[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8698-8699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3833]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0921; FRL-9118-6]
Extension of Request for Scientific Views for Draft 2009 Update
Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia--Freshwater
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; extension of the request for scientific views.
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SUMMARY: On December 30, 2009 (74 FR 69086), EPA announced the
availability of draft national recommended water quality criteria for
ammonia for the
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protection of aquatic life entitled ``Draft 2009 Update Aquatic Life
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia--Freshwater''. Written
scientific views on the draft recommended criteria were to be submitted
to EPA on or before March 1, 2010 (a 60-day request for scientific
views). Since publication, the Agency has received several requests for
additional time to submit comments. Therefore, EPA is extending the
period of time in which the Agency will accept scientific views on the
draft criteria document for an additional 30 days.
DATES: Scientific views must be received on or before April 1, 2010.
Comments postmarked after this date may not be considered.
ADDRESSES: Submit your scientific views, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0921, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov.
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC) Water Docket, MC 28221T; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., EPA West, Room 3334, Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-
0921. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and may be made available online at
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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The 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 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. For additional
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
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 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Office of Water Docket/
EPA/DC, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., EPA West, Room 3334, Washington,
DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., EST,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number
for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the Office of Water Docket is (202) 566-2426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Huff, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division (4304T), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566-0787; huff.lisa@epa.gov.
Dated: February 18, 2010.
Peter S. Silva,
Assistant Administrator for Water.
[FR Doc. 2010-3833 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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