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providing business guidance with
respect to ‘‘refillable’’ claims about
packaging? Please provide any evidence
that supports your answer.
(2) Has there been a change in consumer
perception of these claims since the
Guides were revised?
(a) If so, please describe this change
and provide any evidence that
supports your answer.
(b) Should the Guides be revised to
address any such change? If so, how?
(3) Are there ‘‘refillable’’ claims in the
marketplace concerning packaging that
are misleading? If so, please describe
these claims and provide any evidence
that supports your answer.
(4) To the extent not addressed in your
previous answers, please explain
whether and how the Guides should be
revised to prevent consumer deception,
provide business guidance, and/or
reduce costs the Guides impose on
businesses, particularly small
businesses, with respect to ‘‘refillable’’
claims about packaging. Please provide
any evidence that supports your answer.
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F. Ozone Safe and Ozone Friendly
(1) How effective have the Guides been
in preventing consumer deception and
providing business guidance with
respect to ‘‘ozone safe’’ or ‘‘ozone
friendly’’ claims about packaging?
Please provide any evidence that
supports your answer.
(2) Has there been a change in consumer
perception of these claims since the
Guides were revised?
(a) If so, please describe this change
and provide any evidence that
supports your answer.
(b) Should the Guides be revised to
address any such change? If so, how?
(3) Are there ‘‘ozone safe’’ or ‘‘ozone
friendly’’ claims in the marketplace
concerning packaging that are
misleading? If so, please describe these
claims and provide any evidence that
supports your answer.
(4) To the extent not addressed in your
previous answers, please explain
whether and how the Guides should be
revised to prevent consumer deception,
provide business guidance, and/or
reduce costs the Guides impose on
businesses, particularly small
businesses, with respect to ‘‘ozone safe’’
or ‘‘ozone friendly’’ claims about
packaging. Please provide any evidence
that supports your answer.
G. Claims Currently Not Addressed by
the Green Guides
(1) Should the Guides be revised to
include guidance regarding ‘‘bio-based’’
packaging claims? If so, why, and what
guidance should be provided? If not,
why not?
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(a) What evidence supports making
your proposed revision(s)? Please
provide this evidence.
(b) What evidence is available
concerning consumer understanding
of the term ‘‘bio-based’’? Please
provide this evidence.
(c) What evidence constitutes a
reasonable basis to support a ‘‘biobased’’ claim? Please provide this
evidence.
(2) Should the Guides be revised to
include guidance regarding life cycle or
‘‘cradle-to-cradle’’ packaging claims?
(a) If so, why, and what guidance
should be provided? If not, why not?
Please provide any evidence that
supports your answer.
(b) What evidence is available
concerning consumer understanding
of life cycle analyses or the term
‘‘cradle-to-cradle’’? Please provide
this evidence.
(c) Is there an appropriate scientific
methodology to evaluate life cycle or
‘‘cradle-to-cradle’’ packaging claims?
If so, please provide any evidence that
supports your answer.
(3) Are there other environmental
claims concerning packaging not
currently addressed by the Guides, and
if so what are they? Please provide any
evidence that supports your answer.
(a) Should the Guides be revised to
include guidance regarding these
claims? If so, why, and what guidance
should be provided? If not, why not?
(b) What evidence is available
concerning consumer understanding
of these claim(s)? Please provide this
evidence.
(c) What evidence constitutes a
reasonable basis to support these
claim(s)? Please provide this
evidence.
H. Third-Party Certifications and Seals
(1) What evidence is available
concerning consumer understanding of
third-party certifications and seals,
labels, or symbols on packaging? Please
provide this evidence.
(2) Why are marketers using these thirdparty certifications and seals, labels, or
symbols on packaging? Please provide
any evidence that supports your answer.
(3) What criteria are third-party
certifiers using to substantiate claims
made with third-party certification,
seals, labels, or symbols on packaging?
Are those criteria appropriate? Please
provide any evidence that supports your
answers.
(4) Should the Guides be revised to
include additional guidance regarding
these claims? If so, how?
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By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark
Secretary
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AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51 and 93
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0669; FRL–8536–1]
RIN–2060–AH93
Revisions to the General Conformity
Regulations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and
corrected docket number.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a
public hearing to be held on March 14,
2008 for the proposed rule on ‘‘Revision
to the General Conformity Regulations.’’
This rulemaking action was published
in the Federal Register on January 8,
2008 and proposes to revise EPA’s
regulations relating to the Clean Air Act
(CAA) requirements that Federal
Actions conform to the appropriate
State, Tribal or Federal implementation
plan for attaining clean air (‘‘general
conformity’’). The public hearing will
provide interested parties the
opportunity to present data, views, or
arguments concerning these proposed
changes. EPA is also correcting the
docket number published in the January
8, 2008 proposed rulemaking. In the
January 8, 2008 Revisions to the General
Conformity Regulations: Proposed Rule,
there was an error made in citing the
docket number. The appropriate docket
number for the January 8, 2008
proposed rulemaking is EPA–HQ–OAR–
2006–0669. Please submit all comments
to docket number EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–
0669 when commenting on the January
8, 2008 proposed rule.
DATES: The public hearing will convene
at 9 a.m. on March 14, 2008, and
continue until 1 hour after the last
registered speaker has spoken. People
wishing to present oral testimony must
pre-register by 5 p.m. on March 11,
2008. For updates and additional
information on the public hearing,
please check EPA’s Web site for this
rulemaking at https://www.epa.gov.oar/
gencomform/.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be
held at U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, East Building, Room 1153, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC
20004. Because this hearing is being
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held at U.S. government facilities,
everyone planning to attend the hearing
should be prepared to show valid
picture identification to the security
staff in order to gain access to the
meeting room. In addition, you will
need to obtain a property pass for any
personal belongings you bring with you.
Upon leaving the building, you will be
required to return this property pass to
the security desk. No large signs will be
allowed in the building, cameras may
only be used inside the classroom and
outside of the building and
demonstrations will not be allowed on
Federal property for security reasons.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you would like to speak at the public
hearing or have questions concerning
the public hearing, please contact Ms.
Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, OAQPS, Air Quality
Planning Division (C504–03), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone
(919) 541–0641, fax number (919) 541–
5509, e-mail address long.pam@epa.gov.
Questions concerning the January 8,
2008, proposed rule should be
addressed to Mr. Tom Coda, U.S. EPA,
Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Air Quality Policy Division,
(C504–03), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, telephone number (919) 541–
3307, e-mail at coda.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
January 8, 2008, proposed rule proposes
to revise its regulations relating to the
Clean Air Act (CAA) requirement that
Federal actions conform to the
appropriate State, Tribal or Federal
implementation plan for attaining clean
air (‘‘general conformity’’). EPA has only
revised the General Conformity
Regulations once since they were
promulgated in 1993 to include de
minimis emission levels for fine
particulate matter and its precursors
(July 17, 2006). Over this period, States,
EPA and other Federal agencies have
gained experience with the
implementation of the existing
regulations and have identified several
issues with their implementation. In
addition, in 2004, EPA issued
regulations to implement the revised
ozone standard and in 2007, issued
regulations to implement the new fine
particulate matter standard. These
regulations affect the timing and process
for general conformity determinations.
State and other air quality agencies are
in the process of developing revised
plans to attain the new standards and
the proposed revisions to the General
Conformity Regulations will be helpful
to the State, Tribe, and local agencies as
well as the Federal agencies in
developing and commenting on the
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proposed SIP revisions. This proposed
rule revision provides for a streamline
process for Federal agencies and States
and Tribes to collaborate and ensure
Federal activities are incorporated in
these State implementation plans.
Where that is not possible, it provides
an efficient and effective process for
Federal agencies to ensure their actions
do not cause or contribute to a violation
of the national ambient air quality
standards (NAAQS) or interfere with the
purpose of a State, Tribal or Federal
implementation plan to attain or
maintain the NAAQS.
Public hearing: The proposal for
which EPA is holding the public
hearing was published in the Federal
Register on January 8, 2008, (73 FR
1402) and is available at: https://
www.epa.gov/oar/genconform/regs.htm.
The public hearing will provide
interested parties the opportunity to
present data, views, or arguments
concerning the supplemental rule
proposal. The EPA may ask clarifying
questions during the oral presentations,
but will not respond to the
presentations at that time. Written
statements and supporting information
submitted during the comment period
will be considered with the same weight
as any oral comments and supporting
information presented at the public
hearing. Written comments on the
proposed rule were requested to be
postmarked by March 10, 2008, which
is the closing date for the comment
period, as specified in the proposal for
the rule. However, the record will
remain open until April 14, 2008, to
allow 30 days after the public hearing
for submittal of additional information.
Commenters should notify Ms. Long if
they will need specific equipment, or if
there are other special needs related to
providing comments at the hearing. The
EPA will provide equipment for
commenters to show overhead slides or
make computerized slide presentations
if we receive special requests in
advance. Oral testimony will be limited
to 5 minutes for each commenter. The
EPA encourages commenters to provide
EPA with a copy of their oral testimony
electronically (via e-mail or CD) or in
hard copy form.
The hearing schedule, including lists
of speakers, will be posted on EPA’s
Web site https://www.epa.gov/oar/
genconform/regs.htm. Verbatim
transcripts of the hearing and written
statements will be included in the
docket for the rulemaking.
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How Can I Get Copies of This
Document and Other Related
Information?
The EPA has established the official
public docket for the supplemental
proposed rule entitled ‘‘Revisions to the
General Conformity’’ under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0669. In the
January 8, 2008, 73 FR 1402, Revisions
to the General Conformity Regulations:
Proposed Rule, there was an error made
in citing the docket number. The
appropriate docket number for the
January 8, 2008 proposed rulemaking is
EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0669. Please
submit all comments to docket number
EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0669 when
commenting on the January 8, 2008
proposed rule.
As stated previously, the proposed
rule was published in the Federal
Register on January 8, 2008 (73 FR
1402) and is available at https://
www.epa.gov/oar/genconform/regs.htm.
Dated: February 22, 2008.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards.
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States; Northeast Multispecies
Fishery; 2008 Georges Bank Cod Hook
Sector Operations Plan and Agreement
and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod
Total Allowable Catch
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ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Georges Bank (GB) Cod
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(together referred to as the Sector
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51 and 93
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0669; FRL-8536-1]
RIN-2060-AH93
Revisions to the General Conformity Regulations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and corrected docket number.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a public hearing to be held on March 14,
2008 for the proposed rule on ``Revision to the General Conformity
Regulations.'' This rulemaking action was published in the Federal
Register on January 8, 2008 and proposes to revise EPA's regulations
relating to the Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements that Federal Actions
conform to the appropriate State, Tribal or Federal implementation plan
for attaining clean air (``general conformity''). The public hearing
will provide interested parties the opportunity to present data, views,
or arguments concerning these proposed changes. EPA is also correcting
the docket number published in the January 8, 2008 proposed rulemaking.
In the January 8, 2008 Revisions to the General Conformity Regulations:
Proposed Rule, there was an error made in citing the docket number. The
appropriate docket number for the January 8, 2008 proposed rulemaking
is EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0669. Please submit all comments to docket number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0669 when commenting on the January 8, 2008 proposed
rule.
DATES: The public hearing will convene at 9 a.m. on March 14, 2008, and
continue until 1 hour after the last registered speaker has spoken.
People wishing to present oral testimony must pre-register by 5 p.m. on
March 11, 2008. For updates and additional information on the public
hearing, please check EPA's Web site for this rulemaking at https://
www.epa.gov.oar/gencomform/.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, East Building, Room 1153, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, DC 20004. Because this hearing is being
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held at U.S. government facilities, everyone planning to attend the
hearing should be prepared to show valid picture identification to the
security staff in order to gain access to the meeting room. In
addition, you will need to obtain a property pass for any personal
belongings you bring with you. Upon leaving the building, you will be
required to return this property pass to the security desk. No large
signs will be allowed in the building, cameras may only be used inside
the classroom and outside of the building and demonstrations will not
be allowed on Federal property for security reasons.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to speak at the
public hearing or have questions concerning the public hearing, please
contact Ms. Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OAQPS,
Air Quality Planning Division (C504-03), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, telephone (919) 541-0641, fax number (919) 541-5509, e-mail
address long.pam@epa.gov.
Questions concerning the January 8, 2008, proposed rule should be
addressed to Mr. Tom Coda, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Air Quality Policy Division, (C504-03), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 541-3307, e-mail at
coda.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The January 8, 2008, proposed rule proposes
to revise its regulations relating to the Clean Air Act (CAA)
requirement that Federal actions conform to the appropriate State,
Tribal or Federal implementation plan for attaining clean air
(``general conformity''). EPA has only revised the General Conformity
Regulations once since they were promulgated in 1993 to include de
minimis emission levels for fine particulate matter and its precursors
(July 17, 2006). Over this period, States, EPA and other Federal
agencies have gained experience with the implementation of the existing
regulations and have identified several issues with their
implementation. In addition, in 2004, EPA issued regulations to
implement the revised ozone standard and in 2007, issued regulations to
implement the new fine particulate matter standard. These regulations
affect the timing and process for general conformity determinations.
State and other air quality agencies are in the process of developing
revised plans to attain the new standards and the proposed revisions to
the General Conformity Regulations will be helpful to the State, Tribe,
and local agencies as well as the Federal agencies in developing and
commenting on the proposed SIP revisions. This proposed rule revision
provides for a streamline process for Federal agencies and States and
Tribes to collaborate and ensure Federal activities are incorporated in
these State implementation plans. Where that is not possible, it
provides an efficient and effective process for Federal agencies to
ensure their actions do not cause or contribute to a violation of the
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) or interfere with the
purpose of a State, Tribal or Federal implementation plan to attain or
maintain the NAAQS.
Public hearing: The proposal for which EPA is holding the public
hearing was published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2008, (73
FR 1402) and is available at: https://www.epa.gov/oar/genconform/
regs.htm. The public hearing will provide interested parties the
opportunity to present data, views, or arguments concerning the
supplemental rule proposal. The EPA may ask clarifying questions during
the oral presentations, but will not respond to the presentations at
that time. Written statements and supporting information submitted
during the comment period will be considered with the same weight as
any oral comments and supporting information presented at the public
hearing. Written comments on the proposed rule were requested to be
postmarked by March 10, 2008, which is the closing date for the comment
period, as specified in the proposal for the rule. However, the record
will remain open until April 14, 2008, to allow 30 days after the
public hearing for submittal of additional information.
Commenters should notify Ms. Long if they will need specific
equipment, or if there are other special needs related to providing
comments at the hearing. The EPA will provide equipment for commenters
to show overhead slides or make computerized slide presentations if we
receive special requests in advance. Oral testimony will be limited to
5 minutes for each commenter. The EPA encourages commenters to provide
EPA with a copy of their oral testimony electronically (via e-mail or
CD) or in hard copy form.
The hearing schedule, including lists of speakers, will be posted
on EPA's Web site https://www.epa.gov/oar/genconform/regs.htm. Verbatim
transcripts of the hearing and written statements will be included in
the docket for the rulemaking.
How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information?
The EPA has established the official public docket for the
supplemental proposed rule entitled ``Revisions to the General
Conformity'' under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0669. In the January
8, 2008, 73 FR 1402, Revisions to the General Conformity Regulations:
Proposed Rule, there was an error made in citing the docket number. The
appropriate docket number for the January 8, 2008 proposed rulemaking
is EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0669. Please submit all comments to docket number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0669 when commenting on the January 8, 2008 proposed
rule.
As stated previously, the proposed rule was published in the
Federal Register on January 8, 2008 (73 FR 1402) and is available at
https://www.epa.gov/oar/genconform/regs.htm.
Dated: February 22, 2008.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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