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ec02010.pdf.
Dated: August 10, 2012.
Thomas Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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Proposed Settlement Agreement,
Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement
Agreement; Request for Public
Comment.
AGENCY:
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 a proposed settlement
agreement to address lawsuits filed by
the Imperial County Air Pollution
Control District and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation
(together, ‘‘Petitioners’’) in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit: Imperial County Air Pollution
Control District v. EPA, No. 10–72709
(9th Cir.) and California Department of
Parks and Recreation v. EPA, No. 10–
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72729 (9th Cir.). Petitioners filed
petitions for review challenging EPA’s
final rule, approving in part and
disapproving in part, a state
implementation plan (‘‘SIP’’)
submission made by the California Air
Resources Board on behalf of the
Imperial Valley Air Quality Control
District. The SIP submission at issue
included local pollution control
measures intended to address emissions
of PM10 from sources located within the
Imperial Valley Planning Area referred
to as Imperial County Air Pollution
Control District Rules 800 through 806
(‘‘Regulation VIII’’). The proposed
settlement agreement establishes
deadlines for both the Imperial Valley
Air Pollution Control District and EPA
to take specified actions to resolve the
lawsuits.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed settlement agreements must be
received by September 20, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2012–0644, 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:
Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2344A), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564–5601; fax number (202) 564–5603;
email address: wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Settlement Agreement
The California Air Resources Board
(‘‘CARB’’), on behalf of the Imperial
Valley Air Polluton Control District (the
‘‘District’’), made a SIP submission to
EPA containing Regulation VIII as a SIP
revision intended to address emissions
of PM10 from certain sources located
within the Imperial Valley PM10
nonattainment area. EPA approved this
submission in part, and disapproved it
in part, based upon EPA’s evaluation of
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the submission itself and evaluation of
related claims by the District that
monitor data on certain days should be
treated as ‘‘exceptional events’’ and thus
excluded from regulatory
determinations. 75 FR 39,366 (July 8,
2010). The District and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation
(‘‘Parks’’) challenged EPA’s partial
disapproval of the submission and
EPA’s related actions on the claimed
exceptional events. These challenges
were filed in the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (the
‘‘Court’’) in Imperial County Air
Pollution Control District v. EPA, No.
10–72709 (9th Cir.) and California
Department of Parks and Recreation v.
EPA, No. 10–72729 (9th Cir.).
The Court heard oral argument on the
consolidated challenges on February 15,
2012. On February 17, 2012, the Court
issued an Order that referred the case to
mediation and stayed further
proceedings on the case pending such
mediation. Thus, at the suggestion of the
Court, EPA, the District, and Parks
engaged in settlement discussions to
determine whether the legal and factual
disputes at issue in the litigation could
be resolved through a settlement
agreement. This notice describes and
seeks comment on the proposed
settlement agreement that the parties
have negotiated.
The proposed settlement agreement
establishes deadlines for both the
District and EPA to take specified
actions to resolve the litigation. The
objective of the parties in the settlement
agreement is to address the underlying
legal and factual disputes in a way that
will be more effective and efficient to
achieve the overarching goals of meeting
CAA requirements and improving air
quality in the Imperial Valley PM10
nonattainment area. Thus, both the
District and EPA propose to agree to
take a series of actions by set deadlines
that will result in a resolution of the
legal and substantive concerns with
Regulation VIII that were the basis for
EPA’s partial disapproval. In particular,
the District and EPA propose to agree to
take actions on an expedited schedule
in order to assure that appropriate
revisions to Regulation VIII are in place
in the SIP quickly.
First, the proposed settlement
agreement requires that within ninety
(90) days of execution of the agreement,
the District must revise Regulation VIII
and submit it along with supporting
documentation to the District’s
Governing Board. These revisions must
be substantially the same as those set
forth in Attachment B to the settlement
agreement. Attachment B reflects
revisions intended by the parties to
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resolve the legal and substantive
concerns with Regulation VIII that were
the basis for EPA’s partial disapproval.
It is understood that these revisions
must still meet all local, state, and
federal administrative process and
substantive requirements before they are
deemed to meet applicable requirements
and could be incorporated into the SIP
for the Imperial Valley PM10
nonattainment area.
Second, the proposed settlement
agreement requires that within fourteen
(14) days of the Governing Board’s
adoption of the revised Regulation VIII
rules, the District must submit the
revised Regulation VIII rules to CARB
for expedited submittal to EPA for
incorporation into the California SIP.
Third, the proposed settlement
agreement requires that within sixty (60)
days of submittal by CARB, EPA must
sign for publication in the Federal
Register a notice of proposed
rulemaking that proposes taking action
on the submission pursuant to CAA
section 110(k), 42 U.S.C. 7410(k). If the
revised Regulation VIII is substantially
the same in substance as set forth in
Attachment B, the notice to be signed by
EPA must propose full approval of the
submission pursuant to CAA sections
110(k) and 189(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C.
7410(k), 7513a(b)(1)(B).
Fourth, if EPA proposes full approval,
then within the notice of proposed
rulemaking EPA must make a statement
that EPA’s preliminary view is that the
revised Regulation VIII will constitute
‘‘reasonable control’’ of the sources
covered by Regulation VIII for the
purpose of evaluating whether an
exceedance of the PM10 NAAQS is an
‘‘exceptional event’’ including
reasonable and appropriate control
measures on significant contributing
anthropogenic sources. This statement
will not extend to exceedances of
NAAQS other than the PM10 NAAQS, or
to events that differ significantly in
terms of meteorology, sources, or
conditions from the events that were at
issue in the litigation.
Fifth, if EPA proposes full approval of
the revised Regulation VIII, EPA must
also sign for publication in the Federal
Register a notice making an interim
final determination to defer imposition
of sanctions pursuant to the
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(1) pending public comments on
the proposed action.
Sixth, within sixty (60) days of the
close of public comment on the
proposed action, EPA must sign for
publication in the Federal Register a
notice of final rulemaking that takes
final action on the submission
containing the revised Regulation VIII
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pursuant to CAA section 110(k), 42
U.S.C. 7410(k). Thereafter, EPA must
promptly deliver the notice of final
rulemaking to the Office of Federal
Register for review and publication.
The proposed settlement agreement
also contains various provisions that
will govern what may happen if either
the District or EPA fails to meet the
terms of the agreement.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, EPA 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 these
comments disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that such
consent is inappropriate, improper,
inadequate, or inconsistent with the
requirements of the CAA. Unless EPA or
the Department of Justice determines
that consent to this settlement
agreement should be withdrawn, the
terms of the agreement will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed
Settlement Agreement
A. How can I get a copy of the
settlement agreement?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2012–XXXX) 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 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 on paper,
will be made available for public
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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.
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.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Dated: August 14, 2012.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
AGENCY:
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 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
This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.
2012–19772) published on page 48156
of the issue for Monday, August 13,
2012.
Under the Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis heading, the entry for
MVC, Petroleum Inc., and William
Coleman, both of Denver, Colorado;
Eugene Nicholas, Cando, North Dakota;
Timothy Dodd and Bradley Fey, both of
Bismarck, North Dakota; Jeffrey Topp,
Grace City, North Dakota; Janet Topp,
Grace City, North Dakota; and Roger
Kenner, Leeds, North Dakota; as a group
acting in concert, is revised to read as
follows:
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55480–0291:
1. MVC; Prairie Petroleum Inc., and
William Coleman, both of Denver,
Colorado; Eugene Nicholas, Cando,
North Dakota; Timothy Dodd, Ottertail,
Minnesota; and Bradley Fay, Bismarck,
North Dakota; Jeffrey Topp, Grace City,
North Dakota; Janet Topp, Grace City,
North Dakota; and Roger Kenner, Leeds,
North Dakota; as a group acting in
concert, to collectively acquire voting
shares of BNCCORP, Inc., Bismarck,
North Dakota, and thereby indirectly
acquire voting shares of BNC National
Bank, Glendale, Arizona.
Comments on this application must
be received by August 28, 2012.
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
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Correction
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, August 16, 2012.
Margaret McCloskey Shanks,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
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Brain-Pad, Inc; Analysis of Proposed
Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
ACTION:
[FR Doc. 2012–20518 Filed 8–20–12; 8:45 am]
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Federal Trade Commission.
Proposed consent agreement.
The consent agreement in this
matter settles alleged violations of
federal law prohibiting unfair or
deceptive acts or practices or unfair
methods of competition. The attached
Analysis to Aid Public Comment
describes both the allegations in the
draft complaint and the terms of the
consent order—embodied in the consent
agreement—that would settle these
allegations.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 17, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a
comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the
Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Write ‘‘Brain-Pad, File No. 122
3073’’ on your comment, and file your
comment online at https://
ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/
brainpadconsent, by following the
instructions on the Web-based form. If
you prefer to file your comment on
paper, mail or deliver your comment to
the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
Room H–113 (Annex D), 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victor DeFrancis (202–326–3495), FTC,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 6(f) of the Federal Trade
Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C.
46(f), and § 2.34 of the Commission
Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is
hereby given that the above-captioned
consent agreement containing a consent
order to cease and desist, having been
filed with and accepted, subject to final
approval, by the Commission, has been
placed on the public record for a period
of thirty (30) days. The following
Analysis to Aid Public Comment
describes the terms of the consent
agreement, and the allegations in the
complaint. An electronic copy of the
full text of the consent agreement
package can be obtained from the FTC
Home Page (for August 16, 2012), on the
World Wide Web, at https://www.ftc.gov/
os/actions.shtm. A paper copy can be
obtained from the FTC Public Reference
Room, Room 130–H, 600 Pennsylvania
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement; Request for Public
Comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed settlement agreement to address lawsuits filed by the Imperial
County Air Pollution Control District and the California Department of
Parks and Recreation (together, ``Petitioners'') in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Imperial County Air Pollution
Control District v. EPA, No. 10-72709 (9th Cir.) and California
Department of Parks and Recreation v. EPA, No. 10-72729 (9th Cir.).
Petitioners filed petitions for review challenging EPA's final rule,
approving in part and disapproving in part, a state implementation plan
(``SIP'') submission made by the California Air Resources Board on
behalf of the Imperial Valley Air Quality Control District. The SIP
submission at issue included local pollution control measures intended
to address emissions of PM10 from sources located within the
Imperial Valley Planning Area referred to as Imperial County Air
Pollution Control District Rules 800 through 806 (``Regulation VIII'').
The proposed settlement agreement establishes deadlines for both the
Imperial Valley Air Pollution Control District and EPA to take
specified actions to resolve the lawsuits.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreements must be
received by September 20, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2012-0644, 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: Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-5601; fax number (202) 564-5603; email address:
wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreement
The California Air Resources Board (``CARB''), on behalf of the
Imperial Valley Air Polluton Control District (the ``District''), made
a SIP submission to EPA containing Regulation VIII as a SIP revision
intended to address emissions of PM10 from certain sources
located within the Imperial Valley PM10 nonattainment area.
EPA approved this submission in part, and disapproved it in part, based
upon EPA's evaluation of
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the submission itself and evaluation of related claims by the District
that monitor data on certain days should be treated as ``exceptional
events'' and thus excluded from regulatory determinations. 75 FR 39,366
(July 8, 2010). The District and the California Department of Parks and
Recreation (``Parks'') challenged EPA's partial disapproval of the
submission and EPA's related actions on the claimed exceptional events.
These challenges were filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit (the ``Court'') in Imperial County Air Pollution
Control District v. EPA, No. 10-72709 (9th Cir.) and California
Department of Parks and Recreation v. EPA, No. 10-72729 (9th Cir.).
The Court heard oral argument on the consolidated challenges on
February 15, 2012. On February 17, 2012, the Court issued an Order that
referred the case to mediation and stayed further proceedings on the
case pending such mediation. Thus, at the suggestion of the Court, EPA,
the District, and Parks engaged in settlement discussions to determine
whether the legal and factual disputes at issue in the litigation could
be resolved through a settlement agreement. This notice describes and
seeks comment on the proposed settlement agreement that the parties
have negotiated.
The proposed settlement agreement establishes deadlines for both
the District and EPA to take specified actions to resolve the
litigation. The objective of the parties in the settlement agreement is
to address the underlying legal and factual disputes in a way that will
be more effective and efficient to achieve the overarching goals of
meeting CAA requirements and improving air quality in the Imperial
Valley PM10 nonattainment area. Thus, both the District and
EPA propose to agree to take a series of actions by set deadlines that
will result in a resolution of the legal and substantive concerns with
Regulation VIII that were the basis for EPA's partial disapproval. In
particular, the District and EPA propose to agree to take actions on an
expedited schedule in order to assure that appropriate revisions to
Regulation VIII are in place in the SIP quickly.
First, the proposed settlement agreement requires that within
ninety (90) days of execution of the agreement, the District must
revise Regulation VIII and submit it along with supporting
documentation to the District's Governing Board. These revisions must
be substantially the same as those set forth in Attachment B to the
settlement agreement. Attachment B reflects revisions intended by the
parties to resolve the legal and substantive concerns with Regulation
VIII that were the basis for EPA's partial disapproval. It is
understood that these revisions must still meet all local, state, and
federal administrative process and substantive requirements before they
are deemed to meet applicable requirements and could be incorporated
into the SIP for the Imperial Valley PM10 nonattainment
area.
Second, the proposed settlement agreement requires that within
fourteen (14) days of the Governing Board's adoption of the revised
Regulation VIII rules, the District must submit the revised Regulation
VIII rules to CARB for expedited submittal to EPA for incorporation
into the California SIP.
Third, the proposed settlement agreement requires that within sixty
(60) days of submittal by CARB, EPA must sign for publication in the
Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking that proposes taking
action on the submission pursuant to CAA section 110(k), 42 U.S.C.
7410(k). If the revised Regulation VIII is substantially the same in
substance as set forth in Attachment B, the notice to be signed by EPA
must propose full approval of the submission pursuant to CAA sections
110(k) and 189(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. 7410(k), 7513a(b)(1)(B).
Fourth, if EPA proposes full approval, then within the notice of
proposed rulemaking EPA must make a statement that EPA's preliminary
view is that the revised Regulation VIII will constitute ``reasonable
control'' of the sources covered by Regulation VIII for the purpose of
evaluating whether an exceedance of the PM10 NAAQS is an
``exceptional event'' including reasonable and appropriate control
measures on significant contributing anthropogenic sources. This
statement will not extend to exceedances of NAAQS other than the
PM10 NAAQS, or to events that differ significantly in terms
of meteorology, sources, or conditions from the events that were at
issue in the litigation.
Fifth, if EPA proposes full approval of the revised Regulation
VIII, EPA must also sign for publication in the Federal Register a
notice making an interim final determination to defer imposition of
sanctions pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(1) pending public comments on the proposed action.
Sixth, within sixty (60) days of the close of public comment on the
proposed action, EPA must sign for publication in the Federal Register
a notice of final rulemaking that takes final action on the submission
containing the revised Regulation VIII pursuant to CAA section 110(k),
42 U.S.C. 7410(k). Thereafter, EPA must promptly deliver the notice of
final rulemaking to the Office of Federal Register for review and
publication.
The proposed settlement agreement also contains various provisions
that will govern what may happen if either the District or EPA fails to
meet the terms of the agreement.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, EPA 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 these comments disclose facts or considerations
that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate,
or inconsistent with the requirements of the CAA. Unless EPA or the
Department of Justice determines that consent to this settlement
agreement should be withdrawn, the terms of the agreement will be
affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement
Agreement
A. How can I get a copy of the settlement agreement?
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2012-XXXX) 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
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 on paper, will be made available
for public
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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 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: August 14, 2012.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
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