Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0020-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2003-05-28T04:00Z

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No.
102
/
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May
28,
2003
/
Notices
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7503
 
6]

Adequacy
Status
of
Motor
Vehicle
Budgets
in
Submitted
State
Implementation
Plan
for
Transportation
Conformity
Purposes;
Pennsylvania;
Revised
Attainment
Plan
for
Pennsylvania
Portion
of
the
Philadelphia­
Wilmington­
Trenton
Ozone
Nonattainment
Area
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
adequacy
status.

SUMMARY:
EPA
is
announcing
that
the
motor
vehicle
emission
budgets
(
budgets)
for
Philadelphia,
Chester,
Delaware,
Montgomery
and
Bucks
Counties
contained
in
the
revised
2005
Attainment
Plan
(
Plan)
are
adequate
for
transportation
conformity
purposes.
The
Plan
was
submitted
to
EPA
by
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
(
PADEP)
as
a
State
Implementation
Plan
(
SIP)
revision
on
January
17,
2003.
EPA
has
found
that
the
Plan's
budgets
for
those
five
counties,
which
comprise
the
Pennsylvania
portion
of
the
Philadelphia­
Wilmington­
Trenton
Ozone
Nonattainment
Area,
are
adequate
for
transportation
conformity
purposes.
DATES:
The
findings
that
the
budgets
are
adequate
were
made
in
a
letter
dated
April
24,
2003
from
EPA
Region
III
to
the
PADEP.
These
adequacy
findings
are
effective
on
June
12,
2003.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Larry
Budney,
U.
S.
EPA,
Region
III,
1650
Arch
Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19103
at
(
215)
814
 
2184
or
by
e­
mail
at
budney.
larry@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
Throughout
this
document
``
we,''
``
us,''
or
``
our''
refer
to
EPA.
The
word
``
budgets''
refers
to
the
motor
vehicle
emission
budgets
for
volatile
organic
compounds
(
VOCs)
and
nitrogen
oxides
(
NOX).
The
word
``
SIP''
in
this
document
refers
to
the
revised
Attainment
Plan
for
the
Pennsylvania
portion
of
the
Philadelphia­
Wilmington­
Trenton
Ozone
Nonattainment
Area
submitted
to
EPA
as
a
SIP
revision
on
January
17,
2003.
On
March
2,
1999,
the
D.
C.
Circuit
Court
ruled
that
budgets
contained
in
submitted
SIPs
cannot
be
used
for
conformity
determinations
until
EPA
has
affirmatively
found
them
adequate.
On
January
17,
2003,
PADEP
formally
submitted
a
SIP
revision
to
EPA
consisting
of
a
revised
2005
Attainment
Plan
(
Plan)
for
the
Pennsylvania
portion
of
the
Philadelphia­
Wilmington­
Trenton
Ozone
Nonattainment
Area
(
Philadelphia,
Chester,
Delaware,
Montgomery
and
Bucks
Counties).
On
February
25,
2003,
we
posted
the
availability
of
the
Plan
and
the
budgets
for
Southeast
Pennsylvania
on
our
conformity
Web
site
for
the
purpose
of
soliciting
public
comment
on
the
adequacy
of
the
budgets.
EPA's
public
comment
period
closed
on
March
27,
2003.
We
did
not
receive
any
comments.
On
April
24,
2003,
EPA
Region
III
sent
a
letter
to
PADEP
that
constituted
final
Agency
action
on
the
adequacy
of
the
budgets
contained
in
the
Plan
submitted
by
PADEP.
That
action
was
EPA's
findings
that
the
Plan's
budgets
for
Philadelphia,
Chester,
Delaware,
Montgomery
and
Bucks
Counties
are
adequate
for
transportation
conformity
purposes.
As
a
result
of
our
April
24,
2003
findings,
the
revised
Plan
budgets
contained
in
Pennsylvania's
January
17,
2003
SIP
submittal
for
Philadelphia,
Chester,
Delaware,
Montgomery
and
Bucks
Counties
(
the
Pennsylvania
portion
of
the
Philadelphia­
Wilmington­
Trenton
Ozone
Nonattainment
Area)
may
be
used
for
future
conformity
determinations.
This
is
an
announcement
of
adequacy
findings
that
we
already
made
on
April
24,
2003.
The
effective
date
of
these
findings
is
June
12,
2003.
These
findings
will
also
be
announced
on
EPA's
Web
site:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
otaq/
transp.
htm
(
once
there,
click
on
the
``
Conformity''
button).
The
Web
site
will
contain
a
detailed
analysis
of
our
adequacy
findings.
Transportation
conformity
is
required
by
section
176
of
the
Clean
Air
Act.
EPA's
conformity
rule
requires
that
transportation
plans,
programs,
and
projects
conform
to
SIPs
and
establishes
the
criteria
and
procedures
for
determining
whether
or
not
they
do
so.
Conformity
to
a
SIP
means
that
transportation
activities
will
not
produce
new
air
quality
violations,
worsen
existing
violations,
or
delay
timely
attainment
of
the
national
ambient
air
quality
standards.
The
criteria
by
which
we
determine
whether
a
SIP's
budgets
are
adequate
for
conformity
purposes
are
outlined
in
40
CFR
93.118
(
e)
(
4)
through
(
5).
On
July
28,
2000,
EPA
proposed
(
65
FR
46383)
to
clarify
its
December
16,
1999
proposal
to
approve
or
conditionally
approve
and
disapprove
in
the
alternative
attainment
demonstration
SIPs
for
ten
areas,
including
the
Philadelphia­
Wilmington­
Trenton
Ozone
Nonattainment
area,
(
64
FR
70317).
In
that
proposal
we
stated
that
even
though
the
approved
SIP
would
contain
budgets,
once
we
found
newly
revised
budgets
based
on
MOBILE6
adequate,
they
would
apply
instead
of
the
previously
approved
budgets.
In
the
October
26,
2001
approval
(
66
FR
54143)
of
the
attainment
demonstration
for
the
Pennsylvania
portion
of
the
Philadelphia­
Wilmington­
Trenton
Ozone
Nonattainment
area
we
approved
that
proposal.
Therefore,
this
adequacy
finding
will
allow
the
replacement
of
the
mobile
budgets
in
the
one­
hour
ozone
SIP
previously
approved
by
EPA.
Please
note
that
this
adequacy
finding
for
the
mobile
budgets
for
the
revised
SIP
is
separate
from
EPA's
completeness
determination
of
the
revised
SIP
submission,
and
separate
from
EPA's
action
to
approve
or
disapprove
the
revised
SIP.
Even
though
we
have
found
these
budgets
adequate
and
they
are
replacing
the
previously
approved
mobile
budgets,
the
revised
mobile
budgets
contained
in
the
revised
SIP
still
have
to
be
approved
or
disapproved.

Dated:
May
7,
2003.
James
W.
Newsom,
Acting
Regional
Administrator,
Region
III.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
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Filed
5
 
27
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
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P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT
 
2003
 
0020;
FRL
 
7307
 
2]

National
Advisory
Committee
for
Acute
Exposure
Guideline
Levels
for
Hazardous
Substances;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
A
meeting
of
the
National
Advisory
Committee
for
Acute
Exposure
Guideline
Levels
for
Hazardous
Substances
(
NAC/
AEGLs)
Committee
will
be
held
on
June
17
 
19,
2003,
in
Washington,
DC.
At
this
meeting,
the
NAC/
AEGLs
Committee
will
address,
as
time
permits,
the
various
aspects
of
the
acute
toxicity
and
the
development
of
AEGLs
for
the
following
chemicals:
Benzene,
bromine
pentafluoride,
bromine
trifluoride,
chlorine
pentafluoride,
formaldehyde,
hydrogen
iodide,
hydrogen
selenide,
methyl
thiocyanate,
nickel
carbonyl
and
nitric
acid.

DATES:
The
meeting
of
the
NAC/
AEGLs
Committee,
will
be
held
from
10
a.
m.
to
5:
30
p.
m.
on
June
17,
2003,
8:
30
a.
m.
to
5:
30
p.
m.,
on
June
18,
2003,
and
8
a.
m.
to
noon
on
June
19,
2003.

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ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Labor,
200
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20210,
Room
numbers,
north
3437
B,
C,
and
D.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
general
information
contact:
Barbara
Cunningham,
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division
(
7408M),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
554
 
1404;
e­
mail
address:
TSCAHotline
epa.
gov.
For
technical
information
contact:
Paul
S.
Tobin,
Designated
Federal
Officer
(
DFO),
Economics,
Exposure,
and
Technology
Division
(
7406M),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
8557;
e­
mail
address:
tobin.
paul@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
This
action
may
be
of
particular
interest
to
anyone
who
may
be
affected,
if
the
AEGL
values
are
adopted
by
government
agencies
for
emergency
planning,
prevention,
or
response
programs,
such
as
EPA's
Risk
Management
Program
under
the
Clean
Air
Act
and
Amendments
section
112r.
It
is
possible
that
other
Federal
agencies
besides
EPA,
as
well
as
State
agencies
and
private
organizations,
may
adopt
the
AEGL
values
for
their
programs.
As
such,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
affected
by
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
DFO
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPPT
 
2003
 
0020.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
EPA's
Docket
Center,
Rm.
B102­
Reading
Room,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
EPA's
Docket
Center
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
EPA's
Docket
Center
Reading
Room
telephone
number
is
(
202)
566
 
1744
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OPPT
Docket,
which
is
located
in
EPA
Docket
Center,
is
(
202)
566
 
0280.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

II.
Meeting
Procedures
For
additional
information
on
the
scheduled
meeting,
the
agenda
of
the
NAC/
AEGL
Committee,
or
the
submission
of
information
on
chemicals
to
be
discussed
at
the
meeting,
contact
the
DFO
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.
The
meeting
of
the
NAC/
AEGL
Committee
will
be
open
to
the
public.
Oral
presentations
or
statements
by
interested
parties
will
be
limited
to
10
minutes.
Interested
parties
are
encouraged
to
contact
the
DFO
to
schedule
presentations
before
the
NAC/
AEGL
Committee.
Since
seating
for
outside
observers
may
be
limited,
those
wishing
to
attend
the
meeting
as
observers
are
also
encouraged
to
contact
the
DFO
at
the
earliest
possible
date
to
ensure
adequate
seating
arrangements.
Inquiries
regarding
oral
presentations
and
the
submission
of
written
statements
or
chemical­
specific
information
should
be
directed
to
the
DFO.

III.
Future
Meetings
Another
meeting
of
the
NAC/
AEGL
Committee
is
scheduled
for
September,
2003,
in
Washington,
DC.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Hazardous
substances,
Health.
Dated:
May
15,
2003.
Charles
M.
Auer,
Director,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
13256
Filed
5
 
27
 
03;
8:
45
am]

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Pesticide
Products;
Registration
Applications
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
receipt
of
applications
to
register
pesticide
products
containing
new
active
ingredients
not
included
in
any
previously
registered
products
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
section
3(
c)(
4)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA),
as
amended.
DATES:
Written
comments,
identified
by
the
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0174,
must
be
received
on
or
before
June
27,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Ann
Sibold,
Registration
Division
(
7505C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
6502;
e­
mail
address:
sibold.
ann@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

You
may
be
potentially
affected
by
this
action
if
you
are
an
agricultural
producer,
food
manufacturer,
or
pesticide
manufacturer.
Potentially
affected
entities
may
include,
but
are
not
limited
to:
 
Crop
production
(
NAICS
111)
 
Animal
production
(
NAICS
112)
 
Food
manufacturing
(
NAICS
311)
 
Pesticide
manufacturing
(
NAICS
32532)
This
listing
is
not
intended
to
be
exhaustive,
but
rather
provides
a
guide
for
readers
regarding
entities
likely
to
be
affected
by
this
action.
Other
types
of
entities
not
listed
in
this
unit
could
also
be
affected.
The
North
American
Industrial
Classification
System
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