[Federal Register: March 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 60)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2004-0237; FRL-7891-9]
Animal Feeding Operations Consent Agreement and Final Order
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplemental notice to extend signup period for consent
agreement and final order, and reopening for public comment.
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SUMMARY: On January 31, 2005 (70 FR 4958), EPA announced an opportunity
for animal feeding operations (AFOs) to sign a voluntary consent
agreement and final order (air compliance agreement). This supplemental
notice announces an extension to the signup period for the consent
agreement and final order, as well as the reopening of the public
comment period.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 2, 2005. The signup
period is extended to July 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. OAR-2004-
0237, by one of the following methods:
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: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
Fax: (202) 566-1741.
Mail: Air Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Please include a total of two copies.
Hand Delivery: Environmental Protection Agency, 1301
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room B102, 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. OAR-2004-0237.
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 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.
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 information,
such as copyrighted materials, 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 form at Docket ID No. OAR-2004-0237, 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
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: For information on the air compliance
agreement, contact Mr. Bruce Fergusson, Special Litigation and Projects
Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. EPA,
Ariel Rios Building, Washington, DC 20460, telephone number (202) 564-
1261, fax number (202) 564-0010, and electronic mail:
fergusson.bruce@epa.gov.
For information on the monitoring study, contact Ms. Sharon Nizich,
Organic Chemicals Group, Emission Standards Division, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park NC
27711, telephone number (919) 541-2825, fax number (919) 541-3470, and
electronic mail: nizich.sharon@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to provide more time for public
comment and for affected industry members to make informed decisions
about participation, the comment period is being reopened on EPA's air
compliance agreement to address emissions from certain AFOs. The
comment period will reopen April 1, 2005 until May 2, 2005. Any public
comments received in the time period from March 3 through March 31,
2005, will be considered as timely comments for the purpose of this
action. The air compliance agreement is part of the Agency's ongoing
effort to minimize air emissions from such operations and to ensure
compliance with the Clean Air Act and other laws.
Due to substantial public response and to accommodate further
outreach and communication with interested participants, we are
extending the signup period for the air compliance agreement to July 1,
2005.
Interested parties should refer to the January 31, 2005 Federal
Register notice (70 FR 4958) to view the consent agreement and final
order at Appendix 1, Attachment A--Farm Information Sheet, and
Attachment B--National Air Emissions Monitoring Study Protocol.
Dated: March 23, 2005.
Sally L. Shaver,
Director, Emission Standards Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Director, Special Litigation and Projects Division, Office of Civil
Enforcement Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
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