[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42071-42072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16898]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268; FRL-9833-5]
Updates to Protective Action Guides Manual: Protective Action
Guides (PAGs) and Planning Guidance for Radiological Incidents
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed guidance; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing an
extension of the public comment period for the proposed guidance ``PAG
Manual: Protective Action Guides (PAGs) and Planning Guidance for
Radiological Incidents'' (the proposed guidance is hereinafter referred
to as ``PAGs''). The EPA published the proposed guidance in the Federal
Register, which included a request for comment, on April 15, 2013. The
public comment period was to end on July 15, 2013. The purpose of this
notice is to extend the public comment period an additional 60 days.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 16,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0268, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 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-
2007-0268. 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 Agency 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 you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the Agency 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 Agency's
public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. For additional instructions on
submitting comments, please refer to the notice of proposed rulemaking
(Section XI, Public Participation, of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of the proposed rulemaking document).
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 Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, 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: Sara DeCair, Radiation Protection
Division, Center for Radiological Emergency Management, Mail Code
6608J, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9108 ; fax
number: (202) 343-2304; email: [email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?
1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not
submit this information to the EPA through www.regulations.gov or
email. Clearly mark 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 marked as CBI will not be
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
2.
2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
Identify the rulemaking by docket number, subject heading,
Federal Register date and page number.
Follow directions--the EPA may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing the chapter
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 it to be
reproduced.
Illustrate your concerns with specific examples 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. How can I get copies of this document, the proposed rule and other
related information?
The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268. The EPA has also developed a Web site for the
proposed PAGs updates at: http://www.epa.gov/radiation/rert/pags.html.
Please refer to the original Federal Register notice on the proposed
guidance for detailed information on accessing information related to
the proposal.
In response to requests for an extension, we are extending the
public comment period for the PAGs updates through September 16, 2013.
This extension will provide the public additional time to provide
comment on the proposed guidance.
Dated: July 8, 2013.
Gina McCarthy,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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