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interpreting the rule in substantially
similar format as proposed as it applies
to Petitioner. Pursuant to the proposed
settlement agreement, EPA would be
issuing its letter interpreting the rule as
it applies to petitioner with respect to
monitoring and measurements at three
locations at the effluent treatment basin
at International Paper Company’s
Prattville Mill in Prattville, Alabama.
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
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 submitted, that
consent to this settlement agreement
should be withdrawn, the terms of the
agreement will be affirmed.
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II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed
Settlement Agreement
A. How can I get a copy of the
settlement agreement?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2011–0904) contains a
copy of the proposed 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 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, key in the appropriate docket
identification number then select
‘‘search’’.
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 email
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, email 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 (email)
system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’
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system. If you send an email comment
directly to the Docket without going
through https://www.regulations.gov,
your email 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: November 8, 2011.
Kevin McLean,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9492–6]
Proposed Settlement Agreements,
Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement
Agreements; Request for Public
Comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is
hereby given of two proposed settlement
agreements to resolve two cases filed by
the WildEarth Guardians (‘‘Guardians’’)
involving EPA actions under the CAA
Title V operating permit program. On
November 17, 2010, Guardians filed a
petition with the Environmental
Appeals Board (‘‘EAB’’) challenging a
Title V Renewal Permit issued by EPA
Region 8 on October 18, 2010 to BP
America Production Company (‘‘BP’’)
for its Florida River Compression
Station Facility (In re BP America
Production Co., Florida River
Compression Facility, Appeal No. CAA
10–04). On April 25, 2011, Guardians
also filed a petition in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
(WildEarth Guardians v. EPA, No. 11–
9527) challenging the Administrator’s
February 2, 2011 order denying an
administrative petition to object to a
July 14, 2010 response of the Colorado
Department of Public Health and
Environment, Air Pollution Control
Division regarding the issuance of a
renewed title V permit for Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation’s Frederick
Compressor Station. Under the
proposed settlement agreements, EPA
would agree to undertake a pilot
program for the purpose of studying,
improving, and streamlining source
determinations in the oil and gas
industry in new or renewal Title V
permits for which Region 8 is the initial
Part 71 permitting authority.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments on the
proposed settlement agreements must be
received by December 16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2011–0915 online at https://
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method); by email 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: Sara
L. Laumann, Office of Regional Counsel,
EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, CO 80202–2466; telephone:
(303) 312–6443; fax number: (303) 312–
6859; email address: laumann.sara@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DATES:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Settlement Agreements
These proposed settlement
agreements would resolve two cases
filed by Guardians. First, Guardians
filed a case in the EAB challenging a
Title V Renewal Permit issued by EPA
Region 8 on October 18, 2010 to BP’s
Florida River Compression Station
Facility (In re BP America Production
Co., Florida River Compression Facility,
Appeal No. CAA 10–04). BP intervened
as a party in the EAB action. Second,
Guardians filed a petition in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Tenth
Circuit challenging the Administrator’s
February 2, 2011 order denying an
administrative petition to object to a
July 14, 2010 response of the Colorado
Department of Public Health and
Environment regarding the issuance of a
renewed title V permit for Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation’s Frederick
Compressor Station. The State of
Colorado and Kerr-McGee Gathering
LLC intervened as parties in the 10th
Circuit action. Under the proposed
settlement agreements, EPA would agree
to undertake a pilot program for the
purpose of studying, improving, and
streamlining source determinations in
the oil and gas industry in new or
renewal Title V permits for which
Region 8 is the initial Part 71 permitting
authority. The pilot program would
begin upon the effective date of the
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settlement agreement in the EAB case
and would continue for a duration equal
to the earlier of two years or six Title V
new or renewal permit applications for
which Region 8 is the initial Part 71
permitting authority. Additional
information regarding the Region 8 pilot
program can be found in an attachment
to the proposed settlement agreement
for the EAB action, which is available in
the docket for this action. Under the
proposed settlement agreements, within
15 days of a fully executed settlement
agreement in the EAB action, Guardians
will file a motion with the EAB to
dismiss with prejudice its pending
petition for review in Appeal No. CAA
10–04 and the parties in the Tenth
Circuit case will file an appropriate
pleading for the dismissal of Guardians’
petition for review with prejudice. All
parties will bear their own costs and
attorneys’ fees.
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
settlement agreements from persons
who were not named as parties or
intervenors to the respective actions at
issue. EPA or the Department of Justice
may withdraw or withhold consent to
the proposed settlements agreements 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
that consent to these settlements
agreements should be withdrawn, the
terms of the settlements agreements will
be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed
Settlement Agreements
A. How can I get a copy of the proposed
settlement agreements?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2011–0915) contains a
copy of the proposed settlement
agreements. 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.
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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 email
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,
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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, email 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 (email)
system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system. If you send an email comment
directly to the Docket without going
through https://www.regulations.gov,
your email 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: November 4, 2011.
Kevin McLean,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011–29644 Filed 11–15–11; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9492–5; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–
2011–0671]
Draft Toxicological Review of nButanol: In Support of Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period; extension.
AGENCY:
EPA announced a 60-day
public comment period on August 31,
2011 (76 FR 54227) for the external
review draft human health assessment
titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of nButanol: In Support of Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/
R–11/081A). On September 15, 2011,
the public comment period was
extended by one week because of a oneweek delay in the release of the
Toxicological Review to the public (76
FR 57033). In this Notice, EPA is
extending the public comment period
an additional 30 days to December 7,
2011, at the request of the American
Chemistry Council’s Oxo Process Panel.
The draft assessment was prepared by
the National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA
Office of Research and Development
(ORD). EPA is releasing this draft
assessment for the purposes of public
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comment and peer review. This draft
assessment is not final as described in
EPA’s information quality guidelines,
and it does not represent and should not
be construed to represent Agency policy
or views. After public review and
comment, an EPA contractor will
convene an expert panel for
independent external peer review of this
draft assessment. The public comment
period and external peer review meeting
are separate processes that provide
opportunities for all interested parties to
comment on the assessment. The
external peer review meeting will be
scheduled at a later date and announced
in the Federal Register. Public
comments submitted during the public
comment period will be provided to the
external peer reviewers before the panel
meeting and considered by EPA. Public
comments received after the public
comment period closes will not be
submitted to the external peer reviewers
and will only be considered by EPA if
time permits.
DATES: The public comment period will
be extended to end December 7, 2011.
Comments should be in writing and
must be received by EPA by December
7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological
Review of n-Butanol: In Support of
Summary Information on the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ is
available primarily via the Internet on
the NCEA home page under the Recent
Additions and Publications menus at
https://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited
number of paper copies are available
from the Information Management Team
(Address: Information Management
Team, National Center for
Environmental Assessment (Mail Code:
8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone:
(703) 347–8561; facsimile: (703) 347–
8691). If you request a paper copy,
please provide your name, mailing
address, and the draft assessment title.
Comments may be submitted
electronically via https://
www.regulations.gov, by email, by mail,
by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed
instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
the August 31, 2011, Notice (76 FR
54227).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For
information on the docket,
www.regulations.gov, or the public
comment period, please contact the
Office of Environmental Information
(OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 28221T), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
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DC 20460; telephone: (202) 566–1752;
facsimile: (202) 566–9744; or email:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For information on the draft
assessment, please contact Dr. Ambuja
Bale, National Center for Environmental
Assessment (8601P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone: (703) 347–8643;
facsimile: (703) 347–8689; or email:
FRN_Questions@epa.gov.
Dated: November 9, 2011.
Darrell A. Winner,
Acting Director, National Center for
Environmental Assessment.
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COMMISSION
Coordination of Functions;
Memorandum of Understanding
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and
the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL),
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs (OFCCP) have updated their
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),
last published at 64 FR.17,664 (April 12,
1999). These updates include: using
contemporary office names and titles;
designating a ‘‘Coordination Advocate’’
at both agencies; reorganizing and/or
condensing language for clarity;
streamlining the Compliance
Coordination Committees; and
clarifying the complaint/charge referral
procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Claudia Gordon, Special Assistant to the
Director, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, Department of
Labor, (202) 693–1073; Tanisha R.
Wilburn, Senior Attorney Advisor,
Office of Legal Counsel, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission,
(202) 663–4909 (voice), (202) 663–7026
(TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) is to further the
agencies’ joint objectives in ensuring
equal employment opportunities for
applicants and employees under Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title
VII) and Executive Order 11246 (E.O.
11246), to promote greater efficiency
and coordination, and to eliminate
conflict and duplication of effort. The
agencies first entered into this MOU on
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed Settlement Agreements, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreements; Request for Public
Comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of two
proposed settlement agreements to resolve two cases filed by the
WildEarth Guardians (``Guardians'') involving EPA actions under the CAA
Title V operating permit program. On November 17, 2010, Guardians filed
a petition with the Environmental Appeals Board (``EAB'') challenging a
Title V Renewal Permit issued by EPA Region 8 on October 18, 2010 to BP
America Production Company (``BP'') for its Florida River Compression
Station Facility (In re BP America Production Co., Florida River
Compression Facility, Appeal No. CAA 10-04). On April 25, 2011,
Guardians also filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals
for the Tenth Circuit (WildEarth Guardians v. EPA, No. 11-9527)
challenging the Administrator's February 2, 2011 order denying an
administrative petition to object to a July 14, 2010 response of the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution
Control Division regarding the issuance of a renewed title V permit for
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation's Frederick Compressor Station. Under
the proposed settlement agreements, EPA would agree to undertake a
pilot program for the purpose of studying, improving, and streamlining
source determinations in the oil and gas industry in new or renewal
Title V permits for which Region 8 is the initial Part 71 permitting
authority.
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DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreements must be
received by December 16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2011-0915 online at https://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method); by email 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: Sara L. Laumann, Office of Regional
Counsel, EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-2466;
telephone: (303) 312-6443; fax number: (303) 312-6859; email address:
laumann.sara@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreements
These proposed settlement agreements would resolve two cases filed
by Guardians. First, Guardians filed a case in the EAB challenging a
Title V Renewal Permit issued by EPA Region 8 on October 18, 2010 to
BP's Florida River Compression Station Facility (In re BP America
Production Co., Florida River Compression Facility, Appeal No. CAA 10-
04). BP intervened as a party in the EAB action. Second, Guardians
filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth
Circuit challenging the Administrator's February 2, 2011 order denying
an administrative petition to object to a July 14, 2010 response of the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment regarding the
issuance of a renewed title V permit for Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation's Frederick Compressor Station. The State of Colorado and
Kerr-McGee Gathering LLC intervened as parties in the 10th Circuit
action. Under the proposed settlement agreements, EPA would agree to
undertake a pilot program for the purpose of studying, improving, and
streamlining source determinations in the oil and gas industry in new
or renewal Title V permits for which Region 8 is the initial Part 71
permitting authority. The pilot program would begin upon the effective
date of the settlement agreement in the EAB case and would continue for
a duration equal to the earlier of two years or six Title V new or
renewal permit applications for which Region 8 is the initial Part 71
permitting authority. Additional information regarding the Region 8
pilot program can be found in an attachment to the proposed settlement
agreement for the EAB action, which is available in the docket for this
action. Under the proposed settlement agreements, within 15 days of a
fully executed settlement agreement in the EAB action, Guardians will
file a motion with the EAB to dismiss with prejudice its pending
petition for review in Appeal No. CAA 10-04 and the parties in the
Tenth Circuit case will file an appropriate pleading for the dismissal
of Guardians' petition for review with prejudice. All parties will bear
their own costs and attorneys' fees.
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 settlement agreements from persons who were not named as
parties or intervenors to the respective actions at issue. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed
settlements agreements 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 that consent to these settlements
agreements should be withdrawn, the terms of the settlements agreements
will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement
Agreements
A. How can I get a copy of the proposed settlement agreements?
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2011-0915) contains a copy of the proposed settlement
agreements. 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 email 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,
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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, email 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
(email) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
email comment directly to the Docket without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email 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: November 4, 2011.
Kevin McLean,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-29644 Filed 11-15-11; 8:45 am]
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