[Federal Register: October 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 197)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 59680-59681]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR PART 51
[OAR-2005-0148; FRL-7982-9]
Advance Notice To Solicit Comments, Data and Information for
Determining the Emissions Reductions Achieved in Ozone Nonattainment
and Maintenance Areas From the Implementation of Rules Limiting the VOC
Content of AIM Coatings; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of the comment
period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the comment period for an advanced notice of
proposed rulemaking (ANPR) published on August 31, 2005 (70 FR 51694).
In the August 31, 2005 ANPR, EPA solicited comments, data and
information for determining how to calculate the reductions in volatile
organic compounds (VOC) emissions achieved in ozone nonattainment and
maintenance areas from the implementation of rules which limit the VOC
content of architectural coatings (commonly referred to as
architectural industrial maintenance, or AIM, coatings). In addition to
submitting comments, data and information, interested parties may also
request to meet with EPA to present their recommended approaches and
rationales. Pursuant to requests of the Ozone Transport Commission and
the California Air Resources Board, EPA is extending the comment period
through December 16, 2005.
DATES: Comments, data, and information must be submitted on or before
December 16, 2005. Requests to meet with EPA should be made on or
before November 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments, data and information,
identified by Docket ID No. OAR-2005-0148, by one of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting comments.
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.
E-mail: Send electronic mail (e-mail) to EPA Docket Center at
a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
Fax: Send faxes to the EPA Docket Center at (202) 566-1741.
Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20460. Attn: Docket ID No. OAR-2005-0148, Advance Notice for
Information on Determining the Emissions Reductions Achieved from
Limiting the VOC Content of Architectural Coating. Please include a
total of two copies.
Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center (Air and Radiation
Docket), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West Building, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for delivery of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. OAR-2005-0148.
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
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 websites 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.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
EDOCKET index at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
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Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in EDOCKET or in hard copy during normal business hours at the Air and
Radiation Docket, (EPA/DC) EPA West, 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 Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia L. Spink, Associate Director
for Air Programs, Air Protection Division, Mail Code 3AP20, U.S. EPA
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, telephone (215)
with EPA, please contact David Sanders, U.S. EPA, Ozone Policy &
Strategies Group, Air Quality Strategies & Standards Division, Mail
Code C539-02, Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-3356, or by e-mail at
sanders.dave@epa.gov.
Dated: October 5, 2005.
William L. Wehrum,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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