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By the commission. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4074 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8285–6] 

EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

Staff Office Request for Nominations 

for Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Particular Matter 

(PM Review Panel) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff 

Office is announcing the formation of 

the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) review panel for 

Particulate Matter (PM). The SAB Staff 

Office is soliciting public nominations 

for this Panel. 

DATES: New nominations should be 

submitted by March 29, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Mr. Fred 

Butterfield, 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) 343–9994; 

fax: (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at: 

butterfield.fred@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the CASAC or 

the EPA Science Advisory Board can be 

found on the EPA Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

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. 

Section 109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA) requires that EPA carry out a 

periodic review and revision, as 

appropriate, of the air quality criteria 

and the NAAQS for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air 

pollutants, including PM. This Federal 

Register notice solicitation is seeking 

nominations for additional, subjectmatter experts to augment the chartered 

CASAC. This CASAC Panel will review 

EPA’s technical and policy assessments 

that form the basis for updating the 

NAAQS for PM. The CASAC PM 

Review Panel will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

Nominator’s Assessment of Expertise. 

The SAB Staff Office requests nominees 

for the CASAC PM Review Panel who 

are nationally-recognized experts in one 

or more of the following disciplines: 

(a) Atmospheric Science. Expertise in 

evaluating the physical/chemical 

properties of particulate matter 

including transport of PM on urban to 

global scales, transformation of primary 

particles in the atmosphere to secondary 

particles, and movement of PM between 

media through deposition and other 

such mechanisms. Expertise in 

evaluating natural and anthropogenic 

sources and emissions of PM and 

resulting ambient levels, pertinent 

monitoring or measurement methods for 

PM, and spatial and temporal trends in 

PM atmospheric concentrations. 

(b) Human Exposure and Risk 

Assessment/Modeling. Expertise in 

measuring general population exposure 

to PM and/or in modeling exposure to 

PM emitted from ambient and indoor 

sources. Expertise in human health risk 

analysis modeling for PM related to 

respiratory, cardiovascular, and other 

non-cancer health effects as well as 

cancer. Expertise in characterizing 

uncertainty in exposure and risk 

analyses. 

(c) Dosimetry. Expertise in evaluating 

the dosimetry of animal and human 

subjects, including identifying factors 

associated with differential patterns of 

inhalation and/or deposition/uptake in 

various respiratory tract regions that 

may contribute to differential 

susceptibility of sensitive 

subpopulations and animal-to-human 

dosimetry extrapolations. 

(d) Toxicology. Expertise in 

evaluating and interpreting 

experimental laboratory animal studies, 

including animal models simulating 

sensitive subpopulations (e.g., children, 

older adults, individuals with 

preexisting respiratory or cardiac 

disease), and in vitro studies of the 

effects of PM on pulmonary and 

extrapulmonary (e.g., cardiovascular, 

immunological) endpoints and cancer. 

(e) Controlled Human Exposure. 

Expertise in evaluating and interpreting 

controlled human exposure studies of 

the effects of PM on the general 

population and sensitive 

subpopulations (e.g., children, older 

adults, individuals with preexisting 

respiratory or cardiac disease). Experts 

would include physicians with 

experience in the clinical treatment of 

cardiopulmonary diseases, including 

asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary 

disease (COPD), and diabetes. 

(f) Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 

Expertise in evaluating epidemiological 

evidence of the effects of exposures to 

ambient PM and other major air 

pollutants (e.g., ozone, SO2, NO2, carbon 

monoxide) on the general population 

and sensitive subpopulations (e.g., 

children, older adults, individuals with 

preexisting respiratory or cardiac 

disease). Expertise in evaluating a broad 

range of health endpoints, including 

mortality and morbidity effects (e.g., 

respiratory symptoms, lung function 

decrements, asthma medication use, 

physiological changes or biomarkers for 

cardiac changes, cardiopulmonaryrelated emergency department visits, 

cardiopulmonary-related hospital 

admissions, cancer). Expertise in using 

biostatistical models to interpret 

epidemiological evidence. 

(g) Effects on Visibility Impairment. 

Expertise in evaluating and interpreting 

studies of the effects of PM on local 

visibility impairment as well as regional 

haze. Expertise would include 

evaluating visibility trends and 

conditions in Class I, urban, and nonurban areas, studies of economic value 

of improving visual air quality, and 

approaches to assessing public 

perceptions of visibility impairment and 

judgments about the acceptability of 

varying degrees of visibility impairment. 

(h) Ecological Effects. Expertise in 

evaluating the effects of exposure to PM 

on agricultural crops and natural 

ecosystems and their components, both 

flora and fauna, ranging from 

biochemical/sub-cellular effects on 

organisms to increasingly more complex 

levels of ecosystem organization. 

Appropriate expertise disciplines 

include: Aquatic chemistry; aquatic 

ecology/biology; limnology; terrestrial 

ecology; forest ecology; grassland 

ecology; rangeland ecology; terrestrial/ 

aquatic biogeochemistry; terrestrial/ 

aquatic nutrient cycling; and terrestrial/ 

aquatic wildlife biology and soil 

chemistry. 

(i) Other Welfare Effects. Expertise in 

evaluating the effects of PM on other 

public welfare effects, including damage 

to materials, and also the atmospheric 

interactions of PM as related to global 

climate conditions. 

(j) Ecosystem Exposure and Risk 

Assessment/Modeling. Expertise in 

deposition modeling across a range of 


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scales from local watershed to 

landscape to continental; static and 

dynamic ecosystem response models; 

integrated assessment models; 

identification of bioindicators useful for 

tracking ecosystem change; and 

methods and approaches for estimating 

damage to ecosystems. 

(k) Resource Valuation. Expertise in 

ecological resource and other welfare 

effects valuation and/or economic 

benefits assessment approaches and 

models. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals to add expertise to the 

CASAC PM Review Panel in the areas 

of expertise described above. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

electronic format through the SAB Web 

site at the following URL: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab; or directly via the 

Form for Nominating Individuals to 

Panels of the EPA Science Advisory 

Board link found at URL: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ 

paneltopics.html. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting nominations 

carefully. To be considered, 

nominations should include all of the 

information required on the associated 

forms. Anyone unable to submit 

nominations using the electronic form 

and who has any questions concerning 

the nomination process may contact Mr. 

Fred Butterfield, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than March 29, 2007. 

For nominees to be considered, please 

include: Contact information; a 

curriculum vitae; a biosketch of no more 

than two paragraphs (containing 

information on the nominee’s current 

position, educational background, areas 

of expertise and research activities, 

service on other advisory committees 

and professional societies; the 

candidate’s special expertise related to 

the panel being formed; and sources of 

recent grant and/or contract support). 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and biosketchs of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

the Federal Register notice and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff will be posted on the SAB Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. Public 

comments on this ‘‘Short List’’ of 

candidates will be accepted for 21 

calendar days. The public will be 

requested to provide relevant 

information or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced subcommittee or review panel 

includes candidates who possess the 

necessary domains of knowledge, the 

relevant scientific perspectives (which, 

among other factors, can be influenced 

by work history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

establishing the final CASAC PM 

Review Panel, the SAB Staff Office will 

consider public comments on the ‘‘Short 

List’’ of candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information 

independently gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office. Specific criteria to be used 

for Panel membership include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 

to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an 

appearance of a lack of impartiality; and 

(e) skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

and, for the Panel as a whole, (f) 

diversity of, and balance among, 

scientific expertise, viewpoints, etc. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–

48). This confidential form allows 

Government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between that person’s public 

responsibilities (which includes 

membership on an EPA Federal 

advisory committee) and private 

interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a lack of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110- 

48.pdf. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees 

and review panels is described in the 

following document: Overview of the 

Panel Formation Process at the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–

02–010), which is posted on the SAB 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/ 

pdf/ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–4168 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8284–4] 

Notice of a Second Workshop on the 

Development of Regulations for 

Aircraft Public Water Systems 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is holding a second 

workshop on the development of 

regulations for aircraft public water 

systems. This workshop will provide 

information about recent activities and 

an overview of approaches for the 

proposed Aircraft Drinking Water Rule. 

This is the second workshop in a series 

designed to gain perspectives from 

representatives from industry, 

government, public interest groups, and 

the general public. 

DATES: The workshop will be held from 

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern time (ET), on 

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 and from 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, Thursday, March 29, 

2007, with one and a half hour lunch 

breaks each day. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 

in Ballroom A. The hotel is located 

adjacent to the Crystal City Metro 

Station on the blue and yellow lines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about this 

workshop or to pre-register, please 

contact Kathryn Aegis, RESOLVE, 1255 

23rd St., NW., Washington, DC 20037, 

telephone number 202–965–6393, or email at kaegis@resolv.org. For technical 

inquiries regarding the development of 

an aircraft drinking water rule, contact 

Rick Naylor at (202) 564–3847, or by email: naylor.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There is 

no charge for attending this workshop as 

an observer, but seats are limited, so 

register as soon as possible. We suggest 

attendees book their hotel room as soon 

as possible because the workshop is 

being held during a peak time of the 

tourist season for Washington, DC. 

Special Accommodations 

Any person needing special 

accommodations at this meeting, 

including wheelchair access, should 

contact Kathryn Aegis at the phone 

number or e-mail address listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. Requests for 

special accommodations should be 

made at least five business days in 

advance of the public meeting. 


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