you need to ban the use of lead shot by hunters. it is clear that they are dying and becoming brain dead from using lead shot. they 

also kill all other people and animals and birds with their lead shot. it is time to shut down allowing these bloodlust wildlife murderers 

to to use lead shot. you are letting their kids go brain dead and red blood cell dead too becaues the hunters bring home the dead 

animal with lead shot particles in it to eat. you should be doing something on this and are instead doing NOTHING. 

Health 

In addition to exposure to lead in air, other major exposure pathways include ingestion of lead in drinking water and lead-contaminated 

food as well as incidental ingestion of lead-contaminated soil and dust. Lead-based paint remains a major exposure pathway in older 

homes. Learn more about lead in paint, dust and soil. 

Once taken into the body, lead distributes throughout the body in the blood and is accumulated in the bones. Depending on the level 

of exposure, lead can adversely affect the nervous system, kidney function, immune system, reproductive and developmental systems 

and the cardiovascular system. Lead exposure also affects the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. The lead effects most commonly 

encountered in current populations are neurological effects in children and cardiovascular effects (e.g., high blood pressure and heart 

disease) in adults. Infants and young children are especially sensitive to even low levels of lead, which may contribute to behavioral 

problems, learning deficits and lowered IQ. 

Lead is persistent in the environment and accumulates in soils and sediments through deposition from air sources, direct discharge of 

waste streams to water bodies, mining, and erosion. Ecosystems near point sources of lead demonstrate a wide range of adverse 

effects including losses in biodiversity, changes in community composition, decreased growth and reproductive rates in plants and 

animals, and neurological effects in vertebrates. 

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Subject: allowing hunters to continue using lead shot is an abomination - hurting all americans including them but they are too stupid 

public comment on federal register FW: allowing hunters to continue using lead shot is an 

abomination - hurting all americans including them but they are too stupid to acknowledge it 

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From: bk1492@aol.com 

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:41:17 -0500 

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2011)] 

[Notices] 

[Pages 76972-76973] 

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] 

[FR Doc No: 2011-31683] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0108; FRL-9502-8] 

Release of Final Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards for Lead 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

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SUMMARY: On or about November 18, 2011, the EPA will make available to 

the public the final document, Integrated Review Plan for the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead. This document contains the 

plans for the review of the air quality criteria and national ambient 

air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead (Pb). The Pb NAAQS provide for 

the protection of public health and the environment from Pb emitted to 

ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Deirdre Murphy, Office of Air 

Quality 

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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: 

I. General Information 

A. How can I get copies of this document and related information? 

 1. Docket. The EPA has established a docket for this action under 

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0108. A separate docket established for 

the Integrated Science Assessment being prepared for this action (EPAHQ-ORD-2011-0051) is also incorporated into the rulemaking docket for 

this review. Publicly available docket materials are available 

electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or may be viewed at 

the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The 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 Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information Center is (202) 566-1742. 

 2. The document announced today and related information will be 

available via the Internet at the EPA's Technology Transfer Network 

(TTN) Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html. The document announced today will be accessible in the 

``Documents from Current Review'' section under ``Planning Documents.'' 

II. Information Specific to This Document 

 Two sections of the Clean Air Act 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. 7408(b). Under section 

109 (42 U.S.C. 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 revised air 

quality criteria reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the 

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effects of the pollutant on public health or welfare. The EPA is also 

required to periodically review and revise the NAAQS, if appropriate, 

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 

announced today has been developed as part of the planning phase for 

the review. This phase began with a science policy workshop to identify 

issues and questions to frame the review. Drawing from the workshop 

discussions, a draft integrated review plan (IRP) was prepared jointly 

by the EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment, within the 

Office of Research and Development, and the EPA's Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, within the Office of Air and Radiation. The 

draft IRP was the subject of a consultation with CASAC on May 5, 2011, 

and was available for public comment (76 FR 20347). The final IRP 

announced today has been prepared after consideration of CASAC and 

public comments. This document presents the EPA's current plans for the 

schedule for the entire review, the process for conducting the review, 

and the key policy-relevant science issues that will guide the review. 

This document does not represent and should not be construed to 

represent any final EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination. 

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 \1\ The EPA's call for information for this review was issued on 

February 26, 2010 (75 FR 8934). 

 Dated: December 5, 2011. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2011-31683 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P 

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