46586 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 174 / Thursday, September 10, 2009 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8955–6] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Meeting and 

Public Teleconference(s) of the Clean 

Air Scientific Advisory Committee 

(CASAC) Particulate Matter Review 

Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

meeting and teleconference(s) of the 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Particulate Matter Review Panel to peer 

review EPA’s Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter: 

Second External Review Draft (July 

2009) and EPA’s forthcoming Risk 

Assessment to Support the Review of the 

PM Primary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards: External Review 

Draft (September 2009) and Particulate 

Matter Urban-Focused Visibility 

Assessment: External Review Draft 

(September 2009). 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on October 5, 2009 from 8 a.m.–6 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) and October 6, 2009 from 

8 a.m.–4 p.m. (Eastern Time). An 

optional public teleconference may be 

held on October 7, 2009 from 2 p.m.– 

5 p.m. (Eastern Time) if more time is 

needed after the face-to-face meeting of 

October 5–6, 2009. A teleconference 

will be held November 12, 2009 from 10 

a.m.–12 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss 

draft letters from CASAC. 

ADDRESSES: The October 5–6, 2009 

meeting will be held at the Carolina Inn, 

211 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 

27516. The public teleconference(s) will 

be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the public 

meeting or public teleconference(s) may 

contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/ 

voice mail (202) 343–9867; fax (202) 

233–0643; or e-mail 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: 

Background: The Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) was 

established under section 109(d)(2) of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42 

U.S.C. 7409) as an independent 

scientific advisory committee. CASAC 

provides advice, information and 

recommendations on the scientific and 

technical aspects of air quality criteria 

and national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 

and 109 of the Act. The CASAC is a 

Federal advisory committee chartered 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App 

2. The Panel 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 National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including 

particulate matter (PM). EPA conducts 

scientific assessments to determine both 

primary (health-based) and secondary 

(welfare-based) standards for each of 

these pollutants. As part of that process, 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) has released the 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Particulate Matter (Second External 

Review Draft, July 2009) for review by 

CASAC at the October 5–6, 2009 

meeting. EPA’s Office of Air and 

Radiation (OAR) will release two 

additional documents for CASAC 

review and public comment entitled 

Risk Assessment to Support the Review 

of the PM Primary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards: External Review 

Draft (September 2009) and Particulate 

Matter Urban-Focused Visibility 

Assessment: External Review Draft 

(September 2009) on or about 

September 4, 2009. The purpose of the 

October 5–6, 2009 meeting is to review 

these three documents. In addition, this 

meeting will also include a discussion 

with CASAC of an EPA/OAR document 

entitled Policy Assessment for the 

Review of the Particulate Matter 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: Preliminary Draft 

(September 2009) on the nature of the 

policy assessment document including 

the overall structure, areas of focus, and 

level of detail. The EPA plans to release 

this preliminary draft document on or 

about September 15, 2009. If additional 

time is needed to complete the agenda 

after the October 5–6, 2009 face-to-face 

meeting, a public teleconference will be 

held on October 7, 2009 from 2 p.m.– 

5 p.m. (Eastern Time). To review and 

approve CASAC’s draft letters on the 

three review documents, a public 

teleconference will be held on 

November 12, 2009 from 10 a.m.–12 

p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Background information about the 

formation of the CASAC Particulate 

Matter Review Panel was published in 

the Federal Register on March 8, 2007 

(72 FR 10527–10528). The Panel 

previously held a public teleconference 

on November 30, 2007 (announced in 72 

FR 63177–63178) to provide 

consultative advice on EPA’s draft 

Integrated Review Plan for the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter (October 2007), the 

first document in this review of the PM 

NAAQS. On April 1–2, 2009, CASAC 

reviewed the Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter (First 

External Review Draft, December 2008), 

and provided consultative advise on 

Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards: Scope and Methods 

Plan for Health Risk (February 2009) 

and Exposure Assessment and 

Particulate Matter National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards: Scope and 

Methods Plan for Urban Visibility 

Impact Assessment (February 2009). 

The April 12, 2009 meeting was 

announced February 19, 2009 in 74 FR 

7688–7689. 

Technical Contacts: Any questions 

concerning EPA’s Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter (July 

2009) should be directed to Dr. Lindsay 

Stanek, ORD, at stanek.lindsay@epa.gov 

or 919–541–7792. Any questions 

concerning EPA’s Risk Assessment to 

Support the Review of the PM Primary 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: External Review Draft 

(September 2009) should be directed to 

Dr. Zachary Pekar, OAR, at 

pekar.zachary@epa.gov; telephone: 919– 

541–3704. Any questions concerning 

Particulate Matter Urban-Focused 

Visibility Assessment (September 2009) 

should be directed to Ms. Vicki 

Sandiford, OAR, at 

sandiford.vicki@epa.gov or 919–541– 

2629. Any questions concerning Policy 

Assessment for the Review of Particulate 

Matter National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (September 2009) should be 

directed to Ms. Beth Hassett-Sipple, 

OAR, at hassett-sipple.beth@epa.gov or 

919–541–4605. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: A 

meeting agenda, charge questions and 

other materials for the October 5–6, 

2009 meeting will be placed on the 

CASAC Web site at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/

WebCommitteesSubcommittees/

CASAC%20Particulate%20Matter%20

Review%20Panel (see links to ‘‘Current 

Advisory Activities’’). CASAC’s draft 

letters on the three review documents 

will be at this same URL prior to the 


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November 12, 2009 teleconference. The 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Particulate Matter: Second External 

Review Draft (July 2009) is available at 

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

standards/pm/s_pm_2007_isa.html. The 

Risk Assessment to Support the Review 

of the PM Primary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards: External Review 

Draft (September 2009) and the 

Particulate Matter Urban-Focused 

Visibility Assessment: External Review 

Draft (September 2009) will be available 

on or before September 4, 2009 and the 

Policy Assessment for the Review of 

Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards: Preliminary Draft 

(September 2009) will be available on or 

about September 15, 2009 at http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/s

_pm_index.html. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for consideration on the 

topics included in this advisory activity. 

Oral Statements: To be placed on the 

public speaker list for the October 5–6, 

2009 meeting, interested parties should 

notify Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, by email no later than September 28, 2009. 

Individuals making oral statements will 

be limited to five minutes per speaker. 

To be placed on the public speaker list 

for the November 12, 2009 

teleconference, interested parties should 

notify Dr. Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no 

later than November 9, 2009. 

Individuals making oral statements on 

the teleconference will be limited to 

three minutes per speaker. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

October 5–6, 2009 meeting should be 

received in the SAB Staff Office by 

September 28, 2009, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the CASAC Panel for its consideration 

prior to this meeting. Written statements 

for the November 12, 2009 meeting 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office by November 9, 2009. Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO in the following formats: one hard 

copy with original signature and one 

electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable 

file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS 

Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or 

Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/ 

2000/XP format). Submitters are asked 

to provide versions of each document 

submitted with and without signatures, 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. 

Stallworth at the phone number or email address noted above, preferably at 

least ten days prior to the 

teleconference, to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8946–8] 

National Recommended Final Water 

Quality Criteria for Acrolein 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

criteria. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 304(a) of 

the Clean Water Act (CWA), the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is announcing the availability of final 

national recommended water quality 

criteria for the protection of aquatic life 

for acrolein. Draft national 

recommended water quality criteria for 

acrolein were published for scientific 

views from the public on December 17, 

2008 at 73 FR 76644. The final criteria 

published today are based on EPA’s 

Guidelines for Deriving Numerical 

National Water Quality Criteria for the 

Protection of Aquatic Organisms and 

Their Uses (1985), (EPA/R–85–100). 

EPA’s recommended section 304(a) 

water quality criteria provide guidance 

to States and authorized Tribes in 

adopting water quality standards for 

protecting aquatic life and human 

health and provide guidance to EPA for 

promulgating Federal regulations under 

CWA section 303(c), when such action 

is necessary. 

ADDRESSES: Scientific views received 

from the public on the draft acrolein 

criteria are available from the EPA 

Docket Center and are identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2008– 

0795. They may be accessed online at: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for reviewing 

comments. 

• E-mail: OW–Docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency; EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC) Water Docket, MC 2822T; 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• On Site: EPA Docket Center, 1301 

Constitution Ave, NW., EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington DC 20460. 

For additional information about 

EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

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

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

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 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Office of Water Docket/EPA/DC, 

1301 Constitution Ave, NW., EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington DC 20460. This 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

until 4:30 p.m., EST, Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Office of 

Water is (202) 566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Frank Gostomski, Health and Ecological 

Criteria Division (4304T), U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566–1105; 

gostomski.frank@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What Are Water Quality Criteria? 

Water quality criteria are scientifically 

derived numeric values that protect 

aquatic life or human health from the 

deleterious effects of pollutants in 

ambient water. 

Section 304(a)(1) of the Clean Water 

Act requires EPA to develop and 

publish and, from time to time, revise, 

criteria for water quality accurately 

reflecting the latest scientific 

knowledge. Water quality criteria 

developed under section 304(a) are 

based solely on data and scientific 

judgments on the relationship between 

pollutant concentrations and 

environmental and human health 

effects. Section 304(a) criteria do not 

reflect consideration of economic 

impacts or the technological feasibility 

of meeting the chemical concentrations 

in ambient water. 

Section 304(a) criteria provide 

guidance to States and authorized 

Tribes in adopting water quality 

standards that ultimately provide a basis 

for controlling discharges or releases of 

pollutants. The criteria also provide 

guidance to EPA when promulgating 

Federal regulations under section 303(c) 

when such action is necessary. Under 

the CWA and its implementing 

regulations, States and authorized 

Tribes are to adopt water quality criteria 

to protect designated uses (e.g., public 


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