[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21691-21692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9290]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R10-OAR-2011-0315, FRL-9296-8]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Washington:
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the public comment period on EPA's notice of
proposed rulemaking ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation
Plans; Washington: Correction'' published on March 23, 2011 at 76 FR
16365. A commenter requested additional time to review the proposal and
prepare comments. In response to this request, EPA is extending the
original 30-day comment period for an additional 30 days. The extended
comment period will close on May 23, 2011.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-
OAR-2011-0315, by any of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Mail: Kristin Hall, EPA Region 10, Office of Air, Waste
and Toxics (AWT-107), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101.
Hand Delivery/Courier: EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Suite 900, Seattle WA, 98101. Attention: Kristin Hall, Office of Air,
Waste and Toxics, AWT--107. Such deliveries are only accepted during
normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R10-OAR-
2011-0315. 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.
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, is not placed on the Internet and 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 during normal business hours at the
Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Seattle, WA 98101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Hall at telephone number:
(206) 553-6357, e-mail address: [email protected], or the above EPA,
Region 10 address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 23, 2011, EPA published a proposed
rulemaking to correct errors in the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for
the State of Washington regarding the scope of certain regulations
incorporated by reference into the SIP. 76 FR 16365. This correction
would limit the applicability of certain regulations to pollutants for
which National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) have been
established and precursors to those NAAQS pollutants. EPA received a
request that the public comment period be extended to allow more time
to review the proposal and prepare comments. In response to this
request, EPA is extending the original 30-day comment period for an
additional 30 days. The extended comment period will close on May 23,
2011.
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All comments received on or before May 23, 2011, will be considered
in the development of a final rule. A copy of the request to extend the
public comment period has been placed into the docket and may be
reviewed electronically or during normal business hours at the
locations listed above. Interested parties are invited to comment on
all aspects EPA's March 23, 2011, proposal. Comments should be
addressed to Kristin Hall at the address listed above.
Dated: April, 8, 2011.
Dennis J. McLerran,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2011-9290 Filed 4-15-11; 8:45 am]
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