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from the most-recently approved ICR 

due to the use of updated labor rates. 

This ICR references labor rates from the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate 

respondent burden costs, and references 

labor rates from OPM to calculate 

Agency burden costs. 

There is an increase in both capital/ 

startup and O&M costs as compared to 

the previous ICR; however, this change 

also is not due to any program changes. 

Similar to the respondent burden 

adjustments, the change is due to the 

increased number of sources estimated 

to be subject to the standard, and is not 

due to any program changes. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9903–22–ORD; Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2013–0232] 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment 

for Nitrogen Oxides—Health Criteria 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period for the draft 

document titled, ‘‘First External Review 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment for 

Nitrogen Oxides—Health Criteria’’ 

(EPA/600/R–13/202). The draft 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development as part of the review 

of the primary (health-based) national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The 

Integrated Science Assessment (ISA), in 

conjunction with additional technical 

and policy assessments, provide the 

scientific basis for EPA decisions on the 

adequacy of the current NAAQS and the 

appropriateness of possible alternative 

standards. EPA intends to develop a 

separate ISA, and NAAQS review, for 

the secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS 

for NO2, in conjunction with a review of 

the secondary NAAQS for sulfur 

dioxide. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

to seek review by the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

and the public (meeting date and 

location to be specified in a separate 

Federal Register notice). This draft 

document is not final as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. EPA will consider any public 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice when revising the document. 

DATES: The 60-day public comment 

period begins November 22, 2013, and 

ends January 21, 2014. Comments must 

be received on or before January 21, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘First External Review 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment for 

Nitrogen Oxides—Health Criteria’’ will 

be available primarily via the Internet 

on NCEA’s home page under the Recent 

Additions and Publications menus at 

http://www.epa.gov/ncea or the public 

docket at http://www.regulations.gov, 

Docket ID: EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0232. 

A limited number of CD–ROM copies 

will be available. Contact Ms. Marieka 

Boyd by phone: 919–541–0031; fax: 

919–541–5078; or email: boyd.marieka@

epa.gov to request a CD–ROM, and 

please provide your name, your mailing 

address, and the document title, ‘‘First 

External Review Draft Integrated 

Science Assessment for Nitrogen 

Oxides—Health Criteria’’ to facilitate 

processing of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the ORD Docket at the 

EPA Headquarters Docket Center; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–9744; or email: Docket_ORD@

epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact Dr. 

Molini Patel, NCEA; telephone: 919– 

541–1492; facsimile: 919–541–1818; or 

email: patel.molini@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Section 108 (a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to identify 

certain pollutants which, among other 

things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air 

pollution which may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or 

welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria 

for them. These 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. . . .’’ 

Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is 

then to establish NAAQS for each 

pollutant for which EPA has issued 

criteria. Section 109 (d) of the Act 

subsequently requires periodic review 

and, if appropriate, revision of existing 

air quality criteria to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. EPA is also required to review 

and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, 

based on the revised air quality criteria 

(for more information on the NAAQS 

review process, see http://www.epa.gov/ 

ttn/naaqs/review.html). 

Nitrogen oxides are one of six criteria 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an ISA (formerly 

called an Air Quality Criteria 

Document). The ISA, in conjunction 

with additional technical and policy 

assessments, provides the scientific 

basis for EPA decisions on the adequacy 

of the current NAAQS and the 

appropriateness of possible alternative 

standards. The CASAC, an independent 

science advisory committee whose 

review and advisory functions are 

mandated by Section 109 (d) (2) of the 

Clean Air Act, is charged (among other 

things) with independent scientific 

review of EPA’s air quality criteria. 

On February 10, 2012 (77 FR 7149), 

EPA formally initiated its current 

review of the air quality criteria for the 

health effects of nitrogen oxides and the 

primary (health-based) NO2 NAAQS, 

requesting the submission of recent 

scientific information on specified 

topics. EPA held a workshop February 

29 to March 1, 2012, to discuss with 

invited scientific experts from internal 

and external to EPA, key science and 

policy issues relevant to the review of 

the health effects of nitrogen oxides (77 

FR 7149). EPA’s ‘‘Draft Plan for 

Development of the Integrated Science 

Assessment for Nitrogen Oxides— 

Health Criteria’’ was made available for 

public comment on May 3, 2013 (78 FR 

26026), and was discussed by the 

CASAC via a publicly accessible 

teleconference consultation on June 5, 

2013 (78 FR 27234). On June 11, 2013, 

EPA held a workshop to discuss, with 

invited scientific experts, initial draft 

materials prepared in the development 

of the ISA (78 FR 27374). 

A draft Integrated Review Plan (IRP) 

is being developed that will characterize 

all of the phases of the review of the 

primary NAAQS for NO2, including the 

schedule for the entire review, the 

process for conducting the various 

phases of the review, and the key 

policy-relevant science issues that will 

guide the review. The draft IRP will 

incorporate a revised plan for ISA 

development after consideration of 

CASAC and public comments on the 

draft plan for development of the ISA. 

The draft IRP will be reviewed by 

CASAC and the public together with the 

first draft ISA at a public meeting. The 

availability of the draft IRP for review 

by CASAC and the public, and the date 

and location of the public meeting, will 


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be announced in separate Federal 

Register notices. 

The ‘‘First External Review Draft 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Nitrogen Oxides—Health Criteria’’ will 

be discussed at a public meeting for 

review by CASAC and the public. In 

addition to the public comment period 

announced in this notice, the public 

will have an opportunity to address 

CASAC. A separate Federal Register 

notice will inform the public of the 

exact date and time of the CASAC 

meeting and of the procedures for 

public participation in that CASAC 

meeting. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0232, by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The phone number is 202– 

566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. If you provide comments 

by mail or hand delivery, please submit 

three copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0232. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information through 

www.regulations.gov or email that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected. The 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 

email comment directly to EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your email 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the 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 materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Dated: October 30, 2013. 

Debra B. Walsh, 

Acting Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9012–2] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly Receipt of Environmental 

Impact Statements 

Filed 11/11/2013 through 11/15/2013. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

NOTICE: Section 309(a) of the Clean 

Air Act requires that EPA make public 

its comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA’s 

weekly receipt of EISs filed during the 

week of 11/04/2013 through 11/08/2013 

can be found in Wednesday, November 

20th, Federal Register publication and 

on EPA’s Web site at: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20130338, Final EIS, USFS, OR, 

Summit Logan Valley Grazing 

Authorization Project, Review Period 

Ends: 12/30/2013, Contact: Randall J. 

Gould 541–820–3801. 

EIS No. 20130339, Draft EIS, BLM, OR, 

Oregon Sub-Region Greater SageGrouse Draft Resource Management 

Plan Amendment, Comment Period 

Ends: 02/20/2014, Contact: Joan 

Suther 541–573–4445. 

EIS No. 20130340, Draft EIS, USFS, AZ, 

Programmatic—Revision of the 

Coronado National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan, Comment 

Period Ends: 02/20/2014, Contact: 

Yolynda Begay 520–388–8370. 

EIS No. 20130341, Final Supplement, 

BLM, NV, Ruby Pipeline Project, 

Review Period Ends: 12/23/2013, 

Contact: Mark Mackiewicz 435–636– 

3616. 

EIS No. 20130342, Draft EIS, USA, CA, 

Modernization and Repair of Piers 2 

and 3 at Military Ocean Terminal 

Concord, Comment Period Ends: 

01/06/2014, Contact: Malcolm E. 

Charles 925–246–4023. 

EIS No. 20130343, Draft Supplement, 

NPS, FL, Biscayne National Park 

Supplemental Draft General 

Management Plan, Comment Period 

Ends: 02/20/2014, Contact: Morgan 

Elmer 303–969–2317. 

EIS No. 20130344, Draft Supplement, 

FHWA, NC, Monroe Connector/

Bypass, Comment Period Ends: 

01/06/2014, Contact: Jennifer Harris 

(NCDOT) 919–707–6025. 

EIS No. 20130345, Final EIS, DOE, LA, 

Lake Charles Carbon Capture and 

Sequestration Project, Review Period 

Ends: 12/23/2013, Contact: Pieri 

Fayish 412–386–5428. 

EIS No. 20130346, Draft EIS, USFS, CA, 

Blacksmith Forest Health Project, 

Comment Period Ends: 01/06/2014, 

Contact: Dana Walsh 530–333–5558. 

EIS No. 20130347, Final Supplement, 

USFS, CA, Southern California 

National Forests Land Management 


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