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1EPA 452R–08–005; August 2008; Available: 

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

s_co_cr_pd.html. 

2See http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/review.html 

for a copy of Administrator Jackson’s May 21, 2009 

memorandum and for additional information on the 

NAAQS review process. 

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 revise the 

NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised criteria. 

Presently, EPA is reviewing the air 

quality criteria and NAAQS for CO. The 

EPA’s overall plan and schedule for this 

review is presented in the Plan for 

Review of the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Carbon 

Monoxide.1 A draft of this integrated 

review plan was released for public 

review and comment in March 2008 and 

was the subject of a consultation with 

the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) on April 8, 2008 

(73 FR 12998). 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. 

As part of EPA’s review of the 

primary (health-based) CO NAAQS, the 

Agency is conducting qualitative and 

quantitative assessments characterizing 

the health risks associated with 

exposure to ambient CO. The EPA’s 

plans for conducting these assessments, 

including the proposed scope and 

methods of the analyses, were presented 

in a planning document titled, Carbon 

Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: Scope and Methods Plan for 

Health Risk and Exposure Assessment 

(Scope and Methods Plan). This 

planning document was released for 

public comment in April 2009 and was 

the subject of a consultation with the 

CASAC on May 13, 2009 (74 FR 15265). 

The draft exposure and risk 

assessment document announced today 

conveys the approaches taken to assess 

exposures to ambient CO and to 

characterize associated health risks, as 

well as present the initial key results, 

observations, and related uncertainties 

associated with the quantitative 

analyses performed. An earlier draft of 

the exposure and risk assessment 

document was released for CASAC 

review and public comment in October 

2009 (74 FR 55843; October 29, 2009), 

and was the subject of a CASAC review 

meeting on November 16 and 17, 2009 

(74 FR 54042). This draft document will 

be available on or about February 22, 

2010, through the Agency’s Technology 

Transfer Network (TTN) Web site at 

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

standards/co/s_co_index.html. This 

document may be accessed in the 

‘‘Documents from Current Review’’ 

section under ‘‘Risk and Exposure 

Assessments.’’ 

In addition, on or about March 1, 

2010, EPA will make available a second 

draft document: Policy Assessment for 

the Review of the Carbon Monoxide 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: External Review Draft. The 

development of this document is a 

result of recent changes to the NAAQS 

review process which included 

reinstating a policy assessment 

document that contains staff analyses of 

the scientific bases for alternative policy 

options for consideration by senior 

Agency management prior to 

rulemaking. This document, which 

builds upon the historical ‘‘Staff Paper,’’ 

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. In 

conjunction with this change, EPA will 

no longer issue a policy assessment in 

the form of an Advance Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR).2

The draft Policy Assessment (PA) 

builds upon information presented in 

the Integrated Science Assessment for 

Carbon Monoxide and the draft 

assessment document described above. 

This draft document will be available on 

or about March 1, 2010, through the 

Agency’s Technology Transfer Network 

(TTN) Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

ttn/naaqs/standards/co/ 

s_co_index.html. This document may be 

accessed in the ‘‘Documents from 

Current Review’’ section under ‘‘Policy 

Assessments.’’ 

The EPA is soliciting advice and 

recommendations from the CASAC by 

means of a review of both draft 

documents at an upcoming public 

meeting of the CASAC. Information 

about this public meeting, including the 

date and location, will be published as 

a separate notice in an upcoming 

edition of the Federal Register. 

Following the CASAC meeting, 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: February 19, 2010. 

Jennifer Noonan Edmonds, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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copies of EPA comments can be directed 

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An explanation of the ratings assigned 

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dated July 17, 2009 (74 FR 34754). 

Notice 

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of EPA comments in the Federal 

Register. 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20090368, ERP No. D–NSA– 

E11071–TN, Y–12 National Security 

Complex Project, to Support the 

Stockpile Stewardship Program and to 

Meet the Mission Assigned to Y–12, 

Oak Ridge, TN. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about storage, 

transportation and disposal of 

hazardous waste and radioactive wastes. 

EPA requested additional information 

about NPDES monitoring. Also, longterm onsite storage and disposition of 

wastes will need to be addressed as the 

project progresses. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090378, ERP No. D–COE– 

F09806–MN, NorthMet Project, 

Proposes to Construct and Operate an 

Open Pit Mine and Processing 

Facility, Located in Hoyt Lakes— 

Babbitt Area of St. Louis County, MN. 

Summary: The project as proposed 

will have satisfactory impacts to surface 

water and groundwater from acid mine 

drainage and mobilization of metals and 

sulfates. The project will also have 

significant wetland impacts that are not 

adequately mitigated. In addition, the 

EIS does not adequately evaluate the 

fate and transport of pollutants between 

groundwater, surface water and 

wetlands, nor does it discuss financial 

assurance for closure and post-closure 

care. Rating EU3. 

EIS No. 20090386, ERP No. D–BLM– 

K09811–CA, Ivanpah Solar Electric 

Generating System (07–AFC–5) 

Project, Proposal to Construct a 400- 

mw Megawatt Concentrated Solar 

Power Tower, Thermal-Electric Power 

Plant, San Bernardino County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to biological and aquatic resources, air 

quality and sensitive species. EPA also 

requested additional information to 

fully describe the project’s purpose and 

need, broaden the range of alternatives, 

and further evaluate cumulative impacts 

from reasonably foreseeable future 

actions. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090394, ERP No. D–USN– 

K11126–GU, Guam and 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands (CNMI) Military 

Relocation, Proposed Relocating 

Marines from Okinawa, Visiting 

Aircraft Carrier Berthing, and Army 

Air and Missile Defense Task Force, 

Implementation, GU. 

Summary: EPA identified adverse 

environmental impacts to Guam’s 

drinking water and wastewater 

infrastructure from construction 

workers and induced population 

growth, and to sensitive coral habitat. 

The DEIS does not adequately assess the 

impacts and infrastructure needs of the 

construction workers and induced 

growth, and does not include an 

adequate assessment of the impacts to 

the coral habitat or an adequate 

mitigation plan for those impacts. 

Rating EU3. 

EIS No. 20090397, ERP No. D–USA– 

G39052–00, PROGRAMMATIC— 

Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) 

Beneficial Use of Dredged Material 

(BUDMAT) Program Study, To 

Establish the Structure and 

Management Architecture of the 

BUDMAT Program, Implementation, 

MS, TX and LA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20100008, ERP No. D–GSA– 

F65079–00, International Falls Land 

Port of Entry Improvements Study, 

Proposes to Replace the Existing Land 

Port of Entry, Minnesota along the 

U.S. and Canada Border. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about water 

quality impacts from stormwater runoff 

and hazardous materials spills. EPA 

recommended that appropriate runoff 

and spills management be incorporated 

into the project. Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20090437, ERP No. F–COE– 

E39077–NC, Western Wake Regional 

Wastewater Management Facilities, 

Proposed Construction of Regional 

Wastewater Pumping, Conveyance, 

Treatment, and Discharge Facilities to 

Serve the Towns of Apex, Cary, Holly 

Springs and Morrisville, Research 

Triangle Park, Wake County, NC. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

about environmental justice impacts 

and maintaining EPA-approved State of 

North Carolina Water Quality Standards 

for Surface Waters. 

EIS No. 20100006, ERP No. F–AFS– 

L65570–00, Rogue River-Siskiyou 

National Forest, Motorized Vehicle 

Use, To Enact the Travel Management 

Rule, Implementation, Douglas, 

Klamath, Jackson, Curry, Coos and 

Josephine Counties, OR and Del Norte 

and Siskiyou Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to human health that could result from 

exposure to naturally occurring asbestos 

(NOA). EPA recommended that a plan 

be developed and implemented to 

address risk from NOA. 

EIS No. 20100007, ERP No. F–NOA– 

B91005–00, Amendment 3 to the 

Northeast Skate Complex Fishery 

Management Plan, Implementation of 

New Management Measures to 

Rebuild Overfished Skate Stocks, End 

Overfishing of Skate Fisheries, Gulf of 

Maine (GOM), Georges Bank (GB), 

South New England and Mid-Atlantic 

Regions. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. 

EIS No. 20100011, ERP No. F–AFS– 

K65376–CA, Eddy Gulch LateSuccessional Reserve Fuels/Habitat 

Protection Project, To Protect LateSuccessional Habitat used by the 

Northern Spotted Owl and Other LateSuccessional-Dependent Species, 

Salmon River and Scott River Ranger 

District, Klamath National Forest, 

Siskiyou County, CA. 

Summary: EPA’s previous issues have 

been resolved; therefore, EPA does not 

object to the proposed action. 

EIS No. 20100015, ERP No. F–USA– 

G39052–00, PROGRAMMATIC— 

Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) 

Beneficial Use of Dredged Material 

(BUDMAT) Program Study, To 

Establish the Structure and 

Management Architecture of the 

BUDMAT Program, Implementation, 

MS, TX and LA. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20100012, ERP No. FS–AFS– 

K65312–CA, Pilgrim Vegetation 

Management Project, Updated 

Information to Address and Respond 

to the Specific Issues Identified in the 

Court Ruling. Implementation, ShastaTrinity National Forest, Siskiyou 

County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about 

inadvertent exposure to humans and 

non-target species to the fungicide 

Sporax and cumulative effects to snagdependent and late-successional 

species. 

Dated: March 2, 2010. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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