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Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 304 hours per 

response. 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here. 

Based on the Agency’s knowledge of the 

number of title V permits issued since 

1997 and the implementation of part 64 

through permit renewals, the expected 

impact of the CAM program for the 3 

years from October 1, 2010 until 

September 30, 2013 is about 7.4 million 

hours annually. The CAM rule will 

incur an average annual cost of about 

$263.8 million in 2008 dollars. There 

are no annualized capital and operation 

and maintenance (O&M) costs. EPA 

assumes that any such equipment 

needed by sources to comply with part 

64 would be purchased as part of a 

monitoring equipment purchase. 

Therefore, O&M costs for operating such 

capital equipment is not separately 

estimated. 

The CAM program burden for source 

owners or operators means the total 

time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

monitoring 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. The CAM 

program potentially affects about 24,000 

pollutant-specific emissions units 

nationwide. The annual burden for 

source owners or operators is about 7.4 

million hours for these pollutantspecific emissions units. 

During the review period, permitting 

authorities will review CAM rule 

submittals from source owners or 

operators whose permits have already 

been issued and are renewing those 

permits as the 5-year permit terms 

expire. Permitting authorities will also 

be interacting with the source owners or 

operators in addressing the CAM in 

semi-annual monitoring reports and 

reporting CAM data as necessary. We 

estimate the annual CAM burden to 

permitting authorities to total about 

65,000 hours and about $3.5 million. 

Burden means the sum of the time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 24,000 pollutant specific 

emissions units. 

Frequency of response: Semi-annual 

and annual reports, plus every 5 years 

at permit renewal. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

7.4 million hours. 

Estimated average annual costs: 

$263.8 million. This includes annual 

labor costs for sources and permitting 

authorities and no capital or O&M costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

There is an increase of 4.3 million 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

annual burden compared with that 

identified in the ICR currently approved 

by OMB. This increase reflects the 

significant increase in number of 

respondents resulting from the 

implementation of the rule through 

operating permit renewals. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: January 29, 2010. 

Steve Fruh, 

Acting Director, Sector Policies and Programs 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of 

Several Currently Approved 

Collections; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit requests to renew several 

currently approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICRs are specifically identified in this 

document by their corresponding titles, 

EPA ICR numbers, OMB Control 

numbers, and related docket 

identification (ID) numbers. Before 

submitting these ICRs to OMB for 

review and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collection activities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket ID number for 

the corresponding ICR as identified in 

this document, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 


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Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the docket ID number for the 

corresponding ICR as identified in this 

document. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, 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 regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website 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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

in http://www.regulations.gov. 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 

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 in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding EPA Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0885: 

Rame Cromwell, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 308– 

9068; fax number: (703) 305–5884; email address: cromwell.rame@epa.gov. 

For questions regarding EPA Docket 

ID Number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0886: 

Cameo Smoot, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 305– 

5454; fax number: (703) 305–5884; email address: smoot.cameo@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What Information is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

III. What Do I Need to Know About 

PRA? 

An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

subject to PRA approval unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the preamble of the final 

rule, are further displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instruments or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in a list at 40 

CFR 9.1. 

Under PRA, 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 which have 

subsequently changed; 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. 

IV. Which ICRs Are Being Renewed? 

EPA is planning to submit a number 

of currently approved ICRs to OMB for 

review and approval under PRA. In 

addition to specifically identifying the 

ICRs by title and corresponding ICR, 

OMB and docket ID numbers, this unit 

provides a brief summary of the 

information collection activity and the 

Agency’s estimated burden. The 

Supporting Statement for each ICR, a 


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copy of which is available in the 

corresponding docket, provides a more 

detailed explanation. 

A. Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2009–0885 

Title: Pesticide Registration Fee 

Waivers. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2147.04, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0167. 

ICR status: The approval for this ICR 

is scheduled to expire on October 31, 

2010. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this ICR include pesticide 

registrants seeking a waiver or 

exemption of fees under the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Renewal Act 

(PRIA). The North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

include 325320 (pesticide and other 

agricultural chemical manufacturing), 

32518 (other basic inorganic chemical 

manufacturing), and 32519 (other basic 

organic chemical manufacturing). 

Abstract: This information collection 

will allow EPA to process requests for 

waivers and exemptions of fees under 

the Pesticide Registration Improvement 

Renewal Act of 2007 (PRIA 2) which 

established section 33 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). The ICR covers the 

collection activities associated with 

requesting a fee waiver or exemption 

and involves requesters submitting a 

waiver or exemption request to provide 

information to demonstrate eligibility 

for the waiver or exemption and 

certification of eligibility. Waivers are 

available for small businesses and minor 

uses and exemptions are available for 

minor uses and actions solely associated 

with the Inter-Regional Research Project 

Number 4 (IR–4). State and Federal 

agencies are exempt from the payment 

of fees. This ICR provides burden hour 

and labor cost estimates for both 

applicants for fee waivers and EPA 

employees who process and approve or 

deny waiver requests. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 12 to 37 hours per 

response depending upon the type (A, 

B, or C) of respondent. The ICR, a copy 

of which is available in the docket, 

provides a detailed explanation of this 

estimate, which is only briefly 

summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondent requests: 1,800. 

Frequency of response: As needed. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

5,611 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$335,328. 

Changes in the estimates from the last 

approval: The renewal of this ICR will 

result in an overall decrease of 2,757 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden identified in the currently 

approved ICR. This decrease reflects a 

shift in both the number and type of 

waiver requests submitted. The average 

estimated burden per response has not 

changed. However, the total number of 

responses per year decreased from 389 

to 293. In addition, there was a shift in 

the distribution of responses to the 

least-burdensome type, resulting in the 

lower total estimated burden. This 

change is an adjustment. 

B. Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2009–0886 

Title: Submission of Unreasonable 

Adverse Effects Information under 

FIFRA Section 6(a)(2). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1204.11, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0039. 

ICR status: The approval for this ICR 

is scheduled to expire on October 31, 

2010. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this ICR include anyone who 

holds or ever held a registration for a 

pesticide product issued under FIFRA 

section 3 or section 24(c). The NAICS 

code is 325320 (pesticide and other 

agricultural chemical manufacturing). 

Abstract: This ICR is a proposed 

renewal of an existing ICR that is 

currently approved by OMB and is due 

to expire October 31, 2010. Section 

6(a)(2) of FIFRA requires pesticide 

registrants to submit information to the 

Agency which may be relevant to the 

balancing of the risks and benefits of a 

pesticide product. 

The statute requires the registrant to 

submit any factual information that it 

acquires regarding adverse effects 

associated with its pesticidal products, 

and it is up to the Agency to determine 

whether or not that factual information 

constitutes an unreasonable adverse 

effect. In order to limit the amount of 

less meaningful information that might 

be submitted to the Agency, EPA has 

limited the scope of factual information 

that the registrant must submit. The 

Agency’s regulations at 40 CFR 159 

provide a detailed description of the 

reporting obligations of registrants 

under FIFRA section 6(a)(2). 

As expected, implementation of the 

1998 final regulations (June 19, 1998; 63 

FR 33580) initially resulted in an 

increase in the number of incident 

reports submitted annually. That was 

assumed to be the result of increased 

awareness and understanding on the 

part of pesticide registrants of their 

reporting responsibilities under FIFRA 

section 6(a)(2). After the first year under 

the regulations, incident reporting 

leveled off and has remained generally 

consistent. Study submissions, on the 

other hand, have gradually decreased as 

the pesticide re-registration program 

data call-in activities wound down. For 

the purposes of this renewal the 

estimate for study and incident 

submissions have been averaged for the 

three fiscal years 2006–2008. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average a range of 2.1 hours 

to 3.5 hours per response. The ICR, a 

copy of which is available in the docket, 

provides a detailed explanation of this 

estimate, which is only briefly 

summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 1,733. 

Frequency of response: As needed. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: For 

submission of studies less than 1. 

Submission of incidents may range from 

1 to 40, however, incidents are usually 

reported as aggregate statistics. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

203,236 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$11,793,027. 

Changes in the estimates from the last 

approval: The renewal of this ICR will 

result in an overall increase of 35,920 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden identified in the currently 

approved ICR. Total burden hour 

estimates associated with studies are 

reduced because the estimated number 

of study submissions is reduced from 

240 to 183 studies. Burden estimates 

associated with the number of incident 

reports, however, are increased because 

of the increased volume of incident 

reporting (31%). In addition, an increase 

in the number of registrants of active 

products (1,733 versus 1,720) results in 

the need for additional employees to be 

trained. Overall, considering the net 

effect of the decrease in studies and the 

increase in incidents as well as the 

change in employee training, the total 

respondent burden hours increased 

from 167,316 to 203,236. 

V. What is the Next Step in the Process 

for These ICRs? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the individual ICRs 

as appropriate. The final ICR packages 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

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the opportunity for the public to submit 

additional comments for OMB 

consideration. If you have any questions 

about any of these ICRs or the approval 

process in general, please contact the 

people listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: February 17, 2010. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

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EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office Notification of a Meeting of the 

Ecological Effects Subcommittee of 

the Advisory Council on Clean Air 

Compliance Analysis (Council) 

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, 

supplemented with additional members 

from the Science Advisory Board and 

the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee, will review draft documents 

regarding ecological effects of modeled 

air quality scenarios developed to 

support the Second Section 812 BenefitCost Analysis of the Clean Air Act. The 

assessment of ecological effects has been 

developed in support of the Office of 

Air and Radiation’s Second Section 812 

Prospective Analysis of the benefits and 

costs of the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: The EES augmented with 

additional experts will meet on 

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 and 

Wednesday, March 10, 2010, beginning 

at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 5 

p.m. (Eastern Time), each day. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the SAB Conference Center at 

1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information about this 

meeting may contact Ms. Stephanie 

Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400F), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

by telephone/voice mail: (202) 343–9697 

or at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. 

General information about the Council 

may be found on the Council Web site 

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

advisorycouncilcaa. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 

2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that 

the Ecological Effects Subcommittee 

(EES) of the Advisory Council on Clean 

Air Compliance Analysis (Council), 

augmented with additional experts, will 

hold a public meeting to evaluate draft 

documents regarding ecological effects 

of modeled air quality scenarios 

developed to support the Second 

Section 812 Benefit-Cost Analysis of the 

Clean Air Act. The Council was 

established in 1991 pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 

1990 (42 U.S.C. 7612) to provide advice, 

information and recommendations on 

technical and economic aspects of 

analyses and reports EPA prepares on 

the impacts of the CAA on the public 

health, economy, and environment of 

the United States. The Council is a 

Federal Advisory Committee chartered 

under FACA. The EES will provide 

advice through the Council and will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

Pursuant to Section 812 of the 1990 

Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), 

EPA conducts periodic studies to assess 

benefits and costs of the EPA’s 

regulatory actions under the Clean Air 

Act. The Council has provided advice 

on an EPA retrospective study 

published in 1997 and an EPA 

prospective study completed in 1999. 

EPA initiated a second prospective 

study to evaluate the benefits and costs 

of EPA Clean Air programs for years 

1990–2020. The Council has previously 

provided advice on the analytical 

blueprint for this study. EPA’s Office of 

Air and Radiation (OAR) is now nearing 

completion of the analytical work for 

the second prospective study. 

At the March 9 and 10, 2010 meeting, 

the EES will review draft technical 

documents pertaining to ecological 

effects associated with air quality 

scenarios developed using the 

Community Multiscale Air Quality 

(CMAQ) model for seven emissions 

scenarios: a 1990 baseline simulation; 

and simulations for 2000, 2010 and 

2020 with and without the CAAA. The 

draft documents compare simulated 

pollutant exposures with the 

distribution of sensitive ecosystems in 

the United States to assess ecosystems at 

risk from acidic deposition, total 

nitrogen deposition, and tropospheric 

ozone concentrations. In addition, the 

draft documents present case studies on 

benefits of the CAAA for recreation 

fishing and the timber industry in the 

Adirondack Region of New York State. 

Chapter 4 of the draft Benefits Analyses 

to Support the Second Section 812 

Benefit-Cost Analysis describes the 

estimation of the physical effects of the 

air quality scenarios for ozone on 

agriculture and commercial forestry. 

OAR is requesting that the EES review 

the data choices, methodological 

choices for analyzing the data, and the 

overall validity and utility of the 

estimated changes in ecological effects 

from air pollution between the withCAAA90 and without-CAAA90 

scenarios. The following documents are 

provided to the EES: (1) Effects of Air 

Pollutants on Ecological Resources: 

Literature Review and Case Studies. 

Draft Report, February 2010. Prepared 

by Industrial Economics, Inc., for James 

DeMocker, EPA Office of Policy 

Analysis and Review; and (2) Benefits 

Analyses to Support the Second Section 

812 Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Clean 

Air Act, Draft. Chapter 4: Agricultural 

and Forest Productivity Benefits. Draft 

Report, February 2010. Prepared by 

Industrial Economics, Inc., for the EPA 

Office of Air and Radiation. 

Technical Contacts: The Office of Air 

and Radiation technical contact for the 

Second Section 812 Benefit-Cost 

Analysis of the Clean Air Act is Mr. Jim 

DeMocker at (202) 564–1673 or 

democker.jim@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: EPA 

draft documents provided to the EES are 

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

sect812/prospective2.html. 

The meeting agenda for March 9 and 

10, 2010 and any background materials 

will be posted on the Council Web site 

http://www.epa.gov/advisorycouncilcaa 

prior to the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written information on 

the group conducting the activity or 

written or oral information for the EES 

to consider on the topics of this 

advisory activity. Oral Statements: In 

general, individuals or groups 

requesting an oral presentation at a 

public meeting will be limited to five 

minutes per speaker, with no more than 

one hour for all speakers. Interested 

parties should contact Ms. Sanzone at 

the contact information provided above 

by March 2, 2010, to be placed on the 

public speaker list for the March 9 and 


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