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CASAC Ozone Review Panel Teleconference Meeting, March 5, 2007 Final: 09/17/2007 EPA SAB Staff: Mr. Fred Butterfield, CASAC Designated Federal Officer (DFO) Dr. Vanessa Vu, SAB Staff Office Director Other EPA Staff: Dr. Tim Benner, ORD, OSP Dr. Stephen Graham, OAR, OAQPS Mr. Jeffrey Herrick, OAR, OAQPS Dr. John Langstaff, OAR, OAQPS Dr. Karen Martin, OAR, OAQPS Dr. Dave McKee, OAR, OAQPS Mr. Harvey Richmond, OAR, OAQPS Ms. Vicki Sandiford, OAR, OAQPS Ms. Susan Stone, OAR, OAQPS Ms. Lydia Wegman, OAR, OAQPS Meetine Summ The discussion followed the issues and general timing as presented in the meeting agenda (Appendix B). Convene Meetine, Call Attendance, Introduction and Administration Mr. Fred Butterfield, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, opened the teleconference meeting, called attendance, and welcomed all attendees. He noted the CASAC is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator. Consistent with FACA regulations, the deliberations of CASAC are held as public meetings and teleconferences for which advance notice is given in the Federal Register. The DFO is present at all such meetings to assure compliance with FACA requirements. He mentioned that ten individuals would be making public comments today. Mr. Butterfield said a transcript of this teleconference is not being taken. However, summary minutes were taken (by the DFO) for this teleconference meeting. These minutes will be certified by the CASAC (and Ozone Review Panel) Chair and posted on the SAB Web Site (htt~://www.epa.gov/sab/)within 90 days after the meeting. Mr. Butterfield noted that all panelists had earlier submitted documentation with respect to possible financial conflicts-of-interest or appearances of a lack of impartiality, which was reviewed by the SAB staff prior to the teleconference meeting and found to be satisfactory. Purpose of Meetine and Welcome Dr. Rogene Henderson, CASAC and Ozone Review Panel Chair, welcomed Panel members and briefly stated the purpose of the meeting (see above). She then introduced Dr. Karen Martin of EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) for some brief introductory remarks. Remarks from OAOPS concernine EPA's final Draft Staff Pager Dr. Karen Martin, OAQPS, thanked the members of the Ozone Panel, and then thanked her entire Agency "team" for their work on the Final Ozone Staff Paper. She noted that there was a ~. __ f -l`