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AGENCY 

[FRL–9192–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2010–0701] 

Climate Change Vulnerability 

Assessment: Four Case Studies of 

Water Utility Practices 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 45-day 

public comment period for the draft 

document titled, ‘‘Climate Change 

Vulnerability Assessment: Four Case 

Studies of Water Utility Practices’’ (EPA/ 

600/R–10/077a). The document was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment within 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development. 

This draft report presents a series of 

case studies describing the approaches 

currently being taken by four water 

utilities to assess their vulnerability to 

future climate change. The report is 

intended to illustrate the types of 

analyses, models, and climate change 

information being developed and used 

by selected utilities that are leaders in 

climate adaptation to understand and 

respond to climate risk. 

The public comment period and the 

external peer-review workshop, which 

will be scheduled at a later date and 

announced in the Federal Register, are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. EPA intends 

to forward the public comments that are 

submitted in accordance with this 

notice to the external peer-review panel 

prior to the meeting for their 

consideration. When finalizing the draft 

document, EPA intends to consider any 

public comments that EPA receives in 

accordance with this notice. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This document has not been 

formally disseminated by EPA. It does 

not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. 

The draft document and EPA’s peerreview charge are available via the 

Internet on the NCEA home page under 

the Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: The 45-day public comment 

period begins August 23, 2010, and ends 

October 7, 2010. Technical comments 

should be in writing and must be 

received by EPA by October 7, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Climate Change 

Vulnerability Assessment: Four Case 

Studies of Water Utility Practices’’ is 

available primarily via the Internet on 

the National Center for Environmental 

Assessments home page under the 

Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 

703–347–8691. If you are requesting a 

paper copy, please provide your name, 

your mailing address, and the document 

title, ‘‘Climate Change Vulnerability 

Assessment: Four Case Studies of Water 

Utility Practices.’’ The EPA’s National 

Service Center for Environmental 

Publications (NSCEP), P.O. Box 42419, 

Cincinnati, OH 45242; telephone: 1– 

800–490–9198; facsimile: 301–604– 

3408; e-mail: nscep@bps-lmit.com. 

Please provide your name, your mailing 

address, the title, and the EPA number 

of the requested publication. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact 

Thomas Johnson, NCEA; telephone: 

703–347–8618; facsimile: 703–347– 

8694; or e-mail: 

Johnson.thomas@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project/ 

Document 

This report presents a series of case 

studies describing the approaches 

currently being taken by four water 

utilities in the United States to assess 

their vulnerability to climate change. 

The report is not intended to be a 

comprehensive listing of assessment 

approaches or utilities conducting 

vulnerability assessments. Rather, its 

purpose is to illustrate a range of issues 

and current approaches taken by 

selected utilities that are leaders in 

climate adaptation to understand and 

respond to climate risk. The approaches 

taken by the different utilities to assess 

their vulnerability to climate change 

range from sophisticated environmental 

modeling and scenario analysis to 

qualitative methods based on reviews of 

available literature. The case studies 

illustrate different approaches that 

reflect specific local needs and 

conditions, existing vulnerabilities, 

local partnerships, and available 

information about climate change. 

Information from these case studies will 

be of use to water utilities and other 

members of the water resources 

community to inform the development 

of strategies for understanding and 

responding to climate change. The issue 

of climate change is complex and will 

require ongoing attention and study. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2010– 

0701, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center’s 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. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

If you provide comments by mail or 

hand delivery, please submit three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2010– 

0701. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 


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make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless a 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site 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 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 

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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

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

Docket: 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 materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are 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 OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: August 13, 2010. 

David Bussard, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9192–1] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Ambient Air 

Methods and Monitoring 

Subcommittee (AAMMS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is 

announcing a public teleconference on 

September 15, 2010, of the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

Ambient Air Monitoring & Methods 

Subcommittee (AAMMS or 

Subcommittee) to provide advice on 

EPA’s white paper, Approach for the 

Development of a New Federal 

Reference Method for Lead (Pb) in Total 

Suspended Particulates (TSP). 

DATES: The teleconference will be held 

on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 

from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be 

conducted by phone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

submit a written or brief oral statement 

or wants further information concerning 

the teleconference may contact Mr. 

Aaron Yeow, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voice mail (202) 564–2050; 

fax (202) 565–2098; or e-mail at 

yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the CASAC and 

the CASAC documents can be found on 

the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice 

is hereby given that the CASAC 

AAMMS will hold a public meeting to 

provide advice on EPA’s white paper, 

Approach for the Development of a New 

Federal Reference Method for Lead (Pb) 

in Total Suspended Particulates (TSP). 

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 AAMMS 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 NAAQS for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including lead. 

In November 2008, EPA published the 

final rule for the NAAQS for lead (73 FR 

66934), revising the primary standard 

from 1.5 μg/m3 to 0.15 μg/m3, and 

setting the secondary standard equal to 

the primary standard. The indicator for 

the Lead NAAQS did not change and 

remains as lead in total suspended 

particles (Pb-TSP). The Federal 

Reference Method (FRM) for Pb-TSP (40 

CFR part 50, Appendix G) was 

promulgated in 1979 and is based on 

Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy 

(FAAS). There is a need for a new FRM 

due to advances in analytical 

measurement technologies, such as 

improved analytical sensitivity, more 

efficient extraction methods, and new 

analytical instrumentation. EPA has 

developed the white paper, Approach 

for the Development of a New Federal 

Reference Method (FRM) for Lead (Pb) 

in Total Suspended Particles (TSP), 

which outlines the approach for the 

development a new FRM for lead. The 

AAMMS has been asked to provide 

advice on several issues in the white 

paper including: Extraction methods, 

analytical methods, validation and 

testing, and inter-laboratory variability. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning EPA’s white paper 

can be directed to Ms. Joann Rice, 

OAQPS, at rice.joann@epa.gov or (919) 

541–3372. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

Agency review document is posted on 

the EPA Technology Transfer Network 

Web site on the respective page for 

Ambient Monitoring Technology 

Information Center at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/casacinf.html. 

Prior to the teleconference, the agenda 

and other materials for the CASAC 

AAMMS teleconference will be 

accessible through the calendar link on 

the blue navigation bar at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac/. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 


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