominations of experts to form an SAB Ad Hoc Panel to review EPA’s health effects assessment for Trichloroethylene (TCE). DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 12, 2009 per instructions below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing further information regarding this Request for Nominations may contact Dr. Marc Rigas, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/voice mail at (202) 343–9978; by fax at (202) 233–0643; or via e-mail at rigas.marc@epa.gov. General information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA SAB Web site at https:// www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is an electronic database containing descriptive and quantitative toxicological information on human health effects that may result from chronic exposure to various substances in the environment. This information supports human health risk assessments, and includes hazard identification and dose-response data and derivations of oral reference doses (RfDs) and inhalation reference concentrations (RfCs) for noncancer effects and oral slope factors and oral and inhalation unit risks for cancer effects. IRIS is prepared and maintained by EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the Office of Research and Development (ORD). ORD has E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 203 (Thursday, October 22, 2009)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public 
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 
Ozone 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 teleconference of the Clean 
Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Review Panel to conduct a 
consultation on EPA's draft Integrated Review Plan for the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (External Review Draft, 
September 2009).

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Friday, November 13, 
2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone 
only.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the teleconference may contact Dr. Holly 
Stallworth, 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-
9867; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. 
General information concerning the CASAC can be found on the EPA Web 
site at http:[sol][sol]www.epa.gov/casac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 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. CASAC 
provides advice, information and recommendations on the scientific and 
technical aspects of air quality criteria and national ambient air 
quality standards (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 CASAC 
Ozone Review Panel Panel will comply 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 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the six ``criteria'' 
air pollutants, including ozone. EPA is currently reviewing the primary 
(health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for ozone. 
Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office solicited nominations for the Ozone 
Review Panel on June 26, 2008 (73 FR 36319-36321). Membership of the 
Panel is listed at https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebExternalSubCommitteeRosters?OpenView&committee=CASAC&subcommittee=Ozone%20Review%20Panel.
    EPA is developing the Integrated Review Plan (IRP) that will serve 
as the framework for its review of the ozone NAAQS. The IRP presents 
background information, the schedule for the review, the process to be 
used in conducting the review, and the key policy-relevant science 
issues that will guide the review. The IRP also discusses the 
frameworks for the various documents to be prepared by the EPA as part 
of the review, including an integrated science assessment (ISA) and a 
risk/exposure assessment (REA), and policy assessment that will be 
submitted for later CASAC review and public comment. The purpose of the 
November 13, 2009 teleconference is for the CASAC Panel to provide 
consultative advice on the draft Integrated Review Plan for the 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone. A teleconference was 
previously planned for March 30, 2009 and noticed in the Federal 
Register on February 19, 2009 (74 FR 7689) but was subsequently 
cancelled at the request of the EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR).
    Technical Contacts: Any questions concerning EPA's Integrated 
Review Plan for ozone should be directed to Dr. David McKee, OAR, at 
(919) 541-5288 or mckee.dave@epa.gov.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other 
materials for the meeting will be placed on the CASAC Web site at 
https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/SABPRODUCT.NSF/81e39f4c09954fcb85256ead006be86e/97662d128e20ca968525746b006ce9fd! 
OpenDocument. The Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for Ozone will be available at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/ozone/s_o3_index.html (see ``Planning 
Documents'').
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for 
consideration on the topics included in this advisory activity. Oral 
Statements: To be placed on the public speaker list for the November 
13, 2009 teleconference, interested parties should notify Dr. Holly 
Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no later than November 9, 2009. Individuals 
making oral statements will be limited to three minutes per speaker. 
Written Statements: Written statements for the November 13, 2009 
teleconference should be received in the SAB Staff Office by November 
9, 2009 so that the information may be made available to the CASAC 
Panel for its 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, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or 
Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are 
asked to provide versions of each document submitted with and without 
signatures, because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents 
with signatures on its Web sites.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at the 
phone number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten 
days prior to the teleconference, to give EPA as much time as possible 
to process your request.

    Dated: October 15, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-25465 Filed 10-21-09; 8:45 am]
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