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Submissions’’). The adequate NOX
MVEB is provided in the following
table:
HICKORY AREA NOX MVEB
[kilograms per day]
2009
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2,887,955
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act,
as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity
rule requires that transportation plans,
programs and projects conform to state
air quality implementation plans and
establishes the criteria and procedures
for determining whether or not they do.
Conformity to a SIP means that
transportation activities will not
produce new air quality violations,
worsen existing violations, or delay
timely attainment of the national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).
The criteria by which EPA determines
whether a SIP’s MVEB is adequate for
transportation conformity purposes are
outlined in 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 93.118(e)(4).
Additionally, the criteria by which EPA
determines whether a particular
pollutant/precursor is an insignificant
contributor to the air quality problem in
an area can be found at 40 CFR
93.109(k). Insignificance findings are
based on a number of factors, including
the percentage of motor vehicle
emissions in context of the total SIP
inventory, the current state of air quality
as determined by monitoring data for
that NAAQS, the absence of SIP motor
vehicle control measures, and historical
trends and future projections of the
growth of motor vehicle emissions.
EPA’s rationale for the allowance of
insignificance findings can be found in
the July 1, 2004, revision to the
transportation conformity rule at 69
Federal Register (FR) 40004.
Specifically, the rationale is explained
on page 40061 under the subsection
entitled ‘‘B. Areas With Insignificant
Motor Vehicle Emissions.’’ Please note
that an adequacy review is separate
from EPA’s completeness review, and it
also should not be used to prejudge
EPA’s ultimate approval of the SIP.
Even if EPA finds the MVEB adequate
or makes an insignificance finding
through the adequacy process, the
Agency may later disapprove the SIP.
EPA has described the process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP budgets in a May 14, 1999,
memorandum entitled ‘‘Conformity
Guidance on Implementation of March
2, 1999 Conformity Court Decision.’’
EPA has followed this guidance in
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making this adequacy determination.
This guidance is incorporated into
EPA’s July 1, 2004, final rulemaking
entitled ‘‘Transportation Conformity
Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour
Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air
Quality Standards and Miscellaneous
Revisions for Existing Areas;
Transportation Conformity Rule
Amendments: Response to Court
Decision and Additional Rule Changes’’
(69 FR 40004).
Within 24 months from the effective
date of this notice, the transportation
partners will need to demonstrate
conformity to the new MVEB if the
demonstration has not already been
made, pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e).
(See 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008).)
Additionally, the Transportation
Conformity Rule at 40 CFR 93.109(k)
states that a regional emissions analysis
is no longer necessary for direct PM2.5
if EPA finds, through the adequacy or
approval process, that regional motor
vehicle emissions are an insignificant
contributor to the air quality problem
for that pollutant/precursor as
demonstrated in the SIP. The
insignificance finding should be noted
in all future conformity determinations,
and does not relieve the area of meeting
all other transportation conformity
requirements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: February 17, 2010.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office
Notification of a Public Meeting of a
Workgroup of the Chartered Science
Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public meeting of a workgroup of the
chartered Science Advisory Board to
conduct an expedited and focused
review of EPA’s draft ‘‘Toxicological
Review of Inorganic Arsenic: In Support
of the Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–10/001). The SAB
workgroup will assess the adequacy of
EPA’s implementation of the SAB
previous recommendations regarding
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the cancer risk assessment of inorganic
arsenic.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
April 6, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
(Eastern Time) and April 7, 2010 from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th and K
Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing to obtain
general information concerning this
public meeting should contact Dr. Sue
Shallal, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
(1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; via
telephone/voice mail: (202) 343–9977;
fax: (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at
Shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EPA Science
Advisory Board can be found on the
SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/
sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB
was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on
the technical basis for Agency positions
and regulations. The SAB is a Federal
advisory committee chartered under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App 2.
The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,
notice is hereby given that a workgroup
of the chartered SAB will hold a public
meeting to lead the review of the
implementation of SAB’s previous
recommendations for the revision of
EPA’s cancer risk assessment of
inorganic arsenic.
Background: The EPA is currently in
the process of updating the 1988 IRIS
cancer assessment for inorganic arsenic
(iAs). The EPA evaluated and
implemented the National Research
Council (2001) recommendations and in
2005 requested that the SAB review the
Agency’s draft cancer assessment for
iAs. The SAB review report was
finalized in 2007 and is available at the
following URL: https://yosemite.epa.gov/
sab/sabproduct.nsf/
02ad90b136fc21ef85256eba00436459/
EADABBF40DED2A08852
57308006741EF/$File/sab-07–008.pdf.
EPA’s Office of Research
Development has completed a 2010
draft ‘‘Toxicological Review of Inorganic
Arsenic: In Support of the Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–
10/001). This draft assessment includes
an evaluation and characterization of
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the potential cancer hazard of iAs and
a quantitative dose-response cancer
assessment for iAs. The draft assessment
also provides a disposition of SAB’s
previous review comments and
recommendations.
In response to the Administrator’s
request, ORD is requesting that the SAB
evaluate and comment on EPA’s
interpretation and implementation of
the key SAB (2007) recommendations in
the revised draft assessment. ORD is
requesting an expedited and focused
review of the draft assessment in three
areas: Evaluation of epidemiological
literature; dose-response modeling
approaches; and the sensitivity analysis
of the exposure assumptions used in the
risk assessment. In response to this
request, the SAB is convening a
workgroup of the chartered SAB to lead
this expedited and focused review and
to assess the responsiveness of EPA’s
implementation of the previous SAB
recommendations. The SAB
workgroup’s draft report will be
reviewed and approved by the full
Board in a subsequent public meeting to
be announced in a separate Federal
Register notice. Information about this
SAB advisory activity can be found on
the SAB Web site at https://
yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
fedrgstr_activites/
Rev%20Tox%20Review%20Inorg%
20Arsenic?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The
agendas and other materials in support
of the meeting will be placed on the
SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab
in advance. For technical questions and
information concerning EPA’s draft
document, please contact Dr. Reeder
Sams at (919) 541–0661, or
sams.reeder@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral
information for the SAB to consider on
the topics included in this advisory
activity or on the group conducting this
advisory activity. 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 Dr.
Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via
e-mail) at the contact information noted
above no later than March 26, 2010 to
be placed on a list of public speakers for
the meeting. Written Statements:
Written statements should be received
in the SAB Staff Office by March 29,
2010 so that the information may be
made available to the chartered SAB
members for their consideration and
placed on the SAB Web site for public
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information. 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, WordPerfect, MS Word,
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. Sue
Shallal at (202) 343–9977, or
shallal.suhair@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Dr. Shallal, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA
as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: February 22, 2010.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) Carbon
Monoxide Review Panel Meeting and
CASAC Teleconference
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a public
meeting of the Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) Carbon
Monoxide Review Panel to peer review
EPA’s Risk and Exposure Assessment to
Support the Review of the Carbon
Monoxide Primary National Ambient
Air Quality Standards: Second External
Review Draft and EPA’s Policy
Assessment for the Review of the Carbon
Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality
Standards: External Review Draft. The
chartered CASAC will subsequently
hold a public teleconference to review
and approve the Panel’s reports.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on Monday, March 22, 2010 from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 from 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. (Eastern Time). The public
teleconference will be held on April 19,
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2010 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern
Time).
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will
take place at the Marriott at Research
Triangle Park, 4700 Guardian Drive,
Durham, NC 27703, telephone (919)
941–6200. The April 19, 2010
teleconference will be conducted by
telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public who wishes to
submit a written or brief oral statement
or wants further information concerning
the March 22 and 23, 2010 meeting may
contact Ms. Kyndall Barry, 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) 343–9868; fax (202)
233–0643; or e-mail at
barry.kyndall@epa.gov. For information
on the CASAC teleconference on April
19, 2010, please contact Dr. Holly
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), at the above listed address; via
telephone/voice mail (202) 343–9867 or
e-mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov.
General information concerning the
CASAC and the CASAC documents can
be found on the EPA Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/casac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92–463 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice
is hereby given that the CASAC Carbon
Monoxide Panel will hold a public
meeting to peer review two draft
documents related to the NAAQS
review for carbon monoxide and that
the chartered CASAC will hold a public
teleconference to review and approve
the Panel’s draft reports. 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 Panel
and chartered CASAC 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 Standard (NAAQS) for the six
‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including
carbon monoxide (CO). EPA is
conducting scientific assessments to
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public meeting of a workgroup of the chartered Science Advisory Board
to conduct an expedited and focused review of EPA's draft
``Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic: In Support of the Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/
635/R-10/001). The SAB workgroup will assess the adequacy of EPA's
implementation of the SAB previous recommendations regarding the cancer
risk assessment of inorganic arsenic.
DATES: The meeting will be held on April 6, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. (Eastern Time) and April 7, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern
Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th
and K Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain general information concerning this public meeting should
contact Dr. Sue Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science
Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20460; via telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9977; fax: (202) 233-0643;
or e-mail at Shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General information concerning the
EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and technical advice to the
Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal advisory committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App 2.
The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB
Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that a
workgroup of the chartered SAB will hold a public meeting to lead the
review of the implementation of SAB's previous recommendations for the
revision of EPA's cancer risk assessment of inorganic arsenic.
Background: The EPA is currently in the process of updating the
1988 IRIS cancer assessment for inorganic arsenic (iAs). The EPA
evaluated and implemented the National Research Council (2001)
recommendations and in 2005 requested that the SAB review the Agency's
draft cancer assessment for iAs. The SAB review report was finalized in
2007 and is available at the following URL: https://yosemite.epa.gov/
sab/sabproduct.nsf/02ad90b136fc21ef85256eba00436459/
EADABBF40DED2A0885257308006741EF/$File/sab-07-008.pdf.
EPA's Office of Research Development has completed a 2010 draft
``Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic: In Support of the Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/
635/R-10/001). This draft assessment includes an evaluation and
characterization of
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the potential cancer hazard of iAs and a quantitative dose-response
cancer assessment for iAs. The draft assessment also provides a
disposition of SAB's previous review comments and recommendations.
In response to the Administrator's request, ORD is requesting that
the SAB evaluate and comment on EPA's interpretation and implementation
of the key SAB (2007) recommendations in the revised draft assessment.
ORD is requesting an expedited and focused review of the draft
assessment in three areas: Evaluation of epidemiological literature;
dose-response modeling approaches; and the sensitivity analysis of the
exposure assumptions used in the risk assessment. In response to this
request, the SAB is convening a workgroup of the chartered SAB to lead
this expedited and focused review and to assess the responsiveness of
EPA's implementation of the previous SAB recommendations. The SAB
workgroup's draft report will be reviewed and approved by the full
Board in a subsequent public meeting to be announced in a separate
Federal Register notice. Information about this SAB advisory activity
can be found on the SAB Web site at https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Rev%20Tox%20Review%20Inorg%20Arsenic?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The agendas and other materials
in support of the meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance. For technical questions and information
concerning EPA's draft document, please contact Dr. Reeder Sams at
(919) 541-0661, or sams.reeder@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to
consider on the topics included in this advisory activity or on the
group conducting this advisory activity. 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
Dr. Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact
information noted above no later than March 26, 2010 to be placed on a
list of public speakers for the meeting. Written Statements: Written
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by March 29, 2010
so that the information may be made available to the chartered SAB
members for their consideration and placed on the SAB Web site for
public information. 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,
WordPerfect, MS Word, 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. Sue Shallal at (202)
343-9977, or shallal.suhair@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Dr. Shallal, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: February 22, 2010.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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