An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, AK, 31353-31355 [2012-12808]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2012 / Notices Operation and Emergency Response (Renewal). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1426.09, OMB Control No. 2050–0105. ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on 06/61/12. This is a request renewal of a currently approved collection. 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 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 in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Abstract: Section 126(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) requires EPA to set worker protection standards for State and local employees engaged in hazardous waste operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not have Occupational Safety and Health Administration approved State plans. The EPA coverage, required to be identical to the OSHA standards, extends to three categories of employees: Those engaged in clean-ups at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, including corrective actions at Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) facilities regulated under the Resource Conservation and recovery Act (RCRA); employees working at routine hazardous waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities; and employees involved in emergency response operations without regard to location. This ICR renews existing mandatory record keeping collection of ongoing activities including monitoring of any potential employee exposure at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, maintaining records of employee training, refresher training, medical exams and reviewing emergency response plans. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection is estimated to average 10.64 hours per response. Burden means to total time, effort, and 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:55 May 24, 2012 Jkt 226001 providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 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 the Agency’s estimate, which is only briefly summarized here: Estimated total number of potential respondents: 24,000. Frequency of response: Annually. Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1. Estimated total annual burden hours: 255,427 hours. Estimated total annual costs: $3,528,888, which is entirely for labor. There are no capital investment or maintenance and operational costs. These burden estimates reflect what is currently approved by OMB, without change. EPA will provide revised burden estimates when the second comment period for this ICR is opened. However, as the universe and regulations have not changed, EPA does not anticipate any substantive changes to the burden figures. 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. At that time, 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. Dated: May 16, 2012. James E. Woolford, Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. [FR Doc. 2012–12838 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9678–3; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2012–0276] An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, AK Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public comment period. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31353 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a public comment period for the draft document titled, ‘‘An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska’’ (EPA–910–R–12–004a–d). The document was prepared by the EPA’s Region 10 (Pacific Northwest and Alaska), EPA’s Office of Water, and EPA’s Office of Research and Development. The EPA conducted this assessment to determine the significance of Bristol Bay’s ecological resources and evaluate the potential impacts of large-scale mining on these resources. EPA will use the results of this assessment to inform the consideration of options consistent with its role under the Clean Water Act. The assessment is intended to provide a scientific and technical foundation for future decision making; EPA will not address use of its regulatory authority until the assessment becomes final and has made no judgment about whether and how to use that authority at this time. DATES: The public comment period began Friday, May 18, 2012, and ends Monday, July 23, 2012. Technical comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by Monday, July 23, 2012. ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska’’ is available primarily via the Internet on the EPA Region 10 Bristol Bay Web site at www.epa.gov/bristolbay as well as on the National Center for Environmental Assessment’s Web site under the Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. A printed copy of the assessment will be placed at public locations in Bristol Bay and in Anchorage, AK. These locations are listed on the Region 10 Web site. A limited number of paper copies are available from the Information Management Team, NCEA; telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347– 8691. If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document title, ‘‘An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska.’’ Please also indicate if a paper copy of the full set of appendices is needed. Comments on the report may be submitted electronically via 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 this notice. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1 31354 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2012 / Notices For information on the public comment period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566–1753; or email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. For technical information concerning the report, contact Judy Smith; telephone: 503–326–6994; facsimile: 503–326–3399; or email: r10bristolbay@epa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES I. Information About the Project/ Document The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted this assessment to determine the significance of Bristol Bay’s ecological resources and evaluate the potential impacts of large-scale mining on these resources. The EPA will use the results of this assessment to inform the consideration of options consistent with its role under the Clean Water Act. The assessment is intended to provide a scientific and technical foundation for future decision making. The Web site that describes the project is www.epa.gov/bristolbay. This draft document addresses potential impacts to water quality and the salmon fishery that may result from large-scale mining in the Nushagak and Kvichak watersheds of southwest Alaska. EPA is releasing this draft assessment for the purposes of public 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. EPA utilizes public comments as one means to ensure that science products are complete and accurate. EPA is seeking comments from the public on all aspects of the report, including the scientific and technical information presented in the report, the hypothetical mining scenario used, the data and information used to inform assumptions about mining activities and the evaluations of risk to the fishery, and the potential mitigation measures considered (and effectiveness of those measures). EPA is also specifically seeking any additional data or scientific or technical information about Bristol Bay resources or large-scale mining that should be considered in our evaluation. EPA will consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document. After public review and comment, EPA’s independent contractor, Versar, Inc., will convene an expert panel for independent external peer review of this VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:55 May 24, 2012 Jkt 226001 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 preferred method to submit comments is through the docket, which is described below. Public meetings will be held in Anchorage, Dillingham, Newhalen, Naknek, Nondalton, and New Stuyahok, AK during the week of June 4–8, 2012. Spoken comments will be accepted at these meetings. The external peer review panel meeting is scheduled to be held in Anchorage, AK on August 7, 8, and 9, 2012. The public will be invited to attend on August 7 and 8, 2012. Further information regarding the external peer review panel meeting will be announced at a later date in the Federal Register. II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at www.regulations.gov Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2012– 0276, by one of the following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. Include the docket number EPA–HQ– ORD–2012–0276 in the subject line of the message. • Fax: 202–566–1753. • Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), Docket # EPA–HQ–ORD–2012– 0276, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202–566–1752. If you provide comments by mail, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies. • Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 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. Deliveries are only accepted during the docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments by hand delivery, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies. • Comment at a public meeting: Spoken comments will be taken at public meetings during June 4–8, 2012. A court reporter will provide a transcription of comments received at the Anchorage and Dillingham meetings for the docket. Audio recording and written notes will be taken for the docket for comments spoken at Naknek, Newhalen, New Stuyahok, and Nondalton. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2012– 0276. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked ‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA’s policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without change and to make the comments available on-line at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comments due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comments. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov_index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2012 / Notices available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically at www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. Dated: May 21, 2012. Darrell Winner, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. 2012–12808 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am] holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. II. What does this correction do? The preamble for FR Doc. 2012–11072 published in the Federal Register of May 9, 2012 (77 FR 27226) (FRL–9348– 2) is corrected as follows: On page 27227, first column of Table 1, under the heading EPA Registration Number, correct 264–333 to read 264–330. List of Subjects BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Environmental protection, pesticides and pests. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Dated: May 17, 2012. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0163; FRL–9351–4] Aldicarb; Cancellation Order for Amendments To Terminate Uses; Correction [FR Doc. 2012–12774 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; correction. AGENCY: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–9003–2] EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of May 9, 2012, concerning an amendment to terminate uses of aldicarb. This document is being issued to correct a typographical error. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bartow, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 603–0065; email address: bartow.susan@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–7146 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 05/14/2012 Through 05/18/2012 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Notice Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public its I. General Information comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters A. Does this action apply to me? on EISs are available at: https://www.epa. The Agency included in the notice a gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html. list of those who may be potentially SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is affected by this action. If you have seeking agencies to participate in its equestions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult NEPA electronic EIS submission pilot. Participating agencies can fulfill all the person listed under FOR FURTHER requirements for EIS filing, eliminating INFORMATION CONTACT. the need to submit paper copies to EPA B. How can I get copies of this document Headquarters, by filing documents and other related information? online and providing feedback on the process. To participate in the pilot, EPA has established a docket for this register at: https://cdx.epa.gov. action under docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0163. EIS No. 20120157, Final EIS, FTA, GA, Publicly available docket materials are Tier 1—Atlanta Beltline City of available either in the electronic docket Atlanta, Proposed Fixed Guideway at https://www.regulations.gov, or, if only Transit and Multi-Use Trails System, available in hard copy, at the Office of Right-of-Way Preservation, Fulton Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory County, GA, Review Period Ends: Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 06/25/2012, Contact: Brian Smart Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 404–865–5600. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of EIS No. 20120158, Draft EIS, USACE, NC, Figure Eight Island Inlet and operation of this Docket Facility are Shoreline Management Project, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday Terminal Groin Installation and through Friday, excluding legal VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:55 May 24, 2012 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31355 Supplemental Beach Nourishment, Implementation, New Hanover County, NC, Comment Period Ends: 07/09/2012, Contact: Mickey Sugg 910–251–4811. EIS No. 20120159, Draft EIS, EPA, FL, Jacksonville Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) Designation, Offshore of Jacksonville, FL, Comment Period Ends: 07/09/2012, Contact: Jennifer S. Derby 404–562– 9401. EIS No. 20120160, Draft EIS, USFS, CO, Federal Coal Lease Modifications COC–1362 and COC 67232, Adding 800 and 921 Additional Acres, Paonia Ranger District, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Gunnison County, CO, Comment Period Ends: 07/09/2012, Contact: Nicole Mortenson 406–329– 3163. EIS No. 20120161, Draft EIS, USFS, NM, North Fork Eagle Creek Wells, Special Use Authorization Project, Operation of Four Municipal Supply Water Wells, Lincoln National Forest, Lincoln County, NM, Comment Period Ends: 07/09/2012, Contact: Deborah McGlothlin 559–920–4952. EIS No. 20120162, Final Supplement, NOAA, CA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center Demolition, Soil Stabilization and Seismic Improvements, La Jolla, CA, Review Period Ends: 06/25/2012, Contact: Edward Horton 206–526–4837. EIS No. 20120163, Draft EIS, BLM, NM, AZ, SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, Resource Management Plan Amendment, Construction and Operation of two new 500 kV Transmission Lines, Right-of-Way Grant, Lincoln County, NM and Pinal County, AZ, Comment Period Ends: 08/22/2012, Contact: Adrian Garcia 505–954–2199. EIS No. 20120164, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, McCoy Solar Energy Project, Development of up to 750-megawatt (mw) Solar Energy Plant, Right-ofWay Grant, Riverside County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 08/22/2012, Contact: Jeff Childers 760–833–7100. Amended Notices EIS No. 20120098, Draft EIS, USAF, 00, F–35A Operational Basing, Beddown and Operation of F–35A Aircraft for the Combat Air Forces at One or More Locations throughout the Contiguous U.S. from 2015 through 2020, Comment Period Ends: 06/20/2012, Contact: Nicholas Germanos 757– 764–5994. Revision to FR Notice Published 4/20/ 2012; Change Comment Period Due Date from 06/01/2012 to 06/20/2012. E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1

Agencies

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31353-31355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12808]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9678-3; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0276]


An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of 
Bristol Bay, AK

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 
public comment period for the draft document titled, ``An Assessment of 
Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska'' 
(EPA-910-R-12-004a-d). The document was prepared by the EPA's Region 10 
(Pacific Northwest and Alaska), EPA's Office of Water, and EPA's Office 
of Research and Development. The EPA conducted this assessment to 
determine the significance of Bristol Bay's ecological resources and 
evaluate the potential impacts of large-scale mining on these 
resources. EPA will use the results of this assessment to inform the 
consideration of options consistent with its role under the Clean Water 
Act. The assessment is intended to provide a scientific and technical 
foundation for future decision making; EPA will not address use of its 
regulatory authority until the assessment becomes final and has made no 
judgment about whether and how to use that authority at this time.

DATES: The public comment period began Friday, May 18, 2012, and ends 
Monday, July 23, 2012. Technical comments should be in writing and must 
be received by EPA by Monday, July 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The draft ``An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on 
Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska'' is available primarily via 
the Internet on the EPA Region 10 Bristol Bay Web site at www.epa.gov/bristolbay as well as on the National Center for Environmental 
Assessment's Web site under the Recent Additions and the Data and 
Publications menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. A printed copy of the 
assessment will be placed at public locations in Bristol Bay and in 
Anchorage, AK. These locations are listed on the Region 10 Web site. A 
limited number of paper copies are available from the Information 
Management Team, NCEA; telephone: 703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-
8691. If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, 
your mailing address, and the document title, ``An Assessment of 
Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska.'' 
Please also indicate if a paper copy of the full set of appendices is 
needed.
    Comments on the report may be submitted electronically via 
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 this notice.

[[Page 31354]]


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment 
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; 
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or email: 
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    For technical information concerning the report, contact Judy 
Smith; telephone: 503-326-6994; facsimile: 503-326-3399; or email: 
r10bristolbay@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Information About the Project/Document

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted this 
assessment to determine the significance of Bristol Bay's ecological 
resources and evaluate the potential impacts of large-scale mining on 
these resources. The EPA will use the results of this assessment to 
inform the consideration of options consistent with its role under the 
Clean Water Act. The assessment is intended to provide a scientific and 
technical foundation for future decision making. The Web site that 
describes the project is www.epa.gov/bristolbay. This draft document 
addresses potential impacts to water quality and the salmon fishery 
that may result from large-scale mining in the Nushagak and Kvichak 
watersheds of southwest Alaska.
    EPA is releasing this draft assessment for the purposes of public 
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. EPA utilizes public comments as one means to ensure that science 
products are complete and accurate. EPA is seeking comments from the 
public on all aspects of the report, including the scientific and 
technical information presented in the report, the hypothetical mining 
scenario used, the data and information used to inform assumptions 
about mining activities and the evaluations of risk to the fishery, and 
the potential mitigation measures considered (and effectiveness of 
those measures). EPA is also specifically seeking any additional data 
or scientific or technical information about Bristol Bay resources or 
large-scale mining that should be considered in our evaluation.
    EPA will consider any public comments submitted in accordance with 
this notice when revising the document. After public review and 
comment, EPA's independent contractor, Versar, Inc., 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 preferred method to submit 
comments is through the docket, which is described below. Public 
meetings will be held in Anchorage, Dillingham, Newhalen, Naknek, 
Nondalton, and New Stuyahok, AK during the week of June 4-8, 2012. 
Spoken comments will be accepted at these meetings. The external peer 
review panel meeting is scheduled to be held in Anchorage, AK on August 
7, 8, and 9, 2012. The public will be invited to attend on August 7 and 
8, 2012. Further information regarding the external peer review panel 
meeting will be announced at a later date in the Federal Register.

II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at 
www.regulations.gov

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-
0276, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. Include the docket number EPA-
HQ-ORD-2012-0276 in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 202-566-1753.
     Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 
(Mail Code: 2822T), Docket  EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0276, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752. If you provide 
comments by mail, please submit one unbound original with pages 
numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For 
attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the 
comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
     Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA 
Headquarters Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 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. Deliveries are only accepted during the 
docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be 
made for deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments by 
hand delivery, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered 
consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments, 
provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and 
submit an unbound original and three copies.
     Comment at a public meeting: Spoken comments will be taken 
at public meetings during June 4-8, 2012. A court reporter will provide 
a transcription of comments received at the Anchorage and Dillingham 
meetings for the docket. Audio recording and written notes will be 
taken for the docket for comments spoken at Naknek, Newhalen, New 
Stuyahok, and Nondalton.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2012-0276. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the 
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will 
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is 
EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket 
without change and to make the comments available on-line at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comments due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comments. 
Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters and any 
form of encryption and be free of any defects or viruses. For 
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket 
Center homepage at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov--index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly

[[Page 31355]]

available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either electronically at www.regulations.gov or in hard copy 
at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center.

    Dated: May 21, 2012.
Darrell Winner,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2012-12808 Filed 5-24-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.