[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50729-50730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20825]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9451-9]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the Chartered SAB on September 7, 2011 to
conduct a quality review of a draft SAB report, Peer Review of EPA's
Draft National-Scale Mercury Risk Assessment (08/04/11) Draft.
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on September 7, 2011 from
12 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain general information concerning the public teleconference may
contact Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Dr. Nugent
may be contacted at the EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; or by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2218; fax
at (202) 565-2098; or e-mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on
the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization
Act (ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent
scientific and technical advice to the EPA Administrator on the
technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a
Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA
policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB will hold a public
teleconference to conduct a quality review of an SAB draft report
entitled Peer Review of EPA's Draft National-Scale Mercury Risk
Assessment (08/04/1 Draft). The SAB will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: EPA is considering regulating the emissions of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) released from coal-burning electric
generating units in the United States (U.S. EGUs) under Section
112(n)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA developed a draft risk
assessment for mercury, entitled Technical Support Document: National-
scale Mercury Risk Assessment. The draft assessment considers the
nature and magnitude of the potential risk to public health posed by
current U.S. EGU mercury emissions and the nature and magnitude of the
potential risk posed by U.S. EGU mercury in the future, once all
anticipated CAA-related regulations potentially reducing mercury from
U.S. EGUs are in place. EPA's Office of Air and Radiation requested
peer review of this draft document. The SAB Mercury Review Panel has
prepared a review report on EPA's draft technical document. The Charted
SAB will conduct a quality view of the SAB Panel's draft review report.
Background information about the SAB advisory activity can be found
on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Oil%20Spill%20Research%20Strategy?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other materials
in support of the teleconference will be placed on the SAB Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and
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panels has a different purpose from public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a
federal advisory committee is different from the process used to submit
comments to an EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific
advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the
public can submit comments for a federal advisory committee to consider
as it develops advice for EPA. Input from the public to the SAB will
have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical
information or analysis for SAB panels to consider or if it relates to
the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the
public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated Federal
Officer directly. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups
requesting an oral presentation at a teleconference will be limited to
three minutes. Those interested in being placed on the public speakers
list for the September 7, 2011 teleconference should contact Dr. Nugent
at the contact information provided above no later than September 1,
2011. Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the
DFO via e-mail at the contact information noted above by September 1,
2011 for the teleconference so that the information may be made
available to the Panel members for their consideration. Written
statements should be supplied in one of the following electronic
formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files
in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. It is the SAB Staff Office general
policy to post written comments on the Web page for the advisory
meeting or teleconference. Submitters are requested to provide an
unsigned version of each document because the SAB Staff Office does not
publish documents with signatures on its Web sites. Members of the
public should be aware that their personal contact information, if
included in any written comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site.
Copyrighted material will not be posted without explicit permission of
the copyright holder.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent (202) 564-2218
or nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability,
please contact Dr. Nugent preferably at least ten days prior to the
teleconference to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: August 9, 2011.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-20825 Filed 8-15-11; 8:45 am]
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