14538 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 6, 2013 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL—9788–1] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

to review its draft letters on EPA’s 

Integrated Science Assessment for Lead 

(Third External Review Draft— 

November 2012) and EPA’s Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the Lead 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (First External Review 

Draft—January 2013). 

DATES: The CASAC will hold a 

teleconference on Wednesday, May 8, 

2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The CASAC public 

teleconference will take place via 

telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the CASAC’s 

public teleconference may contact Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) via telephone at (202) 

564–2073 or email at 

stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the CASAC can 

be found on the EPA Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CASAC was established pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 

1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409D(d)(2), 

to provide advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Administrator 

on the scientific and technical aspects of 

issues related to the criteria for air 

quality standards, research related to air 

quality, sources of air pollution, and the 

strategies to attain and maintain air 

quality standards and to prevent 

significant deterioration of air quality. 

The CASAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and 

EPA policy, notice is hereby given that 

the CASAC will hold a public 

teleconference review its draft letters on 

EPA’s third external review draft of the 

Integrated Science Assessment for Lead 

(November 2012) and EPA’s first 

external review draft of the Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the Lead 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (January 2013). These draft 

letters are being prepared as part of 

CASAC’s review of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for lead. The CASAC will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Section 109(d)(1) of 

the CAA requires that the Agency 

periodically review and revise, as 

appropriate, the air quality criteria and 

the NAAQS for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air 

pollutants, including lead. EPA is 

currently reviewing the primary (healthbased) and secondary (welfare-based) 

NAAQS for lead. The CASAC Lead 

Review Panel previously reviewed 

EPA’s first external review draft of the 

Integrated Science Assessment for Lead 

(May 2011) as reported in a CASAC 

letter to the EPA Administrator, dated 

December 9, 2011 (EPA–CASAC–12– 

002) and previously reviewed EPA’s 

second external review draft of the 

Integrated Science Assessment for Lead 

(February 2012) as reported in a CASAC 

letter to the EPA Administrator, dated 

July 20, 2012 (EPA–CASAC–12–005). 

The CASAC Lead Review Panel met in 

a face-to-face meeting on February 5–6, 

2013 to review EPA’s third external 

review draft of the Integrated Science 

Assessment for Lead (November 2012) 

and EPA’s first external review draft of 

the Policy Assessment for the Review of 

the Lead National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (January 2013). 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning the Integrated 

Science Assessment for Lead (Third 

External Review Draft—November 2012) 

should be directed to Dr. Ellen Kirrane 

(kirrane.ellen@epa.gov) and technical 

questions concerning the Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the Lead 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (First External Review 

Draft—January 2013) should be directed 

to Dr. Deirdre Murphy 

(murphy.deirdre@epa.gov). 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the teleconference, CASAC’s 

draft letters, the agenda and other 

materials will be accessible through the 

calendar link on the blue navigation bar 

at http://www.epa.gov/casac/. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit relevant comments for a 

federal advisory committee to consider 

pertaining to EPA’s charge to the panel 

or meeting materials. Input from the 

public to the CASAC will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

CASAC panels to consider or if it relates 

to the clarity or accuracy of the 

technical information. Members of the 

public wishing to provide comment 

should contact the DFO directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation will be limited to three 

minutes for public teleconferences. 

Interested parties should contact Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by May 1, 

2013, to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the public teleconference. 

Written Statements: Written statements 

should be supplied to Dr. Holly 

Stallworth, DFO, via email at the 

contact information noted above by May 

1, 2013 for the public teleconference. 

Written statements should be supplied 

in one of the following electronic 

formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. 

It is the SAB Staff Office general policy 

to post written comments on the Web 

page for advisory meetings or 

teleconferences. Submitters are 

requested to provide an unsigned 

version of each document because the 

SAB Staff Office does not publish 

documents with signatures on its Web 

sites. Members of the public should be 

aware that their personal contact 

information, if included in any written 

comments, may be posted to the CASAC 

Web site. Copyrighted material will not 

be posted without explicit permission of 

the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth at (202) 564–2073 or 

stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Holly Stallworth preferably 

at least ten days prior to the public 

meeting and/or teleconference to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: February 25, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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