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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Today’s notice is simply an
announcement of a finding that we have
already made. EPA Region IX sent a
letter to the Nevada Division of
Environmental Protection on May 5,
2010 stating that the motor vehicle
emissions budgets for PM10 in the
submitted Truckee Meadows PM10
Maintenance Plan are adequate. Receipt
of these motor vehicle emissions
budgets was announced on EPA’s
transportation conformity Web site on
January 19, 2010, and no comments
were submitted. The finding is available
at EPA’s conformity Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/
transconf/adequacy.htm.
The Truckee Meadows PM10
Maintenance Plan identifies PM10
MVEBs for the Truckee Meadows
nonattainment area for years 2009, 2013,
2018 and 2020. The adequate budgets
are presented in the following table:
TRUCKEE MEADOWS PM10 MAINTENANCE PLAN MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS BUDGETS, TRUCKEE MEADOWS NONATTAINMENT AREA
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2013
2018
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Budget
Budget
Budget
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21,195
20,871
20,836
20,816
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conformity rule requires that
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improvement programs, and projects
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2004, preamble starting at 69 FR 40038,
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: April 30, 2010.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Public Teleconference
and Public Meeting of the SAB
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
(PAH) Mixtures Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two
public meetings of the SAB Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures
Review Panel: A teleconference and a
face-to-face meeting to review EPA’s
draft technical document, Development
of a Relative Potency Factor (RPF)
Approach for Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures, External
Review Draft.
DATES: There will be a public
teleconference on June 8, 2010 from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). The
public meeting will be held on June 21,
2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern
Time), June 22, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. and June 23, 2010 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. (Eastern time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be
conducted by phone only. The face-toface meeting on June 21–23, 2010 will
be held at the Washington Marriott at
Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202)
737–2200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing to obtain
information concerning the public
teleconference and/or public meeting
may contact Mr. Aaron Yeow,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office
(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; by
telephone/voice mail at (202) 343–9878
or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General
information about the SAB, as well as
any updates concerning the meeting
announced in this notice, may be found
on the EPA Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
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Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is
hereby given that the SAB PAH
Mixtures Review Panel will hold a
public teleconference to discuss the
plans for the subsequent public face-toface meeting to conduct a peer review
of the EPA’s draft technical document,
Development of a Relative Potency
Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures,
External Review Draft (February 2010).
The SAB was established pursuant to 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 FACA. The
SAB will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
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).
NCEA’s IRIS Program has developed a
draft technical document entitled,
Development of a Relative Potency
Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures,
for estimating cancer risk from exposure
to PAH mixtures. ORD has requested
that the Science Advisory Board (SAB)
conduct a review of this draft document.
In response to ORD’s request, the SAB
Staff Office solicited nominations of
experts and formed a review panel for
PAH Mixtures [Federal Register Notice
dated October 21, 2009 (74 FR 54047–
54048)]. The panel will conduct a
review of EPA’s February 2010 External
Review Draft of its technical document,
Development of a Relative Potency
Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures.
Specifically, the panel is being asked to
provide recommendations on the
rationale for recommending an RPF
approach, the evaluation of the
carcinogenicity of individual PAHs, the
methods for dose response assessment
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and RPF calculation, the selection of
PAHs to include in the RPF approach,
the derivation of RPFs for selected
PAHs, and the uncertainties and
limitations associated with the RPF
approach. The purpose of the
teleconference is for the panel to receive
a briefing on the draft technical
document and for members to clarify
the charge to the panel. During the faceto-face meeting, the panel will review
the technical document.
Availability of Meeting Materials:
Agendas and materials in support of
these meetings will be placed on the
EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab
in advance of each meeting. For
technical questions and information
concerning EPA’s draft document,
please contact Dr. Lynn Flowers at (703)
347–8537, or flowers.lynn@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Public comment for consideration by
EPA’s federal advisory committees and
panels has a different purpose from
public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process
for submitting comments to a federal
advisory committee is different from the
process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and
panels, including scientific advisory
committees, provide independent
advice to EPA. Members of the public
can submit comments for a federal
advisory committee to consider as it
develops advice for EPA. They should
send their comments directly to the
Designated Federal Officer for the
relevant advisory committee. Oral
Statements: In general, individuals or
groups requesting an oral presentation
at a public teleconference will be
limited to three minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of 30 minutes
for all speakers. At the face-to-face
meeting, presentations will be limited to
five minutes, with no more than a total
of one hour for all speakers. Each person
making an oral statement should
consider providing written comments as
well as their oral statement so that the
points presented orally can be expanded
upon in writing. Interested parties
should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO,
in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the
contact information noted above by June
1, 2010 for the teleconference and by
June 14, 2010 for the face-to-face
meeting, to be placed on the list of
public speakers. Written Statements:
Written statements should be supplied
to the DFO via email at the contact
information noted above by June 1, 2010
for the teleconference and by June 14,
2010 for the face-to-face meeting so that
the information may be made available
to the Committee members for their
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consideration. Written statements
should be supplied in one of the
following electronic formats: Adobe
Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–
PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format.
Submitters are requested to provide
versions of signed documents,
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 Mr. Aaron
Yeow at (202) 343–9878 or
yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten
days prior to each meeting to give EPA
as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: May 12, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff
Office.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference and Public Meeting of the SAB Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces
two public meetings of the SAB Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)
Mixtures Review Panel: A teleconference and a face-to-face meeting to
review EPA's draft technical document, Development of a Relative
Potency Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)
Mixtures, External Review Draft.
DATES: There will be a public teleconference on June 8, 2010 from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). The public meeting will be held on June
21, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time), June 22, 2010 from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. and June 23, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by phone only. The
face-to-face meeting on June 21-23, 2010 will be held at the Washington
Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005;
telephone (202) 737-2200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain information concerning the public teleconference and/or public
meeting may contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, Designated Federal Officer (DFO),
EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
by telephone/voice mail at (202) 343-9878 or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov.
General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning
the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the EPA Web site
at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is hereby given that the SAB PAH
Mixtures Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to discuss the
plans for the subsequent public face-to-face meeting to conduct a peer
review of the EPA's draft technical document, Development of a Relative
Potency Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)
Mixtures, External Review Draft (February 2010). The SAB was
established pursuant to 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 FACA. The
SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB
Staff Office procedural policies.
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). NCEA's IRIS Program has developed a
draft technical document entitled, Development of a Relative Potency
Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)
Mixtures, for estimating cancer risk from exposure to PAH mixtures. ORD
has requested that the Science Advisory Board (SAB) conduct a review of
this draft document.
In response to ORD's request, the SAB Staff Office solicited
nominations of experts and formed a review panel for PAH Mixtures
[Federal Register Notice dated October 21, 2009 (74 FR 54047-54048)].
The panel will conduct a review of EPA's February 2010 External Review
Draft of its technical document, Development of a Relative Potency
Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)
Mixtures. Specifically, the panel is being asked to provide
recommendations on the rationale for recommending an RPF approach, the
evaluation of the carcinogenicity of individual PAHs, the methods for
dose response assessment
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and RPF calculation, the selection of PAHs to include in the RPF
approach, the derivation of RPFs for selected PAHs, and the
uncertainties and limitations associated with the RPF approach. The
purpose of the teleconference is for the panel to receive a briefing on
the draft technical document and for members to clarify the charge to
the panel. During the face-to-face meeting, the panel will review the
technical document.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Agendas and materials in support
of these meetings will be placed on the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of each meeting. For technical questions and
information concerning EPA's draft document, please contact Dr. Lynn
Flowers at (703) 347-8537, or flowers.lynn@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific
advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the
public can submit comments for a federal advisory committee to consider
as it develops advice for EPA. They should send their comments directly
to the Designated Federal Officer for the relevant advisory committee.
Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to three
minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of 30 minutes for all
speakers. At the face-to-face meeting, presentations will be limited to
five minutes, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers.
Each person making an oral statement should consider providing written
comments as well as their oral statement so that the points presented
orally can be expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should
contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the
contact information noted above by June 1, 2010 for the teleconference
and by June 14, 2010 for the face-to-face meeting, to be placed on the
list of public speakers. Written Statements: Written statements should
be supplied to the DFO via email at the contact information noted above
by June 1, 2010 for the teleconference and by June 14, 2010 for the
face-to-face meeting so that the information may be made available to
the Committee members for their consideration. Written statements
should be supplied in one of the following electronic formats: Adobe
Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format. Submitters are requested to provide versions
of signed documents, 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 Mr. Aaron Yeow at (202)
343-9878 or yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten days prior
to each meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: May 12, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.
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