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exempt from review by the Office of 

Management and Budget as required for 

rules and regulations by Executive 

Order 12866. 

In addition, this action is not a rule 

as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601(2). Therefore, EPA has 

not prepared a supporting regulatory 

flexibility analysis addressing the 

impact of this action on small business 

entities. 

Finally, the Administrator has 

delegated the authority to make 

determinations regarding waivers of 

Federal preemption under section 

209(b) of the Act to the Assistant 

Administrator for Air and Radiation.

Dated: September 30, 2004. 

Jeffrey R. Holmstead, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 

Radiation.

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of 

the Ecological Effects Subcommittee 

of the Advisory Council on Clean Air 

Compliance Analysis

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public meeting of the Ecological Effects 

Subcommittee (EES) of the Advisory 

Council on Clean Air Compliance 

Analysis (Council). The EES will 

discuss charge questions related to 

ecological issues as found in the Office 

of Air and Radiation’s Benefits and 

Costs of the Clean Air Act, Revised 

Analytic Plan for EPA’s Second 

Prospective Analysis, 1990–2020.

DATES: The public meeting of the 

Council EES will be held on November 

5, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern 

time). The meeting will be held at the 

SAB Conference Center, 1025 F Street, 

NW., Suite 3700, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding the SAB or the 

Council EES may contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer, 

at telephone/voice mail: (202) 343–9867 

or via e-mail at: 

stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB and the 

meeting location may be found on the 

SAB Web site at: www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation 

(OAR) conducts periodic, scientificallyreviewed studies to assess the costs and 

benefits of regulations promulgated 

under the Clean Air Act. The Council is 

an outside body of recognized experts 

charged with reviewing the data, 

methods and cost-benefit analyses 

conducted by OAR for implementing its 

programs. The EES is one of the 

Council’s three subcommittees. 

EPA has thus far issued one 

retrospective analysis of the Clean Air 

Act covering the 1970–1990 time period 

and one prospective analysis covering 

the 1990–2010 time period. EPA is 

planning a second prospective analysis 

covering the 1990–2020 time period and 

has issued two analytic blueprints for 

this analysis. The Council provided 

advice on these analytic blueprints in 

2001 and 2004, but deferred three 

charge questions pertaining to 

ecological effects to the EES. The 

Council’s reports may be found at: http:/

/www.epa.gov/sab/fiscal04.htm. OAR’s 

‘‘Section 812’’ reports are posted at: 

http://www.epa.gov/air/sect812/

index.html. Additional background on 

the Council and on the statutorily 

mandated analyses of the costs and 

benefits of Clean Air Act programs was 

provided in a Federal Register notice 

published on February 14, 2003 (68 FR 

7531–7534). 

The November 5, 2004 meeting will 

provide the Council EES an opportunity 

to address the Agency’s three charge 

questions pertaining to ecological issues 

and Clean Air Act regulations. These 

three charge questions (numbers 18–20) 

may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/

air/sect812/812chargequestions070303finalrevised.pdf. A meeting 

agenda will be posted on the SAB Web 

site prior to the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments 

It is the policy of the EPA SAB to 

accept written public comments of any 

length, and to accommodate oral public 

comments whenever possible. The SAB 

Staff Office expects that public 

statements presented at the EES meeting 

will not be repetitive of previously 

submitted oral or written statements. 

Oral Comments: In general, each 

individual or group requesting an oral 

presentation at a face-to-face meeting 

will be limited to a total time of ten 

minutes (unless otherwise indicated). 

Interested parties should contact the 

DFO in writing (e-mail, fax or mail—see 

contact information above) by close of 

business October 29, 2004, in order to 

be placed on the public speaker list for 

the meeting. Speakers should bring at 

least 35 copies of their comments and 

presentation slides for distribution to 

the participants and public at the 

meeting. Written Comments: Although 

the SAB Staff Office accepts written 

comments until the date of the meeting 

(unless otherwise stated), written 

comments should be received in the 

SAB Staff Office at least seven business 

days prior to the meeting date so that 

the comments may be made available to 

the panel for their consideration. 

Comments should be supplied to the 

DFO at the address/contact information 

noted above in the following formats: 

one hard copy with original signature, 

and one electronic copy via e-mail 

(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat, 

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Those providing written comments and 

who attend the meeting are also asked 

to bring 35 copies of their comments for 

public distribution. 

Meeting Accommodations 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access the public 

meetings listed above should contact the 

DFO at least five business days prior to 

the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made.

Dated: October 7, 2004. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office.

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of Advisory Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board Illegal 

Competitive Advantage Economic 

Benefit Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Illegal Competitive Advantage 

(ICA) Economic Benefit (EB) Advisory 

Panel will hold a public teleconference 

to finalize its draft advisory report to the 

Agency on economic methods related to 

assessing economic benefits attributed 

to non-compliance with EPA 

regulations.

DATES: The SAB ICA EB Advisory Panel 

will meet on November 4, 2004, via