76894 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 246 / Thursday, December 23, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[OAR–2003–0023; FRL–7852–4] 

RIN 2060–AK49 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 

Categories: Organic Hazardous Air 

Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic 

Chemical Manufacturing Industry and 

Other Processes Subject to the 

Negotiated Regulation for Equipment 

Leaks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule, amendments.

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend the National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 

Categories: Organic Hazardous Air 

Pollutants from the Synthetic Organic 

Chemical Manufacturing Industry and 

Other Processes Subject to the 

Negotiated Regulation for Equipment 

Leaks. The standards are commonly 

known as the Hazardous Organic 

NESHAP or the HON. This action 

proposes to amend the HON to allow 

vapor balancing in conjunction with the 

use of a pressure setting to comply with 

the storage tank control requirements of 

the standards. 

In the Rules and Regulations section 

of this Federal Register, we are taking 

direct final action on the proposed 

amendments because we view the 

amendments as noncontroversial, and 

we anticipate no adverse comments. We 

have explained our reasons for the 

proposed amendments in the preamble 

to the direct final rule. If we receive no 

adverse comments, we will take no 

further action on the proposed rule. If 

we receive any timely adverse 

comments, we will publish a notice 

withdrawing the direct final rule. All 

such comments will be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. We will not institute a 

second comment period on that 

subsequent final rule. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time.

DATES: Comments. Written comments 

must be received by January 24, 2005, 

unless a public hearing is requested by 

January 3, 2005. If a public hearing is 

requested, written comments must be 

received by February 7, 2005. 

Public Hearing. If anyone contacts the 

EPA requesting to speak at a public 

hearing, a public hearing will be held on 

January 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. OAR–2003–

0023, by one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments.

• Agency Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET, EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, is EPA’s preferred method for 

receiving comments. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: air-and-r-docket@epa.gov.

• Fax: (202) 566–1741. 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

Please include a duplicate copy, if 

possible. 

• Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation 

Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Room B–108, Washington, DC 20460. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

We request that a separate copy also 

be sent to the contact person listed 

below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. OAR–2003–0023. EPA’s 

policy is that all comments received 

will be included in the public docket 

without change and may be made 

available online at http://www.epa.gov/

edocket, 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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through EDOCKET, 

regulations.gov, or e-mail. The EPA 

EDOCKET and the federal 

regulations.gov Web sites are 

‘‘anonymous access’’ systems, 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 

EDOCKET or 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 

EDOCKET on-line or see the Federal 

Register of May 31, 2002 (67 FR 38102). 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the EDOCKET index at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

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

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in EDOCKET or in hard 

copy at the Air and Radiation Docket, 

EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC. The 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, 

and the telephone number for the Air 

Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

Public Hearing. If a public hearing is 

held, it will be held at 10 a.m. at the 

EPA’s Environmental Research Center 

Auditorium, Research Triangle Park, 

North Carolina or at an alternate site 

nearby.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Randy McDonald, Organic Chemicals 

Group, Emission Standards Division 

(Mail Code C504–04), U.S. EPA, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711, telephone number (919) 541–

5402, electronic mail address 

mcdonald.randy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulated 

Entities. The regulated category and 

entities affected by this action include:

Category N A I C 

S code 

Examples of regulated entities 

Industrial ...... 325 Chemical manufacturing facilities. 

This table is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers likely to be interested in the 

revisions to the regulation affected by 

this action. To determine whether your 

facility, company, business, 

organization, etc., is regulated by this 

action, you should carefully examine all 

of the applicability criteria in (40 CFR 

63.100). If you have questions regarding 

the applicability of the amendments to 

a particular entity, consult the person 

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listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through EDOCKET, 

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. 

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. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

Public Hearing. Persons interested in 

presenting oral testimony or inquiring 

as to whether a hearing is to be held 

should contact Mr. Randy McDonald, 

Organic Chemicals Group, Emission 

Standards Division (Mail Code C504–

04), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, 

North Carolina 27711, telephone 

number (919) 541–5402, electronic mail 

address mcdonald.randy@epa.gov., at 

least 2 days in advance of the potential 

date of the public hearing. Persons 

interested in attending the public 

hearing must also call Mr. Randy 

McDonald to verify the time, date, and 

location of the hearing. The public 

hearing will provide interested parties 

the opportunity to present data, views, 

or arguments concerning these proposed 

emission standards. 

Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition 

to being available in the docket, an 

electronic copy of today’s proposal will 

also be available on the WWW through 

the Technology Transfer Network 

(TTN). Following signature, a copy of 

this action will be posted on the TTN’s 

policy and guidance page for newly 

proposed rules at http://www.epa.gov/

ttn/oarpg. The TTN provides 

information and technology exchange in 

various areas of air pollution control. If 

more information regarding the TTN is 

needed, call the TTN HELP line at (919) 

541–5384. 

Direct Final Rule. A direct final rule 

identical to the proposal is published in 

the Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register. If we receive any 

adverse comment pertaining to the 

amendment in the proposal, we will 

publish a timely notice in the Federal 

Register informing the public that the 

amendments are being withdrawn due 

to adverse comment. We will address all 

public comments concerning the 

withdrawn amendments in a subsequent 

final rule. If no relevant adverse 

comments are received, no further 

action will be taken on the proposal, 

and the direct final rule will become 

effective as provided in that action. 

The regulatory text for the proposal is 

identical to that for the direct final rule 

published in the Rules and Regulations 

section of this Federal Register. For 

further supplemental information, the 

detailed rationale for the proposal, and 

the regulatory revisions, see the 

information provided in the direct final 

rule published in a separate part of this 

Federal Register.

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

Under Executive Order 12866, (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993) the Agency 

must determine whether the regulatory 

action is ‘‘significant’’ and, therefore, 

subject to Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) review and the 

requirements of the Executive Order. 

The Executive Order defines 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ as one 

that is likely to result in a rule that may: 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more or 

adversely affect in a material way the 

economy, a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities; 

(2) create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) materially alter the budgetary 

impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

set forth in the Executive Order. 

It has been determined that the 

proposed rule amendments are not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

the terms of Executive Order 12866 and 

are, therefore, not subject to OMB 

review. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This action does not impose any new 

information collection burden. This 

action gives a source owner or operator 

the option of using vapor balancing to 

comply with the standards. Since it is 

only an option, this action will not 

increase the information collection 

burden. However, the OMB has 

previously approved the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

existing regulations under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and has 

assigned OMB control number 2060–

0282 (EPA ICR No. 1414.04). 

A copy of the OMB approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

may be obtained from Susan Auby, 

Collection Strategies Division; U.S. EPA 

(2822T); 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, or by calling 

(202) 566–1672. Include the ICR or OMB 

number in any correspondence. 

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; 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. 

An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

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control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed 

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

The EPA has determined that it is not 

necessary to prepare a regulatory 

flexibility analysis in connection with 

the proposed rule. 

For purposes of assessing the impacts 

of today’s proposed amendments on 

small entities, a small entity is defined 

as: (1) A small business in the North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) code 325 that has up to 

500 employees; (2) a small 

governmental jurisdiction that is a 

government of a city, county, town, 

school district or special district with a 

population of less than 50,000; and (3) 

a small organization that is any not-forprofit enterprise which is independently 

owned and operated and is not 

dominant in its field.

After considering the economic 

impacts of today’s proposed 

amendments on small entities, EPA has 

concluded that this action will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. In 

determining whether a proposed rule 

has a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities, the 

impact of concern is any significant 

adverse economic impact, since the 

primary purpose of the regulatory 

flexibility analysis is to identify and 

address regulatory alternatives ‘‘which 

minimize any significant economic 

impact of the proposed rule on small 

entities (5 U.S.C. sections 603 and 

604).’’ Thus, any agency may conclude 

that a rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities if the rule 

relieves regulatory burden or otherwise 

has a positive economic effect on all of 

the small entities subject to the rule. 

The proposed amendments add a 

compliance option granting greater 

flexibility to small entities subject to the 

HON that may result in a more efficient 

use of resources for them and, therefore, 

impose no additional regulatory costs or 

requirements on owners or operators of 

affected sources. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public 

Law 104–4, establishes requirements for 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their regulatory actions on State, local, 

and tribal governments and the private 

sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, 

the EPA generally must prepare a 

written statement, including a costbenefit analysis, for proposed and final 

rules with ‘‘Federal mandates’’ that may 

result in expenditures by State, local, 

and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 

or by the private sector, of $100 million 

or more in any 1 year. Before 

promulgating an EPA rule for which a 

written statement is needed, section 205 

of the UMRA generally requires the EPA 

to identify and consider a reasonable 

number of regulatory alternatives and 

adopt the least-costly, most costeffective, or least burdensome 

alternative that achieves the objectives 

of the rule. The provisions of section 

205 do not apply when they are 

inconsistent with applicable law. 

Moreover, section 205 allows the EPA to 

adopt an alternative other than the leastcostly, most cost effective, or leastburdensome alternative if the 

Administrator publishes with the rule 

an explanation why that alternative was 

not adopted. Before the EPA establishes 

any regulatory requirements that may 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments, including tribal 

governments, it must have developed 

under section 203 of the UMRA a small 

government agency plan. The plan must 

provide for notifying potentially 

affected small governments to have 

meaningful and timely input in the 

development of EPA regulatory 

proposals with significant Federal 

intergovernmental mandates, and 

informing, educating, and advising 

small governments on compliance with 

the regulatory requirements. 

The EPA has determined that the 

proposed rule amendments do not 

contain a Federal mandate that may 

result in expenditures of $100 million or 

more for State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or the 

private sector in any 1 year. The 

proposed rule amendments provide a 

source owner or operator with another 

option to comply with the standards. 

Therefore, the proposed rule 

amendments are not subject to the 

requirements of sections 202 and 205 of 

the UMRA. 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999) requires the EPA to 

develop an accountable process to 

ensure ‘‘meaningful and timely input by 

State and local officials in the 

development of regulatory policies that 

have federalism implications.’’ ‘‘Policies 

that have federalism implications’’ is 

defined in the Executive Order to 

include regulations that have 

‘‘substantial direct effects on the States, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government.’’

The proposed rule amendments do 

not have federalism implications. They 

will not have substantial direct effects 

on the States, on the relationship 

between the national government and 

the States, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government, as 

specified in Executive Order 13132. The 

proposed rule amendments provide a 

source owner or operator with another 

option to comply with the standards 

and, therefore, impose no additional 

burden on sources. Thus, Executive 

Order 13132 does not apply to the 

proposed rule amendments. 

In the spirit of Executive Order 13132 

and consistent with EPA policy to 

promote communications between the 

EPA and State and local governments, 

the EPA specifically solicits comment 

on the proposed rule amendments from 

State and local officials. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000) requires the EPA to 

develop an accountable process to 

ensure ‘‘meaningful and timely input by 

tribal officials in the development of 

regulatory policies that have tribal 

implications.’’ The proposed rule 

amendments do not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175. The proposed rule 

amendments provide a source owner or 

operator with another option to comply 

with the standards and, therefore, 

impose no additional burden on 

sources. Thus, Executive Order 13175 

does not apply to the proposed rule 

amendments. 

The EPA specifically solicits 

additional comment on the proposed 

rule amendments from tribal officials. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997) applies to any rule that: 

(1) is determined to be ‘‘economically 

significant’’ as defined under Executive 

Order 12866, and (2) concerns an 

environmental health or safety risk that 

the EPA has reason to believe may have 

a disproportionate effect on children. If 

the regulatory action meets both criteria, 

the EPA must evaluate the 

environmental health or safety effects of 

the planned rule on children, and 

explain why the planned regulation is 

preferable to other potentially effective 

and reasonably feasible alternatives 

considered by the EPA. 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

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regulatory actions that are based on 

health or safety risks, such that the 

analysis required under section 5–501 of 

the Executive Order has the potential to 

influence the regulation. Today’s 

proposed rule amendments are not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because they are based on technology 

performance, not health or safety risks. 

Furthermore, the proposed rule 

amendments have been determined not 

to be ‘‘economically significant’’ as 

defined under Executive Order 12866. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

The proposed rule amendments are 

not subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 

FR 28355, May 22, 2001) because they 

are not a significant regulatory action 

under Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law No. 

104–113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note), 

directs the EPA to use voluntary 

consensus standards in its regulatory 

activities unless to do so would be 

inconsistent with applicable law or 

otherwise impractical. Voluntary 

consensus standards are technical 

standards (e.g., materials specifications, 

test methods, sampling procedures, and 

business practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. The NTTAA directs 

the EPA to provide Congress, through 

OMB, explanations when the Agency 

decides not to use available and 

applicable voluntary consensus 

standards. 

No new standard requirements are 

cited in the proposed rule amendments. 

Therefore, the EPA is not proposing or 

adopting any voluntary consensus 

standards in the proposed rule 

amendments.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Hazardous 

substances, Intergovernmental relations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Michael O. Leavitt, 

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 04–27991 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 141

[FRL–7854–3] 

Notice of a Public Meeting To Discuss 

Research Related to the Stage 2 

Disinfectants and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of a public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is holding a public 

meeting to discuss recent research 

related to the proposed Stage 2 

Disinfectants and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule (DBPR).

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern time, on 

Tuesday, January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on 

the first floor of the East Building of 

EPA Headquarters in Room 1153. The 

address is EPA East, 1201 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about this meeting, 

contact Sarah Bahrman by phone at 

(202) 564–2335, by e-mail at 

bahrman.sarah@epa.gov, or by mail at: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mail Code 4607M, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. For 

technical inquiries regarding the Stage 2 

Disinfectants and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule, contact Tom Grubbs at 

(202) 564–5262, or by e-mail: 

grubbs.thomas@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the public meeting is to 

discuss recent research related to the 

Stage 2 DBPR. EPA proposed the Stage 

2 DBPR on August 18, 2003 (68 FR 

49547) and is currently working on the 

final rule. The proposed Stage 2 DBPR 

was developed based on 

recommendations from a Federal 

Advisory Committee, which consisted 

of a broad range of stakeholders. EPA 

will build on this collaborative process 

by way of this public meeting. 

Research areas and examples of recent 

studies that the Agency plans to discuss 

at the meeting are listed at the end of 

this notice. This is not a comprehensive 

list of all recent disinfection byproduct 

research. A longer list of recent research 

can be found on the Agency’s Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/stage2/

index.html. All copyrighted studies are 

available only in hard copy form and are 

accessible at the Water Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The 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, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is (202) 

566–2426.

Attendees will have an opportunity to 

make oral remarks at specific points 

during the meeting. EPA also welcomes 

written remarks received by February 

17, 2005, which can be sent to Sarah 

Bahrman by e-mail or by mail at the 

address listed in the previous section. 

The main entrance to the building on 

Constitution Avenue is a short distance 

from the Federal Triangle Metro Station, 

which is located on 12th Street between 

Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues 

and is served by the Blue and Orange 

Lines. Please note that attendees will be 

required to pass through security checks 

at the front desk and obtain a visitor’s 

badge. All attendees will need to 

present a photo I.D. The building is 

accessible to persons using wheelchairs 

or scooters. Any person needing special 

accommodations at this meeting, 

including wheelchair access, should 

contact Sarah Bahrman (contact 

information provided in the previous 

section) at least five business days 

before the meeting so that the Agency 

can make appropriate arrangements. 

Examples of Recent Research 

Reproductive and Developmental 

Epidemiology 

Cedergren, M.I., A.J. Selbing, O. Lofman, 

et al. 2002. Chlorination byproducts 

and nitrate in drinking water and risk 

for congenital cardiac defects. 

Environmental Research. 89(2): 124–

130

Dodds, L., W. King, A.C. Allen, B.A. 

Armson, D.B. Deshayne and C. 

Nimrod. 2004. Trihalomethanes in 

public water supplies and risk of 

stillbirth. Epidemiology. 15(2):179–

186

Fenster L., K. Waller, G. Windham, T. 

Henneman, M. Anderson, P. Mendola, 

J.W. Overstreet and S.H. Swan. 2003. 

Trihalomethane levels in home tap 

water and semen quality. 

Epidemiology. 14:650–658

Hwang B.F. and J.J.K. Jaakkola. 2003. 

Water chlorination and birth defects: 

A systematic review and metaanalysis. Archives of Environmental 

Health. 58(2):83–91

Infante-Rivard, C. 2004. Drinking water 

contaminants, gene polymorphisms, 

and fetal growth. Environmental 

Health Perspectives. 112(11):1213–

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