Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council), 48327 [2010-19718]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 48327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19718]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Meeting of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis 
(Council)

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 the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis 
(Council). The Council will review a final draft of the EPA Office of 
Air and Radiation's Second Section 812 Prospective Analysis of the 
benefits and costs of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 2, 2010 from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Friday, September 3, 2010 from 
8:30 a.m. to noon (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Park Hyatt 
Washington, 1201 24th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain further information about this meeting may contact Ms. Stephanie 
Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 
Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/voice 
mail: (202) 564-2067 or e-mail at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. General 
information about the Council may be found on the Council Web site at 
https://www.epa.gov/advisorycouncilcaa.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 
5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on 
Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council) will hold a public meeting to 
review draft EPA documents prepared for the Second Section 812 
Prospective Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Clean Air Act. The Council was 
established in 1991 pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 
1990 (see 42 U.S.C. 7612) to provide advice, information and 
recommendations on technical and economic aspects of analyses and 
reports EPA prepares on the impacts of the CAA on the public health, 
economy, and environment of the United States. The Council is a Federal 
Advisory Committee chartered under FACA. The Council its subcommittees 
(Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee, Health Effects Subcommittee, and 
Ecological Effects Subcommittee) comply with the provisions of FACA and 
all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Pursuant to Section 812 of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments 
(CAAA), EPA conducts periodic studies to assess benefits and costs of 
the EPA's regulatory actions under the Clean Air Act. The Council has 
provided advice on an EPA retrospective study published in 1997 and an 
EPA prospective study completed in 1999. EPA initiated a second 
prospective study to evaluate the benefits and costs of EPA Clean Air 
programs for years 1990--2020. The Council has previously provided 
advice on the technical analyses prepared for this study. EPA's Office 
of Air and Radiation (OAR) has now completed the analytical work for 
the second prospective study, and has requested the Council's review of 
the draft synthesis report.
    Previous Reviews: The Council and its subcommittees have previously 
reviewed EPA documents prepared in support of the Office of Air and 
Radiation's Second Section 812 Prospective Study, and the advisory 
reports from these activities are available on the Council Web site at 
(https://www.epa.gov/advisorycouncilcaa). As announced previously 
(Federal Register, Vol 75, Number 73, Pages 19969-19971), the Council 
met on May 4-5, 2010 to review EPA reports on uncertainty and economic 
analyses of the costs and benefits of the CAAA, including valuation of 
health and welfare benefits, estimates of direct costs, and results 
from the EMPAX-CGE economy-wide modeling. The Council also reviewed 
chapters from the preliminary draft integrated report, and offered 
suggestions for improvement, summarized in a Council report, Advisory 
on a Preliminary Draft of the Second Section 812 Prospective Study of 
the Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act (April 2010). The purpose 
of the September 2-3, 2010 meeting is for the Council to review the 
revised version of the draft integrated report. Background information 
on this advisory activity is available on the Council Web site at 
https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/2nd_Prospective_812_Study?OpenDocument.
    Technical Contacts: The Office of Air and Radiation technical 
contact for the Second Section 812 Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Clean 
Air Act is Mr. Jim DeMocker at (202) 564-1673 or democker.jim@epa.gov.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Draft EPA documents provided to 
the Council are available at https://www.epa.gov/oar/sect812/prospective2.html and on the Council Web site. The meeting agenda for 
September 2-3, 2010 and any background materials will be posted on the 
Council Web site at (https://www.epa.gov/advisorycouncilcaa) prior to 
the meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written information on the group conducting 
the activity or written or oral information for the Council to consider 
on the topics of 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 
one hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact Ms. 
Sanzone at the contact information provided above by August 26, 2010, 
to be placed on the public speaker list for the September 2-3, 2010 
meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in 
the SAB Staff Office by August 26, 2010, so that the information may be 
made available to the Council for their consideration prior to the 
meeting. Written statements should be supplied to Ms. Sanzone 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). Submitters 
are asked to provide electronic 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 Ms. Sanzone at (202) 564-
2067, or via e-mail at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov, preferably at least 
ten (10) days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as 
possible to process your request.

    Dated: August 4, 2010.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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