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Committee is to provide advice on the
conduct of a study titled ‘‘Analyses of
the effects of global change on human
health and welfare and human systems’’
to be conducted as part of the U.S.
Climate Change Science Program
(CCSP). This assessment is part of a
comprehensive set of assessments
identified in the CCSP’s Strategic Plan.
HICCAC will advise on the specific
issues that should be addressed in the
assessment, appropriate technical
approaches, the nature of information
relevant to decision makers, the content
of the assessment report, and other
scientific and technical matters that may
be found to be important to the
successful completion of the study. EPA
has determined that this federal
advisory committee is in the public
interest and will assist the Agency in
performing its duties under the Clean
Water Act, Clean Air Act, and the
Global Climate Protection Act. The draft
prospectus for the study is on the CCSP
Web site at https://
www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/
sap4–6/sap4–6prospectus-final.htm.
Copies of the Committee Charter will
be filed with the appropriate
congressional committees and the
Library of Congress.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Foellmer (8601D), National
Center for Environmental Assessment,
Immediate Office, Office of Research
and Development, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Mail Code 8601D;
Washington, DC 20460, Telephone
number (202) 564–3208, E-mail address:
Foellmer.joanna@epa.gov.
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I. Information About the Document
A copy of the Committee Charter will
be available at https://www.fido.gov/
facadatabase/ after the Committee
Charter is filed with Congress. This
usually takes up to 25 days from the
date of the Federal Register notice. The
purpose of the Committee is to provide
advice on the conduct of a study titled
‘‘Analyses of the effects of global change
on human health and welfare and
human systems’’ to be conducted as part
of the U.S. Climate Change Science
Program (CCSP). This study will give
particular attention to the impacts of
climate change on human health,
human welfare, and human settlements
in the United States. Within the context
of the assessment’s prospectus, HICCAC
will advise on the specific issues to be
addressed, appropriate technical
approaches, the nature of information
relevant to decision makers, the content
of the final assessment report,
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compliance with the Information
Quality Act, and other matters
important to the successful achievement
of the objectives of the study. The draft
prospectus for this study is available at:
https://www.climatescience.gov/Library/
sap/sap4–6/sap4–6prospectusfinal.htm.
HICCAC is expected to meet twice in
2007: once in a face-to-face meeting in
the Washington, DC area and a second
time via conference call.
Membership: Nominations for
membership on the HICCAC were
solicited through the Federal Register.
In selecting members, EPA will consider
the necessary areas of technical
expertise, different scientific
perspectives within each technical
discipline, and the collective breadth of
experience needed to address the
Agency’s charge.
Dated: March 22, 2007.
George Gray,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Research
and Development.
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Coastal Elevations and Sea Level Rise
Advisory Committee Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), EPA
gives notice of a public meeting of the
Coastal Elevations and Sea Level Rise
Advisory Committee (CESLAC).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Friday, June 8, 2007, from 8:30 a.m.
until 3 p.m. Registration will begin at
7:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel &
Conference Center, 425 Water Street,
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack
Fitzgerald, Designated Federal Officer,
Climate Change Division, Mail Code
6207J, Office of Atmospheric Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; e-mail address:
Fitzgerald.jack@epa.gov, telephone
number (202) 343–9336, fax: (202) 343–
2337.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of CESLAC is to provide advice
on the conduct of a study titled Coastal
Elevations and Sensitivity to Sea Level
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Rise which is being conducted as part of
the U.S. Climate Change Science
Program (CCSP). The study pays
particular attention to the coastal area of
the U.S. from the state of New York
through North Carolina. A copy of the
study prospectus is available at
https://www.climatescience.gov/Library/
sap/sap4–1/default.php. A copy of the
Committee Charter is available at https://
www.fido.gov/facadatabase/. This is the
second meeting of CESLAC. The
meeting will focus on consideration of
a draft of the study. The agenda will
include presentations on, and
discussions of, the material prepared to
address the four key questions
addressed by the study and, to a lesser
extent, the five supplemental questions
addressed by the study. Interested
individuals should refer to the study
prospectus for information on these
questions. One hour of the meeting will
be allocated for statements by members
of the public. Individuals who are
interested in making statements should
inform Jack Fitzgerald of their interest
by Tuesday, May 29, and provide a copy
of their statements for the record.
Individuals will be scheduled in the
order that their statements of intent to
present are received. A minimum of
three minutes will be provided for each
statement. The maximum amount of
time will depend on the number of
statements to be made. All statements,
regardless of whether there is sufficient
time to present them orally, will be
included in the record and considered
by the committee. For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Jack
Fitzgerald at either the phone number or
e-mail address provided under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. To
request accommodation of a disability,
please also contact Jack Fitzgerald,
preferably at least ten days prior to the
meeting, to give EPA as much time as
possible to process your request.
Dated: May 3, 2007.
Jack Fitzgerald,
Designated Federal Officer.
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Period.
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 45-day
public comment period for the draft
document titled, ‘‘EPA’s 2007 Report on
the Environment: Science Report’’ (ROE
SR) (EPA/600/R–07/045). This public
comment period is to precede the
formal, public, scientific peer review of
the draft document by EPA’s Science
Advisory Board (SAB) on July 10–12,
2007. Notice of the SAB review will be
provided via a separate Federal Register
Notice.
The draft ‘‘EPA’s 2007 Report on the
Environment: Science Report’’ was
prepared by EPA Program and Regional
Offices, the Office of Research and
Development (ORD), the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI), the
Office of Policy Economics and
Innovation (OPEI), and the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), with
coordination by the National Center for
Environmental Assessment within
EPA’s ORD.
EPA is releasing this draft document
solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under
applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been
formally disseminated by EPA. It does
not represent and should not be
construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. EPA will
consider any public comments
submitted in accordance with this
notice when revising the document.
DATES: The 45-day public comment
period begins May 10, 2007, and ends
June 25, 2007. Technical comments
should be in writing and must be
received by EPA by June 25, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘EPA’s 2007
Report on the Environment: Science
Report’’ is available primarily via the
Internet on the National Center for
Environmental Assessment’s home page
under the Recent Additions and the
Data and Publications menus at https://
www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of
CDs or paper copies are available from
the Technical Information Staff, NCEA–
W; telephone: 202–564–3261; facsimile:
202–565–0050. If you are requesting a
CD or paper copy, please provide your
name, your mailing address, and the
document title, ‘‘EPA’s 2007 Report on
the Environment: Science Report.’’
Comments may be submitted
electronically via https://
www.regulations.gov, by mail, by
facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier.
Please follow the detailed instructions
provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the public comment
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period, contact the Office of
Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile:
202–566–1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, contact
Denice Shaw, NCEA; telephone: 202–
564–3234; facsimile: 202–565–0065; or
e-mail: shaw.denice@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Project/
Document
The purpose of EPA’s Report on the
Environment: Science Report (ROE SR)
is to compile the most reliable
indicators currently available that help
answer a series of questions about
trends in the environment and human
health that EPA believes are of critical
importance to its mission and to the
national interest. Additionally, the
report identifies key limitations of these
indicators and gaps where reliable
indicators do not yet exist. These gaps
and limitations inform strategic
planning and decision making at EPA
and highlight the disparity between the
current state of knowledge and the goal
of full, reliable, and insightful
representation of environmental
conditions and trends.
The indicators for EPA’s 2007 ROE SR
that comprise the main content of the
report underwent independent scientific
peer review as well as public review
and comment in the summer and fall of
2005 and are available at https://
www.epa.gov/roeindicators.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments
to the Docket at www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2007–
0198, by one of the following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–1753.
• Mail: Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code:
2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. The phone
number is 202–566–1752.
• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is
located in the EPA Headquarters Docket
Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center 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.
Such deliveries are only accepted
during the docket’s normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements
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should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
If you provide comments by mail or
hand delivery, please submit three
copies of the comments. For
attachments, provide an index, number
pages consecutively with the comments,
and submit an unbound original and
three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–
0198. Please ensure that your comments
are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received
after the closing date will be marked
‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if
time permits. It is EPA’s policy to
include all comments it receives in the
public docket without change and to
make the comments available online at
https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided,
unless a 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 www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The 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 www.regulations.gov, your email 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 https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are
listed in the 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 materials, such as
copyrighted material, are publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
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the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters
Docket Center.
Dated: May 4, 2007.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental
Assessment.
[FR Doc. E7–9022 Filed 5–9–07; 8:45 am]
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Correction to the Spring 2007
Regulatory Agenda
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On Monday, April 30, 2007,
the Regulatory Agenda of the Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions for
the Environmental Protection Agency
was published in the Federal Register
(72 FR 23156). The regulatory agenda
entry for sequence number 2750,
‘‘Action on Petition to List Diesel
Exhaust as a Hazardous Air Pollutant,’’
contains erroneous information. This
notice corrects the information that was
published in the Federal Register (72
FR 23191) under the heading of
Abstract.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jaime Pagan, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Office of Air
and Radiation, Environmental
Protection Agency (C304–01), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone
number: (919) 541–5340; fax number:
(919) 541–5450; e-mail address:
pagan.jaime@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes the semiannual regulatory
agenda to update the public about:
• Regulations and major policies
currently under development;
• Reviews of existing regulations and
major policies; and
• Rules and major policymakings
completed or canceled since the last
Agenda.
The regulatory agenda entry in the
proposed rule section for sequence
number 2750, ‘‘Action on Petition to
List Diesel Exhaust as a Hazardous Air
Pollutant’’ (72 FR 23191) contains
erroneous information. The Agency did
not intend to announce a decision to
deny the petition. This notice corrects
the information that was provided
under the heading of Abstract for the
Action on Petition to List Diesel Exhaust
as a Hazardous Air Pollutant. The
following agenda item replaces in its
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entirety the agenda item that was
provided in the EPA’s Semiannual
Regulatory Agenda for sequence number
2750, Action on Petition to List Diesel
Exhaust as a Hazardous Air Pollutant:
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act Section
112(b)(3).
CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 63.
Legal Deadline: Initial Action,
Judicial, 5/30/07. As per 12/2005
Consent Decree, extended several times
from original date of 6/12/2006. Final,
Judicial 6/26/07, as per 12/2005 Consent
Decree. Only required if Agency
proposes to grant petition.
Abstract: Section 112 of the Clean Air
Act contains a mandate for EPA to
evaluate and control emissions of HAP
from stationary sources. Section
112(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act includes
the original list of hazardous air
pollutants (HAP). Section 112(b) of the
Clean Air Act requires EPA to review
the original list periodically and, where
appropriate, revise the list by rule. In
addition, under section 112(b)(3) of the
Clean Air Act, any person may petition
EPA to modify the list by adding or
deleting one or more substances. On
August 11, 2003, Environmental
Defense submitted a petition to add
diesel exhaust to the list of HAP. EPA
is in the process of considering whether
the Agency should take further action to
address stationary diesel emissions and,
if so, what actions may be appropriate.
EPA intends to address this petition in
the context of this process.
The current deadline for signature of
the Federal Register notice is May 30,
2007. (Received extension by litigants
December 14, 2006; Received another
extension by litigants March 14, 2007;
Received another extension by litigants
April 12, 2007.)
Dated: May 3, 2007.
Brian F. Mannix,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy,
Economics & Innovation.
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Proposed Settlement Under Section
122(h) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act
Regarding Regarding the Hilliard’s
Creek Site, the Route 561 Dump Site,
and the U.S. Avenue Burn Site,
Gibbsboro, New Jersey
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Environmental Protection
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Notice of proposed
administrative settlement and
opportunity for public comment.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The United States
Environmental Protection (‘‘EPA’’) is
proposing to enter into an
administrative settlement to resolve
claims under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
(‘‘CERCLA’’). In accordance with
Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, notice is
hereby given of a proposed
administrative settlement concerning
the Hilliard’s Creek Site, the Route 561
Dump Site, and the U.S. Avenue Burn
Site (collectively referred to as ‘‘the
Site’’). Section 122(h) of CERCLA
provides EPA with the authority to
consider, compromise and settle certain
claims for costs incurred by the United
States. Notice is being published to
inform the public of the proposed
settlement and of the opportunity to
comment.
The Site is located in the Borough of
Gibbsboro, Camden County, New Jersey.
From 1851 to 1978 a paint and varnish
manufacturing facility was operational
there. As part of its operations,
hazardous substances were generated,
stored and utilized. The facility
included areas used for unloading raw
materials from railroad cars, raw
materials tank farms including storage
tanks constructed prior to 1908, storage
areas for drummed raw materials, an
industrial/domestic wastewater
treatment and disposal system
consisting of six unlined percolation/
settling lagoons, an extensive system of
pipes for the transport of raw materials,
and a drum cleaning area. The mixing
and processing of raw materials took
place in a number of specialized
buildings within the facility. In 1978
Sherwin-Williams shut down the
production at the Site.
As a result of these operations and a
release or threatened release of
hazardous substances, EPA has
undertaken response actions at or in
connection with the Site under Section
104 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604.
Under the terms of the Agreement,
Sherwin-Williams will pay a total of
$385,000 to reimburse EPA for certain
response costs incurred at the Site. In
exchange, EPA will grant a covenant not
to sue or take administrative action
against Sherwin-Williams for
reimbursement of past response costs
pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA.
The Attorney General has approved this
settlement.
EPA will consider any comments
received during the comment period
and may withdraw or withhold consent
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice of Public Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the draft
document titled, ``EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Science
Report'' (ROE SR) (EPA/600/R-07/045). This public comment period is to
precede the formal, public, scientific peer review of the draft
document by EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) on July 10-12, 2007.
Notice of the SAB review will be provided via a separate Federal
Register Notice.
The draft ``EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Science Report''
was prepared by EPA Program and Regional Offices, the Office of
Research and Development (ORD), the Office of Environmental Information
(OEI), the Office of Policy Economics and Innovation (OPEI), and the
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), with coordination by the
National Center for Environmental Assessment within EPA's ORD.
EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. EPA will consider any public comments
submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document.
DATES: The 45-day public comment period begins May 10, 2007, and ends
June 25, 2007. Technical comments should be in writing and must be
received by EPA by June 25, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The draft ``EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Science
Report'' is available primarily via the Internet on the National Center
for Environmental Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions and
the Data and Publications menus at https://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited
number of CDs or paper copies are available from the Technical
Information Staff, NCEA-W; telephone: 202-564-3261; facsimile: 202-565-
0050. If you are requesting a CD or paper copy, please provide your
name, your mailing address, and the document title, ``EPA's 2007 Report
on the Environment: Science Report.''
Comments may be submitted electronically via https://
www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, contact Denice Shaw, NCEA; telephone:
202-564-3234; facsimile: 202-565-0065; or e-mail: shaw.denice@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Project/Document
The purpose of EPA's Report on the Environment: Science Report (ROE
SR) is to compile the most reliable indicators currently available that
help answer a series of questions about trends in the environment and
human health that EPA believes are of critical importance to its
mission and to the national interest. Additionally, the report
identifies key limitations of these indicators and gaps where reliable
indicators do not yet exist. These gaps and limitations inform
strategic planning and decision making at EPA and highlight the
disparity between the current state of knowledge and the goal of full,
reliable, and insightful representation of environmental conditions and
trends.
The indicators for EPA's 2007 ROE SR that comprise the main content
of the report underwent independent scientific peer review as well as
public review and comment in the summer and fall of 2005 and are
available at https://www.epa.gov/roeindicators.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at
www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD 2007-
0198, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
Fax: 202-566-1753.
Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-
566-1752.
Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should
be made for deliveries of boxed information.
If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit
three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number
pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original
and three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0198. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is
EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket
without change and to make the comments available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless a 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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The 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 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 https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the
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 materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
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the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center.
Dated: May 4, 2007.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E7-9022 Filed 5-9-07; 8:45 am]
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