[Federal Register: November 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 223)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7838-9]
E-Docket ID No. ORD-2004-0003; Draft Proposed Sampling Program To
Determine Extent of World Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor
Environment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft Proposed
Sampling Program to Determine Extent of World Trade Center Impacts to
the Indoor Environment.
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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2004, EPA published a Federal Register notice
(69 FR 61838) announcing the availability of the External Review Draft
entitled, Draft Proposed Sampling Program to Determine Extent of World
Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment (EPA/600/R-04/169A), and
the beginning of a 30-day public comment period. At the request of
members of the Lower Manhattan community and labor organizations who
have said an extension is needed for them to formulate their comments,
EPA is extending the public comment period until January 3, 2005. EPA
will consider the public comment submissions in revising the document.
DATES: The public comment period will end on January 3, 2005. Technical
comments should be in writing and must be postmarked by January 3,
2005.
ADDRESSES: The External Review Draft, Draft Proposed Sampling Program
to Determine Extent of World Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor
Environment, is
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available via the Internet on the web page of the World Trade Center
(WTC) Expert Technical Review Panel, http://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel/.
Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, by facsimile or by
hand delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed instructions as
provided in the Supplementary Information section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the draft
sampling proposal, please contact Matthew Lorber at (202) 564-3243 or
lorber.matthew@epa.gov. For further information regarding the WTC
Expert Technical Review Panel, please contact Lisa Matthews at (202)
564-6669 or matthews.lisa@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. How To Submit Information to E-Docket
EPA has established an official public docket for information
pertaining to this action, Docket ID No. ORD-2004-0003. The official
public docket is the collection of materials, excluding Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute, that is available for public viewing at the
Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the Headquarters
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 OEI
Docket is (202) 566-1752; facsimile: (202) 566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
An electronic version of the official public docket is available
through EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets.
You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or
view public comments, to access the index listing of the contents of
the official public docket, and to view those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket identification number.
Certain types of information will not be placed in EPA Dockets. As
indicated above, information claimed as CBI and other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official
public docket; the same information will not be available for public
viewing in EPA Dockets. Copyrighted material also will not be placed in
EPA Dockets but will be referenced there and available as printed
material in the official public docket.
Persons submitting information should note that EPA's policy makes
the information available as received and at no charge for public
viewing in EPA Dockets. This policy applies to information submitted
electronically or in paper, except where restricted by copyright, CBI
or statute.
Unless restricted as above, information submitted on computer disks
that are mailed or delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA
Dockets. Physical objects will be photographed, where practical, and
the photograph will be placed in EPA Dockets along with a brief
description written by the docket staff.
You may submit information electronically, by mail, by facsimile or
by hand delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, include the
appropriate docket identification number with your submission. Please
adhere to the specified submitting period. Information received or
submitted past the close date will be marked ``late'' and will only be
considered if time permits.
If you submit information electronically, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other
details for contacting you. Also include these contact details on the
outside of any disk or CD ROM you submit and in any cover letter
accompanying the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be
identified as the person submitting the information and allows EPA to
contact you in case the Agency cannot read what you submit due to
technical difficulties or needs to clarify issues raised by what you
submit. If EPA cannot read what you submit due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, this situation
may delay or prevent the Agency's consideration of the information.
To access EPA's electronic public docket from the EPA Internet Home
Page, select ``Information Sources,'' ``Dockets,'' and ``EPA Dockets.''
Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in Docket ID No.
ORD-2004-0003. The system is an ``anonymous access'' system, which
means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address or other contact
details unless you provide it with the information you submit.
Information may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. ORD-2004-0003. In contrast
to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not an
``anonymous access'' system. If you send an e-mail directly to the
docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-
mail system automatically captures your e-mail address, and it becomes
part of the information in the official public docket and is made
available in EPA's electronic public docket.
You may submit information on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to the
OEI Docket mailing address. Files will be accepted in WordPerfect, Word
or ASCII file format. Avoid the use of special characters and any form
of encryption.
If you provide information in writing, please submit one unbound
original, with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies. For
attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the main
text, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
Dated: November 12, 2004.
Paul Gilman,
EPA Science Advisor and Assistant Administrator for Research and
Development.
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