[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 4735-4736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2070]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51 and 52
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0729; FRL-9624-4]
RIN 2060-AR05
Regional Haze: Revisions to Provisions Governing Alternatives to
Source-Specific Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART)
Determinations, Limited SIP Approvals, and Federal Implementation Plans
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: On December 30, 2011, the EPA published in the Federal
Register our proposal to revise rules that pertain to the regional haze
program. In the proposal, the EPA stated that public comments were to
be submitted by February 13, 2012. In order to ensure that the public
has a sufficient time to analyze our proposed rule, the EPA is
extending the public comment period until February 28, 2012.
DATES: Comments. Comments on the proposed rule published December 30,
2011 (76 FR 82219) must be received on or before February 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0729, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: epa.gov">a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
Fax: (202) 566-9744.
Mail: Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0729, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West (Air Docket), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail code: 6102T, Washington, DC 20460. Please
include a total of 2 copies.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
West (Air Docket), 1301 Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Room 3334,
Washington, DC 20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0729.
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-OAR-
2011-0729. 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 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 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
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
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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, avoid 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 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 U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave., 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. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202)
566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on this proposed rule,
contact Ms. Martha Keating, Air Quality Policy Division, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (C504-03), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-
9407; fax number: (919) 685-3700; email address:
keating.martha@mailto:epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to the EPA
through www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk
or CD ROM that you mail to the 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 version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver information
identified as CBI only to the following address: Roberto Morales, OAQPS
Document Control Officer (C404-02), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0729.
2. 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 may 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, avoiding the
use of profanity or personal threats.
Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
B. Where can I get a copy of this document and other related
information?
In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of
this notice will also be available on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Following signature, a copy of this notice will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oargpg/new.html.
Dated: January 20, 2012.
Jennifer Noonan-Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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