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information on the topic of this advisory 

activity, and/or the group conducting 

the activity, for the SAB to consider 

during the advisory process. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public meeting will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of one hour 

for all speakers. Interested parties 

should contact Dr. Armitage, DFO, in 

writing (preferably via e-mail) at the 

contact information noted above by July 

6, 2009 to be placed on a list of public 

speakers for the meeting. Written 

Statements: Written statements should 

be received in the SAB Staff Office by 

July 6, 2009 so that the information may 

be made available to the SAB 

Committee members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO in the 

following formats: one hard copy with 

original signature, and one electronic 

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: 

Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS 

Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text 

files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 

format). Submitters are requested to 

provide two versions of each document 

submitted with and without signatures, 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage 

at the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: June 16, 2009. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–14713 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8921–9] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC); NOx & SOx

Secondary NAAQS Review Panel 

Meeting and CASAC Teleconference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

meeting of the Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee Oxides of Nitrogen 

(NOx) and Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 

Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) Review 

Panel (CASAC Panel) to peer review 

EPA’s Risk and Exposure Assessment 

for Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of 

Sulfur: Second Draft (EPA–452/P–09– 

004a). The chartered CASAC will 

subsequently hold a public 

teleconference to review and approve 

the Panel’s report. 

DATES: The CASAC Panel will meet 

from 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 

2009 through 3 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 

2009 (Eastern Time). The chartered 

CASAC will meet by public 

teleconference from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

on August 20, 2009 (Eastern Time). 

Location: The July 22–23, 2009 public 

meeting will take place at the Marriott 

at Research Triangle Park, 4700 

Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 27703, 

telephone (919) 941–6200. The August 

20, 2009 public teleconference will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

submit a written or brief oral statement 

or wants further information concerning 

the July 22–23, 2009 meeting may 

contact Ms. Kyndall Barry, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/ 

voice mail (202) 343–9868; fax (202) 

233–0643; or e-mail at 

barry.kyndall@epa.gov. For information 

on the CASAC teleconference on August 

20, 2009, please contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), at the above listed address; via 

telephone/voice mail (202) 343–9867 or 

e-mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

CASAC and the CASAC documents can 

be found on the EPA Web site at 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice 

is hereby given that a CASAC Panel will 

hold a public meeting to peer review 

EPA’s Risk and Exposure Assessment 

for Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of 

Sulfur: Second Draft and that the 

chartered CASAC will hold a public 

teleconference to review and approve 

the Panel’s draft report. The CASAC was 

established under section 109(d)(2) of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42 

U.S.C. 7409) as an independent 

scientific advisory committee. CASAC 

provides advice, information and 

recommendations on the scientific and 

technical aspects of air quality criteria 

and national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 

and 109 of the Act. The CASAC and 

CASAC Panel will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

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 NOx

and SOx. EPA is in the process of 

reviewing the secondary NAAQS for 

NOx and SOx. Welfare effects as defined 

in the CAA include, but are not limited 

to, effects on soils, water, wildlife, 

vegetation, visibility, weather, and 

climate, as well as effects on materials, 

economic values, and personal comfort 

and well-being. 

CASAC has previously provided 

consultative advice on EPA’s Draft Plan 

for Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide 

and conducted peer reviews of the first 

and second drafts of EPA’s Integrated 

Science Assessment fox Oxides of 

Nitrogen and Sulfur—Environmental 

Criteria. CASAC also provided 

consultative advice on EPA’s Scope and 

Methods Plan for Risk/Exposure 

Assessment and conducted a peer 

review of EPA’s Risk and Exposure 

Assessment for Review of the Secondary 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and 

Oxides of Sulfur: First Draft. The 

CASAC advisory reports are available 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac. 

The purpose of the July 22–23, 2009 

meeting is for the CASAC Panel to 

conduct a peer review of EPA’s Risk and 

Exposure Assessment for Review of the 

Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Oxides of 

Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Second 

Draft. The chartered CASAC will review 

and approve the Panel’s draft report on 

the REA by public conference call on 

August 20, 2009. 

Technical Contacts: Any questions 

concerning EPA’s Risk and Exposure 

Assessment for Review of the Secondary 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and 

Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft should 

be directed to Dr. Anne Rea, OAR, by 

telephone at (919) 541–0053, or e-mail 

rea.anne@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

EPA–OAR’s Risk and Exposure 

Assessment for Review of the Secondary 

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National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and 

Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft can be 

accessed at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

naaqs/standards/no2so2sec/ 

cr_rea.html. The agenda and other 

materials for the CASAC meetings will 

be posted on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for consideration on the 

topics included in this advisory activity. 

Oral Statements: In general, individuals 

or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at the public meeting will 

be limited to five minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of one hour 

for all speakers. Public statements 

during the teleconference will be 

limited to three minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of thirty 

minutes for all speakers. To be placed 

on the public speaker list for the July 

22–23, 2009 meeting, interested parties 

should notify Ms. Kyndall Barry, DFO, 

by e-mail no later than July 17, 2009. To 

be placed on the public speaker list for 

the August 20, 2009 teleconference, 

interested parties should notify Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no 

later than August 14, 2009. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

July 22–23, 2009 received in the SAB 

Staff Office by July 17, 2009, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the CASAC Panel for its consideration 

prior to this meeting. For the 

teleconference meeting of the chartered 

CASAC on August 20, 2009, statements 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office by August 14, 2009. Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

appropriate DFO in the following 

formats: one hard copy with original 

signature and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are requested to provide 

versions of each document submitted 

with and without signatures, because 

the SAB Staff Office does not publish 

documents with signatures on its Web 

sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Ms. Barry at 

the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the face-to-face meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: June 17, 2009. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–14712 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0372; FRL–8921–7] 

Proposed Approval of the Central 

Characterization Project’s RemoteHandled Transuranic Waste 

Characterization Program at General 

Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; opening 

of public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) is 

announcing the availability of, and 

soliciting public comments for 45 days 

on, the proposed approval of the 

radioactive, remote-handled (RH), 

transuranic (TRU) waste 

characterization program implemented 

by the Central Characterization Project 

(CCP) at General Electric Vallecitos 

Nuclear Center in Sunol, California. 

This waste is intended for disposal at 

the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in 

New Mexico. 

In accordance with the WIPP 

Compliance Criteria, EPA evaluated the 

characterization of RH TRU debris waste 

from GEVNC–CCP during an inspection 

conducted on December 2–4, 2008. 

Using the systems and processes 

developed as part of the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 

Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) program, 

EPA verified whether DOE could 

adequately characterize RH TRU waste, 

consistent with the Compliance Criteria. 

The results of EPA’s evaluation of 

GEVNC–CCP’s RH program and its 

proposed approval are described in the 

Agency’s inspection report, which is 

available for review in the public 

dockets listed in ADDRESSES. We will 

consider public comments received on 

or before the due date mentioned in 

DATES. 

This notice summarizes the waste 

characterization processes evaluated by 

EPA and EPA’s proposed approval. As 

required by the 40 CFR 194.8, at the end 

of a 45-day comment period EPA will 

evaluate public comments received, and 

if appropriate, finalize the reports 

responding to the relevant public 

comments, and issue a final report and 

approval letter to DOE. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0372, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1741. 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Attn: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2009–0372. The Agency’s policy is that 

all comments received will be included 

in the public docket without change and 

may be made available online 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. 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,