Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0523-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Draft Demonstration of Alternative Asbestos Control Method Demolition for Two Asbestos-Containing Buildings; Expert Peer Review
Posted Date: 2008-08-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 166)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Expert Peer Review Meeting of the Draft Demonstration 

of Alternative Asbestos Control Method Demolition for Two Asbestos-

Containing Buildings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of external peer review meeting.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for 

external peer review, has convened a panel of experts and will conduct 

an independent expert peer meeting September 11-12, 2008, to review the 

two draft documents titled, Evaluation of the Alternative Asbestos 

Control Method at Site Two (AACM2) for Demolition of Asbestos-

Containing Buildings, and Evaluation of the Alternative Asbestos 

Control Method at Site Three (AACM3) for Demolition of Asbestos-

Containing Buildings. These reports were prepared by EPA's Office of 

Research and Development (ORD) and are available through docket ID 

number EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0523 located at http://www.regulations.gov and 

through http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/asbestos. Versar, Inc. invites 

the public to register to attend this meeting as observers. The public 

release of these draft documents is solely for the purpose of seeking 

public comment and external peer review, and these draft reports do not 

represent and should not be construed to represent any EPA policy, 

viewpoint, or determination.

DATES: The external peer review panel meeting will be September 11-12, 

2008, and begin at 9 a.m. and end by 5 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The independent expert external peer review meeting will be 

held at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Risk 

Management Research Laboratory, located at 26 West Martin Luther King 

Drive, Cincinnati, OH. Members of the public may attend the meeting as 

observers and there will be a limited time set aside for comments from 

the public each day. Pre-registration is strongly recommended as space 

is limited and reservations will be accepted on a first-come-first-

served basis. To attend this meeting, register by September 8, 2008, by 

visiting http://epa.versar.com/aacm or contact Ms. Kathy Coon of 

Versar, Inc., 6850 Versar Center, Springfield, VA, 22151, at 703-750-

3000, and via e-mail at saundkat@Versar.com. You will be asked for your 

name, contact information, the organization you represent, and your 

title. If space allows, telephone and fax registrations will continue 

to be accepted after this date, including on-site registration. Please 

indicate if you intend to make an oral statement during the public 

comment period at the meeting, which will be limited to a maximum of 

five minutes per commenter.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is submitting the draft reports for 

independent, external scientific and technical peer review. The draft 

reports provide the documentation and scientific evaluation of the 

environmental effectiveness of the draft AACM protocol as a possible 

alternative technology in controlling multimedia asbestos emissions 

during demolition of asbestos-containing buildings, as required by the 

existing Asbestos National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants (NESHAP). The draft AACM demolition protocol was used on two 

separate buildings. One building contained NESHAP-regulated quantities 

of asbestos-containing transite siding and the second building 

contained NESHAP-regulated quantities of asbestos-containing popcorn 

ceiling and wall surfacing material. In addition to assessing the 

environmental effectiveness of the draft AACM technology, these two 

draft reports assess the costs and time requirements of the application 

of the AACM protocol in these situations, as well as document lessons 

learned in each instance. The public release of these draft documents 

is solely for the purpose of seeking public comment and peer review, 

and does not represent and should not be construed to represent any EPA 

policy, viewpoint, or determination.

    Dated: August 20, 2008.

M. Dannel,

Acting Director, Office of Science Policy, Office of Research and 

Development.

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