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(4) The Radiation Advisory 

Committee (RAC) provides advice on 

radiation protection, radiation science, 

and radiation risk assessment. The SAB 

Staff Office invites the nomination of 

experts to serve on the RAC with 

demonstrated expertise in the following 

disciplines: Radiation carcinogenesis; 

radiochemistry; radiation dosimetry; 

radiation epidemiology; radiation 

exposure; radiation health and safety; 

radiological risk assessment; 

uncertainty analysis; and radionuclide 

fate and transport. For further 

information about the RAC membership 

appointment process and schedule, 

please contact Dr. Diana Wong, DFO, by 

telephone at (202) 564–2049 or by email 

at wong.diana-m@epa.gov. 

Selection Criteria for the SAB and the 

SAB Committees Includes 

—Demonstrated scientific credentials 

and disciplinary expertise in relevant 

fields; 

—Willingness to commit time to the 

committee and demonstrated ability 

to work constructively and effectively 

on committees; 

—Background and experiences that 

would help members contribute to the 

diversity of perspectives on the 

committee, e.g., geographical, 

economic, social, cultural, 

educational backgrounds, professional 

affiliations; and other considerations; 

and 

—For the committee as a whole, the 

collective breadth and depth of 

scientific expertise is considered, as 

well as, a balance of scientific 

perspectives. 

As these committees undertake 

specific advisory activities, the SAB 

Staff Office will consider two additional 

criteria for each new activity: absence of 

financial conflicts of interest and 

absence of an appearance of a loss of 

impartiality. 

How to Submit Nominations: Any 

interested person or organization may 

nominate qualified persons to be 

considered for appointment to these 

advisory committees. Individuals may 

self-nominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) using the online nomination 

form under the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ 

category at the bottom of the SAB home 

page at http://www.epa.gov/sab. To be 

considered, all nominations should 

include the information requested 

below. EPA values and welcomes 

diversity. All qualified candidates are 

encouraged to apply regardless of 

gender, race, disability or ethnicity. 

Nominators are asked to identify the 

specific committee for which nominees 

are to be considered. The following 

information should be provided on the 

nomination form: Contact information 

for the person making the nomination; 

contact information for the nominee; the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s 

curriculum vitae; and a biographical 

sketch of the nominee indicating current 

position, educational background; 

research activities; sources of research 

funding for the last two years; and 

recent service on other national 

advisory committees or national 

professional organizations. To help the 

agency evaluate the effectiveness of its 

outreach efforts, please indicate how 

you learned of this nomination 

opportunity. Persons having questions 

about the nomination process or the 

public comment process described 

below, or who are unable to submit 

nominations through the SAB website, 

should contact the DFO for the 

committee, as identified above. The 

DFO will acknowledge receipt of 

nominations and in that 

acknowledgement, will invite the 

nominee to provide any additional 

information that the nominee feels 

would be useful in considering the 

nomination, such as availability to 

participate as a member of the 

committee; how the nominee’s 

background, skills and experience 

would contribute to the diversity of the 

committee; and any questions the 

nominee has regarding membership. 

The names and biosketches of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

this Federal Register document, and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff Office, will be posted in a List of 

Candidates on the SAB website at 

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

comments on each List of Candidates 

will be accepted for 21 days from the 

date the list is posted. The public will 

be requested to provide relevant 

information or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates. 

Candidates invited to serve will be 

asked to submit 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 EPA to determine whether 

there is a statutory conflict between that 

person’s public responsibilities as a 

Special Government Employee and 

private interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a loss of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded 

through the ‘‘Ethics Requirements for 

Advisors’’ link on the SAB home page 

at http://www.epa.gov/sab. This form 

should not be submitted as part of a 

nomination. 

Dated: June 12, 2018. 

Khanna Johnston, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Notice of Intent To Hold a Workshop 

for a Study on the Impacts of 

Compliance With the ECA Fuel Sulfur 

Limits on U.S. Coastal Shipping 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of workshop. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing a 

stakeholder workshop to be held in 

Washington, DC, on July 30, 2018. This 

workshop will engage individuals and 

companies involved in U.S. coastal 

shipping as transportation providers or 

users, as well as states, local 

communities, and interested citizens, in 

the development of a study of the 

impacts on that sector of the North 

American Emission Control Area (ECA) 

fuel sulfur limits for ships. The Agency 

will provide background on the study, 

describe the proposed analytic 

methodology, and solicit stakeholder 

input regarding the selection of 

transportation routes to be studied and 

data inputs. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

July 30, 2018 at the location noted 

below under ADDRESSES. The workshop 

will begin at 10:00 a.m. EST and end at 

3:00 p.m. EST. Parties wishing to attend 

the workshop should notify the contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT by July 23, 2018. 

Additional information regarding the 

workshop appears below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at the following location: Room 1153, 

William Jefferson Clinton East, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. Additional information 

related to the workshop will be posted 

on the EPA website at: https://

www.epa.gov/regulations-emissionsvehicles-and-engines/designation-northamerican-emission-control-area-marine. 

Interested parties should check the 

website for any updated information. 


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1See: https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissionsvehicles-and-engines/designation-north-americanemission-control-area-marine. 

2For analysis of the 2030 benefits and costs of the 

North American ECA, see Final Rule, Control of 

Emissions From New Marine Compression-Ignition 

Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder; this rule 

is available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR2010-04-30/pdf/2010-2534.pdf. 

3Committee Report [To accompany S. 3068]; this 

report is available at https://www.congress.gov/114/ 

crpt/srpt281/CRPT-114srpt281.pdf. The Joint 

Explanatory Statement accompanying the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 

115–31), refers to Senate Report 114–281 as 

carrying the same emphasis in regard to the 

administration of programs. 

4Ships that generate less than 32,000 horsepower 

represent about 85 percent of all ships that visit 

U.S. ports. 

5Coastal shipping, also called coastwise or short 

sea shipping, generally means marine 

transportation along a coast without crossing an 

ocean. For the purpose of this study, coastal 

shipping means the transportation of goods or 

materials by ship from an originating port located 

in North America, Mexico, or Central America to a 

United States destination port located on the 

Pacific, Atlantic, or Gulf coasts, or vice versa, but 

excludes shipping between Great Lakes ports. 

6See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0121-0586 and 

https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/ 

P100E7EW.PDF?Dockey=P100E7EW.PDF. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

MacAllister, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality, Assessment and 

Standards Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone 

number: 734–214–4131; email address: 

macallister.julia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

A. Docket 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2018–0396. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) 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. 

B. Electronic Access 

You may access this Federal Register 

document electronically from the 

Government Printing Office under the 

‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at FDSys 

(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ 

collection.action?collectionCode=FR). 

II. Overview 

The North American Emission 

Control Area (ECA) was designated in 

2010 by amendment to Annex VI to the 

International Convention for the 

Prevention of Pollution from Ships 

(MARPOL).1 Beginning January 1, 2015, 

the sulfur content of fuel used by ships 

operating in the ECA may not exceed 

1,000 ppm. By the year 2030, this 

program is expected to reduce annual 

emissions of NOX, SOX, and PM2.5 by 

1.2 million, 1.3 million, and 143,000 

tons, respectively. The magnitude of 

these reductions would continue well 

beyond 2030, and are estimated to 

annually prevent between 12,000 and 

30,000 PM-related premature deaths; 

between 210 and 920 ozone-related 

premature deaths; 1,400,000 work days 

lost; and 9,600,000 minor restrictedactivity days. The estimated annual 

monetized health benefits of the North 

American Emission Control Area in 

2030 would be between $110 and $270 

billion, assuming a 3 percent discount 

rate (or between $99 and $240 billion 

assuming a 7 percent discount rate). The 

annual cost of the overall program in 

2030 would be significantly less, at 

approximately $3.1 billion. This cost 

includes $2.5 billion in fuel costs, $0.6 

billion in NOX control operating costs 

(e.g., urea consumption), and $0.05 

billion in variable costs.2

In Senate Report 114–281 (June 16, 

2016),3 Members of the Senate 

Committee on Appropriations indicated 

that while they support efforts to reduce 

pollution from marine vessels, ‘‘the 

Committee is concerned the mandate for 

fuel with a sulfur content of 0.1% in the 

North American Emission Control Area 

is having a disproportionately negative 

impact on vessels which have engines 

that generate less than 32,000 

horsepower [and] this impact may cause 

some shippers to shift from marine 

based transport to less efficient, higher 

emitting modes.’’ As a result, ‘‘to avoid 

negative environmental consequences 

and modal shifting, the Committee 

directs the Agency to consider 

exempting vessels with engines that 

generate less than 32,000 horsepower 

and operate more than 50 miles from the 

coastline.’’ 4 In response to the 

Committee’s concerns, EPA intends to 

perform a study of the economic 

impacts of compliance with the North 

American ECA fuel sulfur limits on 

coastal shipping.5 The study will be 

based on the approach the Agency used 

for a similar study carried out in 2012 

examining the impacts of the 

application of the ECA fuel sulfur limits 

on the Great Lakes shipping industry.6

That study used a combination of 

geospatial transportation route modeling 

and cost modeling to examine the 

impacts of the ECA fuel sulfur 

requirements for a specific set of 

transportation routes identified by 

stakeholders as being at risk for 

transportation mode shift. 

Input from coastal transportation 

industry stakeholders and other 

industries involved in alternative 

transportation modes will be essential to 

identify the transportation routes to be 

studied: Those routes that may be at risk 

of transportation mode shift as a result 

of increased operating costs due to the 

use of ECA fuel. Stakeholder input also 

will be important for essential data, 

including ship characteristics. 

To facilitate stakeholder participation, 

EPA will conduct a workshop on July 

30, 2018, at the location noted above 

under ADDRESSES. At this meeting, the 

Agency will explain the purpose of this 

economic impact study, describe the 

methodology that was used for a similar 

study of the impacts of ECA compliance 

on the Great Lakes, and explain the 

methodology that will be applied to this 

study of the economic impacts of the 

ECA fuel sulfur requirements on the 

U.S. coastal marine transportation. EPA 

will also describe the data needs of the 

study, how interested stakeholders can 

help EPA obtain that data, and EPA’s 

procedures to ensure the protection of 

confidential business information. 

EPA invites and encourages 

participation by all manner of coastal 

shipping stakeholders: Shipping 

companies, both those with ships that 

are capable of operating on heavy fuel 

oil and those with ships that are 

designed to operate solely on distillate 

diesel fuel; companies that provide 

alternative land-based transportation 

(rail and highway truck); companies that 

utilize coastal marine transportation; 

state and local governments; 

environmental and community groups; 

and others who are interested in or who 

have information that may be useful for 

this study. 

A draft agenda for the workshop can 

be found at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

regulations-emissions-vehicles-andengines/designation-north-americanemission-control-area-marine. EPA also 

plans to place relevant materials in that 

docket as they become available. 

Dated: June 27, 2018. 

Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

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