83_FR_42660 83 FR 42497 - Release of Risk and Exposure Assessment Plan for the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter

83 FR 42497 - Release of Risk and Exposure Assessment Plan for the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 163 (August 22, 2018)

Page Range42497-42498
FR Document2018-17041

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a periodic review of the air quality criteria and the secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and particulate matter (PM). On or about August 6, 2018, the EPA will make available for public review the document titled Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter: Risk and Exposure Assessment Planning Document (REA Planning Document). This plan presents considerations and the proposed approach for conducting quantitative analyses of oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and PM exposures and welfare 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-2014-0128; FRL-9981-88-OAR]


Release of Risk and Exposure Assessment Plan for the Secondary 
National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of 
Sulfur and Particulate Matter

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 secondary National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for oxides of nitrogen, oxides of 
sulfur, and particulate matter (PM). On or about August 6, 2018, the 
EPA will make available for public review the document titled Review of 
the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of 
Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter: Risk and Exposure 
Assessment Planning Document (REA Planning Document). This plan 
presents considerations and the proposed approach for conducting 
quantitative analyses of oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and PM 
exposures and welfare 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 October 22, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2014-0128, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://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 https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. The REA Planning Document will be available primarily via the 
internet at: https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2-secondary-standards-planning-documents-current.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ginger Tennant, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards (Mail Code C504-06), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 
919-541-4072; fax number: 919-541-0237; or email address: 
tennant.ginger@epa.gov.

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 
https://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on any 
digital storage media that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 
digital storage media as CBI and then identify electronically within 
the digital storage media 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. If you submit any digital storage media that does not 
contain CBI, mark the outside of the digital storage media clearly that 
it does not contain CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed 
except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) part 2. Send or deliver information identified as CBI 
only to the following address: OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-
02), OAQPS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-
0128.
    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. . . . '' 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(b). 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, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS 
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 existing criteria and standards as 
may be appropriate. . . .'' Since the early

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1980's, this independent review function has been performed by CASAC.
    Presently, the EPA is reviewing the secondary NAAQS for oxides of 
nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and PM.\1\ PM was added to this review 
after the draft Integrated Review Plan (80 FR 69220, November 9, 2015) 
was released to the public and reviewed by CASAC in recognition of 
linkages between these pollutants (oxides of nitrogen, oxides of 
sulfur, and PM) with respect to deposition and atmospheric chemistry, 
as well as from an environmental effects perspective. Additional 
welfare effects associated with PM, such as visibility, climate and 
materials effects, and the health effects of PM (including particulate 
transformation products of oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulfur) are 
considered as part of the review of the NAAQS for PM (81 FR 87933, 
December 6, 2016). The health effects of oxides of nitrogen were 
considered in a separate assessment that was completed recently as part 
of the review of the primary (health-based) NAAQS for oxides of 
nitrogen (83 FR 17226, April 18, 2018). Similarly, the health effects 
of oxides of sulfur are currently being considered in a separate 
assessment as part of the review of the primary NAAQS for oxides of 
sulfur (83 FR 26752, June 8, 2018).
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    \1\ The EPA's call for information for the NOX/
SOX secondary review was issued on August 29, 2013 (78 FR 
53452), and the call for information on the PM review (both 
secondary and primary) was issued on December 3, 2014 (79 FR 71764).
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    The EPA's overall plan for this review is presented in the 
Integrated Review Plan for the Secondary NAAQS for Oxides of Nitrogen, 
Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter.\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 external review draft of the Integrated Science 
Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate 
Matter-Ecological Criteria (83 FR 29786, June 26, 2018). Based on these 
considerations, the document reaches preliminary conclusions on the 
extent to which updated quantitative analyses of exposures or public 
welfare 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 August 6, 2018, on the EPA's Technology Transfer Network 
website at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2-secondary-standards-planning-documents-current.
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    The REA Planning Document will be discussed at a public meeting for 
review by CASAC and the public. A separate Federal Register notice 
provides details about this meeting and the process for participation 
(83 FR 31755, July 9, 2018). The EPA will also consider public comments 
on the REA Planning Document that are submitted to the docket, as 
described above.

    Dated: August 2, 2018.
Panagiotis Tsirigotis,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2018-17041 Filed 8-21-18; 8:45 am]
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                                              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                EPA public comment policy,                               • Explain why you agree or disagree;
                                              AGENCY                                                  information about CBI or multimedia                   suggest alternative and substitute
                                                                                                      submissions, and general guidance on                  language for your requested changes.
                                              [EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0128; FRL–9981–88–
                                              OAR]
                                                                                                      making effective comments, please visit                  • Describe any assumption and
                                                                                                      https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/                         provide any technical information and/
                                              Release of Risk and Exposure                            commenting-epa-dockets. The REA                       or data that you used.
                                              Assessment Plan for the Secondary                       Planning Document will be available                      • If you estimate potential costs or
                                              National Ambient Air Quality Standard                   primarily via the internet at: https://               burdens, explain how you arrived at
                                              for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of                       www.epa.gov/naaqs/nitrogen-dioxide-                   your estimate in sufficient detail to
                                              Sulfur and Particulate Matter                           no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2-secondary-                 allow for it to be reproduced.
                                                                                                      standards-planning-documents-current.                    • Provide specific examples to
                                              AGENCY: Environmental Protection                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      illustrate your concerns and suggest
                                              Agency (EPA).                                           Ginger Tennant, Office of Air Quality                 alternatives.
                                              ACTION: Notice of availability.                         Planning and Standards (Mail Code                        • Explain your views as clearly as
                                                                                                      C504–06), U.S. Environmental                          possible, avoiding the use of profanity
                                              SUMMARY:    The Environmental Protection                Protection Agency, Research Triangle                  or personal threats.
                                              Agency (EPA) is conducting a periodic                   Park, NC 27711; telephone number:                        • Make sure to submit your
                                              review of the air quality criteria and the              919–541–4072; fax number: 919–541–                    comments by the comment period
                                              secondary National Ambient Air Quality                  0237; or email address: tennant.ginger@               deadline identified.
                                              Standards (NAAQS) for oxides of                         epa.gov.
                                              nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                            II. Information About the Document
                                              particulate matter (PM). On or about                                                                             Two sections of the Clean Air Act
                                              August 6, 2018, the EPA will make                       I. General Information
                                                                                                                                                            (CAA) govern the establishment and
                                              available for public review the                         A. What should I consider as I prepare                revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 (42
                                              document titled Review of the                           my comments for the EPA?                              U.S.C. 7408) directs the Administrator
                                              Secondary National Ambient Air                                                                                to identify and list certain air pollutants
                                              Quality Standards for Oxides of                            1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
                                                                                                      information to EPA through https://                   and then to issue air quality criteria for
                                              Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and                                                                                those pollutants. The Administrator is
                                              Particulate Matter: Risk and Exposure                   www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly
                                                                                                      mark the part or all of the information               to list those air pollutants that in his
                                              Assessment Planning Document (REA                                                                             ‘‘judgment, cause or contribute to air
                                              Planning Document). This plan presents                  that you claim to be CBI. For CBI
                                                                                                      information on any digital storage media              pollution which may reasonably be
                                              considerations and the proposed                                                                               anticipated to endanger public health or
                                              approach for conducting quantitative                    that you mail to EPA, mark the outside
                                                                                                      of the digital storage media as CBI and               welfare;’’ ‘‘the presence of which in the
                                              analyses of oxides of nitrogen, oxides of                                                                     ambient air results from numerous or
                                              sulfur, and PM exposures and welfare                    then identify electronically within the
                                                                                                      digital storage media the specific                    diverse mobile or stationary sources;’’
                                              risks in this NAAQS review. This                                                                              and ‘‘for which . . . [the Administrator]
                                              planning document is intended to                        information that is claimed as CBI. In
                                                                                                      addition to one complete version of the               plans to issue air quality criteria. . . . ’’
                                              facilitate consultation with the Clean                                                                        Air quality criteria are intended to
                                              Air Scientific Advisory Committee                       comment that includes information
                                                                                                      claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment                 ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific
                                              (CASAC) and public comment on plans                                                                           knowledge useful in indicating the kind
                                              for such quantitative analyses.                         that does not contain the information
                                                                                                      claimed as CBI must be submitted for                  and extent of all identifiable effects on
                                              DATES: Comments should be received on                                                                         public health or welfare which may be
                                                                                                      inclusion in the public docket. If you
                                              or before October 22, 2018.                             submit any digital storage media that                 expected from the presence of [a]
                                              ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                        does not contain CBI, mark the outside                pollutant in the ambient air . . . ’’ 42
                                              identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–                     of the digital storage media clearly that             U.S.C. 7408(b). Under section 109 (42
                                              OAR–2014–0128, to the Federal                           it does not contain CBI. Information so               U.S.C. 7409), the EPA establishes
                                              eRulemaking Portal: https://                            marked will not be disclosed except in                primary (health-based) and secondary
                                              www.regulations.gov. Follow the online                  accordance with procedures set forth in               (welfare-based) NAAQS for pollutants
                                              instructions for submitting comments.                   40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)                  for which air quality criteria are issued.
                                              Once submitted, comments cannot be                      part 2. Send or deliver information                   Section 109(d) requires periodic review
                                              edited or withdrawn. The EPA may                        identified as CBI only to the following               and, if appropriate, revision of existing
                                              publish any comment received to its                     address: OAQPS Document Control                       air quality criteria. The revised air
                                              public docket. Do not submit                            Officer (C404–02), OAQPS, U.S.                        quality criteria reflect advances in
                                              electronically any information you                      Environmental Protection Agency,                      scientific knowledge on the effects of
                                              consider to be Confidential Business                    Research Triangle Park, North Carolina                the pollutant on public health or
                                              Information (CBI) or other information                  27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–                   welfare. The EPA is also required to
                                              whose disclosure is restricted by statute.              HQ–OAR–2014–0128.                                     periodically review and, if appropriate,
                                              Multimedia submissions (audio, video,                      2. Tips for Preparing your Comments.               revise the NAAQS based on the revised
                                              etc.) must be accompanied by a written                  When submitting comments, remember                    criteria. Section 109(d)(2) requires that
                                              comment. The written comment is                         to:                                                   an independent scientific review
                                              considered the official comment and                        • Identify the notice by docket                    committee ‘‘shall complete a review of
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                                              should include discussion of all points                 number and other identifying                          the criteria . . . and the national
                                              you wish to make. The EPA will                          information (subject heading, Federal                 primary and secondary ambient air
                                              generally not consider comments or                      Register date and page number).                       quality standards . . . and shall
                                              comment contents located outside of the                    • Follow directions. The agency may                recommend to the Administrator any
                                              primary submission (i.e., on the Web,                   ask you to respond to specific questions              new . . . standards and revisions of
                                              Cloud, or other file sharing system). For               or organize comments by referencing a                 existing criteria and standards as may be
                                              additional submission methods, the full                 CFR part or section number.                           appropriate. . . .’’ Since the early


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                                              1980’s, this independent review                         the EPA’s Technology Transfer Network                 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
                                              function has been performed by CASAC.                   website at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/                 20460.
                                                 Presently, the EPA is reviewing the                  nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfur-                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.
                                              secondary NAAQS for oxides of                           dioxide-so2-secondary-standards-                      Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control
                                              nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and PM.1 PM                 planning-documents-current.                           Officer, at (202) 566–1044, or via email
                                              was added to this review after the draft                  The REA Planning Document will be                   at siddiqui.ahmar@epa.gov.
                                              Integrated Review Plan (80 FR 69220,                    discussed at a public meeting for review              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
                                              November 9, 2015) was released to the                   by CASAC and the public. A separate                   transferred CBI to its contractors and
                                              public and reviewed by CASAC in                         Federal Register notice provides details              subcontractors as part of the effluent
                                              recognition of linkages between these                   about this meeting and the process for                guidelines program under 40 CFR
                                              pollutants (oxides of nitrogen, oxides of               participation (83 FR 31755, July 9,                   2.302(h). EPA determined that this
                                              sulfur, and PM) with respect to                         2018). The EPA will also consider                     transfer was necessary to enable the
                                              deposition and atmospheric chemistry,                   public comments on the REA Planning                   contractors, subcontractors, and
                                              as well as from an environmental effects                Document that are submitted to the                    consultants to perform their work in
                                              perspective. Additional welfare effects                 docket, as described above.                           supporting EPA in planning,
                                              associated with PM, such as visibility,
                                                                                                        Dated: August 2, 2018.                              developing, and reviewing effluent
                                              climate and materials effects, and the
                                                                                                      Panagiotis Tsirigotis,                                guidelines and standards for certain
                                              health effects of PM (including
                                                                                                      Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and          industries.
                                              particulate transformation products of
                                                                                                      Standards.                                               Pursuant to 40 CFR 2.302(h)(2), EPA
                                              oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulfur)
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2018–17041 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am]           is giving notice that it has entered into
                                              are considered as part of the review of
                                                                                                                                                            a new contract with ICF, contract
                                              the NAAQS for PM (81 FR 87933,                          BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                                                                            number 68HE0C18D0001, located in
                                              December 6, 2016). The health effects of
                                                                                                                                                            Fairfax, Virginia. The purpose of this
                                              oxides of nitrogen were considered in a
                                              separate assessment that was completed                  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              contract is to secure economic and
                                              recently as part of the review of the                   AGENCY                                                environmental assessment support for
                                              primary (health-based) NAAQS for                                                                              EPA in its development, review,
                                              oxides of nitrogen (83 FR 17226, April                  [FRL–9982–69–OW]                                      implementation, and defense of water-
                                              18, 2018). Similarly, the health effects of                                                                   related initiatives for a variety of
                                              oxides of sulfur are currently being                    Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to                 industries or states. To obtain assistance
                                              considered in a separate assessment as                  Confidential Business Information                     in responding to this contract, ICF has
                                              part of the review of the primary                                                                             entered into contracts with the
                                                                                                      AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                     following subcontractors and
                                              NAAQS for oxides of sulfur (83 FR                       Agency (EPA).
                                              26752, June 8, 2018).                                                                                         consultants: The Cadmus Group, LLC
                                                                                                      ACTION: Notice of intended transfer of                (located in Waltham, Massachusetts),
                                                 The EPA’s overall plan for this review
                                                                                                      confidential business information to                  CognistX (located in Pittsburgh,
                                              is presented in the Integrated Review
                                                                                                      contractor and its subcontractors and                 Pennsylvania), Great Lakes
                                              Plan for the Secondary NAAQS for
                                                                                                      consultants.                                          Environmental Center, Inc. (located in
                                              Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur
                                              and Particulate Matter.2 The REA                                                                              Traverse City, Michigan), Horizon
                                                                                                      SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection               Systems Corporation (located in White
                                              Planning Document considers the                         Agency (EPA) intends to transfer
                                              degree to which important uncertainties                                                                       Stone, Virginia), Innovate! Inc. (located
                                                                                                      confidential business information (CBI),              in Alexandria, Virginia), LimnoTech
                                              identified in quantitative analyses from                collected from numerous industries, to
                                              previous reviews have been addressed                                                                          Inc. (located in Ann Arbor, Michigan),
                                                                                                      ICF International (ICF) and its                       Resources for the Future (located in
                                              by newly available scientific evidence,                 subcontractors and consultants, under
                                              tools, or information, including those in                                                                     Washington, DC), RTI International
                                                                                                      an EPA contract newly awarded to ICF.                 (located in Research Triangle Park,
                                              the second external review draft of the                 Transfer of this information is necessary
                                              Integrated Science Assessment for                                                                             North Carolina), Wayne Gray (located in
                                                                                                      for ICF to assist the Office of Water in              Worcester, Massachusetts), Robert
                                              Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur                    the preparation of economic analyses
                                              and Particulate Matter-Ecological                                                                             Johnston (located in Millville,
                                                                                                      and environmental assessment activities               Massachusetts), Klaus Moeltner (located
                                              Criteria (83 FR 29786, June 26, 2018).                  conducted in support of Clean Water
                                              Based on these considerations, the                                                                            in Blacksburg, Virginia), Kerry Smith
                                                                                                      Act regulations and programs, such as                 (located in Cave Creek, Arizona), and
                                              document reaches preliminary                            effluent guidelines and associated
                                              conclusions on the extent to which                                                                            Raghavan Srinivasan (located in College
                                                                                                      planning and review activities, and                   Station, Texas).
                                              updated quantitative analyses of                        water quality standards. Much of the
                                              exposures or public welfare risks are                                                                            All EPA contractor, subcontractor,
                                                                                                      information being transferred was or                  and consultant personnel are bound by
                                              warranted in the current review. For                    will be collected under the authority of
                                              updated analyses that are supported,                                                                          the requirements and sanctions
                                                                                                      section 308 of the Clean Water Act                    contained in their contracts with EPA
                                              this planning document presents                         (CWA) to support effluent guidelines
                                              anticipated approaches to conducting                                                                          and in EPA’s CBI regulations found at
                                                                                                      development in particular. Interested                 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. ICF will
                                              such analyses. This document will be                    persons may submit comments on this
                                              available on or about August 6, 2018, on                                                                      adhere to an EPA-approved security
                                                                                                      intended transfer of information to the               plan which describes procedures to
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                                                                                                      address noted below.                                  protect CBI. ICF will apply the
                                                 1 The EPA’s call for information for the NO /SO
                                                                                            X    X
                                              secondary review was issued on August 29, 2013          DATES: Comments on the transfer of data               procedures in this plan to CBI
                                              (78 FR 53452), and the call for information on the      are due August 27, 2018.                              previously gathered by EPA and to CBI
                                              PM review (both secondary and primary) was              ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to                    that may be gathered in the future. The
                                              issued on December 3, 2014 (79 FR 71764).
                                                 2 Available at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/            M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control                   security plan specifies that contractor
                                              nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2-            Officer, Engineering and Analysis                     personnel are required to sign non-
                                              secondary-standards-planning-documents-current.         Division (4303T), U.S. EPA, 1200                      disclosure agreements and are briefed


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesComments should be received on or before October 22, 2018.
ContactGinger Tennant, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (Mail Code C504-06), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number:
FR Citation83 FR 42497 

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