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1See http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/review.html 

for more information on the NAAQS review 

process. 

2EPA 452R–08–004; March 2008; Available: 

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

s_pm_2007_pd.html. 

3EPA 600/R–08/139F and EPA 600/R–08/139FA, 

December 2009; Available: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_2007_isa.html. 

4EPA 452/R–10–004 and EPA 452/R–10–005, 

June 2010; Available: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_2007_risk.html. 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. This Docket Facility is open from 

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

Docket telephone number is 202–566– 

1742; fax 202–566–9744. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to this draft document, 

please contact Ms. Beth Hassett-Sipple, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (Mail code C504–06), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; email: hassett-sipple.beth@epa.gov; 

telephone: 919–541–4605; fax: 919– 

541–0237. 

General Information 

A. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), the Administrator identifies and 

lists certain pollutants which ‘‘cause or 

contribute to air pollution which may 

reasonably be anticipated to endanger 

public health or welfare.’’ The EPA then 

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.1

Presently, EPA is reviewing the 

NAAQS for PM. The EPA’s overall plan 

and schedule for this review is 

presented in the Integrated Review Plan 

for the National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Particulate Matter.2 A 

draft of the integrated review plan was 

released for public review and comment 

in October 2007 and was the subject of 

a consultation with the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

on November 30, 2007 (72 FR 63177; 

November 8, 2007). 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) and secondary 

(welfare-based) PM NAAQS, the Agency 

has completed the Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter 3 and 

two quantitative assessment documents 

characterizing: (1) The health risks 

associated with exposure to ambient PM 

and (2) urban visibility impairment 

associated with PM. The two assessment 

documents are titled, Particulate Matter 

Urban-Focused Visibility Assessment 

and Quantitative Health Risk 

Assessment for Particulate Matter.4

The second draft Policy Assessment 

announced today builds on the 

scientific and technical information 

available in this review as assessed in 

the Integrated Science Assessment and 

the two quantitative assessment 

documents identified above. This 

document presents factors relevant to 

EPA’s review of the primary and 

secondary PM NAAQS. It focuses on 

both evidence- and risk-based 

information in evaluating the adequacy 

of the current PM NAAQS and 

identifying potential alternative 

standards for consideration. The second 

draft Policy Assessment may be 

accessed online on or about June 30, 

2010, through EPA’s TTN Web site at 

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

standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pa.html. 

The EPA is soliciting advice and 

recommendations from the CASAC by 

means of a review of the second draft 

Policy Assessment at an upcoming 

public meeting of the CASAC that will 

be held on July 26–27, 2010 (75 FR 

32763; June 9, 2010). Following the 

CASAC meeting, EPA will consider 

comments received from the CASAC 

and the public in preparing a final 

Policy Assessment. 

The draft document described above 

does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any final EPA 

policy, viewpoint, or determination. 

Dated: June 25, 2010. 

Jennifer Noonan Edwards, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16490 Filed 7–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0443; FRL–9173–7] 

EPA Responses to State and Tribal 

2008 Lead Designation 

Recommendations: Notice of 

Availability and Public Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the EPA has posted its responses to state 

and tribal designation recommendations 

for the 2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) on the 

EPA Internet Web Site. EPA invites 

public comments on its responses 

during the comment period specified in 

the DATES section. EPA sent responses 

directly to the states and tribes on or 

about June 15, 2010, and plans to make 

final designation determinations for the 

2008 Pb NAAQS by October 15, 2010. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 16, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0443, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2009–0443. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009– 

0443. 

• Mail: Air Docket, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0443, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

3334, Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009– 

0443. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online 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 e-mail. The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web Site is 

‘‘anonymous access’’ systems, 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public 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 is 

unable to read your comment and 

contact you for clarification due to 

technical difficulties, 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

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

For additional instructions on 

submitting comments, go to Section II of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

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, i.e., 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 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Air Docket is (202) 566– 

1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions concerning this 

action, please contact Rhonda Wright, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Air Quality Planning 

Division, C504–01, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541– 

1087, e-mail at wright.rhonda@epa.gov. 

For questions regarding EPA Region 1, 

please contact Robert McConnell, U.S. 

EPA, telephone (617) 918–1046, e-mail 

at mcconnell.robert@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding EPA Region 2, 

please contact Mazeeda Khan, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (212) 637–3715, e-mail at 

khan.mazeeda@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding EPA Region 3, please contact 

Melissa Linden, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(215) 814–2096, e-mail at 

linden.melissa@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding EPA Region 4, please contact 

Lynorae Benjamin, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(404) 562–9040, e-mail at 

benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding EPA Region 5, 

please contact Andy Chang, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (312) 886–0258, e-mail at 

chang.andy@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding EPA Region 6, please contact 

Emad Shahin, U.S. EPA, telephone (214) 

665–6717, e-mail at 

shahin.emad@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding EPA Region 7, please contact 

Stephanie Doolan, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(913) 551–7719, e-mail at 

doolan.stephanie@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding EPA Region 8, 

please contact Kevin Leone, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (303) 312–6227, e-mail at 

leone.kevin@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding EPA Region 9, please contact 

Ginger Vagenas, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(415) 972–3964, e-mail at 

vagenas.ginger@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding EPA Region 10, please contact 

Steve Body, U.S. EPA, telephone (206) 

553–0782, e-mail at body.steve@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver 

information identified as CBI only to the 

following address: Roberto Morales, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Mail Code C404–02, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

telephone (919) 541–0880, e-mail at 

morales.roberto@epa.gov, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009– 

0443. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 


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1States have their own public comment period 

before sending EPA their recommendations; 

therefore, states may ask for comment on their 

designation recommendation before sending it to 

EPA. 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

II. Background 

The process for designating areas 

following promulgation of a new or 

revised NAAQS is contained in Clean 

Air Act (CAA) Section 107(d) (42 U.S.C. 

7407). Following the promulgation of a 

new or revised standard, each Governor 

or Tribal Leader has an opportunity to 

recommend air quality designations, 

including the appropriate boundaries 

for nonattainment areas, to EPA. EPA 

considers these recommendations as 

part of its duty to promulgate the formal 

area designations and boundaries for the 

new or revised standards. By no later 

than 120 days prior to promulgating 

designations, EPA is required to notify 

states or tribes of any intended 

modification to an area designation or 

boundary recommendation that EPA 

deems necessary. On or about June 15, 

2010, EPA notified states and tribes of 

its intended area designations for the 

2008 Pb NAAQS. (Go to Section III of 

this notice for information relating to 

accessing EPA’s designation 

recommendations.) States and tribes 

now have an opportunity to 

demonstrate why they believe a 

modification proposed by EPA may be 

inappropriate. In these responses, EPA 

has encouraged states and tribes to 

provide comments and additional 

information for consideration by EPA in 

finalizing designations. EPA plans to 

make final designation determinations 

for the 2008 Pb NAAQS by October 15, 

2010. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

public comments from interested parties 

other than states and tribes on EPA’s 

recent responses to the state and tribal 

designation recommendations for the 

2008 Pb NAAQS. CAA Section 107(d) 

provides a process for designations that 

involves recommendations by states and 

tribes to EPA and responses from EPA 

to those parties, prior to EPA 

promulgating final designations and 

boundaries. EPA is not required under 

CAA Section 107(d) to seek public 

comment during the designation 

process, but is electing to do so for the 

2008 Pb NAAQS in order to gather 

additional information for EPA to 

consider before making final 

designations. EPA invites public 

comment on its responses to states and 

tribes during the 30-day comment 

period provided in this notice. Due to 

the statutory timeframe for 

promulgating designations set out in 

CAA Section 107(d), EPA will not be 

able to consider any comments 

submitted after August 16, 2010, 

notwithstanding what may have 

appeared in any state-specific 

announcements. This notice and 

opportunity for public comment does 

not affect any rights or obligations of 

any state, tribe or the EPA which might 

otherwise exist pursuant to CAA 

Section 107(d).1

Please refer to the ADDRESSES section 

above in this document for specific 

instructions on submitting comments 

and locating relevant public documents. 

In providing comments to EPA please 

consider the agency’s charge under CAA 

section 107(d). Under this section, EPA 

is obligated to identify every area as 

attainment, nonattainment, or 

unclassifiable. Further, in establishing 

nonattainment area boundaries, the 

agency is required to identify the area 

that does not meet the 2008 Pb standard 

and any nearby area that is contributing 

to the area that does not meet that 

standard. We are particularly interested 

in receiving comments, supported by 

relevant information, if you believe that 

a specific geographic area that EPA is 

proposing to identify as a nonattainment 

area should not be categorized by the 

section 107(d) criteria as nonattainment, 

or if you believe that a specific area not 

proposed by EPA to be identified as a 

nonattainment area should in fact be 

categorized as nonattainment using the 

section 107(d) criteria. Please be as 

specific a possible in supporting your 

views. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

III. Internet Web Site for EPA’s State 

and Tribal Designations 

Recommendations and Rulemaking 

Information 

The EPA has also established a Web 

Site for this rulemaking at http:// 

www.epa.gov/leaddesignations. The 

Web Site includes EPA’s state and tribal 

designation recommendations, 

information supporting EPA’s 

preliminary designation decisions, as 

well as the rulemaking actions and other 

related information that the public may 

find useful. 

Dated: June 30, 2010. 

Jennifer Noonan Edmonds, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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Notice of Open Meeting of the 

Environmental Financial Advisory 

Board (EFAB) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Environmental Financial 

Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold an 

open meeting on August 9–10, 2010. 

EFAB is an EPA advisory committee 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) to provide 

advice and recommendations to EPA on 

creative approaches to funding 

environmental programs, projects, and 

activities. 

A meeting of the full board will be 

held to discuss progress with work 

products under EFAB’s current Strategic 

Action Agenda and develop an action 

agenda to direct the Board’s ongoing 

and new activities through FY 2011. 

Environmental Finance topics 

expected to be discussed include: 

Financial Assurance: Cost Estimation; 

Financing EcoDistricts; State Revolving 

Fund Investment Options; and 

Investments in Clean Technology. 

This meeting is open to the public, 

however, seating is limited. All 

members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting must register in 

advance, no later than Monday, July 30, 

2010. 

DATES: Full Board Meeting is scheduled 

for August 9, 2010 from 1 p.m.–5 p.m. 

and August 10, 2010 from 8:30 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

ADDRESS: Parc 55 Hotel Wyndham, 55 

Cyril Magnin Street, San Francisco, CA 

94102. 

REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION CONTACT: 

To register for this meeting or get further 

information, please contact Sandra 

Williams, U.S. EPA, at (202) 564–4999 

or williams.sandra@epa.gov. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Sandra Williams. To request 


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