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1Available at: https://www.epa.gov/sites/ 

production/files/2018-05/documents/image2018- 

05-09-173219.pdf. 

2The scientific assessment for the last review is 

documented in the Integrated Science Assessment 

for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants 

(Final Report, Feb 2013), EPA 600/R–10/076F. 

3Under CAA section 302(h), effects on welfare 

include, but are not limited to, ‘‘effects on soils, 

water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials, 

animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate, 

damage to and deterioration of property, and 

hazards to transportation, as well as effects on 

economic values and on personal comfort and 

wellbeing.’’ 

and secondary (welfare-based) O3

standards. 

The EPA will consult with the 

CASAC on the IRP and will also solicit 

comments from the public. As the 

review proceeds, the EPA will also 

request CASAC review of, and provide 

an opportunity for public comment on, 

other draft documents prepared for the 

review, which generally include the 

ISA, a risk/exposure assessment (REA), 

as warranted, and a policy assessment 

(PA). The EPA intends to provide the 

CASAC with a standardized set of key 

charge questions to consider in 

providing advice to the Administrator 

throughout the entire review, 

supplementing these questions with 

more detailed requests as necessary. 

More information on the updated 

process for the forthcoming ozone 

NAAQS review, including statutory, 

standardized charge questions, is 

contained in the Administrator’s May 9 

2018 memorandum, ‘‘Back-to-Basics 

Process for Reviewing National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards.’’ 1

The ISA will build on the scientific 

assessment for the last review,2 focusing 

on assessing information newly 

available since the 2013 ISA. With 

regard to development of the ISA, the 

public is encouraged to assist in 

identifying relevant scientific 

information for the review by 

submitting research studies that were 

not part of the prior review, and have 

been published or accepted for 

publication in a peer-reviewed journal. 

The Agency is interested in obtaining 

newly available information, 

particularly concerning toxicological 

studies of effects of controlled exposure 

to O3 on laboratory animals, humans, 

and in vitro systems, as well as 

epidemiologic (observational) studies of 

health effects associated with ambient 

exposures of human populations to O3.

The EPA also seeks recent information 

in other areas of O3 research such as 

chemistry and physics, sources and 

emissions, analytical methodology, 

transport and transformation in the 

environment, ambient concentrations, 

and effects on welfare 3 or the 

environment. This and other selected 

literature relevant to a review of the air 

quality criteria and NAAQS will be 

considered for inclusion in the 

forthcoming ISA. In addition to the 

request to submit current peer reviewed 

research studies, other opportunities for 

submission of new peer-reviewed, 

published (or in-press) papers will be 

available as part of the public comment 

period on the draft ISA that will be 

reviewed by the CASAC. 

II. How To Submit Information and 

Comments to the Docket at 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments and related 

information, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2018–0274 to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (e.g., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

When submitting comments, 

remember to: 

• Identify the action by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• 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. 

When considering submitting CBI, do 

not submit this information to the EPA 

through www.regulations.gov or email. 

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 the 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 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 2. 

Dated: June 12, 2018. 

Mary Ross, 

Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0620 

and Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2014– 

0128; FRL–9979–52–ORD] 

Second External Review Draft 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur, 

and Particulate Matter—Ecological 

Criteria 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing a public 

comment period for the draft document 

titled, ‘‘Second External Review Draft 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur, 

and Particulate Matter—Ecological 

Criteria’’ (EPA/600/R–18/097). The draft 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development (ORD) as part of the 

review of the secondary (welfare-based) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for oxides of nitrogen, oxides 

of sulfur, and particulate matter. The 

Integrated Science Assessment (ISA), in 

conjunction with additional technical 

and policy assessments, provides the 

scientific basis for EPA’s decisions on 

the adequacy of the current NAAQS and 

the appropriateness of possible 

alternative standards. On January 28, 

2016, EPA released a separate ISA as 

part of an independent review for the 

primary (health-based) NAAQS for 

oxides of nitrogen (EPA/600/R–15/068). 


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In addition, EPA also released a separate 

ISA to support the primary NAAQS 

review for oxides of sulfur (EPA/600/R– 

17/451, December 13, 2017), and is 

currently reviewing the primary and 

non-ecological secondary (e.g., 

visibility, climate, materials damage) 

NAAQS for particulate matter. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

to seek review by the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

and the public (meeting date and 

location to be specified in a separate 

Federal Register notice). This draft 

document is not final, as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent, and should 

not be construed to represent, Agency 

policy or views. When revising the 

document, EPA will consider any public 

comments submitted during the public 

comment period specified in this notice. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins on June 26, 2018 and ends on 

September 4, 2018. Comments must be 

received on or before September 4, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Second External 

Review Draft Integrated Science 

Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen, 

Oxides of Sulfur, and Particulate 

Matter—Ecological Criteria’’ will be 

available primarily via the internet on 

EPA’s Integrated Science Assessment 

home page at https://www.epa.gov/isa/ 

integrated-science-assessment-isaoxides-nitrogen-and-sulfur-ecological or 

the public docket at http://

www.regulations.gov, Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0620 and Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0128. A 

limited number of CD–ROM copies will 

be available. Contact Ms. Marieka Boyd 

by phone: 919–541–0031; fax: 919–541– 

5078; or email: boyd.marieka@epa.gov 

to request a CD–ROM, and please 

provide your name, your mailing 

address, and the document title, 

‘‘Second External Review Draft 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur, 

and Particulate Matter—Ecological 

Criteria’’ to facilitate processing of your 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the ORD Docket at the 

EPA Headquarters Docket Center; 

phone: 202–566–1752; fax: 202–566– 

9744; or email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact Dr. 

Tara Greaver, NCEA; phone: 919–541– 

2435; fax: 919–541–1818; or email: 

greaver.tara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to identify 

certain pollutants which, among other 

things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air 

pollution which may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or 

welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria 

for them. These 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 . . .’’ Under 

section 109 of the Act, EPA is then to 

establish NAAQS for each pollutant for 

which EPA has issued criteria. Section 

109(d) of the Act subsequently requires 

periodic review and, if appropriate, 

revision of existing air quality criteria to 

reflect advances in scientific knowledge 

on the effects of the pollutant on public 

health or welfare. EPA is also required 

to review and, if appropriate, revise the 

NAAQS (for more information on the 

NAAQS review process, see https://

www.epa.gov/naaqs). 

Oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, 

and particulate matter are three of six 

criteria pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an ISA (formerly 

called an Air Quality Criteria 

Document). The ISA, in conjunction 

with additional technical and policy 

assessments, provides the scientific 

basis for EPA’s decisions on the 

adequacy of the current NAAQS and the 

appropriateness of possible alternative 

standards. The Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC), an 

independent science advisory 

committee whose review and advisory 

functions are mandated by Section 

109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act, is 

charged (among other things) with 

independent scientific review of the 

EPA’s air quality criteria. 

On August 21, 2013 (78 FR 53452), 

EPA formally initiated its current 

review of the air quality criteria for the 

ecological effects of oxides of nitrogen 

and oxides of sulfur, and the associated 

secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS, 

requesting the submission of recent 

scientific information on specified 

topics. Similarly, on December 3, 2014 

(79 FR 71764), EPA formally initiated its 

current review of the air quality criteria 

for the particulate matter NAAQS. EPA 

conducted two workshops—the first on 

March 4 to 6, 2014 for oxides of nitrogen 

and oxides of sulfur (79 FR 8644, 

February 13, 2014), and the second on 

February 11, 2015 (79 FR 71764, 

December 3, 2014) for particulate 

matter—to gather input from invited 

scientific experts, both internal and 

external to EPA, as well as from the 

public, regarding key science and policy 

issues relevant to the review of the these 

secondary NAAQS. Teleconference 

workshops with invited scientific 

experts, both internal and external to 

EPA, were held on August 25, 26, and 

27, 2015 (80 FR 48316, August 12, 2015) 

and June 13, 2016 (81 FR 89262, May 

11, 2016), to discuss initial draft 

materials prepared in the development 

of the draft ISA. 

These science and policy issues were 

incorporated into EPA’s ‘‘Draft 

Integrated Review Plan for the 

Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard for Oxides of Nitrogen 

and Oxides of Sulfur’’ as well as the 

‘‘Integrated Review Plan for the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter.’’ The Draft Integrated 

Review Plan (IRP) for oxides of nitrogen 

and oxides of sulfur was available for 

public comment (80 FR 69220, Monday, 

November 9, 2015) and discussion by 

the CASAC via publicly accessible 

teleconference consultation (80 FR 

65223, February 10, 2016). The Draft 

IRP for particulate matter was available 

for public comment (81 FR 2297, April 

19, 2016) and discussion by the CASAC 

via publicly accessible teleconference 

consultation (81 FR 13362, March 14, 

2016) prior to release of the final 

document (81 FR 87933, December 6, 

2016). The ‘‘First External Review Draft 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur, 

and Particulate Matter—Ecological 

Criteria’’ was available for public 

comment (82 FR 15703, March 30, 2017) 

and discussed by CASAC and the public 

(82 FR 15701, March 30, 2017). 

The ‘‘Second External Review Draft 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur, 

and Particulate Matter—Ecological 

Criteria’’ will be discussed at a public 

meeting for review by CASAC and the 

public. In addition to the public 

comment period announced in this 

notice, the public will have an 

opportunity to address the CASAC. A 

separate Federal Register notice will 

inform the public of the exact date and 

time of the CASAC meeting and of the 

procedures for public participation. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0620 and Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2014–0128, by one of the following 

method 2nds: 


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• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. The phone number is 202– 

566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

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 phone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

202–566–1744. 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–2013– 

0620 and Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2014–0128. 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 make the comments 

available online at 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or email that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected. The www.regulations.gov 

website 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 

email comment directly to EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your email 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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the 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 on 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Dated: June 11, 2018. 

Mary A. Ross, 

Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13713 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

FDIC Advisory Committee on 

Community Banking; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC 

Advisory Committee on Community 

Banking, which will be held in 

Washington, DC. The Advisory 

Committee will provide advice and 

recommendations on a broad range of 

policy issues that have particular impact 

on small community banks throughout 

the United States and the local 

communities they serve, with a focus on 

rural areas. 

DATES: Wednesday, July 11, 2018, from 

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the FDIC Board Room on the sixth floor 

of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for further information 

concerning the meeting may be directed 

to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Committee 

Management Officer of the FDIC, at 

(202) 898–7043. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda: The agenda will include a 

discussion of current issues affecting 

community banking. The agenda is 

subject to change. Any changes to the 

agenda will be announced at the 

beginning of the meeting. 

Type of Meeting: The meeting will be 

open to the public, limited only by the 

space available on a first-come, firstserved basis. For security reasons, 

members of the public will be subject to 

security screening procedures and must 

present a valid photo identification to 

enter the building. The FDIC will 

provide attendees with auxiliary aids 

(e.g., sign language interpretation) 

required for this meeting. Those 

attendees needing such assistance 

should call (703) 562–6067 (Voice or 

TTY) at least two days before the 

meeting to make necessary 

arrangements. Written statements may 

be filed with the committee before or 

after the meeting. This meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Community 

Banking will be Webcast live via the 

internet http://fdic.windrosemedia.com. 

Questions or troubleshooting help can 

be found at the same link. For optimal 

viewing, a high-speed internet 

connection is recommended. Further, a 

video of the meeting will be available 

on-demand approximately two weeks 

after the event. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13642 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreement 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on the agreement to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within twelve 

days of the date this notice appears in 

the Federal Register. Copies of the 

agreement are available through the 

Commission’s website (www.fmc.gov) or 

by contacting the Office of Agreements 

at (202) 523–5793 or tradeanalysis@

fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 201217–003. 

Title: Port of Long Beach Data 

Services Agreement. 

Parties: Port of Long Beach; PierPass 

LLC; LBCT LLC; SSA Terminals (Pier 


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