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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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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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water supply, recreational use, 

industrial use). EPA’s recommended 

water quality criteria do not substitute 

for the CWA or regulations, nor are they 

regulations themselves. Thus, EPA’s 

recommended criteria do not impose 

legally binding requirements. States and 

authorized Tribes have the discretion to 

adopt, where appropriate, other 

scientifically defensible water quality 

standards that differ from these 

recommendations. 

II. What Are the Acrolein Criteria? 

Today, EPA is publishing final 

national recommended water quality 

criteria (NRWQC) for protecting aquatic 

life for acrolein. These final criteria 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). These Guidelines describe 

the Agency’s current approach for 

deriving national recommended water 

quality criteria to protect aquatic life. 

Reliable sources provided toxicity data 

and other information on the effects of 

acrolein, which were subjected to both 

internal and external peer review. 

Scientific views were also received from 

the public on the draft acrolein criteria. 

The comments received did not warrant 

modification of the draft criteria for 

acrolein. The comments and EPA 

responses can be found in the docket. 

Freshwater: Freshwater aquatic 

organisms and their uses should not be 

affected unacceptably if the acute (onehour average) concentration of acrolein 

does not exceed 3.0 μg/l more than once 

every three years on the average, and if 

the chronic (four-day average) 

concentration of acrolein does not 

exceed 3.0 μg/l more than once every 

three years on the average. 

Saltwater: Saltwater criteria cannot be 

derived for acrolein at this time because 

of a lack of acute and chronic toxicity 

data. 

III. What Is the Relationship Between 

the Water Quality Criteria and State or 

Tribal Water Quality Standards? 

As part of the water quality standards 

triennial review process defined in 

Section 303(c)(1) of the CWA, the States 

and authorized Tribes are responsible 

for maintaining and revising water 

quality standards. Water quality 

standards consist of designated uses, 

water quality criteria to protect those 

uses, a policy for antidegradation, and 

general policies for application and 

implementation. Section 303(c)(1) 

requires States and authorized Tribes to 

review and modify, if appropriate, their 

water quality standards at least once 

every three years. 

States and authorized Tribes must 

adopt water quality criteria that protect 

designated uses. Protective criteria are 

based on a sound scientific rationale 

and contain sufficient parameters or 

constituents to protect the designated 

uses. 

Consistent with 40 CFR131.21 (see: 

EPA Review and Approval of State and 

Tribal Water Quality Standards (65 FR 

24641, April 27, 2000)), water quality 

criteria adopted by law or regulation by 

States and authorized Tribes prior to 

May 30, 2000, are in effect for CWA 

purposes unless superseded by Federal 

regulations (see, for example, the 

National Toxics Rule, 40 CFR 131.36; 

Water Quality Standards for Idaho, 40 

CFR 131.33). New or revised water 

quality criteria adopted into law or 

regulation by States and authorized 

Tribes on or after May 30, 2000 are in 

effect for CWA purposes only after EPA 

approval. 

IV. Where Can I Find More Information 

About Water Quality Criteria and 

Water Quality Standards? 

For more information about water 

quality criteria and Water Quality 

Standards refer to the following: Water 

Quality Standards Handbook (EPA 823– 

B94–005a); Advanced Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM), 

(63FR36742); Water Quality Criteria and 

Standards Plan—Priorities for the 

Future (EPA 822–R–98–003); Guidelines 

and Methodologies Used in the 

Preparation of Health Effects 

Assessment Chapters of the Consent 

Decree Water Criteria Documents 

(45FR79347); Methodology for Deriving 

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the 

Protection of Human Health (2000), 

(EPA–822–B–00–004); Guidelines for 

Deriving Numerical National Water 

Quality Criteria for the Protection of 

Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses 

(EPA 822/R–85–100); National Strategy 

for the Development of Regional 

Nutrient Criteria (EPA 822–R–98–002); 

and EPA Review and Approval of State 

and Tribal Water Quality Standards (65 

FR 24641). 

You can find these publications 

through EPA’s National Service Center 

for Environmental Publications (NSCEP, 

previously NCEPI) or on the Office of 

Science and Technology’s Home-page 

(http://www.epa.gov/waterscience). 

Dated: August 12, 2009. 

Peter S. Silva, 

Assistant Administrator for Water. 

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National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council; Notification of 

Public Teleconference and Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notification of Public 

Teleconference and Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) hereby 

provides notice that the National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council 

(NEJAC) will host a public 

teleconference call on Thursday, 

September 24, 2009. The primary topic 

of discussion on the September 24 call 

will be EPA’s national enforcement 

priorities. This call, as well as all NEJAC 

meetings, is open to the public. There 

will be a public comment period from 

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Members of the public are encouraged 

to provide comments relevant to this 

topic. For additional information about 

registering to participate on the call or 

to provide public comment during the 

call, please see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. Due to a limited number of 

telephone lines, participation will be on 

a first-come basis. 

DATES: The NEJAC teleconference call 

will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Eastern 

Time on Thursday, September 24, 2009. 

The call will include a discussion of 

EPA’s national enforcement priorities 

and a public comment session relevant 

to this topic (see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). Members of the public 

who wish to participate on the call, or 

to provide public comment must preregister by 11 a.m. Eastern Time 

Wednesday, September 23. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions concerning the teleconference 

call should be directed to Aaron Bell, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

(MC2201A), Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone at (202) 564–1044, via e-mail 

at Bell.Aaron@epa.gov; or by FAX at 

(202) 564–1624. Additional information 

about the meeting is available on the 

following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/environmentaljustice/nejac/ 

meetings.html. 

Advanced registration for all 

participants is needed due to a limited 

number of telephone lines. To register 

online, visit the Web site above. If 

unable to register online, requests for 


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