82 FR 11356 - Release of Risk and Exposure Assessment Planning Document for the Review of the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 34 (February 22, 2017)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a periodic review of the air quality criteria and the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Sulfur Oxides (SO<INF>X</INF>). On or about February 16, 2017, the EPA will make available for public review the document titled Review of the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides: Risk and Exposure Assessment Planning Document (REA Planning Document). This plan presents considerations and the proposed approach for conducting quantitative analyses of sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) exposures and health risks in this NAAQS review. This planning document is intended to facilitate consultation with the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and public comment on plans for such quantitative analyses.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0566; FRL-9959-22-OAR]


Release of Risk and Exposure Assessment Planning Document for the 
Review of the Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur 
Oxides

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a 
periodic review of the air quality criteria and the primary National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Sulfur Oxides 
(SOX). On or about February 16, 2017, the EPA will make 
available for public review the document titled Review of the Primary 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides: Risk and 
Exposure Assessment Planning Document (REA Planning Document). This 
plan presents considerations and the proposed approach for conducting 
quantitative analyses of sulfur dioxide (SO2) exposures and 
health risks in this NAAQS review. This planning document is intended 
to facilitate consultation with the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 
Committee (CASAC) and public comment on plans for such quantitative 
analyses.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before April 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2013-0566, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the Web, 
Cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit

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http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. The REA Planning 
Document will be available primarily via the Internet at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/sulfur-dioxide-so2-primary-standards-planning-documents-current-review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Nicole Hagan, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards (Mail Code C504-06), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 
919-541-3153; fax number: 919-541-5315; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
http://regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 2.
    2. Tips for Preparing your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the notice by docket number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
     Follow directions. The agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a CFR part or 
section number.
     Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternative and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
     Describe any assumption and provide any technical 
information and/or data that you used.
     If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how 
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the 
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Information About the Document

    Two sections of the Clean Air Act (CAA) govern the establishment 
and revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 (42 U.S.C. 7408) directs the 
Administrator to identify and list certain air pollutants and then to 
issue air quality criteria for those pollutants. The Administrator is 
to list those air pollutants that in his ``judgment, cause or 
contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare''; ``the presence of which in the 
ambient air results from numerous or diverse mobile or stationary 
sources''; and ``for which . . . [the Administrator] plans to issue air 
quality criteria . . .'' (42 U.S.C. 7408(a)(1)(A)-(C)). Air quality 
criteria are intended 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 . . .'' (42 U.S.C. 
7408(a)(2)). Under section 109 (42 U.S.C. 7409), the EPA establishes 
primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for 
pollutants for which air quality criteria are issued. Section 109(d) 
requires periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air 
quality criteria. The revised air quality criteria reflect advances in 
scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health 
or welfare. The EPA is also required to periodically review and revise 
the NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the revised criteria. Section 
109(d)(2) requires that an independent scientific review committee 
``shall complete a review of the criteria . . . and the national 
primary and secondary ambient air quality standards . . . and shall 
recommend to the Administrator any new . . . standards and revisions of 
the existing criteria and standards as may be appropriate . . . .'' 
Since the early 1980s, this independent review function has been 
performed by the CASAC.
    Presently, the EPA is reviewing the air quality criteria and 
primary NAAQS for SOx.\1\ The EPA's overall plan for this 
review is presented in the Integrated Review Plan for the Primary NAAQS 
for Sulfur Dioxide (IRP).\2\ The REA Planning Document considers the 
degree to which important uncertainties identified in quantitative 
analyses from previous reviews have been addressed by newly available 
scientific evidence, tools, or information, including those in the 
second draft Integrated Science Assessment for Sulfur Oxides--Health 
Criteria (ISA).\3\ Based on these considerations, the document reaches 
preliminary conclusions on the extent to which updated quantitative 
analyses of exposures or health risks are warranted in the current 
review. For updated analyses that are supported, this planning document 
presents anticipated approaches to conducting such analyses. This 
document will be available on or about February 16, 2017, on the EPA's 
Technology Transfer Network Web site at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/sulfur-dioxide-so2-primary-standards-planning-documents-current-review.
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    \1\ The indicator for the current standard is SO2.
    \2\ The IRP (EPA-452/R-14-007, October 2014) is available at 
https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/sulfur-dioxide-so2-primary-standards-planning-documents-current-review.
    \3\ The second draft ISA was made available to both CASAC and 
the public in December 2016 (81 FR 89097) and is available at: 
https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/sulfur-dioxide-so2-primary-standards-integrated-science-assessments-current-review.
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    The REA Planning Document has been made available for consultation 
with the CASAC at an upcoming public meeting of the CASAC. A separate 
Federal Register notice will provide details about this meeting and the 
process for participation. The EPA will also consider public comments 
on the REA Planning Document that are submitted to the docket, as 
described above.

    Dated: February 13, 2017.
Stephen Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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Accession Number: 20170215–5095. Accession Number: 20170215–5018. AGENCY
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/8/17.
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Original Service Agreement No. 4629; Ambient Air Quality Standards for
Filed Date: 2/14/17. Sulfur Oxides
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Power, LLC Reactive Service
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1/30/2017. review of the air quality criteria and the
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
Filed Date: 2/14/17. primary National Ambient Air Quality
L.L.C.
Accession Number: 20170214–5179. Standards (NAAQS) for Sulfur Oxides
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/17. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: (SOX). On or about February 16, 2017,
Original Service Agreement No. 4622; the EPA will make available for public
Docket Numbers: ER17–261–002.
Queue No. AB2–045 to be effective 1/ review the document titled Review of
Applicants: Lawrenceburg Power,
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LLC.
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Service Compliance Filing to be Document (REA Planning Document).
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effective 1/30/2017.
Filed Date: 2/14/17. Docket Numbers: ER17–973–000. the proposed approach for conducting
Accession Number: 20170214–5185. quantitative analyses of sulfur dioxide
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
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Inc.
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2017. Filed Date: 2/15/17. quantitative analyses.
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/17. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
Docket Numbers: ER17–386–001. The filings are accessible in the identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
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System Operator, Inc. clicking on the links or querying the eRulemaking Portal: http://
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controls from peaking plant design to be protest in any of the above proceedings Once submitted, comments cannot be
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http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ • Make sure to submit your previous reviews have been addressed
commenting-epa-dockets. The REA comments by the comment period by newly available scientific evidence,
Planning Document will be available deadline identified. tools, or information, including those in
primarily via the Internet at https:// the second draft Integrated Science
II. Information About the Document
www.epa.gov/naaqs/sulfur-dioxide-so2- Assessment for Sulfur Oxides—Health
primary-standards-planning- Two sections of the Clean Air Act Criteria (ISA).3 Based on these
documents-current-review. (CAA) govern the establishment and considerations, the document reaches
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 (42 preliminary conclusions on the extent to
Nicole Hagan, Office of Air Quality U.S.C. 7408) directs the Administrator which updated quantitative analyses of
Planning and Standards (Mail Code to identify and list certain air pollutants exposures or health risks are warranted
C504–06), U.S. Environmental and then to issue air quality criteria for in the current review. For updated
Protection Agency, Research Triangle those pollutants. The Administrator is analyses that are supported, this
Park, NC 27711; telephone number: to list those air pollutants that in his planning document presents anticipated
919–541–3153; fax number: 919–541– ‘‘judgment, cause or contribute to air approaches to conducting such
pollution which may reasonably be analyses. This document will be
5315; email: hagan.nicole@epa.gov.
anticipated to endanger public health or available on or about February 16, 2017,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
welfare’’; ‘‘the presence of which in the on the EPA’s Technology Transfer
I. General Information ambient air results from numerous or Network Web site at https://
diverse mobile or stationary sources’’; www.epa.gov/naaqs/sulfur-dioxide-so2-
A. What should I consider as I prepare and ‘‘for which . . . [the Administrator]
my comments for the EPA? primary-standards-planning-
plans to issue air quality criteria . . .’’ documents-current-review.
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this (42 U.S.C. 7408(a)(1)(A)–(C)). Air The REA Planning Document has
information to EPA through http:// quality criteria are intended to been made available for consultation
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific with the CASAC at an upcoming public
the part or all of the information that knowledge useful in indicating the kind meeting of the CASAC. A separate
you claim to be CBI. For CBI and extent of all identifiable effects on Federal Register notice will provide
information in a disk or CD–ROM that public health or welfare which may be details about this meeting and the
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the expected from the presence of [a] process for participation. The EPA will
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then pollutant in the ambient air . . .’’ (42 also consider public comments on the
identify electronically within the disk or U.S.C. 7408(a)(2)). Under section 109 REA Planning Document that are
CD–ROM the specific information that (42 U.S.C. 7409), the EPA establishes submitted to the docket, as described
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one primary (health-based) and secondary above.
complete version of the comment that (welfare-based) NAAQS for pollutants
includes information claimed as CBI, a for which air quality criteria are issued. Dated: February 13, 2017.
copy of the comment that does not Section 109(d) requires periodic review Stephen Page,
contain the information claimed as CBI and, if appropriate, revision of existing Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and
must be submitted for inclusion in the air quality criteria. The revised air Standards.
public docket. Information so marked quality criteria reflect advances in [FR Doc. 2017–03432 Filed 2–21–17; 8:45 am]
will not be disclosed except in scientific knowledge on the effects of BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
accordance with procedures set forth in the pollutant on public health or
40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) welfare. The EPA is also required to
part 2. periodically review and revise the FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
2. Tips for Preparing your Comments. NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the
When submitting comments, remember revised criteria. Section 109(d)(2) Notice of Agreements Filed
to: requires that an independent scientific
The Commission hereby gives notice
• Identify the notice by docket review committee ‘‘shall complete a
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Register date and page number).
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or organize comments by referencing a
appropriate . . . .’’ Since the early days of the date this notice appears in
CFR part or section number.
• Explain why you agree or disagree; 1980s, this independent review function the Federal Register. Copies of the
suggest alternative and substitute has been performed by the CASAC. agreements are available through the
language for your requested changes. Presently, the EPA is reviewing the air Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov)
• Describe any assumption and quality criteria and primary NAAQS for or by contacting the Office of
provide any technical information and/ SOx.1 The EPA’s overall plan for this Agreements at (202) 523–5793 or
or data that you used. review is presented in the Integrated tradeanalysis@fmc.gov.
• If you estimate potential costs or Review Plan for the Primary NAAQS for Agreement No.: 012461.
burdens, explain how you arrived at Sulfur Dioxide (IRP).2 The REA Title: Maersk Line/HSDG Space
Planning Document considers the Charter Agreement.
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your estimate in sufficient detail to
allow for it to be reproduced. degree to which important uncertainties Parties: Maersk Line A/S and
• Provide specific examples to identified in quantitative analyses from Hamburg Sud.
illustrate your concerns and suggest
1 The indicator for the current standard is SO2. 3 The second draft ISA was made available to
alternatives.
both CASAC and the public in December 2016 (81
• Explain your views as clearly as
2 The IRP (EPA–452/R–14–007, October 2014) is
available at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/sulfur- FR 89097) and is available at: https://www.epa.gov/
possible, avoiding the use of profanity dioxide-so2-primary-standards-planning- naaqs/sulfur-dioxide-so2-primary-standards-
or personal threats. documents-current-review. integrated-science-assessments-current-review.

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Dates		Comments should be received on or before April 13, 2017.
Contact		Dr. Nicole Hagan, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (Mail Code C504-06), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-3153; fax number: 919-541-5315; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 11356