[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66886-66887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27961]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60 and 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505; FRL-9484-3]
RIN 2060-AP76
Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews;
Extension of Comment Period Closing Date
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing that the period for providing public
comments on the August 23, 2011 proposed rule titled, ``Oil and Natural
Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews,'' is being extended to
November 30, 2011.
DATES: Comments. The public comment period for the proposed rules
published on August 23, 2011 (76 FR 52738) closes on November 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2010-0505, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov:
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Agency Web site: http://www.epa.gov/oar/docket.html.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the Air and
Radiation Docket Web site.
Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505 in the subject line of the message.
Facsimile: (202) 566-9744.
Mail: Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a
total of two copies. In addition, please mail a copy of your comments
on the information collection provisions to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn:
Desk Officer for the EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Hand Delivery: United States Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA West (Air Docket), Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20004, Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505.
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 Number EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0505. The 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 email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not know
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body
of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email 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, the 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 the EPA cannot read your comment
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification,
the 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 the
EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at
[[Page 66887]]
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket. Publicly available documents relevant to this action are
available for public inspection either electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 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. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying.
World Wide Web. The EPA Web site for this rulemaking is located at:
http://www.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bruce Moore, Fuels and
Incineration Group (E143-05), Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711;
Telephone number: (919) 541-5460; Fax number (919) 541-3470; Email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comment Period
The EPA has received numerous requests for extending the public
comment period for this proposed rule. Based on the information
provided in the requests, the EPA has determined that an extension of
30 days is appropriate. Accordingly, the public comment period will now
end on November 30, 2011. Note that, on August 23, 2011, the EPA
published in the Federal Register the proposed rule titled, ``Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews.'' In that
notice, the EPA announced that all comments must be received by October
24, 2011. The EPA conducted three public hearings on this proposed
rule, the last of which was held on September 29, 2011, in Arlington,
Texas. See 76 FR 53371, August 26, 2011. Under section 307(d) of the
Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA must keep the record open for 30 days
after completion of the hearings to provide an opportunity for
submission of rebuttal and supplementary information. On October 20,
2011, the EPA published a Federal Register notice correcting the
comment period closing date to October 31, 2011. See 76 FR 65138,
October 20, 2011.
How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The EPA has established the official public docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0505. The EPA has also developed Web sites for the proposed
rulemaking at the addresses given above.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Gina McCarthy,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2011-27961 Filed 10-27-11; 8:45 am]
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