[Federal Register: September 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 182)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 56382-56383]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 312
[SFUND-2004-0001; FRL-7816-6]
RIN 2050-AF04
Notice of Public Meeting To Discuss Standards and Practices for
All Appropriate Inquiries
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a
public meeting to discuss EPA's proposed rule that would set federal
standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiries, as
required under sections 101(35)(B)(ii) and (iii) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The
proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on August 26, 2004
(69 FR 52541) and is available on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields.
The public meeting will be held on Thursday,
November 18, 2004 in San Francisco, California, at the times and
location specified below.
The purpose of the public meeting is for EPA to listen to the views
of stakeholders and the general public on the Agency's proposed
standards and practices for all appropriate inquiries. During the
public meeting, EPA officials will discuss the proposed rule, as well
as accept public comment and input on the proposed rule.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on November 18, 2004 at the Park
Hyatt San Francisco Hotel at Embarcadero Center. The meeting will be
held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. PST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Mercantile Room of
the Park Hyatt San Francisco Hotel at Embarcadero Center, 333 Battery
Street, San Francisco, California 94111.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Patricia Overmeyer of EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and
Redevelopment at (202) 566-2774 or overmeyer.patricia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the general public.
Interested parties and the general public are invited to participate in
the public meeting. Parties wishing to provide their views to EPA on
the proposed rule, or to listen to the views of other parties, are
encouraged to attend the public meeting. Any person may speak at the
public meeting; however, we encourage those planning to give oral
testimony to pre-register with EPA. Those planning to speak at the
public meeting should notify Patricia Overmeyer or Sven-Erik Kaiser, of
EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (Mail Code 5105T), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, no later than November 10, 2004.
Patricia Overmeyer can be contacted at (202) 566-2774 or
overmeyer.patricia@epa.gov. Sven-Erik Kaiser can be contacted at (202)
566-2753 or kaiser.sven-erik@epa.gov. If you cannot pre-register, you
may sign up at the door starting two hours before the start of the
meeting in San Francisco on November 18, 2004. Oral testimony will be
limited to 7 minutes per participant. Any member of the public may file
a written statement in addition to, or in lieu of, making oral
testimony. A verbatim transcript of the hearing and any written
statements received by EPA at the public meeting will be made available
at the OSWER Docket and on the EDOCKET Web site, at the addresses
provided below. If you plan to attend the public hearing and need
special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, contact Patricia Overmeyer or Sven-Erik
Kaiser, at the above email addresses or phone numbers.
Interested parties not able to attend the public meeting may submit
written comments to the Agency. All written comments must be submitted
to EPA in compliance with the instructions that will be provided in the
preamble to the proposed rule. The instructions are summarized below.
Parties wishing to comment on the proposed rule may submit written
comments to EPA. Comments must be submitted to EPA no later than
November 30, 2004. Submit your written comments, identified by Docket
ID No. SFUND-2004-0001, by one of the following methods:
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1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
2. Agency Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET, EPA's
electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred method
for receiving comments. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
3. E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail to
superfund.docket@epa.gov, /Attention Docket ID No. SFUND-2004-0001.
4. Mail: Send comments to the OSWER Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code: 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. SFUND-2004-0001. 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
EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503.
5. Hand Delivery: Deliver your comments to the EPA Docket Center,
EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC, Attention Docket ID No. SFUND-2004-0001. 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. SFUND-2004-
0001. 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.epa.gov/edocket, 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 EDOCKET,
regulations.gov, or e-mail. The EPA EDOCKET and the federal
regulations.gov Web sites are ``anonymous access'' systems, 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 EDOCKET or 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 EDOCKET on-line or see the
Federal Register of May 31, 2002 (67 FR 38102).
Dated: September 15, 2004.
Linda Garczynski,
Director, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment.
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