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in 40 CFR 141.35 and 141.40; OMB filed
comment on 11/10/2011.
EPA ICR Number 2060.05; Cooling
Water Intake Structures Existing Facility
(Proposed Rule); in 40 CFR 122.21(d)(2),
122.21(r)(2), 122.21(r)(3), 122.21(r)(5),
125.94–125.99; OMB filed comment on
11/10/2011.
Dated: December 1, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collections Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Clean Water Act Section 303(d):
Availability of 28 Total Maximum Daily
Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
ACTION: Notice of extension of the public
comment period.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
extension of the public comment period
for the notice of availability that
published on November 14, 2011, 76 FR
70442 (FRL–9491–1). Specifically,
comments will be accepted on the
administrative record files and the
calculations of 28 TMDLs prepared by
EPA Region 6. This notice covers waters
in the State of Louisiana’s Lake
Pontchartrain Basin that were identified
as impaired on the States Section 303(d)
list. These TMDLs were completed in
response to a court order in the lawsuit
styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et
al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.).
DATES: The public comments must be
submitted in writing to the EPA on or
before January 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 28
TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
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EPA Seeks Comment on 28 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking
comment on the following 28 TMDLs
for waters located within Louisiana:
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Yellow Water River—Origin to Ponchatoula Creek ..........................................................................................
Ponchatoula Creek and Ponchatoula River ......................................................................................................
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Big Creek and Tributaries—Headwaters to confluence with Tangipahoia River ..............................................
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Lake Pontchartrain Drainage Canals ................................................................................................................
New Orleans East Leveed Waterbodies (Estuarine) ........................................................................................
Tickfaw River—From MS State Line to LA Hwy 42 (Scenic) ...........................................................................
Yellow Water River—Origin to Ponchatoula Creek ..........................................................................................
Amite River—MS State Line to LA Hwy 37 (Scenic) ........................................................................................
Blind River—From Amite River Diversion Canal to mouth at Lake Maurepas (Scenic) ..................................
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Amite River—Amite River Diversion Canal to Lake Maurepas ........................................................................
Blind River—From Amite River Diversion Canal to mouth at Lake Maurepas (Scenic) ..................................
Blind River—Source to confluence with Amite River Diversion Canal (Scenic) ...............................................
Tickfaw River—From MS State Line to LA Hwy 42 (Scenic) ...........................................................................
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Bayou Liberty—LA Hwy 433 to confluence with Bayou Bonfouca (Estuarine) Mercury..
The EPA requests that the public
provide any water quality related data
and information relevant to the
calculations for the 28 TMDLs. EPA will
review all data and information
submitted during the public comment
period and will revise the TMDLs where
appropriate. EPA will then forward the
TMDLs to the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The
LDEQ will incorporate the TMDLs into
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Water Quality Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX
75202–2733 or email:
smith.diane@epa.gov. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT Diane Smith at
(214) 665–2145 or fax (214) 665–7373.
The administrative record files for the
28 TMDLs are available for public
inspection at this address as well.
Documents from the administrative
record files may be viewed at https://
www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/
tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling
or writing Ms. Smith at the above
address. Please contact Ms. Smith to
schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
Dated: December 1, 2011.
William K. Honker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection
Division, EPA Region 6.
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent
Decree; Request for Public Comment.
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 238 / Monday, December 12, 2011 / Notices
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C.
7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed consent decree to address a
lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the
United States District Court for the
District of Columbia: Sierra Club v.
Jackson, No. 1:11–cv–00035–GK
(D. D.C.). On June 3, 2011, Plaintiffs
filed a complaint alleging that EPA
failed to promulgate Federal
Implementation Plans (‘‘FIPs’’) as
mandated by section 110(c)(1)(A) of the
CAA, for a number of areas designated
as nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (‘‘NAAQS’’). The complaint
also alleged that EPA failed to perform
a duty mandated by section 110(k)(2) of
the CAA, to take final action by
approving in full, disapproving in full,
or approving in part and disapproving
in part certain State Implementation
Plan (SIP) submittals for the 1997 8hour ozone NAAQS from the States of
Maine, Missouri and Illinois. The
proposed consent decree establishes
deadlines for EPA to take action.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by January 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2011–0936, online at
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: Jan
Tierney, Air and Radiation Law Office
(2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–5598;
fax number (202) 564–5603; email
address: tierney.jan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would
resolve a lawsuit seeking to compel the
Agency to promulgate a FIP for the
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implementation of Reasonably Available
Control Technology (RACT)
requirements for volatile organic
compounds (‘‘VOCs’’) and NOx for
Maine. Specifically the consent decree
provides for EPA to promulgate a FIP by
May 31, 2012 for VOC RACT rules for
the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for all
of the State and NOx RACT rules for the
1997 8-hour ozone standard for all of
the State except Northern Maine to the
extent that EPA has not approved SIPs
addressing such rules by that date.
In addition, the proposed consent
decree would require the Agency to take
final action by January 31, 2012
approving in full, disapproving in full,
or approving in part and disapproving
in part the SIP submittals from Missouri
addressing the VOC RACT requirements
for the Missouri portion of the Metro St.
Louis area for the 1997 8-hour ozone
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards. Furthermore, it would
require EPA to take final action by May
31, 2012 on the reasonable further
progress and attainment demonstration
SIPs submitted by the State of Illinois
for the Illinois portion of the Metro St.
Louis area. This obligation would be
deemed met if EPA redesignates the
Illinois portion of the Metro St. Louis
area to attainment for the 1997 8-hour
ozone standard no later than May 31,
2012.
The proposed consent decree also
requires that, within 15 business days of
signing a proposed or final notice or
notices, EPA shall deliver a notice of
such action to the Office of the Federal
Register for publication. The proposed
consent decree states that, after EPA
fulfills its obligations under the decree,
EPA may move to have this decree
terminated.
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 that consent to this consent
decree should be withdrawn, the terms
of the decree will be affirmed.
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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–2010–0936) 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
www.regulations.gov. You may use
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
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing online at www.regulations.gov
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information
claimed as CBI and other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
is not included in the official public
docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted
material, including copyrighted material
contained in a public comment, will not
be placed in EPA’s electronic public
docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public
docket. Although not all docket
materials may be available
electronically, you may still access any
of the publicly available docket
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
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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 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 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: December 5, 2011.
Patricia A. Embrey,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
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Request for Nominations of Experts to
the Office of Research and
Development’s Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Staff Office is
requesting public nominations for
technical experts to fill current
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vacancies on the BOSC Executive
Committee. Nominations should be
submitted via the BOSC Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/
nomination.htm.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by January 20, 2012, per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public needing
additional information regarding this
Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Ms. Susan Peterson, Mail
Code 8104–R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at:
(202) 564–1077; via fax at: (202) 565–
2911; or via email at:
peterson.susan@epa.gov. General
information concerning the Board of
Scientific Counselors can be found at
the BOSC Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/osp/bosc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The BOSC is a chartered Federal
Advisory Committee that was
established by the U.S. EPA to provide
independent scientific and technical
peer review, advice, consultation, and
recommendations about the Office of
Research and Development. As a
Federal Advisory Committee, the BOSC
conducts business in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related
regulations.
The BOSC Executive Committee is
comprised of approximately 20
members who are recognized experts in
various scientific, engineering, and
social science fields. EPA is soliciting
candidates to fill eight vacancies. EPA
will consider candidates from the
environmental scientific/technical
fields, human health care professionals,
academia, industry, public and private
research institutes or organizations,
non-government organizations, and
other relevant interest areas. Members
are appointed by the EPA Administrator
for a period of three years and serve as
special government employees. EPA
values and welcomes diversity. In an
effort to obtain nominations of diverse
candidates, EPA encourages
nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups.
Expertise Sought
EPA’s BOSC Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and
internationally recognized scientists,
engineers, and social scientists having
experience and expertise in one or more
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of the following areas: Atmospheric
Sciences (atmospheric chemistry,
atmospheric physics, aerosol chemistry,
aerosol physics); Analytical Chemistry;
Green Chemistry; Endocrinology
(endocrine disruptors); Pulmonary and
Cardiovascular Toxicology; Systems
Science (systems biology, systems
ecology, landscape ecology); Social
Sciences (sociology, economics,
socioeconomics, environmental
economics, ecological economics,
natural resource economics); and
Behavioral Sciences (psychology,
environmental psychology,
ecopsychology, conservation
psychology, social neuroscience, risk
perception, risk communication, crisis
communication).
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations
Any interested person or organization
may nominate themselves or qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above. Nominations should be
submitted via the BOSC Web site
(which is preferred over hard copy) at
https://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/
nomination.htm. Nominations should
be submitted in time to arrive no later
than January 13, 2012. To receive full
consideration, nominations should
include all of the information requested.
EPA’s BOSC Staff Office requests:
Contact information about the person
making the nomination; contact
information about the nominee; the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
curriculum vita and/or resume; sources
of recent grant and/or contract support;
and a biographical sketch of the
nominee indicating current position,
educational background, and recent
service on other national advisory
committees or national professional
organizations. Persons having questions
about the nomination procedures, or
who are unable to submit nominations
through the BOSC Web site, should
contact Ms. Susan Peterson, as indicated
above in this notice.
Selection Criteria
The BOSC is a balanced and diverse
expert committee. The committee
collectively possesses the necessary
domains of expertise, depth and breadth
of knowledge, and diverse and balanced
scientific perspectives. Selection criteria
to be used for membership include: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience; (b)
availability to serve and willingness to
commit time to the committee
(approximately three to five meetings
per year including both face-to-face
meetings and teleconferences); (c)
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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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 (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby
given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra
Club in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia:
Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 1:11-cv-00035-GK (D. D.C.). On June 3,
2011, Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that EPA failed to
promulgate Federal Implementation Plans (``FIPs'') as mandated by
section 110(c)(1)(A) of the CAA, for a number of areas designated as
nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (``NAAQS''). The complaint also alleged that EPA failed to
perform a duty mandated by section 110(k)(2) of the CAA, to take final
action by approving in full, disapproving in full, or approving in part
and disapproving in part certain State Implementation Plan (SIP)
submittals for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS from the States of Maine,
Missouri and Illinois. The proposed consent decree establishes
deadlines for EPA to take action.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by January 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2011-0936, online at 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: Jan Tierney, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-5598; fax number (202) 564-5603; email address:
tierney.jan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would resolve a lawsuit seeking to
compel the Agency to promulgate a FIP for the implementation of
Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirements for
volatile organic compounds (``VOCs'') and NOx for Maine. Specifically
the consent decree provides for EPA to promulgate a FIP by May 31, 2012
for VOC RACT rules for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for all of the
State and NOx RACT rules for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for all of
the State except Northern Maine to the extent that EPA has not approved
SIPs addressing such rules by that date.
In addition, the proposed consent decree would require the Agency
to take final action by January 31, 2012 approving in full,
disapproving in full, or approving in part and disapproving in part the
SIP submittals from Missouri addressing the VOC RACT requirements for
the Missouri portion of the Metro St. Louis area for the 1997 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Furthermore, it would
require EPA to take final action by May 31, 2012 on the reasonable
further progress and attainment demonstration SIPs submitted by the
State of Illinois for the Illinois portion of the Metro St. Louis area.
This obligation would be deemed met if EPA redesignates the Illinois
portion of the Metro St. Louis area to attainment for the 1997 8-hour
ozone standard no later than May 31, 2012.
The proposed consent decree also requires that, within 15 business
days of signing a proposed or final notice or notices, EPA shall
deliver a notice of such action to the Office of the Federal Register
for publication. The proposed consent decree states that, after EPA
fulfills its obligations under the decree, EPA may move to have this
decree terminated.
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 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-2010-0936) 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
www.regulations.gov. You may use 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 submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI
and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not
included in the official public docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including
copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed
in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket 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
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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 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
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: December 5, 2011.
Patricia A. Embrey,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
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