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will consist of discussions of potential 

future operating environments and force 

posture implications. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 2, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 12 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Center for Naval Analysis 

Corporation Boardroom at 4825 Mark 

Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311–

1846. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR 

David Di Tallo, CNO Executive Panel, 

4825 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 

22311, 703–681–4908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2), these matters constitute classified 

information that is specifically 

authorized by Executive Order to be 

kept secret in the interest of national 

defense and are, in fact, properly 

classified pursuant to such Executive 

Order. Accordingly, the Secretary of the 

Navy has determined in writing that the 

public interest requires that all sessions 

of this meeting be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned with 

matters listed in section 552b(c)(1) of 

title 5, United States Code. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

M.A. Harvison, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Office. 

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Proposed Settlement Agreement, 

Clean Air Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement 

Agreement; Request for Public 

Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is 

hereby given of a proposed settlement 

agreement, to address a petition for 

review filed by the American Foundry 

Society in the United States Court of 

Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Circuit: American Foundry Society v. 

EPA, No. 04–1191 (D.C. Cir.). On June 

18, 2004, Petitioner filed a petition for 

review challenging the EPA’s final rule 

entitled ‘‘National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Iron 

and Steel Foundries’’ published at 69 

FR 21,906 (April 22, 2004). Under the 

terms of the proposed settlement 

agreement, EPA would sign a notice 

proposing revisions to the rule that were 

the same in substance as set forth in the 

attachment to the settlement agreement. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed settlement agreement must be 

received by February 16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA–

HQ–GC–2007–0009, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD–

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane McConkey, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–5588; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

e-mail address: 

mcconkey.diane@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Settlement Agreement 

Petitioners raised issues concerning 

the final rule entitled ‘‘National 

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants for Iron and Steel Foundries’’

published at 69 FR 21,906 (April 22, 

2004) (‘‘the Rule’’). 

The proposed settlement agreement 

provides that no later than 30 days after 

it became final, EPA would sign a notice 

proposing revisions to the Rule that 

were the same in substance as set forth 

in Attachment A to the settlement 

agreement. The proposed revisions 

would add an alternative compliance 

option for cupolas at existing foundries 

and would include a number of small 

changes and clarifications. The Parties 

would file a joint stipulation of 

dismissal of case number 04–1191 if 

EPA promulgated final revisions that 

were materially the same as the 

proposed revisions. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will receive written 

comments relating to the proposed 

settlement agreement from persons who 

were not named as parties or 

intervenors to the litigation in question. 

EPA or the Department of Justice may 

withdraw or withhold consent to the 

proposed settlement agreement if the 

comments disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or 

the Department of Justice determines, 

based on any comment which may be 

submitted, that consent to the 

settlement agreement should be 

withdrawn, the terms of the agreement 

will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Settlement Agreement 

A. How Can I Get A Copy of the 

Settlement Agreement? 

Direct your comments to the official 

public docket for this action under 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2007–

0009 which contains a copy of the 

settlement. The official public docket is 

available for public viewing at the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566–

1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use the 

www.regulations.gov. to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

appropriate docket identification 

number. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov. 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

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docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an e-mail 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, e-mail address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

Richard B. Ossias, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC); Notification of 

Public Advisory Committee Meeting of 

the CASAC Lead Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public meeting of the Clean 

Air Scientific Advisory Committee 

(CASAC) Lead Review Panel (CASAC 

Panel) to conduct a peer review of the 

Draft Review of the National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards for Lead: Policy 

Assessment of Scientific and Technical 

Information (1st Draft Lead Staff Paper, 

December 2006) and a related draft 

technical support document, Lead 

Human Exposure and Health Risk 

Assessments and Ecological Risk 

Assessment for Selected Areas: Pilot 

Phase, Draft Technical Report (Draft 

Lead Exposure and Risk Assessments, 

December 2006). 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 

8:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 

Tuesday, February 6, 2007, through 3 

p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 

Wednesday, February 7, 2007. 

Location: The meeting will take place 

at the Marriott at Research Triangle 

Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 

27703, phone: 919–941–6200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

submit a written or brief oral statement 

(five minutes or less) or wants further 

information concerning this meeting 

must contact Mr. Fred Butterfield, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Mr. 

Butterfield may be contacted at the EPA 

Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; or 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 SAB can be found on the EPA 

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

Information concerning EPA technical 

contacts appears below in this Federal 

Register notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The CASAC, which is 

comprised of seven members appointed 

by the EPA Administrator, 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. The 

CASAC provides advice, information 

and recommendations on the scientific 

and technical aspects of issues related to 

air quality criteria and NAAQS under 

sections 108 and 109 of the Act. The 

CASAC is chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The CASAC 

Lead Review Panel consists of the seven 

CASAC members supplemented by 

subject-matter-experts. The CASAC 

Lead Review Panel provides advice and 

recommendations to EPA concerning 

lead in ambient air. The Panel complies 

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 national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including Lead. 

On September 30, 2006, EPA’s National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

National, Research Triangle Park 

(NCEA–RTP), within the Agency’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD), made available a document, Air 

Quality Criteria for Lead (EPA/600/R–

05/144aC–bC). This final Lead air 

quality criteria document (AQCD) 

represented a revision to the previous 

EPA document, Air Quality Criteria for 

Lead, EPA–600/8–83/028aF–dF 

(published in June 1986) and an 

associated supplement (EPA–600/8–89/ 

049F) published in 1990. The CASAC’s 

most-recent letter to the Administrator 

concerning the draft Lead AQCD (EPA–

CASAC–06–010, dated September 6, 

2006) is posted on the SAB Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/casac-06–

010.pdf. Detailed summary information 

on the Final AQCD for Lead is 

contained in a previous EPA Federal 

Register notice (71 FR 57508, September 

29, 2006). 

In December 2006, EPA’s Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards 

(OAQPS), within the Office of Air and 

Radiation (OAR), released the 1st Draft 

Lead Staff Paper and the Draft Lead 

Exposure and Risk Assessments 

document as part of its review of the 

Lead NAAQS. The purpose of the 1st 

Draft Lead Staff Paper is to evaluate the 

policy implications of the key scientific 

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