[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80937-80938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33153]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517; FRL-9611-7]
RIN 2040-AF06
Notice of Final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan; Re-Opening
Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; Re-opening Public Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: On October 26, 2011, EPA published its final 2010 Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan (``final 2010 Plan'') and announced its 2011
Effluent Guidelines Reviews, as required under the Clean Water Act
(CWA). Since publication, the Agency has received several requests for
additional time to submit comments. EPA is therefore re-opening the
comment period and will accept public comments on both actions for an
additional 60 days.
DATES: Submit comments on or before February 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Submit your comments on the final 2010 Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-
0517, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: ow-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2008-0517.
Fax: (202) 566-9744.
Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517. Such deliveries are accepted only during the
Docket Center's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments on the final 2010 Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517. EPA's
policy is that all comments received will be included in the public
docket without change and could 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 email. The
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which
means that 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 EPA without going through 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, 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 because of technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA might 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. For additional
instructions on submitting comments, go to the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI)
Any CBI you wish to submit should be sent via a trackable physical
method, such as Federal Express or United Parcel Service, to Mr. M.
Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control Officer, Engineering and Analysis
Division (4303T), Room 6231S EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460. A CBI package should be double-wrapped, so
that the CBI is in one package, which is itself inside another package.
Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be
CBI. For CBI information on a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark
the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify
electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete copy of the material
that
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includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the material that does
not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for
inclusion in the public docket. Information marked as CBI will not be
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
2.
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 Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. The
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding federal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Water
Docket is (202) 566-2426.
Submit your comments on the 2011 Effluent Guidelines Reviews
identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0824 using one of the
methods described above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William F. Swietlik, Engineering
and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC.,
20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1129; fax number: (202) 566-1053;
email address: swietlik.william@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Supporting Documents for the Final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program
Plan
Key documents providing additional information about EPA's annual
reviews and the final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan include the
following:
Technical Support Document for the 2010 Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan, EPA-820-R-10-021, DCN 07320;
Coalbed Methane Point Source Category: Detailed Study Report,
EPA-820-R-10-022, DCN 09999;
Draft Guidance Document: Best Management Practices for Unused
Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities, August 26, 2010, EPA-821-R-
10-006.
Ore Mining and Dressing Category Preliminary Study, EPA-820-R-
10-025, DCN 07369.
B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related
information?
1. Docket. EPA has established official public dockets for these
actions under Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517 and EPA-HQ-OW-2010-
0824. The official public docket is the collection of materials that is
available for public viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301Constitution Ave, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the United States government online source for
Federal regulations at http://www.regulations.gov.
C. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and
page number).
Follow directions--The agency might ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
Explain why you agree or disagree, suggest alternatives,
and substitute language for your requested changes.
Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used.
If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
Explain your views as clearly as possible.
Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Re-Opening of the Public Comment Period for the Final 2010 Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan (``Final 2010 Plan'') and the 2011 Effluent
Guidelines Reviews
On October 26, 2011 (76 FR 66286), EPA published its final 2010
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (``final 2010 Plan''), which, as
required under the Clean Water Act (CWA), identified new or existing
industrial dischargers, both those discharging directly to surface
waters and those discharging to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs),
selected for effluent guidelines rulemaking, and provided a schedule
for such rulemakings. The Agency solicited comments from the public on
the final Plan for 30 days (to have been submitted on or before
November 25, 2011). The notice also solicited data and information
(during the same 30-day period) for EPA's 2011 Effluent Guidelines
Reviews pursuant to the authority of CWA sections 304(b), 304(g),
301(d) and 307(b).
The Agency received several requests for additional time to submit
comments. In response, EPA is re-opening the public comment period and
will accept additional public comments on its final 2010 Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan, which announced schedules to develop standards
for wastewater discharges produced by natural gas extraction from
underground coalbed and shale formations as well as mercury discharges
from dental offices. EPA is also accepting additional data and
information for its 2011 Effluent Guidelines Program Reviews, which
were announced as a part of the 2010 Plan released in October. For more
information visit http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm. EPA believes that this additional 60-day comment period will
assist in providing interested stakeholders, as well as other members
of the public, adequate time to review the documents and provide
written comments.
Dated: December 19, 2011.
Nancy K. Stoner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Water.
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