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Notice of Availability of the Draft Final Report: ``Comparison of the Alternative Asbestos Control Method and the NESHAP Method for Demolition of Asbestos-Containing Buildings'' 



[Federal Register: May 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 91)]
[Notices]
[Page 26816-26817]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0362; FRL-8313-8]

Notice of Availability of the Draft Final Report: ``Comparison of
the Alternative Asbestos Control Method and the NESHAP Method for
Demolition of Asbestos-Containing Buildings''

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability and invitation for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a
public comment period and independent, external peer review for the
draft Final Report for the Alternative Asbestos Control Method (AACM)
Demonstration Project. The external peer review is expected to include
a face-to-face meeting in Cincinnati, OH. The time and location for the
external peer review meeting have not yet been determined and will be
specified in a separate Federal Register notice. EPA expects to invite
the public to attend the meeting and to provide an opportunity to the
public to make comments at the meeting. The public comment period and
the external peer review provide opportunities for all interested
parties to comment on the report. In addition to consideration by EPA,
all public comments submitted in accordance with this notice will also
be forwarded to EPA's contractor for consideration by the external peer
review panel prior to the meeting.
    EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA.
This draft Final Report does not represent and should not be construed
to represent any EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination.
    The U.S. EPA conducted a controlled demonstration to evaluate the
AACM alongside the current National Emissions Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) method in a remote, secure location at Fort
Chaffee, Arkansas. To facilitate side-by-side comparison, the
demonstration used two similar structures with asbestos-containing
materials. Additional information about this research project,
including a description of the AACM and the project schedule, is
available at http://epa.gov/region6/6xa/asbestos.htm.

DATES: The public comment period for this draft Final Report begins
with the publication of this notice. Comments may be submitted by June
11, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public may obtain the draft Final Report from
http://www.regulations.gov or from Stephen Watkins via the contact information
below.
    Public comments should be identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0362, and submitted by one of the following methods:
    • http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    • E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    • Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460
    • Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0362. Deliveries are only
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0362. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA, without going through
http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD
Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like additional
information regarding the draft Final Report, or EPA's independent,
external peer

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review process, please contact Stephen Watkins, Office of Research and
Development, Mail Code 8104-R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-3744; fax number: (202) 565-2925, E-mail: watkins.stephen@epa.gov.

    Dated: May 1, 2007.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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