[Federal Register: October 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 206)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OW-2004-0032; FRL-7988-5]
RIN 2040-AE76
Extension of Comment Period for the Preliminary 2006 Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the comment period for the Agency's completed
2005 annual review and pending 2006 annual reviews of existing effluent
limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards under the Clean Water
Act (CWA) sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), and 307(b), and the
Preliminary 2006 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan under CWA section
304(m). EPA is also extending a second comment period on the draft
Strategy for National Clean Water Industrial Regulations (``draft
Strategy'') (67 FR 71165; November 29, 2002). EPA noticed the start of
these comment periods on August 29, 2005 (70 FR 51042). In response to
requests from several stakeholders, this action extends both comment
periods for 30 days.
DATES: EPA must receive your comments on or before November 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Identify your comments, data and information relating to the
Agency's draft Strategy; by Docket ID No. OW-2002-0020. Identify all
other comments, data and information relating to the August 29, 2005
notice by Docket ID No. OW-2004-0032. Submit your comments, data and
information by one of the following methods:
A. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
B. 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, data, and information. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
C. E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov.
D. Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. OW-2004-0032. For comments, data, and information on the
draft Strategy, use Docket ID No. OW-2002-0020.
E. Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID
No. OW-2004-0032. Use Docket ID No. OW-2002-0020 for comments, data,
and information on the draft Strategy. 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, data, and information to Docket
ID No. OW-2004-0032. For comments, data, and information on the draft
Strategy, use Docket ID No. OW-2002-0020. EPA's policy is that all
comments, data, and information 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 material includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit through EDOCKET, regulations.gov,
or e-mail information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The EPA EDOCKET and the federal regulations.gov Web sites
are ``anonymous access'' systems, which
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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). For additional
instructions on obtaining access to comments, go to section I.B of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Docket: All documents in the 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. 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 at the Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 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 Federal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the Water Docket is (202) 566-
2426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Carey A. Johnston at (202) 566-
1014 or johnston.carey@epa.gov, or Ms. Jan Matuszko at (202) 566-1035
or matuszko.jan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 29, 2005 (70 FR 51042), EPA
solicited comment on the Agency's completed 2005 annual review and
pending 2006 annual reviews of existing effluent limitations guidelines
and pretreatment standards under CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g),
and 307(b), and the Preliminary 2006 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
under CWA section 304(m). EPA also opened a second comment period on
the draft Strategy for National Clean Water Industrial Regulations
(``draft Strategy'') (see 67 FR 71165, November 29, 2002). The August
29, 2005 notice describes: (1) The Agency's 2005 annual review of
existing effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards
under the Clean Water Act (CWA) sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), and
307(b); (2) EPA's review of indirect dischargers without categorical
pretreatment standards to identify potential new categories for
pretreatment standards under CWA sections 304(g) and 307(b); and (3)
the preliminary 2006 effluent guidelines program plan under CWA section
304(m) (``Plan''). EPA anticipates completing the final 2006 Plan by
August 2006. As required by CWA section 304(m), the final Plan will:
(1) Present a schedule for EPA's annual review of existing effluent
guidelines under CWA section 304(b) and a schedule for any effluent
guidelines revisions; and (2) identify industries for which EPA has not
promulgated effluent guidelines but may decide to do so through
rulemaking and a schedule for these rulemakings.
The original comment deadline was October 28, 2005. Numerous
stakeholders have requested an extension to the comment period in order
to adequately understand and provide comments. Additionally, one
commenter requested more time due to the difficulty of coordinating
with Gulf Coast facilities that were recently incapacitated by
hurricanes Rita and Katrina. This action extends the comment period for
30 days.
Dated: October 20, 2005.
Benjamin H. Grumbles,
Assistant Administrator for Water.
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