[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36034-36035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15340]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 87
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0294; FRL-9167-4]
RIN 2060-AP79
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lead Emissions From
Piston-Engine Aircraft Using Leaded Aviation Gasoline; Extension of
Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day extension of the public comment
period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lead Emissions
From Piston-Engine Aircraft Using Leaded Aviation Gasoline (hereinafter
referred to as the ANPR). EPA published this ANPR, which included a
request for comment, in the Federal Register on April 28, 2010. The
public comment period was to end on June 28, 2010 (60 days after its
publication in the Federal Register). This document extends the comment
period an additional 60 days until August 27, 2010. This extension of
the comment period is provided to allow the public additional time to
provide comment on the ANPR.
DATES: The comment period for the ANPR published April 28, 2010 (75 FR
22440) is extended. Written comments must be received on or before
August 27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0294, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: (202) 566-9744.
Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 6102T,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include two
copies.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (Air Docket), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room: 3334 Mail Code: 2822T, Washington, DC. 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. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0294. 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.regulations.gov, 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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, 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 http://www.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 the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www. epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. For additional instructions on submitting
comments, please refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the
advance notice of proposed rulemaking document.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center,
EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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.
How can I get copies of this document, the advance notice of proposed
rulemaking, and other related information?
The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0294. The EPA has also developed a Web site for
aviation, including the ANPR, at: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/aviation.htm.
Please refer to the ANPR for detailed information on accessing
information related to this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marion Hoyer, Assessment and Standards
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 2000 Traverwood
Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4513; fax
number: (734) 214-4821; e-mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: In the ANPR, EPA described and invited comment from all
interested parties on the data available for evaluating lead emissions,
ambient concentrations and potential exposure to lead from the use of
leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) in piston-engine powered aircraft. The
ANPR is one of the steps EPA has taken in response to a petition
submitted by Friends of the Earth (FOE) requesting that EPA find
endangerment from and regulate lead emitted by piston-engine aircraft,
or if insufficient information exists, to commence a study. In addition
to describing and inviting comment on the current data, the ANPR also
describes considerations regarding emission engine standards and
requests comment on approaches for transitioning the piston-engine
fleet to unleaded avgas.
Extension of Comment Period: EPA received requests for an extension
of the ANPR comment period that are available in the docket for this
rule (EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0294). After considering the requests, EPA has
determined that a 60-day extension of the comment period would provide
the public adequate time to provide meaningful comment on the ANPR.
Accordingly, the public comment period for the ANPR is extended until
August 27, 2010. EPA does not anticipate any further extension of the
comment period at this time.
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Dated: June 18, 2010.
Gina McCarthy,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2010-15340 Filed 6-23-10; 8:45 am]
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