Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 78 / Monday, April 24, 1995 / Notices 20085

[ECAO–CD–0671; FRL–5195–5]

External Review Draft of the Revised

Air Quality Criteria for Particulate

Matter

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of external

review draft.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of an external review draft

of a document, Air Quality Criteria for

Particulate Matter, prepared by the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) Office of Research and

Development (ORD), and invites

comment from the public on the draft

document. As discussed below, there

will be only one opportunity for public

written comment on the draft document.

DATES: The Agency plans to complete

the external review draft and place

copies in the EPA Air Docket (ECAO–

CD–0671) and in the EPA Library by

April 30, 1995. After duplication, bound

copies will be available on or about May

8, 1995 from ORD’s Publication Center.

Comments on the draft document must

be submitted in writing and be

postmarked by August 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: To obtain bound copies of

all volumes of the external review draft

document, interested parties should

contact the ORD Publications Center,

CERI–FRN, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 26 West Martin

Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH

45268; telephone (513) 569–7562; FAX

(513) 569–7566; and request the external

review draft of Air Quality Criteria for

Particulate Matter (PM). Please provide

your name and address, and the EPA

document number, EPA 600/AP–95/

001a–d.

The document will also be available

electronically on the Agency’s OAQPS

TTN Bulletin Board. The telephone

number of the bulletin board is (919)

541–5742. To access the TTN Bulletin

Board, a modem and communications

software will be necessary. The

following parameters on the

communications software are required:

Data Bits—8; Parity—N; and Stop Bits—

1. The document will be located under

the Clean Air Act Amendments section

of the menu. If assistance is needed in

accessing the system, call the help desk

at (919) 541–5384 in Research Triangle

Park, NC. Copies of figures for some

chapters (e.g., Chapter 6) may not be

available by this electronic bulletin

board, but can be obtained from the

individual listed below under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

The draft document will also be

available starting on May 1, 1995 for

public inspection in the EPA Air Docket

(ECAO–CD–0671) and at the EPA

Library, both in EPA Headquarters,

Waterside Mall, 401 M Street SW.,

Washington, DC. EPA Air Docket hours

in Room M1500 of Waterside Mall are

8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding holidays. EPA Library

hours are 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding holidays.

In addition to the Washington, DC

locations previously mentioned, copies

of the document will be available for

public inspection at each of the 10 EPA

Regional Libraries. The addresses of

each of the EPA Regional Libraries are

as listed at the end of this notice.

Comments on the draft should be sent

to the Project Manager for the Air

Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter,

Environmental Criteria and Assessment

Office (MD–52), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Ray, Environmental Criteria and

Assessment Office (MD–52), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,

telephone (919) 541–3637.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As

discussed in a previous call for

information (59 FR 17375, April 12,

1994), EPA is undertaking to review

and, where appropriate, update and

revise the 1982 document, Air Quality

Criteria for Particulate Matter and Sulfur

Oxides and its 1986 addendum (EPA

600/8–82/029aF–cF; EPA 600/8–86/

020F). As part of the process employed

in preparing the revised particulate

matter criteria document, initial drafts

of chapters to be included in the

document underwent preliminary peer

review by non-EPA experts. This

included peer review of several key

chapters at a series of workshops in

January, 1995 which were open to the

public as announced in the Federal

Register (60 FR 453, January 4, 1995) on

January 4, 1995. Having incorporated

revisions taking into account peer

review comments on the initial draft

chapters, EPA is making available for

public review an external review draft

of the revised document. Members of

the public have the opportunity to

submit written review comments during

the comment period. EPA will consider

all comments received within that

period in preparing the final document.

The external review draft is being

prepared under section 109(d) of the

Clean Air Act, which requires periodic

review and, as appropriate, revision of

air quality criteria and national ambient

air quality standards (NAAQS) for

certain air pollutants. As announced at

a public meeting of the Clean Air

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)

in December 1994, a court order entered

in American Lung Association v.

Browner, No 93–643 (D. Ariz., Oct. 6,

1994), imposes a highly accelerated

schedule for completion of EPA’s

current review of the air quality criteria

and NAAQS for particulate matter. That

schedule requires substantial departures

from procedures followed in previous

reviews of air quality criteria and

NAAQS. Regarding revision of the

criteria document in particular, there

will be only one external review draft of

the revised document, and there will be

no extension of the deadline for public

written comments on the draft.

Accordingly, EPA urges interested

parties to respond promptly to this

opportunity for comment.

The draft document will also undergo

peer review by CASAC at a public

meeting to be held in Research Triangle

Park, NC in August, 1995. Specific

details on the site and dates of the

meeting will be announced in a later

Federal Register notice. Members of the

public will also be afforded an

opportunity to present brief oral

comments on the draft document at the

meeting.

EPA Regional Library Addresses

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 1, John F.

Kennedy Federal Building, Boston,

MA 02203

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 2, 26 Federal

Plaza, Room 402, New York, NY

10278

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 3, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA

19107

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 4 (G6), 345

Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, GA

30365

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604–

3507

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 6, 1445 Ross

Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 1200,

Dallas, TX 75202–2733

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 7, 726

Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS

66101

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 8, 8PM–IML,

999 18th St., Suite 500, Denver, CO

80202–2405

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 9, MS: P–5–

3, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105

Library, U.S. EPA, Region 10, 1200

Sixth Avenue (MD–108), Seattle, WA

98101
20086 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 78 / Monday, April 24, 1995 / Notices

Dated: April 13, 1995.

Joseph K. Alexander,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 95–10062 Filed 4–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[FRL–5195–4]

Clean Air Act; Acid Rain Provisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of the 1995 EPA SO2

allowance auctions results.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Title IV of the

Clean Air Act and 40 CFR part 73, the

EPA is responsible for implementing a

program to reduce emissions of sulfur

dioxide (SO2), a precursor of acid rain.

The centerpiece of the SO2 control

program is the allocation of transferable

allowances, or authorizations to emit

SO2, which are distributed in limited

quantities to existing utility units and

which eventually must be held by

virtually all utility units to cover their

SO2 emissions. These allowances may

be transferred among polluting sources

and others, so that market forces may

govern their ultimate use and

distribution, resulting in the most costeffective sharing of the emissions

control burden. EPA is directed under

section 416 of the Act to conduct annual

sales and auctions of a small portion of

allowances (2.8%) withheld from the

total allowances allocated to utilities

each year. Sales and auctions are

expected to stimulate and support the

allowance market and to provide a

public source of allowances,

particularly to new units for which no

allowances are allocated. In the Fall of

1992, EPA delegated the administration

of the EPA allowance auctions and sales

to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

Today, the Acid Rain Division is giving

notice of the results of the third annual

SO2 allowance auctions that were

conducted by the CBOT on March 27,

1995.

For rules governing the conduct of the

auctions and sales see 40 CFR Part 73,

Subpart E.

I. Offers

A. Total Allowances Available for

Auction

In the spot auction (year 1995

allowances sold), a total of 58,306

allowances were offered for sale: 50,000

that were withheld from the utilities

and an additional 8,306 that were

voluntarily contributed from utilities. In

the 6-year advance auction (year 2001

allowances sold), a total of 32,000

allowances were offered for sale: 25,000

that were unsold from the 1994 direct

sale and an additional 7,000 that were

contributed from utilities. In the 7-year

advance auction (year 2002 allowances

sold), a total of 107,000 allowances were

offered for sale: 100,000 that were

withheld from the utilities and an

additional 7,000 that were contributed.

The minimum prices that utilities

would accept for their contributed

allowances are listed in Table 1.

TABLE 1.—OFFER DATA FOR THE

1995 AUCTIONS

SPOT AUCTION OFFERS (1995)

Minimum

price Quantity Cumulativetotal

* * * * * 600 600

$135.00 102 702

$140.00 102 804

$145.00 102 906

$145.00 600 1,506

$150.00 2,500 4,006

$155.00 2,500 6,506

$160.00 600 7,106

$170.00 600 7,706

$180.00 600 8,306

* 600 allowances, with offer prices equal to

or less than $130.00, were sold at $130.00.

6-YEAR ALLOWANCE AUCTION OFFERS

(2001)

Minimum

price Quantity Cumulativetotal

* * * * * 400 400

$140.00 400 800

$160.00 400 1,200

$180.00 400 1,600

$199.00 2,000 3,600

$200.00 400 4,000

$299.00 2,000 6,000

$399.00 1,000 7,000

* Three allowances, with offer prices equal

to or less than $129.00, were sold at $129.00

and 397 allowances, with offer prices equal to

or less than $128.00, were sold at $128.00.

7-YEAR ALLOWANCE AUCTION OFFERS

(2002)

Minimum

price

Quantity cumulative Total

* * * * * 400 400

$135.00 * 400 800

$155.00 400 1,200

$175.00 400 1,600

$195.00 2,000 2,000

$199.00 2,000 4,000

$299.00 1,000 6,000

$399.00 6,200 7,000

* 400 allowances, with offer prices equal to

or less than $126.00, were sold at $126.00.

II. Bids

A. Spot Auction Results

CBOT received 89 bids requesting

255,371 year 1995 allowances. There

were 46 successful bids and 50,600

allowances were sold (50,000 withheld

and 600 contributed). Spot auction

proceeds totaled $6,676,386.

Per EPA regulations, unsuccessful

bidders’ names are not revealed.

TABLE 2.—SPOT AUCTION BIDS (1995)

Bid Quantity Bidder’s name Cumulative

total

$350.00 1 New England School of Law Environmental Law Society ...................................................................... 1

$210.00 1 Environmental Law Students Association ............................................................................................... 2

$200.00 1 Environmental Law Students Association ............................................................................................... 3

$200.00 1 Thomas M. Cooley Environmental Law Society ..................................................................................... 4

$200.00 5 University of Michigan Environmental Law Society ................................................................................ 9

$180.00 1 Hamline University School of Law .......................................................................................................... 10

$176.00 1 Duke University School of the Environment ........................................................................................... 11

$170.00 1 Hamline University School of Law .......................................................................................................... 12

$170.00 1 Michael S. Hamilton ................................................................................................................................ 13

$160.00 1 Pollution Retirement Center .................................................................................................................... 14

$153.00 1 L.J. O’Callaghan, Sr. ............................................................................................................................... 15

$151.00 21 IN.H.A.L.E./Glens Falls, NY Middle School ............................................................................................ 36

$150.00 2 Electric Software Products/David Gloski ................................................................................................. 38

$150.00 2 Electric Software Products/Alexander Long ............................................................................................ 40

$150.00 1 University of Maryland School of Law .................................................................................................... 41