Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead

We submit these comments on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council; the Missouri Coalition for the Environment; Physicians for Social Responsibility; the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning; American Bottom Conservancy; American Lung Association; Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment; Citizens Against Ruining the Environment; Clean Air Council; East Michigan Environmental Action Council; Learning Disabilities Association of America; New York City Environmental Justice Alliance; The Point; Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia?s Public Health and Environmental Justice Project; Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago; Science and Environmental Health Network; Trust for Lead Poisoning Prevention; UPROSE; Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment; Leslie and Jack Warden; WEACT for Environmental Justice; and the Wasatch Clean Air Coalition. Attached please find complete comments on the proposed rule and exhibits to the comments.

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August 4, 2008 By Electronic Mail and Submission to www.regulations.gov U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center Mail Code: 6102T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460 Attn: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735 E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov Re:Exhibit Attachments to Comments on EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS") for Lead; Proposed Rule ("Proposed Rule"), 73 Fed. Reg. 21984 (May 20, 2008) (to be codified at 40 C.F.R. pts. 50, 51, 53 et al.) (EPA-HQ- OAR-2006-0735) To Whom it May Concern: Attached for entry in docket number EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735, are the Exhibit Attachments (Exhibits A-T, attached as 2 pdfs) to the Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. on EPA's May 20, 2008 Proposed Rule on National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS") for lead, 73 Fed. Reg. 21984 (May 20, 2008) (to be codified at 40 C.F.R. pts. 50, 51, 53 et al.) (EPA-HQ-OAR- 2006-0735). The comment letter has already been emailed to a-and-r- Docket@epa.gov and uploaded to www.regulations.gov at EPA-HQ-OAR-2006- 0735 (Tracking Number: 806adb68). If you do not receive this entire submission, please contact me immediately at (415) 875-6100 or akar@nrdc.org. Regards, Avinash Kar, Attorney Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104-4540 Telephone: (415) 875-6100 Fax: (415) 875-6161 akar@nrdc.org

August 4, 2008 By Electronic Mail and Submission to www.regulations.gov U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center Mail Code: 6102T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460 Attn: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735 E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov Re:Comments on EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS") for Lead; Proposed Rule ("Proposed Rule"), 73 Fed. Reg. 21984 (May 20, 2008) (to be codified at 40 C.F.R. pts. 50, 51, 53 et al.) (EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735) To Whom it May Concern: Attached for entry in docket number EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735, are the Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. on EPA's May 20, 2008 Proposed Rule on National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS") for lead, 73 Fed. Reg. 21984 (May 20, 2008) (to be codified at 40 C.F.R. pts. 50, 51, 53 et al.) (EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735). Exhibits A-T will be e-mailed and uploaded via regulations.gov at EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735, under separate cover. If you do not receive this entire submission, please contact me immediately at (415) 875-6100 or akar@nrdc.org. Regards, Avinash Kar, Attorney Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104-4540 Telephone: (415) 875-6100 Fax: (415) 875-6161 akar@nrdc.org

Comments on EPA's February 2008 Announcement of Data Availability for Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standard Review, 73 Fed. Reg. 11,110 (Feb. 29, 2008) (EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735) (Exhibits submitted at EPA-HQ-OAR-2006- 0735, tracking numbers ####)

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Exhibits L-U to Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. on EPA?s December 2007 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead, 72 Fed. Reg. 71,488 (Dec. 17, 2007) (EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735) (Exhibits A-K and comments to be sent under separate cover).

Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al on EPA?s December 2007 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead, 72 Fed. Reg. 71,488 (Dec. 17, 2007) (EPA-HQ- OAR-2006-0735) (Exhibits A-U submitted via regulations.gov at EPA-HQ-OAR- 2006-0735, tracking numbers 8039b772 and 8039b76c)

Exhibits A-K to Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. on EPA?s December 2007 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead, 72 Fed. Reg. 71,488 (Dec. 17, 2007) (EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735) (Exhibits L-U and comments to be sent under separate cover).

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Comments on December 2006 first Draft Staff Paper for the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead: Policy Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information (EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735). Submitted on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council; the American Lung Association (national and California chapters); Breast Cancer Action; California Safe Schools; the California Environmental Rights Alliance; the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation; Commonweal; Earth Day Los Angeles; Fresno Metro Ministry; the Healthy Children Organizing Project; the Healthy Children Project of the Learning Disabilities Association of California; Healthy Homes Collaborative; Making Our Milk Safe; People for Children?s Health and Environmental Justice; People for Parks; Physicians for Social Responsibility (Los Angeles chapter); the Planning and Conservation League; Society for Positive Action; Worksafe; and environmental health scientists, physicians, and advocates. This comment was incomplete as submitted. The commenter did not attach a file.

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