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11See generally Peskoe at 223–24. Any 

application to this Commission to establish a power 

pool or other similar arrangement will, of course, 

come with its own specific evidentiary record and 

will be considered individually under applicable 

laws at the time. 

12Power pools were generally regulated by the 

Federal Power Commission, and later by FERC. See, 

e.g., id. Congress could, however, through enabling 

legislation, grant various regulatory powers to the 

requesting states which seek to participate in a 

power pool arrangement. For example, Congress 

could include in such grant of authority an explicit 

power to apply a carbon tax to wholesale 

transactions in a power pool if such power was 

requested by the member states, avoiding the many 

questions attendant to whether RTOs/ISOs 

themselves have such power. See Carbon Pricing in 

Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets, 175 FERC 

¶ 61,036 (2021) (Christie, Comm’r concurring in 

part and dissenting in part at PP 12–14, 17–24 

(available at https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/ 

news/item-e-2-commissioner-mark-c-christieconcurring-part-and-dissenting-part)). 

13For an example of such a broad grant of power 

to the states, Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 allowed three or more contiguous states to 

enter into a compact, subject to the approval by 

Congress, to form their own regional transmission 

siting entities that would have siting authority for 

those states. EPAct 2005, Public Law 109–58, 

section 1221(i), 119 Stat. 594, 950 (2005) (codified 

at 16 U.S.C. 824p(i)). 

sales of excess power.11 These sales 

would benefit customers of the selling 

utility, when booked as a customer 

credit for off-system sales, and benefit 

customers of the purchasing utility 

when booked in the ‘‘fuel factor’’ at cost, 

with no return on equity (ROE) applied. 

7. Options such as these are still 

available. Through the use of interstate 

compacts, enabling legislation 12 could 

create multi-state entities that can plan 

transmission projects—as this Policy 

Statement encourages—but such entities 

also could be designed to function as 

modern, innovative versions of power 

pools aligned with the member states’ 

public policies as to resource adequacy 

and preferences. The enabling 

legislation could also ensure a sufficient 

state role in the governance to ensure 

that the authority was used only in 

accordance with member-state 

policies.13

8. States sharing similar public 

policies which desire to collaborate 

with each other to obtain the benefits of 

regional cooperation have innovative 

options to explore and consider whether 

they participate in an RTO/ISO or do 

not. The adoption of this Policy 

Statement is a good time to emphasize 

that opportunity. 

For these reasons, I respectfully 

concur. 

Mark C. Christie, 

Commissioner. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10025–03–OP] 

Request for Nominations of 

Candidates for the Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

Particulate Matter (PM) Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts for the 

CASAC PM Panel. This panel will 

provide advice through the chartered 

CASAC on updates to the science and 

policy assessments supporting the 

agency’s reconsideration of the 

December 2020 decision to retain the 

PM National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (NAAQS). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by July 16, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Mr. Aaron Yeow, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2050 

or via email at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

CASAC can be found on the following 

website: https://epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: 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 to the EPA 

Administrator any new NAAQS and 

revisions of existing criteria and 

NAAQS as may be appropriate. The 

CASAC shall also: Advise the EPA 

Administrator of areas in which 

additional knowledge is required to 

appraise the adequacy and basis of 

existing, new, or revised NAAQS; 

describe the research efforts necessary 

to provide the required information; 

advise the EPA Administrator on the 

relative contribution to air pollution 

concentrations of natural as well as 

anthropogenic activity; and advise the 

EPA Administrator of any adverse 

public health, welfare, social, economic, 

or energy effects which may result from 

various strategies for attainment and 

maintenance of such NAAQS. As 

amended, 5 U.S.C., App. Section 

109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

requires that EPA carry out a periodic 

review and revision, as appropriate, of 

the air quality criteria and the NAAQS 

for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, 

including PM. The ecological effects of 

PM will be covered as part of the 

ongoing review of the secondary 

NAAQS for oxides of nitrogen, oxides of 

sulfur, and PM. 

The EPA Administrator recently 

announced his decision to reconsider 

the December 2020 decision to retain 

the particulate matter (PM) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). These standards were last 

revised in 2012. EPA is reconsidering 

the 2020 decision because available 

scientific evidence and technical 

information suggests that the current 

standards may not be adequate to 

protect public health and welfare. EPA 

has requested that CASAC review 

updates to the science and policy 

assessments that will supplement the 

existing record. The CASAC PM Panel 

will provide advice through the 

Chartered CASAC. 

The CASAC is a Federal advisory 

committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As a 

Federal Advisory Committee, the 

CASAC conducts business in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 

2) and related regulations. The CASAC 

and the CASAC PM Panel will comply 

with the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise and research in the field of air 

pollution related to criteria pollutants. 

For the CASAC PM Panel, experts are 

being sought in the following fields, 

especially with respect to PM: Air 

quality and climate responses, 

atmospheric science and chemistry, 

toxicology, controlled human exposure 

studies, epidemiology, biostatistics, 

exposure assessment/modeling, risk 

assessment/modeling, and visibility 

impairment. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) using the online nomination 

form under ‘‘Public Input on 

Membership’’ on the CASAC web page 

at https://epa.gov/casac. To be 

considered, all nominations should 

include the information requested 

below. EPA values and welcomes 

diversity. All qualified candidates are 

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race, disability or ethnicity. 

Nominations should be submitted by 

July 16, 2021. 

The following information should be 

provided on the nomination form: 

Contact information for the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information for the nominee; and the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee. Nominees will 

be contacted by the SABSO and will be 

asked to provide a recent curriculum 

vitae and a narrative biographical 

summary that includes: 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. Persons 

having questions about the nomination 

process or the public comment process 

described below, or who are unable to 

submit nominations through the CASAC 

website, should contact the DFO, as 

identified above. The names and 

biosketches of qualified nominees 

identified by respondents to this 

Federal Register notice, and additional 

experts identified by the SAB Staff 

Office, will be posted in a List of 

Candidates on the CASAC website at 

https://epa.gov/casac. 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. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced review panel includes 

candidates who possess the necessary 

domains of knowledge, the relevant 

scientific perspectives (which, among 

other factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the List of Candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information 

independently gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used 

for panel membership include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 

to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an 

appearance of a lack of impartiality; (e) 

skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

and, (f) for the panel as a whole, 

diversity of expertise and viewpoints. 

Candidates may 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 is required 

for Special Government Employees 

(SGEs) and allows EPA to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between that person’s public 

responsibilities as an SGE 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 CASAC home 

page at https://epa.gov/casac. This form 

should not be submitted as part of a 

nomination. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13498 Filed 6–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2020–0182; FRL–10025–55– 

ORD] 

Availability of the IRIS Assessment 

Plan for Inhalation Exposure to 

Vanadium and Compounds; Extension 

of Public Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of extension of public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is extending the public 

comment period for the document 

titled, ‘‘Availability of the IRIS 

Assessment Plan for Inhalation 

Exposure to Vanadium and 

Compounds.’’ The original Federal 

Register document announcing the 

public comment period was published 

on May 28, 2021. The public science 

webinar will convene on July 14, 2021. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the notice published on May 28, 2021 

(86 FR 28832), is being extended. The 

EPA must receive comments on or 

before July 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Availability of the 

IRIS Assessment Plan for Inhalation 

Exposure to Vanadium and 

Compounds’’ is available via the 

internet on IRIS’ website at https://

www.epa.gov/iris and in the public 

docket at https://www.regulations.gov, 

Docket ID: EPA–HQ–ORD–2020–0182. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For information on the public 

comment period, contact the ORD 

Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center; telephone: 202–566–1752; 

facsimile: 202–566–9744; or email: 

Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

For technical information on the draft 

IRIS Assessment Plan for Inhalation 

Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds, 

contact Mr. Dahnish Shams, CPHEA; 

telephone: 202–564–2758; or email: 

shams.dahnish@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: How to 

Submit Technical Comments to the 

Docket at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2020– 

0182 for the vanadium and compounds 

(Inhalation) IRIS assessment, by one of 

the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. Due to COVID– 

19, there may be a delay in processing 

comments submitted by fax. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. The phone number is 202– 

566–1752. Due to COVID–19, there may 

be a delay in processing comments 

submitted by mail. 

For information on visiting the EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room, 

visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due 

to public health concerns related to 

COVID–19, the EPA Docket Center and 

Reading Room may be closed to the 

public with limited exceptions. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744. The 

public can submit comments via 

www.Regulations.gov or email. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket number EPA–HQ–ORD–2020– 

0182 for vanadium and compounds 

(Inhalation). Please ensure that your 

comments are submitted within the 

specified comment period. Comments 

received after the closing date will be 

marked ‘‘late,’’ and may only be 

considered if time permits. It is EPA’s 

policy to include all comments it 

receives in the public docket without 

change and to make the comments 

available online at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless a comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information through 

www.regulations.gov or email that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 


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