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4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
7. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
III. What Information Collection
Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply
to?
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this ICR are manufacturers
or importers of certain chemicals who
have volunteered to sponsor chemicals
in the VCCEP.
Title: Voluntary Children’s Chemical
Evaluation Program (VCCEP).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2055.03,
OMB Control No. 2070–0165.
ICR status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on July 31, 2009.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information, unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
are displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers for certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: VCCEP is a voluntary
program intended to provide data to
enable the public to understand the
potential health risks to children
associated with certain chemical
exposures. EPA has asked companies
that manufacture and/or import 20
chemicals that have been found in
human tissues and the environment to
volunteer to sponsor their evaluation in
VCCEP. VCCEP consists of three tiers
that a sponsor may commit to
separately. As part of their sponsorship,
companies submit commitment letters,
collect and/or develop health effects
and exposure information on their
chemical(s), integrate that information
in a risk assessment, and develop a
‘‘Data Needs Assessment.’’ The Data
Needs Assessment discusses the need
for additional data, which could be
provided by the next tier, to fully
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characterize the risks the chemical may
pose to children.
The information submitted by the
sponsor will be evaluated by a group of
scientific experts with extensive,
relevant experience in toxicity testing
and exposure evaluations, a Peer
Consultation Group. This group will
forward its opinions to EPA and the
sponsor(s) concerning the adequacy of
the assessments and the need for
development of any additional
information to fully assess risks to
children. EPA will consider the
opinions of the Peer Consultation Group
and announce whether additional
higher tier information is needed.
Sponsors and the public will have an
opportunity to comment on EPA’s
decision concerning data needs. EPA
will consider these comments and issue
a final decision. If the final decision is
that additional information is needed,
sponsors will be asked to volunteer to
provide the next tier of information. If
additional information is not needed,
the risk communication and, if
necessary, risk management phases of
the program will be initiated.
Responses to the collection of
information are voluntary. Respondents
may claim all or part of a notice
confidential. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a claim
of confidentiality only to the extent
permitted by, and in accordance with,
the procedures in the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) section 14 and 40
CFR part 2.
Burden statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 225 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 32.
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Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 2.5.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
112,456 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$10,900,000. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $10,900,000 and an
estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
IV. Are There Changes in the Estimates
from the Last Approval?
There is an increase of 6,200 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This
increase reflects EPA’s changes in
estimates and assumptions made since
the previous VCCEP ICR due to the
inclusion of Chemical Assessment and
Management Program (ChAMP)
chemicals in the program as well as the
recent inclusion of VCCEP participant
surveys. The change is an adjustment.
V. What is the Next Step in the Process
for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal
Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the
submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional
comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval
process, please contact the technical
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 15, 2008.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent
Decree; 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 consent
decree to address a lawsuit filed by
Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action and
WildEarth Guardians (collectively
‘‘Plaintiffs’’) in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia:
Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action, et al.
v. Johnson, No. 08–1422 (D. D.C.).
Plaintiffs filed a deadline suit to compel
the Administrator to respond to an
administrative petition seeking EPA’s
objection to a CAA Title V operating
permit issued by the Colorado
Department of Public Health and
Environment, Air Pollution Control
Division to the CEMEX, Inc. cement
plant near Lyons, Colorado (‘‘CEMEX’’).
Under the terms of the proposed
consent decree, EPA has agreed to
respond to the petition by April 20,
2009.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by January 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2008–0909, online at https://
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method); by e-mail to
oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail 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:
Amy Huang Branning, Air and
Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of
General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564–1744; fax number
(202) 564–5603; e-mail address:
branning.amy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
This proposed consent decree would
resolve a lawsuit seeking a response to
an administrative petition to object to a
CAA Title V permit issued by the
Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment, Air Pollution Control
Division to the CEMEX, Inc. cement
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plant near Lyons, Colorado (‘‘CEMEX’’).
Under the proposed consent decree,
EPA has agreed to respond to the
petition by April 20, 2009. In addition,
the proposed consent decree states that
within ten (10) business days EPA shall
provide plaintiffs with a signed version
of the decision and within fifteen (15)
business days EPA shall deliver notice
of such action on the CEMEX permit to
the Office of the Federal Register for
prompt publication.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will accept written
comments relating to the proposed
consent decree 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
consent decree 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
submitted, that consent to this consent
decree should be withdrawn, the terms
of the decree will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How Can I Get a Copy of the Consent
Decree?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2008–0909) contains a
copy of the proposed consent decree.
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 the
https://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
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submitted electronically or in 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
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
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 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’’
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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: December 18, 2008.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
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Control of Emissions From New and
In-use Highway Vehicles and Engines:
Approval of New Scheduled
Maintenance for Exhaust Recirculation
Valves in Certain Applications
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that
EPA has granted an engine
manufacturer a new and limited
variation in the emission-related
scheduled maintenance interval for the
exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve for
some heavy duty engine families for
model years 2007–2009. Diesel EGR
valve cleaning is considered critical
emission-related maintenance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Baker, Compliance and
Innovative Strategies Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48105. Telephone: (734) 214–
4592. E-mail Address:
baker.laura@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Agency adopted new emission
standards for complete heavy-duty
vehicles fueled by gasoline, methanol
gas, and liquefied petroleum gas fuels in
2001. (66 FR 5002: January 18, 2001; 40
CFR 86.1816–08). The new standards
have stimulated new emission control
technologies, including new NOX
absorption technology for heavy-duty
vehicles which are still subject to the
emission-related scheduled
maintenance intervals.
However, under § 86.1834–01(b)(7)(ii)
a manufacturer may request EPA
approval for any new scheduled
maintenance the manufacturer wishes to
recommend. ‘‘New scheduled
maintenance’’ is maintenance which did
not exist prior to the 1980 model year.
A manufacturer’s request must include
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(1) Detailed evidence, supportive data,
and other substantiation as well as (2)
a subject maintenance category (i.e.,
emission-related or non-emissionrelated, critical or non-critical)
recommendation and (3) the suggested
emission maintenance interval.
EPA received information from
Cummins Power Generation
Incorporated (Cummins), a heavy duty
engine manufacturer, indicating that it
was technologically necessary to
perform cleaning and maintenance to
the EGR valve more frequently than
100,000 miles, as is prescribed in 40
CFR 86.1834–01(b)(3)(vi)(H), to meet the
emission standards. In part, this
minimum service interval is included in
the regulations to ensure that the control
of emissions is not compromised by a
manufacturer’s overly frequent
scheduling of emission-related
maintenance.
The Agency received information
from Cummins indicating that its NOX
aftertreatment system, which utilizes
cooled EGR and a NOX adsorber
catalyst, a technology that did not exist
prior to 1980, and thus ‘‘new.’’ The
information received from Cummins
indicates that the EGR valve requires
cleaning to maintain the performance of
NOX adsorption technology for emission
compliance. Sulfur regeneration
requires a net rich air/fuel mixture
which can produce significant amounts
of unburned hydrocarbon and carbon in
the exhaust gas. These unburned
hydrocarbons (soot) can adhere to
engine components including the EGR
valve which ultimately affects engine
and emission performance. Therefore
the EGR valve requires cleaning
maintenance to remove the soot buildup prior to the 100,000 mile
maintenance interval prescribed in 40
CFR 86.1834–01(b)(3)(vi)(H).
An EGR valve is defined as a critical
emission-related component under 40
CFR 86.1834(b)(6)(i)(D) and thus the
scheduled maintenance must have a
reasonable likelihood of being
performed while in use, according to
§ 86.1834(b)(6)(ii). To this effect,
Cummins has equipped all vehicles
covered by this approval with a
messaging system alerting drivers to
‘‘Perform Service’’ as well as providing
vehicles with on-board diagnostic (OBD)
systems to detect when required
maintenance has not been performed
and illuminate an independent check
engine light.
Therefore, EPA has approved the
67,500 mile service emission
maintenance interval as suggested by
Cummins. However, the Agency has
limited this approval to the 2007–2009
model years due to the expectation that
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EGR valve related technologies
compatible to NOX adsorption
technology will be developed by the
2010 model year.
Dated: December 16, 2008.
Robert J. Meyers,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Office of Air and Radiation.
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Notice of Data Availability on Spent Oil
Shale From Above Ground Retorting
Operations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Data Availability.
SUMMARY: The Agency recognizes that
there may have been some uncertainty
regarding the Bevill status of spent oil
shale from above ground retorting
operations. This notice reiterates that
spent oil shale from the above ground
retorting of oil shale is not a Bevill
waste excluded from regulation under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). However, the
fact that such material is not excluded
from regulation as Bevill waste does not
mean that it is regulated under Subtitle
C of RCRA. In fact, the notice
summarizes, for comment, available
analytical data on the characteristics of
spent shale from oil shale above ground
retorting operations (especially leachate
characteristics), which indicate that this
material is unlikely to exhibit a
hazardous characteristic under Subtitle
C of RCRA. This Notice does not reopen
any prior EPA rulemakings which
address the Bevill status of wastes from
the extraction, beneficiation, or
processing of ores and minerals.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
January 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2008–0645 by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: Comments may be sent by
electronic mail (e-mail) to rcradocket@epa.gov Attention Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–RCRA–2008–0645.
• Fax: Comments may be faxed to
202–566–9744. Attention Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–RCRA–2008–0645.
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent Decree; 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 consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Rocky Mountain
Clean Air Action and WildEarth Guardians (collectively ``Plaintiffs'')
in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Rocky
Mountain Clean Air Action, et al. v. Johnson, No. 08-1422 (D. D.C.).
Plaintiffs filed a deadline suit to compel the Administrator to respond
to an administrative petition seeking EPA's objection to a CAA Title V
operating permit issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, Air Pollution Control Division to the CEMEX, Inc. cement
plant near Lyons, Colorado (``CEMEX''). Under the terms of the proposed
consent decree, EPA has agreed to respond to the petition by April 20,
2009.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by January 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2008-0909, online at https://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method); by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail 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: Amy Huang Branning, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-1744; fax number (202) 564-5603; e-mail address:
branning.amy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
This proposed consent decree would resolve a lawsuit seeking a
response to an administrative petition to object to a CAA Title V
permit issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, Air Pollution Control Division to the CEMEX, Inc. cement
plant near Lyons, Colorado (``CEMEX''). Under the proposed consent
decree, EPA has agreed to respond to the petition by April 20, 2009. In
addition, the proposed consent decree states that within ten (10)
business days EPA shall provide plaintiffs with a signed version of the
decision and within fifteen (15) business days EPA shall deliver notice
of such action on the CEMEX permit to the Office of the Federal
Register for prompt publication.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the
proposed consent decree 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 consent decree
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 submitted, that consent to
this consent decree should be withdrawn, the terms of the decree will
be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How Can I Get a Copy of the Consent Decree?
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2008-0909) contains a copy of the proposed consent
decree. 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 the https://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 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 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 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 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''
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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: December 18, 2008.
Richard B. Ossias,
Associate General Counsel.
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