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necessary to adaptively manage the 

program in support of these mandates. 

The Chesapeake Registry includes 

detailed information about the activities 

and funding conducted and planned by 

partner and stakeholder organizations. 

The organizations provide project 

information on the nature of the 

activity, responsible organization, 

organizational point of contact, resource 

levels, geographic location, and major 

milestones on progress towards 

Chesapeake Bay protection and 

restoration efforts. Funds reported in the 

Chesapeake Registry are linked to an 

organization’s own resource base so that 

data associated with a set of funds is 

entered only by the originator of the 

funding. The information is organized 

by programmatic goal and desired 

result, which aligns activities to the 

goals of the program and helps to 

provide an accurate depiction of 

restoration activities, progress, and 

results. The information collection, as 

envisioned, will be conducted annually. 

Summary level information from the 

Chesapeake Registry is available at 

http://cap.chesapeakebay.net. 

Each reporting organization is 

assigned a user ID and password. 

Security measures have been 

established to protect data that have 

been entered, including maintaining the 

data on a secure server on a secure 

network, and confirming the data with 

each reporting organization. Participants 

in the information collection are able to 

search the reporting system database 

application and view standard reports. 

Partners will use the enhanced and 

expanded data to update performance 

management dashboards that 

summarize and synthesize information 

so the program partners and 

stakeholders can understand, at a 

glance, the progress being made in key 

program areas. The dashboards include 

measures of progress, information about 

resources and strategic analyses of what 

needs to be done to improve 

implementation. In addition, EPA 

anticipates that some of the partners and 

stakeholders will use the reporting 

system as a tool for their own 

management and planning efforts. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 64.8 hours per 

response for state and local government 

agencies and 11.5 hours per response for 

non-government organizations. Burden 

means the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining 

information, and disclosing and 

providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: State 

and local governments and nongovernment organizations within the 

Chesapeake Bay watershed. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 50 

(30 State and local governments, 20 

non-government organizations) initially 

but will likely increase over time. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,001. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$56,738. 

Changes in the Estimates: EPA 

anticipates an annual, gradual change in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. 

Dated: January 20, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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Release of Draft Documents Related to 

the Review of the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Particulate 

Matter 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Availability of draft documents 

for public comment. 

SUMMARY: On or about January 19, 2010, 

the Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is making 

available for public comment a draft 

assessment document titled, Particulate 

Matter Urban-Focused Visibility 

Assessment—Second External Review 

Draft. On or about January 29, 2010, 

OAQPS is making available for public 

comment a second draft assessment 

document titled, Quantitative Health 

Risk Assessment for Particulate 

Matter—Second External Review Draft. 

These two draft assessment documents 

describe the quantitative analyses that 

are being conducted as part of the 

review of the national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) for 

particulate matter (PM). In addition, on 

or about February 26, 2010, OAQPS will 

make available for public comment a 

third draft document titled, Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the 

Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards—First External 

Review Draft. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before March 15, 2010, for the 

draft document titled, Particulate Matter 

Urban-Focused Visibility Assessment— 

Second External Review Draft and 

Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for 

Particulate Matter—Second External 

Review Draft. Comments should be 

submitted on or before April 12, 2010, 

for the draft document titled, Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the 

Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards—First External 

Review Draft. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–0492, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Comments may be sent by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0492. 

• Fax: Fax your comments to 202– 

566–9744, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0492. 

• Mail: Send your comments to: Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0492. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

your comments to: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 

3334, Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007– 

0492. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available on-line at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

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1EPA 452R–08–004; March 2008; Available: 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/s_

pm_2007_pd.html. 

2See http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/ 

WebProjectsbyTopicCASAC!OpenView for more 

information on CASAC activities related to the 

current PM NAAQS review. 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. This Docket Facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

Docket telephone number is 202–566– 

1742; fax 202–566–9744. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to the draft document 

titled, Particulate Matter Urban-Focused 

Visibility Assessment—Second External 

Review Draft (EPA–452/P–10–002; 

January 2010), please contact Ms. Vicki 

Sandiford, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (Mail code 

C504–06), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711; e-mail: 

sandiford.vicki@epa.gov; telephone: 

919–541–2629; fax: 919–541–0237. 

For questions related to the draft 

document titled, Quantitative Health 

Risk Assessment for Particulate 

Matter—Second External Review Draft 

(EPA–452/P–10–001; January 2010), 

please contact Dr. Zachary Pekar, Office 

of Air Quality Planning and Standards 

(Mail code C504–06), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

e-mail: pekar.zachary@epa.gov; 

telephone: 919–541–3704; fax: 919– 

541–0237. 

For questions related to the draft 

document titled, Policy Assessment for 

the Review of the Particulate Matter 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: First External Review Draft 

(EPA–452/P–10–003; February 2010), 

please contact Ms. Beth Hassett-Sipple, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (Mail code C504–06), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

e-mail: hassett-sipple.beth@epa.gov; 

telephone: 919–541–4605; fax: 919– 

541–0237. 

General Information 

A. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 these 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 primary (healthbased) and secondary (welfare-based) 

NAAQS for pollutants for which air 

quality criteria are issued. 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, if appropriate, 

revise the NAAQS based on the revised 

air quality criteria. 

Air quality criteria have been 

established for PM and NAAQS have 

been established for PM2.5 and PM10 to 

provide protection from fine and coarse 

particles, respectively. Presently, EPA is 

reviewing the air quality criteria and 

NAAQS for PM. The EPA’s overall plan 

and schedule for this review is 

presented in the Integrated Review Plan 

for the National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Particulate Matter.1 A 

draft of the integrated review plan was 

released for public review and comment 

in October 2007 and was the subject of 

a consultation with the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

on November 30, 2007 (72 FR 63177; 

November 8, 2007).2 Comments 

received from that consultation and 

from the public were considered in 

finalizing the plan and in beginning the 

review of the air quality criteria. 

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3See http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/review.html 

for more information on the NAAQS review 

process. 

4EPA–452/P–09–001 and –002; February 2009; 

Available: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/ 

standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pd.html. 

5EPA/600/R–08/139F; December 2009; Available: 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/ 

s_pm_2007_isa.html. 

As part of EPA’s review of the 

primary and secondary PM NAAQS,3

the Agency is conducting quantitative 

assessments characterizing (1) the 

health risks associated with exposure to 

ambient PM, and (2) urban visibility 

impairment associated with ambient 

PM. The EPA’s plans for conducting 

these assessments, including the 

proposed scope and methods of the 

analyses, were presented in two 

planning documents titled, Particulate 

Matter National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: Scope and Methods Plan for 

Health Risk and Exposure Assessment 

and Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards: Scope 

and Methods Plan for Urban Visibility 

Impact Assessment (henceforth, Scope 

and Methods Plans).4 These documents 

were released for public comment in 

February 2009 and were the subject of 

a consultation with the CASAC on April 

2, 2009 (74 FR 11580; March 18, 2009). 

The draft assessment documents 

announced today convey the 

approaches taken to assess exposures to 

ambient PM and to characterize 

associated health risks or urban 

visibility impairment, as well as present 

the initial key results, observations, and 

related uncertainties associated with the 

quantitative analyses performed. Earlier 

drafts of these documents were released 

for CASAC review and public comment 

in September 2009 (74 FR 46589; 

September 10, 2009). The EPA extended 

the public comment period to provide 

stakeholders and the public with 

adequate time to conduct analyses and 

prepare meaningful comments (74 FR 

51148; October 5, 2009). The first draft 

assessment documents were the subject 

of a CASAC review meeting on October 

5 and 6, 2009 (74 FR 46586; September 

10, 2009). 

The second draft titled, Particulate 

Matter Urban-Focused Visibility 

Assessment will be available on or 

about January 19, 2010. The second 

draft Quantitative Health Risk 

Assessment for Particulate Matter will 

be available on or about January 29, 

2010, through the Agency’s Technology 

Transfer Network (TTN) Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/ 

standards/pm/s_pm_2007_risk.html. 

In addition, on or about February 26, 

2010, EPA will make available a third 

draft document titled Policy Assessment 

for the Review of the National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards: First External 

Review Draft. This document will serve 

to ‘‘bridge the gap’’ between the 

scientific information and the 

judgments required of the Administrator 

in determining whether it is appropriate 

to retain or revise the standards. The 

Policy Assessment will build upon 

information presented in the Integrated 

Science Assessment for Particulate 

Matter (Final Report) 5 and the two draft 

assessment documents described above. 

The first draft Policy Assessment may 

be accessed online through EPA’s TTN 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

naaqs/standards/pm/ 

s_pm_2007_pa.html. 

The EPA is soliciting advice and 

recommendations from the CASAC by 

means of a review of these three draft 

documents at upcoming public meetings 

of the CASAC that will be held in March 

2010. Information about these public 

meetings, including the dates and 

locations, will be published as a 

separate notice in the Federal Register. 

Following the CASAC meetings, EPA 

will consider comments received from 

the CASAC and the public in preparing 

revisions to these documents. 

The draft documents briefly described 

above do not represent and should not 

be construed to represent any final EPA 

policy, viewpoint, or determination. 

The EPA will consider any public 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice when revising the documents. 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

Jeffrey S. Clark, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC); 

Ambient Air Methods and Monitoring 

Subcommittee (AAMMS); Meeting and 

Public Teleconference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is 

announcing a public meeting of the 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Ambient Air 

Monitoring & Methods Subcommittee 

(AAMMS or Subcommittee) to provide 

advice concerning ambient air 

monitoring issues for the Particulate 

Matter (PM) National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) related to 

urban visibility. The chartered CASAC 

will subsequently hold a public 

teleconference to review and approve 

the Subcommittee’s report. 

DATES: The CASAC AAMMS meeting 

will be held on Tuesday, February 24, 

2010 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern 

Time) and Wednesday, February 25, 

2010 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). The public teleconference will be 

held on March 26, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 

12 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the SAB Conference Center at 

1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

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 February 24–25, 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 March 

26, 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 

http://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 

AAMMS will hold a public meeting to 

provide advice on monitoring issues 

related PM urban visibility and that the 

chartered CASAC will hold a public 

teleconference to review and approve 

the Subcommittee’s draft report. 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 

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