Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 90 / Friday, May 9, 2014 / Notices 26751 

1The EPA’s call for information for this review 

was issued on February 26, 2010 (75 FR 8934). 

Dated: May 6, 2014. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10681 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9910–58–OW] 

Notice of a Public Meeting: The 

National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council Lead and Copper Rule 

Working Group Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

a public meeting of the National 

Drinking Water Advisory Council 

(NDWC) Lead and Copper Rule Working 

Group (LCRWG). The meeting is 

scheduled for May 29 and 30, 2014, in 

Arlington, VA. During this meeting, the 

LCRWG and the EPA will focus 

discussions on the Lead and Copper 

Rule sample site selection criteria. 

DATES: The meeting on May 29, 2014, 

will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Eastern Time, and on May 30, 2014, 

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Cadmus Group Inc., 1555 

Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA, 

and will be open to the public. All 

attendees must sign in with the security 

desk and show photo identification to 

enter the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information about this meeting or 

to request written materials contact 

Lameka Smith, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water; by phone 

(202) 564–1629 or by email at 

LCRWorkingGroup@epa.gov. For 

additional information about the Lead 

and Copper Rule, please visit: http://

water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/

lcr/index.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Details about Participating in the 

Meeting: Members of the public who 

would like to register for this meeting 

should contact Lameka Smith by May 

27th, 2014, by email at 

LCRWorkingGroup@epa.gov or by 

phone at 202–564–1629. The LCRWG 

will allocate time for the public’s input 

at the meeting on May 29 and 30. Oral 

statements will be limited to five 

minutes at the meeting. It is preferred 

that only one person present the 

statement on behalf of a group or 

organization. To ensure adequate time 

for public involvement, individuals or 

organizations interested in presenting 

an oral statement should notify Lameka 

Smith no later than May 22, 2014. Any 

person who wishes to file a written 

statement can do so before or after the 

LCRWG meeting. Written statements 

intended for the meeting must be 

received by May 22, 2014, to be 

distributed to all members of the 

working group before the meeting. Any 

statements received on or after the date 

specified will become part of the 

permanent file for the meeting and will 

be forwarded to the LCRWG members 

for their information. 

Special Accommodations: For 

information on access or to request 

special accommodations for individuals 

with disabilities please contact Lameka 

Smith at (202) 564–1629 or by email at 

LCRWorkingGroup@epa.gov at least 10 

days prior to the meeting to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: April 30, 2014. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10677 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0108; FRL–9910–59– 

OAR] 

Release of Final Policy Assessment 

Document Related to the Review of the 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Lead 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing the 

availability of a final document titled 

Policy Assessment for the Review of the 

Lead National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards. The Policy Assessment (PA) 

has been prepared by staff in the EPA’s 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (OAQPS) as part of the 

agency’s ongoing review of the primary 

(health-based) and secondary (welfarebased) national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) for lead (Pb). It 

presents analyses and staff conclusions 

regarding the policy implications of the 

key scientific and technical information 

that informs this review. 

DATES: The PA will be available on or 

about May 9, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: This document will be 

available primarily via the Internet at 

the following Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/

s_pb_index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Deirdre Murphy, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (mail code 

C504–06), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 

919–541–0729; fax number: 919–541– 

0237; email address: murphy.deirdre@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two 

sections of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

govern the establishment and revision of 

the NAAQS. Section 108 (42 U.S.C. 

section 7408) directs the Administrator 

to identify and list certain air pollutants 

and then to issue air quality criteria for 

those pollutants. The Administrator is 

to list those air pollutants that in her 

‘‘judgment, cause or contribute to air 

pollution which may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or 

welfare;’’ ‘‘the presence of which in the 

ambient air results from numerous or 

diverse mobile or stationary sources;’’ 

and ‘‘for which . . . [the Administrator] 

plans to issue air quality criteria. . . .’’ 

Air quality criteria are intended 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 . . .’’ 42 

U.S.C. section 7408(b). Under section 

109 (42 U.S.C. section 7409), the EPA 

establishes primary (health-based) and 

secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for 

pollutants for which air quality criteria 

are issued. Section 109(d) requires 

periodic review and, if appropriate, 

revision of existing air quality criteria. 

The EPA is also required to periodically 

review and, if appropriate, revise the 

NAAQS based on the revised criteria. 

Section 109(d)(2) requires that an 

independent scientific review 

committee ‘‘shall complete a review of 

the criteria . . . and the national 

primary and secondary ambient air 

quality standards . . . and shall 

recommend to the Administrator any 

new . . . standards and revisions of 

existing criteria and standards as may be 

appropriate. . . .’’ Since the early 

1980’s, this independent review 

function has been performed by the 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC). 

Presently, the EPA is reviewing the 

NAAQS for Pb.1 The document, whose 


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