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SLA staff exchanged a number of letters
regarding this matter. Complainant also
alleged that his attorney received
information that KCA, Inc. was
unwilling to enter into a joint venture
agreement with him.
On February 19, 2003, SLA staff wrote
to complainant’s attorney reiterating its
position that complainant and KCA, Inc.
must enter into a joint venture
agreement and execute a signed
document by February 21, 2003. On
February 26, 2003, SLA staff wrote
complainant’s attorney explaining that
the SLA had to award the military
dining hall facility at Redstone Arsenal
to another vendor because complainant
failed to execute the joint venture
agreement with KCA, Inc.
On April 2, 2003, complainant
requested a hearing. A fair hearing on
this matter was held on August 5, 2003.
On September 5, 2003, the hearing
officer issued an order denying
complainant’s grievance. Subsequently,
the SLA adopted the hearing officer’s
decision as final agency action.
Complainant sought review by a Federal
arbitration panel of that decision.
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Arbitration Panel Decision
The issue heard by the panel was
whether the Alabama Department of
Rehabilitation Services violated the Act,
20 U.S.C. 107 et seq., the implementing
regulations in 34 CFR part 395, and its
own rules and regulations in the alleged
improper termination of complainant
from managing the military dining
facility at Redstone Arsenal.
After reviewing all of the records and
hearing testimony of witnesses, the
majority of the panel ruled that the SLA
acted properly and in full and fair
compliance with the Act, implementing
regulations, and State rules and
regulations. Therefore, the panel denied
complainant’s grievance. One panel
member dissented.
The views and opinions expressed by
the panel do not necessarily represent
the views and opinions of the
Department.
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John H. Hager,
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Rehabilitative Services.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Proposed Settlement Agreement,
Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement
agreement; request for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is
hereby given of a proposed settlement
agreement, to address a lawsuit filed by
Environmental Defense, Natural
Resources Defense Council, and Sierra
Club (hereinafter ‘‘Petitioners’’):
Environmental Defense et al. v.
Environmental Protection Agency, No.
06–1164 (DC Cir.). On or about May 9,
2006, Petitioners filed a complaint
challenging EPA’s Transportation
Conformity Hot-Spot Final Rule,
alleging that the rule failed to satisfy the
Clean Air Act’s transportation
conformity criteria, that it permitted
EPA to issue particulate matter (PM)
hot-spot guidance without following
required procedures, and that it
withdrew a motor vehicle emissions
factor model for use in PM hot-spot
analysis without following required
procedures. Under the terms of the
proposed settlement agreement,
Petitioners agree to dismiss the claim
relating to issuance of PM hot-spot
guidance once EPA provides public
notice of and an opportunity to
comment on such guidance.
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Written comments on the
proposed settlement agreement must be
received by July 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2007–0505, online at
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method); by e-mail to
oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by
hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. Comments on a disk or CD–
ROM should be formatted in Word or
ASCII file, avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption,
and may be mailed to the mailing
address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susmita Dubey, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564–5577; fax number (202) 564–5603;
e-mail address: dubey.susmita@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DATES:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Settlement Agreement
EPA first issued regulations in 1993 to
implement the transportation
conformity requirement in Section
176(c) of the Clean Air Act. The
regulations included a specific
requirement that transportation projects
be analyzed for local emissions impacts
(the ‘‘hot-spot’’ analysis) in addition to
required regional emissions analyses. At
that time, the hot-spot requirements
applied to carbon monoxide and
particulate matter less than ten
micrometers in diameter (PM10). 58 FR
62188 (November 24, 1993).
In March 2006, EPA amended the
conformity regulations to apply the hotspot analysis requirements to fine
particulate matter (PM2.5). 71 FR 12468
(March 10, 2006) (the ‘‘2006 hot-spot
rule’’). That regulation extended to
PM2.5 the pre-existing provisions that
required quantitative PM hot-spot
analyses for certain transportation
projects only after EPA issues guidance
for such analyses and then announces
that the quantitative analysis
requirement is in effect. 40 CFR
93.123(b)(1) and (b)(4). Until such time,
PM10 and PM2.5 hot-spot analyses are to
be done for such projects through a
qualitative analysis. 40 CFR
93.123(b)(2). EPA stated in the preamble
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to the 2006 hot-spot rule that
appropriate tools and guidance are
needed to ensure credible and
meaningful quantitative PM2.5 and PM10
hot-spot analyses. 71 FR 12498.
Guidance for PM quantitative hot-spot
analyses would be available in the
future. 71 FR 12502.
Several environmental organizations
challenged the 2006 hot-spot rule.
Petitioners alleged that: (1) The
regulation does not require that hot-spot
analyses satisfy all of the requirements
in Section 176(c) of the Act for
demonstrating conformity, (2) the
regulation allows EPA to issue
quantitative PM modeling guidance
without notice-and-comment
rulemaking, in violation of the
Administrative Procedure Act, and (3)
EPA had previously approved its
current motor vehicle emissions factor
model (MOBILE6.2) for use in PM hotspot analyses and improperly withdrew
that approval in the 2006 hot-spot rule.
Petitioners and EPA negotiated a
settlement of the second claim
described above. The settlement
agreement would require EPA to
provide public notice and an
opportunity for public comment on its
draft guidance for quantitative hot-spot
modeling for PM2.5 and PM10. EPA
would publish a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of
the draft guidance, provide the EPA web
page at which the guidance will be
available, and allow at least 30 days for
the public to comment on the draft
guidance. EPA would also agree to make
available to the public any information
it relied on in developing the draft
guidance. Finally, EPA would publish a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing the final guidance and
explaining when the quantitative PM
hot-spot modeling requirement will be
in effect. Following execution of the
settlement agreement, the second claim
described above would be severed from
the rest of the litigation, placed in a
separate docket, and held in abeyance
until such time as EPA has completed
its obligations under the agreement. At
such time, the new docket would be
dismissed.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will receive written
comments relating to the proposed
settlement agreement from persons who
were not named as parties or
intervenors to the litigation in question.
EPA or the Department of Justice may
withdraw or withhold consent to the
proposed settlement agreement if the
comments disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that such
consent is inappropriate, improper,
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inadequate, or inconsistent with the
requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or
the Department of Justice determines,
based on any comment which may be
submitted, that consent to the
settlement agreement should be
withdrawn, the terms of the agreement
will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed
Settlement Agreement
A. How Can I Get A Copy of the
Settlement Agreement?
Direct your comments to the official
public docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2007–
0505, which contains a copy of the
settlement agreement. The official
public docket is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA
Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334,
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,
and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use the
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the
appropriate docket identification
number.
It is important to note that EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing online at www.regulations.gov
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information
claimed as CBI and other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
is not included in the official public
docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted
material, including copyrighted material
contained in a public comment, will not
be placed in EPA’s electronic public
docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public
docket. Although not all docket
materials may be available
electronically, you may still access any
of the publicly available docket
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materials through the EPA Docket
Center.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
B. How and to Whom Do I Submit
Comments?
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You may submit comments as
provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are
submitted within the specified comment
period. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to
consider these late comments.
If you submit an electronic comment,
EPA recommends that you include your
name, mailing address, and an e-mail
address or other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD ROM you submit. This
ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows
EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information
on the substance of your comment. Any
identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will
be included as part of the comment that
is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA’s electronic
public docket. 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.
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web
site to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA’s preferred method
for receiving comments. The electronic
public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, which means EPA will
not know your identity, e-mail address,
or other contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA’s electronic public
docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail)
system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system. If you send an e-mail comment
directly to the Docket without going
through www.regulations.gov, your
e-mail address is automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA’s
electronic public docket.
Dated: June 15, 2007.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
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Environmental Impact Statements and
Regulations; Availability of EPA
Comments
Availability of EPA comments
prepared pursuant to the Environmental
Review Process (ERP), under section
309 of the Clean Air Act and Section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act as amended. Requests for
copies of EPA comments can be directed
to the Office of Federal Activities at
202–564–7167. An explanation of the
ratings assigned to draft environmental
impact statements (EISs) was published
in the Federal Register dated April 6,
2007 (72 FR 17156).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20070080, ERP No. D–NIG–
K60038–CA, Graton Rancheria Casino
and Hotel Project, Transfer of Land
into Trust, Implementation, Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria (Tribe),
Sonoma County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about impacts
to groundwater, and recommended the
evaluation and selection of a reducedsize alternative and a commitment to
green building practices. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070120, ERP No. D–FRC–
E05102–SC, Santee Cooper
Hydroelectric Project (FERC. No. 199),
Relicensing for Existing 130-megawatt
(MW), Santee and Cooper Rivers,
Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon,
Orangeburg and Sumter Counties, SC.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about water
quality from dam releases. EPA supports
an overall monitoring approach
following license issuance that includes
rigorous continuous dissolved oxygen
(DO) and temperature monitoring, and a
commitment to pursue a DO
enhancement program based on the
results of this monitoring. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070130, ERP No. D–NOA–
B91029–00, Phase I—Essential Fish
Habitat Omnibus Amendment #2,
Designations for 27 Species,
Amendment #14 to the Northeast
Multispecies FMP, Amendment #14
to the Atlantic Scallop FMP,
Amendment #3 to the Atlantic
Herring FMP, Amendment 4 to the
Monkfish FMP, Amendment 1 to the
Deep-Sea Red Crab FMP, Amendment
2 to the Skates FMP and Amendment
3 to the Atlantic Salmon FMP, Maine
to North Carolina.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
project as proposed. Rating LO.
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EIS No. 20070133, ERP No. D–FRC–
E03016–GA, Elba III Project,
Construct, Operate and Acquire
Facilities to move Re-Vaporized
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), U.S.
Army COE Section 10 and 404
Permits and U.S. Coast Guard Permit,
Elba Island, Chatham County, GA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns because the
draft EIS did not include an analysis of
all potential pollutant emissions for the
project and facility. EPA recommended
that the final EIS provide a complete air
quality assessment of the entire terminal
facility to complement the assessment of
the proposed terminal expansion. EPA
also recommended that additional
information be provided in the final EIS
regarding general conformity
requirements. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070149, ERP No. D–FRC–
G03034–00, Southeast Expansion
Project, Construction and Operation
of 110.8 miles for Natural Gas
Pipeline and Associated Ancillary
Facilities, TX and LA.
Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070155, ERP No. D–USA–
E15000–GA, Fort Benning U.S. Army
Infantry Center, Base Realignment and
Closure (BRAC) 2005 and
Transformation Actions,
Implementation, Chattahoochee and
Muscogee Counties, GA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about impacts
to air quality, aquatic habitats, wetlands,
and water quality, and recommends
several actions that Fort Benning could
implement during construction and long
term operations to assist in meeting air
quality standards. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070159, ERP No. D–COE–
E39068–FL, Central and Southern
Florida Project, Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan,
Caloosahatchee River (C–43) West
Basin Storage Reservoir Project,
Restoration of the Ecosystem in
Caloosahatchee Estuary, Lake
Okeechobee, FL.
Summary: EPA supports this major
component of the Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan, and
provided comments regarding water
quality assurance for flows released
from the proposed C–43 Basin Storage
Reservoir to benefit the lower
Caloosahatchee River and Estuary.
Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070160, ERP No. DD–NOA–
B91017–00, Atlantic Sea Scallop
Fishery Management Plan (FMP),
Amendment 11, Implementation to
Control Capacity and Mortality in the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public
comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed settlement agreement, to address a lawsuit filed by
Environmental Defense, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra
Club (hereinafter ``Petitioners''): Environmental Defense et al. v.
Environmental Protection Agency, No. 06-1164 (DC Cir.). On or about May
9, 2006, Petitioners filed a complaint challenging EPA's Transportation
Conformity Hot-Spot Final Rule, alleging that the rule failed to
satisfy the Clean Air Act's transportation conformity criteria, that it
permitted EPA to issue particulate matter (PM) hot-spot guidance
without following required procedures, and that it withdrew a motor
vehicle emissions factor model for use in PM hot-spot analysis without
following required procedures. Under the terms of the proposed
settlement agreement, Petitioners agree to dismiss the claim relating
to issuance of PM hot-spot guidance once EPA provides public notice of
and an opportunity to comment on such guidance.
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DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be
received by July 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2007-0505, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method);
by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be
formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susmita Dubey, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-5577; fax number (202) 564-5603; e-mail address:
dubey.susmita@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreement
EPA first issued regulations in 1993 to implement the
transportation conformity requirement in Section 176(c) of the Clean
Air Act. The regulations included a specific requirement that
transportation projects be analyzed for local emissions impacts (the
``hot-spot'' analysis) in addition to required regional emissions
analyses. At that time, the hot-spot requirements applied to carbon
monoxide and particulate matter less than ten micrometers in diameter
(PM10). 58 FR 62188 (November 24, 1993).
In March 2006, EPA amended the conformity regulations to apply the
hot-spot analysis requirements to fine particulate matter
(PM2.5). 71 FR 12468 (March 10, 2006) (the ``2006 hot-spot
rule''). That regulation extended to PM2.5 the pre-existing
provisions that required quantitative PM hot-spot analyses for certain
transportation projects only after EPA issues guidance for such
analyses and then announces that the quantitative analysis requirement
is in effect. 40 CFR 93.123(b)(1) and (b)(4). Until such time,
PM10 and PM2.5 hot-spot analyses are to be done
for such projects through a qualitative analysis. 40 CFR 93.123(b)(2).
EPA stated in the preamble to the 2006 hot-spot rule that appropriate
tools and guidance are needed to ensure credible and meaningful
quantitative PM2.5 and PM10 hot-spot analyses. 71
FR 12498. Guidance for PM quantitative hot-spot analyses would be
available in the future. 71 FR 12502.
Several environmental organizations challenged the 2006 hot-spot
rule. Petitioners alleged that: (1) The regulation does not require
that hot-spot analyses satisfy all of the requirements in Section
176(c) of the Act for demonstrating conformity, (2) the regulation
allows EPA to issue quantitative PM modeling guidance without notice-
and-comment rulemaking, in violation of the Administrative Procedure
Act, and (3) EPA had previously approved its current motor vehicle
emissions factor model (MOBILE6.2) for use in PM hot-spot analyses and
improperly withdrew that approval in the 2006 hot-spot rule.
Petitioners and EPA negotiated a settlement of the second claim
described above. The settlement agreement would require EPA to provide
public notice and an opportunity for public comment on its draft
guidance for quantitative hot-spot modeling for PM2.5 and
PM10. EPA would publish a notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of the draft guidance, provide the EPA web
page at which the guidance will be available, and allow at least 30
days for the public to comment on the draft guidance. EPA would also
agree to make available to the public any information it relied on in
developing the draft guidance. Finally, EPA would publish a notice in
the Federal Register announcing the final guidance and explaining when
the quantitative PM hot-spot modeling requirement will be in effect.
Following execution of the settlement agreement, the second claim
described above would be severed from the rest of the litigation,
placed in a separate docket, and held in abeyance until such time as
EPA has completed its obligations under the agreement. At such time,
the new docket would be dismissed.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to
the proposed settlement agreement from persons who were not named as
parties or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed
settlement agreement if the comments disclose facts or considerations
that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate,
or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the
Department of Justice determines, based on any comment which may be
submitted, that consent to the settlement agreement should be
withdrawn, the terms of the agreement will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement
Agreement
A. How Can I Get A Copy of the Settlement Agreement?
Direct your comments to the official public docket for this action
under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2007-0505, which contains a copy of the
settlement agreement. The official public docket is available for
public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 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, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-
1752.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use the www.regulations.gov to submit or
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket identification number.
It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI
and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not
included in the official public docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including
copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed
in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket
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materials through the EPA Docket Center.
B. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?
You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD
ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. 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.
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. The
electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail
(e-mail) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
e-mail comment directly to the Docket without going through
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address is automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
Dated: June 15, 2007.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
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