[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34076-34077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14522]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 761
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0757; FRL-8831-8]
RIN 2070-AJ38
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use
Authorizations; Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public
Meetings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period and additional public meetings.
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SUMMARY: EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in
the Federal Register of April 7, 2010, concerning the reassessment of
the use authorizations for PCBs. This document extends the comment
period for 45 days, from July 6, 2010, to August 20, 2010. This
extension is necessary to provide the public with an opportunity to
provide additional and more thorough comments. Also, EPA is holding two
additional public meetings to enable additional public comment on the
ANPRM during the comment period extension.
DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2009-0757, must be received on or before August 20, 2010.
Meetings will be held on July 22, 2010, from 9 a.m. until the last
speaker has spoken or until 1 p.m., in San Francisco, CA and on July
29, 2010, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., in New York, NY. Requests to
participate in a meeting must be received 10 days prior to the date of
the meeting.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT,
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much
time as possible to process your request.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES
in the Federal Register document of April 7, 2010, for submission of
comments.
The July 22, 2010 meeting will held in the Hawaii/Palau Room,
First Floor Conference Room, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105
and the July 29, 2010 meeting will be held in the Empire Room at the
Hilton Times Square, 234 West 42\nd\ St., New York, NY 10036. Requests
to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2009-0757, may be submitted to the technical person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact:
John H. Smith, National Program Chemicals Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 566-0512; e-mail address: [email protected].
For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
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14620; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment
period established in the Federal Register of April 7, 2010 (75 FR
17645) (FRL-8811-7). In that document, EPA seeks information about the
use authorizations for PCBs. EPA is hereby extending the comment
period, which was set to end on July 6, 2010, to August 20, 2010.
The additional meeting in New York, NY will be held in the evening
at the request of New York City parents who would like to attend to
comment on our request for comments on the excluded products
provisions, e.g., caulk, of the current PCB regulations. The additional
meeting in San Francisco, CA will be held to accommodate West Coast
stakeholders. In San Francisco, the meeting attendees will need photo
identification.
You may submit a request to participate in the public meeting as a
speaker or observer either in person or as an observer only by
teleconference. Do not submit any information in your request to
participate that is considered Confidential Business Information (CBI).
To access the docket, please follow the detailed instructions as
provided under ADDRESSES in the April 7, 2010 Federal Register
document. If you have questions, consult the technical person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 761
Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Labeling,
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: June 9, 2010.
Stephen A. Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-14522 Filed 6-15-10; 8:45 am]
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