Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit, 38205-38207 [E8-15157]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P),
Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 308–8097; e-mail address:
bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general. This action may, however, be
of interest to those persons who are
interested in agricultural biotechnology
or may be required to conduct testing of
pesticidal substances under the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since
other entities may also be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare
My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD-ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD-ROM the specific information that is
claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When submitting comments, remember
to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may
ask you to respond to specific questions
or organize comments by referencing a
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree;
suggest alternatives and substitute
language for your requested changes.
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iv. Describe any assumptions and
provide any technical information and/
or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or
burdens, explain how you arrived at
your estimate in sufficient detail to
allow for it to be reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns and suggest
alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as
possible, avoiding the use of profanity
or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your
comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
II. Background
Bayer CropScience has requested to
revise the application request for EUP
264–EUP–RUG. In the Federal Register
of September 12, 2007 (72 FR 52127)
(FRL–8145–4) the receipt of this EUP
application was published. This revised
application updates the proposed
acreages and dates for planting and
seeks to harmonize the requests of two
EUPs, 264–EUP–RUG and 264–EUP–
140. The proposed program will be
carried out in the States of: Alabama,
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Texas. Bayer
CropScience is now proposing to extend
the experimental program until
December 31, 2010 to allow for fall
planting in Puerto Rico. Details of the
proposed experimental program in
accordance with EUP 264–EUP–RUG
are available to the public in electronic
documents attached to the docket ID
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0884 (see
https://www.regulations.gov).
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Following the review of the Bayer
CropScience application and any
comments and data received in response
to this notice, EPA will decide whether
to issue or deny the revised EUP request
for this EUP program, and if issued, the
conditions under which it is to be
conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will
be announced in the Federal Register.
IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
The specific legal authority for EPA to
take this action is under FIFRA section
5.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection,
Experimental use permits.
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Dated: June 25, 2008.
W. Michael McDavit,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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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
the National Environmental
Development Association’s Clean Air
Project in the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia:
National Environmental Development
Association’s Clean Air Project v. EPA,
No. 06–1428 (D.C. Cir.). Petitioner filed
a petition for review challenging EPA’s
notice entitled ‘‘Recent Posting to the
Applicability Determination Index (ADI)
of Agency Applicability Determinations,
Alternative Monitoring Decisions, and
Regulatory Interpretations Pertaining to
Standards of Performance for New
Stationary Sources and National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants, and the Stratospheric
Protection Program,’’ 71 FR 70383
(December 4, 2006). Under the terms of
the proposed settlement agreement, EPA
agrees that in the first ADI Posting
Notice signed after the settlement
agreement becomes final, EPA will use
specific language as set forth in the
settlement agreement. In addition, no
later than 30 days after the settlement
agreement becomes final, EPA will
provide a new search capability for
users of the ADI.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed settlement agreement must be
received by August 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2008–0471, online at https://
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.,
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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:
Diane McConkey, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2344A), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564–5588; fax number (202) 564–5603;
e-mail address:
mcconkey.diane@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Settlement
Petitioner raised issues concerning
the December 4, 2006, Federal Register
notice entitled ‘‘Recent Posting to the
Applicability Determination Index (ADI)
of Agency Applicability Determinations,
Alternative Monitoring Decisions, and
Regulatory Interpretations Pertaining to
Standards of Performance for New
Stationary Sources and National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants, and the Stratospheric
Protection Program,’’ 71 FR 70383
(December 4, 2006). EPA maintains a
computerized database, known as the
Applicability Determination Index
(‘‘ADI’’), which is a compilation of
applicability determinations, alternative
monitoring decisions, and regulatory
interpretations pertaining to standards
of performance for new stationary
sources, national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants, and the
stratospheric protection program. From
time to time, EPA publishes in the
Federal Register notices of recent
postings to the ADI (‘‘ADI Posting
Notices’’), similar to the notice at issue
in this petition for review.
The settlement agreement provides
that in the first ADI Posting Notice
signed after this settlement agreement is
final and effective, EPA will not use the
expressions ‘‘broadly termed
applicability determinations,’’ ‘‘broadly
termed alternative monitoring
decisions,’’ or ‘‘broadly termed
regulatory interpretations,’’ but will
instead use the following expressions,
as needed: ‘‘commonly referred to as
applicability determinations,’’
‘‘commonly referred to as alternative
monitoring decisions,’’ and ‘‘commonly
referred to as regulatory
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interpretations.’’ In addition, EPA will
include the following language: ‘‘This
notice does not change the status of any
document with respect to whether it is
‘of nationwide scope and effect’ for
purposes of section 307(b)(1) of the
Clean Air Act. For example, this notice
does not make an applicability
determination for a particular source
into a nationwide rule. Neither does it
purport to make any document that was
previously non-binding into a binding
document.’’ The settlement agreement
further states that no later than 30 days
after the date the agreement becomes
final, EPA will provide a new search
capability for users of the ADI, such that
users have the option of performing a
search limited to the documents
contained in a single ADI Posting
Notice. If EPA complies with the terms
of the settlement agreement, Petitioner
shall file for dismissal of the petition for
review with prejudice in accordance
with Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of
Appellate Procedures.
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–2008–
0471 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
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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 https://
www.regulations.gov. You may use
https://www.regulations.gov to view the
settlement agreement, submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and 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 on paper,
will be made available for public
viewing online at https://
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
are 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
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,
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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 https://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 https://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 26, 2008.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8687–8; Docket ID No: EPA–RO8–
OW–2008]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eric
Finke at 406–457–5026 or e-mail at
Finke.Eric@epa.gov.
Montana
has an EPA approved program for
assuming primary enforcement
authority for the PWSS program,
pursuant to section 1413 of SDWA, 42
U.S.C. 300g–2 and 40 CFR Part 142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Why Do States Issue Variances and
Exemptions?
States with primary PWSS
enforcement authority are authorized to
grant variances and exemptions from
National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations due to particular situations
with specific public water systems,
providing these variances and
exemptions meet the requirements of
SDWA sections 1415 and 1416 and are
protective of public health.
B. Why Is a Review of Variances and
Exemptions Necessary?
Montana is authorized to grant
variances and exemptions to drinking
water systems in accordance with
SDWA. The SDWA requires that EPA
periodically conduct reviews on Stateissued variances and exemptions to
determine whether the State has abused
its discretion or failed to prescribe
schedules in accordance with the statute
in a substantial number of cases, and
publish the results of that review in the
Federal Register. 42 U.S.C. 300g–4(e)(8);
42 U.S.C. 300g–5(d).
Public Water System Supervision
Program Variance and Exemption
Review for the State of Montana
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of results review.
Dated: June 24, 2008.
Judith Wong,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator,
Region 8.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 8 has completed its
statutory review of variances and
exemptions issued by the State of
Montana under the Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA) Public Water System
Supervision (PWSS) program. This
review was announced in the Federal
Register published February 21, 2008
(‘‘73 FR 9567’’), and provided the public
with an opportunity to comment. No
comments related to Variances and/or
Exemptions issued or proposed by the
State of Montana were received.
The Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 8 determined as a result
of this review that the State of Montana
did not abuse its discretion on any
variance or exemption granted or
proposed as of the date of its on-site
review on April 28, 2008.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Submission for OMB Review
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Final notice of submission for
OMB review—no change: Local Union
Report EEO–3.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) hereby gives notice
that it has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for a three-year extension of the
existing collection as described below.
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Written comments on this final
notice must be submitted on or before
August 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance
(SF 83–I), supporting statement, and
other documents submitted to OMB for
review may be obtained from: Ronald
Edwards, Director, Program Research
and Surveys Division, 1801 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20507. Comments
on this final notice must be submitted
to Chandana Achanta, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503 or electronically mailed to
Chandana_L._Achanta@omb.eop.gov.
Comments should also be sent to
Stephen Llewellyn, Executive Officer,
Executive Secretariat, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission,
10th Floor, 1801 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20507 by the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. After accessing
this Web site, follow its instructions for
submitting comments. As a convenience
to commentators, the Executive
Secretariat will accept comments
totaling six or fewer pages by facsimile
(‘‘FAX’’) machine. This limitation is
necessary to assure access to the
equipment. The telephone number of
the FAX receiver is (202) 663–4114.
(This is not a toll-free number). Receipt
of FAX transmittals will not be
acknowledged, except that the sender
may request confirmation of receipt by
calling the Executive Secretariat staff at
(202) 663–4070 (voice) or (202) 663–
4074 (TDD). (These are not toll-free
telephone numbers).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald Edwards, Director, Program
Research and Surveys Division, 1801 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507, at
(202) 663–4958 or TDD (202) 663–7063.
This notice is also available in the
following formats: Large print, braille,
audio tape and electronic file on
computer disk. Requests for this notice
in an alternative format should be made
to the Publications Center at 1–800–
669–3362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice
that EEOC would be submitting this
request was published in the Federal
Register on April 18, 2008, allowing for
a 60-day public comment period. No
comments were received.
DATES:
Overview of This Information
Collection
Type of Review: Three-Year
Extension—No change.
Collection Title: Local Union Report
(EEO–3).
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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 the
National Environmental Development Association's Clean Air Project in
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia:
National Environmental Development Association's Clean Air Project v.
EPA, No. 06-1428 (D.C. Cir.). Petitioner filed a petition for review
challenging EPA's notice entitled ``Recent Posting to the Applicability
Determination Index (ADI) of Agency Applicability Determinations,
Alternative Monitoring Decisions, and Regulatory Interpretations
Pertaining to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and the
Stratospheric Protection Program,'' 71 FR 70383 (December 4, 2006).
Under the terms of the proposed settlement agreement, EPA agrees that
in the first ADI Posting Notice signed after the settlement agreement
becomes final, EPA will use specific language as set forth in the
settlement agreement. In addition, no later than 30 days after the
settlement agreement becomes final, EPA will provide a new search
capability for users of the ADI.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be
received by August 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2008-0471, online at https://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.,
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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: Diane McConkey, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-5588; fax number (202) 564-5603; e-mail address:
mcconkey.diane@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement
Petitioner raised issues concerning the December 4, 2006, Federal
Register notice entitled ``Recent Posting to the Applicability
Determination Index (ADI) of Agency Applicability Determinations,
Alternative Monitoring Decisions, and Regulatory Interpretations
Pertaining to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and the
Stratospheric Protection Program,'' 71 FR 70383 (December 4, 2006). EPA
maintains a computerized database, known as the Applicability
Determination Index (``ADI''), which is a compilation of applicability
determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory
interpretations pertaining to standards of performance for new
stationary sources, national emission standards for hazardous air
pollutants, and the stratospheric protection program. From time to
time, EPA publishes in the Federal Register notices of recent postings
to the ADI (``ADI Posting Notices''), similar to the notice at issue in
this petition for review.
The settlement agreement provides that in the first ADI Posting
Notice signed after this settlement agreement is final and effective,
EPA will not use the expressions ``broadly termed applicability
determinations,'' ``broadly termed alternative monitoring decisions,''
or ``broadly termed regulatory interpretations,'' but will instead use
the following expressions, as needed: ``commonly referred to as
applicability determinations,'' ``commonly referred to as alternative
monitoring decisions,'' and ``commonly referred to as regulatory
interpretations.'' In addition, EPA will include the following
language: ``This notice does not change the status of any document with
respect to whether it is `of nationwide scope and effect' for purposes
of section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act. For example, this notice
does not make an applicability determination for a particular source
into a nationwide rule. Neither does it purport to make any document
that was previously non-binding into a binding document.'' The
settlement agreement further states that no later than 30 days after
the date the agreement becomes final, EPA will provide a new search
capability for users of the ADI, such that users have the option of
performing a search limited to the documents contained in a single ADI
Posting Notice. If EPA complies with the terms of the settlement
agreement, Petitioner shall file for dismissal of the petition for
review with prejudice in accordance with Rule 42(b) of the Federal
Rules of Appellate Procedures.
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-2008-0471 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
https://www.regulations.gov. You may use https://www.regulations.gov to
view the settlement agreement, submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and
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 on paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at https://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 are 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 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,
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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 https://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 https://
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 26, 2008.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E8-15157 Filed 7-2-08; 8:45 am]
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