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has occurred because this ICR rounds 

totals to three significant figures. 

Spencer Clark, 

Acting Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) and the 

CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (NAAQS) Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

teleconference of the Chartered Clean 

Air Scientific Advisory Committee 

(CASAC) and the CASAC Oxides of 

Nitrogen Primary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) Review 

Panel to discuss the CASAC draft 

review of EPA’s Policy Assessment for 

the Review of the Primary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Nitrogen Dioxide (External Review 

Draft—September 2016). 

DATES: The teleconference will be held 

on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, from 1:30 

p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The public teleconference 

will be held by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

teleconference may contact Mr. Aaron 

Yeow, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2050 

or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General 

information about the CASAC, as well 

as any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may be found 

on the EPA Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CASAC was established pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 

1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2), to 

review air quality criteria and NAAQS 

and recommend any new NAAQS and 

revisions of existing criteria and 

NAAQS as may be appropriate. The 

CASAC shall also provide advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

the Administrator on the scientific and 

technical aspects of issues related to the 

criteria for air quality standards, 

research related to air quality, sources of 

air pollution, and any adverse effects 

which may result from various strategies 

to attain and maintain air quality 

standards. The CASAC is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Section 

109(d)(1) of the CAA requires that the 

Agency periodically review and revise, 

as appropriate, the air quality criteria 

and the NAAQS for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air 

pollutants, including oxides of nitrogen. 

EPA is currently reviewing the primary 

(health-based) NAAQS for nitrogen 

dioxide (NO2), as an indicator for health 

effects caused by the presence of oxides 

of nitrogen in the ambient air. 

Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, 

notice is hereby given that the Chartered 

CASAC and the CASAC Oxides of 

Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel 

will hold a public teleconference to 

discuss the CASAC draft review of the 

EPA’s Policy Assessment for the Review 

of the Primary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide 

(External Review Draft—September 

2016). The Chartered CASAC and 

CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary 

NAAQS Review Panel will comply with 

the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning the Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the 

Primary National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide 

(External Review Draft—September 

2016) should be directed to Dr. Scott 

Jenkins (jenkins.scott@epa.gov), EPA 

Office of Air and Radiation. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the review 

documents, agenda and other materials 

will be accessible on the CASAC Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/casac/. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Interested 

members of the public may submit 

relevant written or oral information on 

the topic of this advisory activity, and/ 

or the group conducting the activity, for 

the CASAC to consider during the 

advisory process. Input from the public 

to the CASAC will have the most impact 

if it provides specific scientific or 

technical information or analysis for 

CASAC to consider or if it relates to the 

clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

follow the instructions below to submit 

comments. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation on a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes. Each 

person making an oral statement should 

consider providing written comments as 

well as their oral statement so that the 

points presented orally can be expanded 

upon in writing. Interested parties 

should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above by 

January 17, 2017, to be placed on the list 

of public speakers. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO via email at the contact 

information noted above by January 17, 

2017, so that the information may be 

made available to the Committee/Panel 

members for their consideration. It is 

the SAB Staff Office general policy to 

post written comments on the Web page 

for the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the CASAC Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Aaron 

Yeow at the contact information 

provided above. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten 

days prior to each meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: December 19, 2016. 

Khanna Johnston, 

Acting Deputy Director, EPA Science 

Advisory Staff Office. 

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