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maintained as confidential, e.g., until a 

certain date, until the occurrence of a 

specified event, or permanently? If the 

occurrence of a specific event will 

eliminate the need for confidentiality, 

please specify that event. 

2. Information submitted to EPA 

becomes stale over time. Why should 

the information you claim as 

confidential be protected for the time 

period specified in your answer to 

question no. 1? 

3. What measures have you taken to 

protect the information claimed as 

confidential? Have you disclosed the 

information to anyone other than a 

governmental body or someone who is 

bound by an agreement not to disclose 

the information further? If so, why 

should the information still be 

considered confidential? 

4. Is the information contained in any 

publicly available material such as the 

Internet, publicly available databases, 

promotional publications, annual 

reports, or articles? Is there any means 

by which a member of the public could 

obtain access to the information? Is the 

information of a kind that you would 

customarily not release to the public? 

5. Has any governmental body made 

a determination as to the confidentiality 

of the information? If so, please attach 

a copy of the determination. 

6. For each category of information 

claimed as confidential, explain with 

specificity why release of the 

information is likely to cause substantial 

harm to your competitive position. 

Explain the specific nature of those 

harmful effects, why they should be 

viewed as substantial, and the causal 

relationship between disclosure and 

such harmful effects. How could your 

competitors make use of this 

information to your detriment? 

7. Do you assert that the information 

is submitted on a voluntary or a 

mandatory basis? Please explain the 

reason for your assertion. If the business 

asserts that the information is 

voluntarily submitted information, 

please explain whether and why 

disclosure of the information would 

tend to lessen the availability to EPA of 

similar information in the future. 

8. Any other issue you deem relevant. 

Please note that you bear the burden 

of substantiating your confidentiality 

claim. Conclusory allegations will be 

given little or no weight in the 

determination. If you wish to claim any 

of the information in your response as 

confidential, you must mark the 

response ‘‘CONFIDENTIAL’’ or with a 

similar designation, and must bracket 

all text so claimed. Information so 

designated will be disclosed by EPA 

only to the extent allowed by, and by 

means of, the procedures set forth in, 40 

CFR part 2, subpart B. If you fail to 

claim the information as confidential, it 

may be made available to the requestor 

without further notice to you. 

III. What Should I Consider as I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Please 

submit this information by mail to the 

address identified in the ADDRESSES

section of today’s notice for inclusion in 

the non-public CBI docket. 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 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. Information so 

marked will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with the procedures set 

forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. In 

addition to the submission of 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. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the notice by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

Dated: January 13, 2010. 

Susan E. Bromm, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1857 Filed 1–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9106–1; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2007–0925] 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Carbon Monoxide 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) . 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the availability of a final document 

titled, ‘‘Integrated Science Assessment 

for Carbon Monoxide’’ (EPA/600/R–09/ 

019F). This document was prepared by 

the National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development as part of 

the review of the national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) for carbon 

monoxide. 

DATES: The document will be available 

on January 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Integrated Science 

Assessment for Carbon Monoxide’’ will 

be available primarily via the Internet 

on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

CD–ROM or paper copies will be 

available. Contact Ms. Debbie Wales by 

phone (919–541–4731), fax (919–541– 

5078), or e-mail 

(wales.deborah@epa.gov) to request 

either of these, and please provide your 

name, your mailing address, and the 

document title, ‘‘Integrated Science 

Assessment for Carbon Monoxide’’ 

(EPA/600/R–09/019F) to facilitate 

processing of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Dr. 

Thomas C. Long, NCEA; telephone: 

919–541–1880; facsimile: 919–541– 

2985; or e-mail: long.tom@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the EPA Administrator to 

identify certain pollutants that ‘‘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 such pollutant in the 

ambient air * * *.’’ Under section 109 

of the Act, EPA is to establish national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

for each pollutant for which EPA has 

issued criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act 

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 

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NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised air quality criteria. 

Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of six 

‘‘criteria’’ pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) (formerly 

called an Air Quality Criteria 

Document). The ISA and supplementary 

annexes, in conjunction with additional 

technical and policy assessments, 

provide the scientific basis for EPA 

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 EPA’s air quality criteria. 

On September 13, 2007 (72 FR 52369), 

EPA formally initiated its current 

review of the air quality criteria for CO, 

requesting the submission of recent 

scientific information on specified 

topics. A workshop was held on January 

28–29, 2008 (73 FR 2490) to discuss 

policy-relevant science to inform EPA’s 

planning for the CO NAAQS review. In 

March 2008, a draft of EPA’s ‘‘Plan for 

Review of the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Carbon 

Monoxide’’ (EPA–452/D–08–001) was 

made available for public comment and 

was discussed by the CASAC via a 

publicly accessible teleconference 

consultation on April 8, 2008 (73 FR 

12998). EPA finalized the plan and 

made it available in August 2008 (EPA/ 

452/R–08/005; http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

naaqs/standards/co/s_co_cr_pd.html). 

In November 2008, EPA held an 

authors’ teleconference to discuss, with 

invited scientific experts, preliminary 

draft materials prepared during the 

ongoing development of the CO ISA and 

its supplementary annexes. 

The First External Review Draft ISA 

for CO (EPA/600/R–09/019; http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=203935) was 

released for public comment and 

CASAC review on March 12, 2009 (74 

FR 10734). This document was 

reviewed by the CASAC review panel 

and discussed at a public meeting held 

May 12–13, 2009 (74 FR 15265). The 

CASAC held a follow-up public 

teleconference on June 17, 2009 (74 FR 

25530) to review and approve the 

CASAC CO Review Panel’s draft letter 

providing comments to EPA on the First 

External Review Draft ISA for CO. 

Following the teleconference, CASAC 

sent a final letter report to EPA on June 

24, 2009 (http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/4620a620d0120f

93852572410080d786/

6E648129288BF930852575D

F0070A528/$File/EPA-CASAC-09-011- 

unsigned.pdf). 

The Second External Review Draft 

ISA for CO (EPA/600/R–09/019B; 

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/

recordisplay.cfm?deid=213229), which 

took into consideration comments by 

CASAC and the public on the First 

External Review Draft, was released for 

public comment and CASAC review on 

September 23, 2009 (74 FR 48536). This 

document was reviewed by the CASAC 

review panel and discussed at a public 

meeting held November 16–17, 2009 (74 

FR 54042). The CASAC held a followup public teleconference on December 

22, 2009 to review and approve the 

CASAC CO Review Panel’s draft letter 

providing comments to EPA on the 

Second External Review Draft ISA for 

CO. The final letter report can be 

obtained from the CASAC Web site 

(http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabpeople.nsf/WebCommittees/CASAC). 

EPA has considered comments by 

CASAC and by the public in preparing 

this final ISA. 

Dated: January 13, 2010. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1359 Filed 1–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9108–2] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two 

public teleconferences of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board to discuss 

EPA’s requested research budget for 

Fiscal Year 2011. 

DATES: The teleconference dates are 

February 19, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) and February 24, 2010 

from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). 

ADDRESSES: The teleconferences will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information concerning this 

public teleconference should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voice mail: (202) 343–9981; 

fax: (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can be found on the 

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

sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

advisory committee chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App 2. 

The SAB will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given that the chartered 

SAB will hold two public 

teleconferences to discuss the 

President’s requested Fiscal Year 2011 

Budget to support EPA research needs. 

Background: The chartered SAB 

conducts a review of the EPA research 

budget annually and provides written 

comments to the EPA Administrator and 

to Congress, if requested, on the 

adequacy of EPA’s requested research 

budget. At the teleconferences, the 

chartered SAB will receive briefings on 

the requested research budget for Fiscal 

Year 2011 and develop major comments 

on the budget, in light of EPA’s research 

needs. Previous SAB budget advisories 

are on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agendas and other materials in support 

of the teleconferences will be placed on 

the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab in advance. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the SAB to consider on 

the topics included in this advisory 

activity. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker, with no more than a total of 

one-half hour for all speakers. Interested 

parties should contact Dr. Nugent, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the 

contact information noted above for the 

February 19, 2010 teleconference by 

February 16, 2010 to be placed on a list 

of public speakers for the 

teleconference. Interested parties should 


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