[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20522-20523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11334]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5501-4]
Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a final report
titled, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (EPA/600/P-95/
001aF-cF), prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Office of Research and Development (ORD). This document evaluates the
latest scientific information pertaining to health and environmental
effects associated with airborne particulate matter (PM).
DATES: On April 12, 1996 ORD transmitted to the EPA Office of Air and
Radiation final versions of all thirteen chapters of the document, Air
Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter. After duplication of this
large final report, bound copies of the PM Air Quality Criteria
Document will be available for wide public distribution on or about May
15, 1996. Until duplication is completed, interested parties can access
the Executive Summary of the PM Air Quality Criteria Document via the
Internet on the ORD Home Page (http://www.epa.gov/ORD). In addition,
the entire PM Air Quality Criteria Document is available electronically
on the Agency's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards' (OAQPS)
Technology Transfer Network (TTN) Bulletin Board System (BBS). The
telephone number for the TTN BBS is (919) 541-5742. To access the
bulletin board a modern and communications software are necessary. The
following parameters on the communications software are required: Data
Bits--8; Parity--N; and Stop Bits--1.The document will be located on
the Clean Air Act Amendments BBS, under Title I, Policy/Guidance
Documents. If assistance is needed in accessing the system, call the
help desk at (919) 541-5384 in Research Triangle Park, NC. Also, a copy
of the completed report is available for public inspection at the EPA
Air Docket and at the EPA Library, both at EPA Headquarters, Waterside
Mall, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. EPA Air Docket hours, in Room
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M1500 of Waterside Mall, are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding holidays. EPA Library hours are from 10:00 a.m. until
2:00 p.m., excluding holidays.
ADDRESSES: On or about May 15, 1996, interested parties can obtain a
single copy of the final PM Air Quality Criteria Document by
contacting: ORD Publications Office, Technology Transfer Division,
National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH
45268; telephone (513) 569-7562; facsimile: (513) 569-7566. Please
provide your name and mailing address, and request the three-volume
document by the title and EPA document number (EPA/600/P-95/001aF-cF).
There will be a limited number of paper copies available from the above
source. Requests will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis.
After the supply is exhausted, copies of the PM Air Quality Criteria
Document can be purchased from the National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) by calling (703) 487-4650 or sending a facsimile to
(703) 321-8547. The NTIS order numbers for the Air Quality Criteria for
Particulate Matter are: Vol. I of III (PB96-168232), Vol. II of III
(PB96-168240), Vol. III of III (PB96-168257), and for the three volume
set (PB96-168224).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane H. Ray, National Center for
Environmental Assessment (MD-52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541-3637; facsimile:
(919) 541-1818.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 108 to 109 of the Clean Air Act
(CAA) govern the establishment, review, and revision of National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Section 108 directs the
Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to list
pollutants that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health
or welfare and to issue air quality criteria for them. The air quality
criteria are to reflect the latest scientific information useful in
indicating the kind and extent of all effects on public health and
welfare that may be expected from the presence of the pollutant in
ambient air. In keeping with these CAA mandates, this document
evaluates the latest scientific information useful in deriving criteria
to form scientific bases for decisions regarding possible revision of
current PM NAAQS.
Dated: May 1, 1996.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-11334 Filed 5-6-96; 8:45 am]
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