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Bemidji to St. Paul, MN, Comment 

Period Ends: 11/03/2008, Contact: 

Steve Clark 651–290–5278. 

EIS No. 20080345, Draft EIS, USN, NC, 

Navy Cherry Point Range Complex, 

Proposed Action is to Support and 

Conduct Current and Emerging 

Training and Research, Development, 

Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) 

Activities, South Atlantic Bight, Cape 

Hatteras, NC, Comment Period Ends: 

10/27/2008, Contact: Arron Slater 

757–322–4960. 

EIS No. 20080346, Draft EIS, USN, WA, 

Naval Sea Systems Command 

(NAVSEA). Naval Undersea Warfare 

Center (NUWC), Keyport Complex 

Extension, Propose to Extend the 

Operational Areas, Three Distinct 

Range Sites: Keyport Range Site; 

Dabob Bay Range Complex (DBRC) 

Site, Quinault Underwater Tracking 

Range Site, Gray Harbor, Jefferson, 

Kitsap and Mason Counties, WA, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/27/2008, 

Contact: Kimberly Kler 360–396– 

0927. 

EIS No. 20080347, Final EIS, COE, MD, 

Atlantic Coast of Maryland Shoreline 

Protection Project, Proposed Dredging 

of Several New Offshore Shoals to 

Provide Sand for Borrow Sources 

from 2010 to 2044, Ocean City, 

Worcester County, MD, Wait Period 

Ends: 10/14/2008, Contact: 

Christopher Spaur 410–962–6134. 

EIS No. 20080348, Draft EIS, USN, 00, 

Undersea Warfare Training Range 

Project, Installation and Operation, 

Preferred Site Jacksonville Operating 

Area, FL and Alternative Sites (within 

the Charleston, SC; Cherry Point, NC; 

and VACAPES Operating Areas, VA, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/27/2008, 

Contact: Lesky Leonard 757–322– 

4645 

EIS No. 20080349, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, 

Round Valley Fuels Reduction and 

Vegetation Management Project, 

Proposes to Reduce Fuel and Manage 

Vegetation, Funding, Goosenest 

Ranger District, Klamath National 

Forest, Siskiyou County, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/27/2008, 

Contact: Leslie Burkhart 530–398– 

4391. 

EIS No. 20080350, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, 

Programmatic EIS—Fishery 

Management Plan for Regulating 

Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the 

Gulf of Mexico, To Increase the 

Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) 

and Optimun Yield (OY), 

Implementation, Comment Period 

Ends: 10/27/2008, Contact: Roy E. 

Crabtree 727–824–5701. 

EIS No. 20080351, Final EIS, SFW, NV, 

Coyote Spring Investment 

Multispecies Conservation Plan, 

Issuing a 40-year Incidental Take 

Permit for Five Species, Clark and 

Lincoln Counties, NV, Wait Period 

Ends: 10/14/2008, Contact: Mary Grim 

916–414–6464 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20080242, Draft EIS, BLM, WV, 

East Lynn Lake Coal Lease Project, 

Proposal to Lease Federal Coal that 

lies Under Nine Tracts of Land for 

Mining, Wayne County, WV, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/10/2008, 

Contact: Chris Carusona 414–297– 

4463. 

Revision of FR Notice Published 06/ 

27/2008: Extending Comment Period 

from 09/24/2008 to 11/10/2008. 

Dated: September 9, 2008. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8714–2] 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Sulfur Oxides-Health Criteria 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the availability of a final document 

entitled ‘‘Integrated Science Assessment 

for Sulfur Oxides-Health Criteria’’ (EPA/ 

600/R–08/047F) and the supplementary 

annexes (EPA/600/R–08/047FA). The 

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 primary (health-based) national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

for sulfur oxides. 

DATES: The document will be available 

on or about September 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Integrated Science 

Assessment for Sulfur Oxides-Health 

Criteria’’ 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. Ellen Lorang by 

phone (919–541–2771), fax (919–541– 

5078), or e-mail (lorang.ellen@epa.gov) 

to request either of these, and please 

provide your name, your mailing 

address, and the document title, 

‘‘Integrated Science Assessment for 

Sulfur Oxides-Health Criteria’’ (EPA/ 

600/R–08/047F), to facilitate processing 

of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Jee 

Young Kim, Sc.D., NCEA [telephone: 

919–541–4157; facsimile: 919–541– 

5078; or e-mail: kim.jee-young@epa.gov] 

or Douglas Johns, PhD, NCEA 

[telephone: 919–541–5596; or e-mail: 

johns.doug@epa.gov]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

108(a) of the Clean Air Act directs the 

Administrator to identify certain 

pollutants that ‘‘may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health 

and 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 [a] pollutant in the ambient 

air. * * *’’ Under section 109 of the 

Act, EPA is then to establish national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

for each pollutant for which EPA has 

issued criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act 

requires subsequent 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 and 

welfare. EPA is also to revise the 

NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised air quality criteria. 

Sulfur oxides are one of six principal 

(or ‘‘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 (AQCD). The ISA and 

supplementary annexes, in conjunction 

with additional technical and policy 

assessments, provide the scientific basis 

for EPA decisions on the adequacy of a 

current NAAQS and the appropriateness 

of new or revised standards. The Clean 

Air Scientific Advisory Committee 

(CASAC), an independent science 

advisory committee mandated by the 

Clean Air Act and part of the EPA’s 

Science Advisory Board (SAB), is 

charged with expert scientific review of 

EPA’s draft ISAs. 

On May 16, 2006 (71 FR 28023), EPA 

formally initiated its current review of 

the criteria for Sulfur Oxides, requesting 

the submission of recent scientific 

information on specified topics. A draft 

of EPA’s ‘‘Integrated Plan for Review of 

the Primary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard for Sulfur Oxides’’ 

was made available in February 2007 for 


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public comment and was discussed by 

the CASAC via a publicly accessible 

teleconference consultation on May 11, 

2007 (72 FR 20336). This plan was then 

finalized and made available to the 

public in October 2007. A review of the 

secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for 

Sulfur Oxides is being conducted 

separately, in conjunction with the 

review of the secondary NAAQS for 

Oxides of Nitrogen. (http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/so2/ 

s_so2_cr_pd.html). In February 2007 (72 

FR 6238), a workshop was held to 

discuss, with invited scientific experts, 

initial draft materials prepared in the 

development of the ISA and 

supplementary annexes for sulfur 

oxides. The first external review draft of 

this ISA was released for public 

comment and review by the CASAC on 

September 28, 2007 (72 FR 55207), and 

was reviewed by CASAC at a public 

meeting held on December 5–6, 2007 

(72 FR 64216). The second draft of this 

ISA was released for public comment 

and review by the CASAC in June 2008 

(73 FR 31113), and was reviewed by 

CASAC at a public meeting held on July 

30–31, 2008. EPA has considered 

comments by CASAC and by the public 

in preparing this final ISA. 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E8–21317 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0673; FRL–8382–8] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: There will be a four–day 

meeting of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) 

to consider and review the Scientific 

Issues Associated with Worker Reentry 

Exposure Assessment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 2-5, 2008, from 

approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, 

eastern time. 

Comments. The Agency encourages 

that written comments be submitted by 

November 18, 2008 and requests for oral 

comments be submitted by November 

25, 2008. However, written comments 

and requests to make oral comments 

may be submitted until the date of the 

meeting, but anyone submitting written 

comments after November 18, 2008 

should contact the Designated Federal 

Official (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional 

instructions, see Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Nominations. Nominations of 

candidates to serve as ad hoc members 

of the FIFRA SAP for this meeting 

should be provided on or before 

September 22, 2008. 

Special accommodations. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, and to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Center, Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 

Comments. Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0673, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions. Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008– 

0673. If your comments contain any 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected, please contact 

the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT to obtain special 

instructions before submitting your 

comments. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD-ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

Nominations, requests to present oral 

comments, and requests for special 

accommodations. Submit nominations 

to serve as ad hoc members of the 

FIFRA SAP, requests for special seating 

accommodations, or requests to present 

oral comments to the DFO listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Downing, DFO, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564-8432; fax number: (202) 564- 


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