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approximately 500 feet wide. We are
considering making the inner boundary
of the anchorage a line parallel to the
nearest bank 500 feet from the water’s
edge into the river as measured from the
LWRP and making the outer boundary
of the anchorage a line parallel to the
nearest bank 1000 feet from the water’s
edge into the river as measured from the
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Contemplated Plaquemines Point
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This document is issued under
authority of 5 U.S.C. 552; 33 CFR 1.05–
1, and 1.05–30.
Dated: March 17, 2015.
K.S. Cook,
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Eighth Coast Guard District.
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Proposed Rulemaking.
DATES: The hearing will be held on
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to testify at the hearing, contact Kathy
Johnson at (202) 272–0041 (voice), (202)
272–0082 (TTY), or johnson@accessboard.gov.
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AGENCY
The hearing will be held at
the Division of Services for the Blind
and Visually Impaired, 250 North 1950
West #B, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.
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OAR]
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy Creagan, Access Board, 1331 F
Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC
20004–1111. Telephone: (202) 272–0016
(voice) or (202) 272–0074 (TTY). Email
address: 508@access-board.gov.
On
February 27, 2015, the Access Board
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking in the Federal Register to
update its guidelines for
telecommunications equipment covered
by Section 255 of the Communications
Act and its standards for electronic and
information technology covered by
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (80
FR 10880, February 27, 2015). The
comment period closes on May 28,
2015.
The Board has already held two
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30th Annual International Technology
and Persons with Disabilities
Conference (CSUN Conference); the
second hearing was in Washington, DC
during the Access Board’s March 2015
Board meeting. The Access Board is
adding a third hearing in Salt Lake City.
Witnesses can only testify in person. All
comments from this and prior hearings
will be included in the rulemaking
docket.
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persons with disabilities. An assistive
listening system, communication access
real-time translation, and sign language
interpreters will be provided. Persons
attending the hearing are requested to
refrain from using perfume, cologne,
and other fragrances for the comfort of
other participants (see https://
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policies/fragrance-free-environment for
more information). More information
and any updates to the hearings will be
posted on the Access Board’s Web site
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ictrefresh.
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Fine Particulate Matter National
Ambient Air Quality Standards: State
Implementation Plan Requirements
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and
extension of comment period.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing a public
hearing to be held for the proposed rule
titled, ‘‘Fine Particulate Matter National
Ambient Air Quality Standards: State
Implementation Plan Requirements’’
which published in the Federal Register
on March 23, 2015. The hearing will be
held on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in
Washington, DC The EPA is also
announcing extension of the comment
period for the proposed rule to May 29,
2015, to allow for sufficient time after
the public hearing for commenters to
submit comments.
DATES: Public Hearing. The public
hearing will be held on April 29, 2015,
in Washington, DC Please refer to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
additional information on the public
hearing. Comments. Comments must be
received on or before May 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Public Hearing. The April
29, 2015, public hearing will be held at
the EPA, William Jefferson Clinton East
Building, Room 1117A, 1201
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20004. Identification is required. If
your driver’s license is issued by
Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana,
New York, Oklahoma, or the state of
Washington, you must present an
additional form of identification to enter
(see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
additional information on this location).
Comments. Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2013–0691, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0691,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. In
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addition, please mail a copy of your
comments on the information collection
(ICR) provisions to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
• Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2013–0691, Environmental
Protection Agency in the EPA
Headquarters Library, Room No. 3334 in
the EPA Docket Center, located at
William Jefferson Clinton Building
West, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
delivery of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–
0691. The EPA’s policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and
may be made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the 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 https://
www.regulations.gov or email. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means the 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 the EPA without
going through https://
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address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
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recommends that you include your
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the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If the EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
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be able to consider your comment.
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special characters, any form of
encryption and be free of any defects or
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
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 available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center in the EPA
Headquarters Library, Room No. 3334 in
the William Jefferson Clinton Building
West, located at 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
The Public Reading Room is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
phone number for the Public Reading
Room is (202) 566–1744.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you would like to speak at the public
hearing, please contact Ms. Pamela
Long, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, OAQPS, Air Quality Planning
Division, (C504–01), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541–
0641, fax number (919) 541–5509, email
address long.pam@epa.gov, no later
than April 27, 2015. If you have any
questions relating to the public hearing,
please contact Ms. Long at the above
number.
Questions concerning the March 23,
2015, proposed rule should be
addressed to Mr. Rich Damberg, U.S.
EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, State and Local Programs
Group, (C539–04), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919)
541–5592, email at damberg.rich@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposal for which the EPA is holding
the public hearing was published in the
Federal Register on March 23, 2015, (80
FR 15340), and is available at: https://
www.epa.gov/airquality/
particlepollution/actions.html and also
in docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0691.
The public hearing will provide
interested parties the opportunity to
present data, views, or arguments
concerning the proposal. The EPA may
ask clarifying questions during the oral
presentations, but will not respond to
the presentations at that time. Written
statements and supporting information
that are submitted during the comment
period will be considered with the same
weight as any oral comments and
supporting information presented at the
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public hearing. Written comments must
be postmarked by the last day of the
comment period. The proposed rule
states that the public comment period
will close on May 22, 2015. However,
because the public record must remain
open at least 30 days beyond the date of
the public hearing, the EPA is extending
the public comment period to May 29,
2015.
The public hearing will convene at
9:00 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m. (Eastern
Daylight Saving Time). The EPA will
make every effort to accommodate all
individuals interested in providing oral
testimony. A lunch break is scheduled
from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Please
note that this hearing will be held at a
U.S. government facility. Individuals
planning to attend the hearing should be
prepared to show valid picture
identification to the security staff in
order to gain access to the meeting
room. The REAL ID Act, passed by
Congress in 2005, established new
requirements for entering federal
facilities. These requirements took effect
July 21, 2014. If your driver’s license is
issued by American Samoa, Arizona,
Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota,
New Hampshire or New York, you must
present an additional form of
identification to enter the federal
building where the public hearing will
be held. Acceptable alternative forms of
identification include: federal employee
badges, passports, enhanced driver’s
licenses and military identification
cards. For additional information for the
status of your state regarding REAL ID,
go to https://www.dhs.gov/real-idenforcement-brief. In addition, you will
need to obtain a property pass for any
personal belongings you bring with you.
Upon leaving the building, you will be
required to return this property pass to
the security desk. No large signs will be
allowed in the building, cameras may
only be used outside of the building,
and demonstrations will not be allowed
on federal property for security reasons.
If you would like to present oral
testimony at the hearing, please notify
Ms. Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, OAQPS, Air Quality
Planning Division, (C504–01), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone
(919) 541–0641, fax number (919) 541–
5509, email address long.pam@epa.gov,
no later than 4:00 p.m. EDT on April 27,
2015. Ms. Long will arrange a general
time slot for you to speak. The EPA will
make every effort to follow the schedule
as closely as possible on the day of the
hearing.
Oral testimony will be limited to 5
minutes for each commenter. The EPA
encourages commenters to provide the
EPA with a copy of their oral testimony
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electronically (via email) or in hard
copy form. The EPA will not provide
audiovisual equipment for presentations
unless we receive special requests in
advance. Commenters should notify Ms.
Long if they will need specific
equipment. Commenters should also
notify Ms. Long if they need specific
translation services for non-English
speaking commenters.
The hearing schedule, including the
list of speakers, will be posted on the
EPA’s Web site https://www.epa.gov/
airquality/particlepollution/
actions.html prior to the hearing.
Verbatim transcripts of the hearing and
written statements will be included in
the docket for the rulemaking.
How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
The EPA has established a docket for
the proposed rule ‘‘Fine Particulate
Matter National Ambient Air Quality
Standards: State Implementation Plan
Requirements’’ under Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0691 (available at
www.regulations.gov). The EPA has
made available information related to
the proposed rule at this Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/airquality/
particlepollution/actions.html.
Dated: March 26, 2015.
Stephen D. Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards.
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Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; State of Iowa;
2015 Iowa State Implementation Plan;
Permit Modifications; Muscatine, Iowa
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
revisions to the State Implementation
Plan (SIP) for the State of Iowa to
include modified permits for Muscatine
County, Iowa. The SIP revision
addresses modifications to construction
permits that were included in the 2006
24-hour particulate matter less than 2.5
micrometers (PM2.5) National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) control
strategy proposed on August 11, 2014,
and published as a final rule in the
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with the effective date of December 31,
2014. The state’s submission of
modified permits includes a revised air
dispersion modeling analysis that
demonstrated continued attainment of
the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. This
action will also make an administrative
correction to permit numbers.
DATES: Comments on this proposed
action must be received in writing by
May 4, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
OAR–2015–0159 by mail to: Heather
Hamilton, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air Planning and Development
Branch, 11201 Renner Road, Lenexa,
Kansas 66219. Comments may also be
submitted electronically or through
hand delivery/courier by following the
detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES
section of the direct final rule located in
the rules section of this Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Hamilton (913) 551–7039, or by
email at Hamilton.heather@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
final rules section of the Federal
Register, EPA is approving the state’s
revision to the SIP as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
revision amendment and anticipates no
relevant adverse comments to this
action. The detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the technical
support document that can be found in
Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2015–
0159. If no relevant adverse comments
are received in response to this action,
no further activity is contemplated in
relation to this action. If EPA receives
relevant adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rules
based on this proposed action. EPA will
not institute a second comment period
on this action. Any parties interested in
commenting on this action should do so
at this time. Please note that if EPA
receives adverse comments on part of
this rule and if that part can be severed
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may
adopt as final those parts of the rule that
are not the subject of an adverse
comment. For additional information,
see the direct final rule which is located
in the rules section of this Federal
Register.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Particulate
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matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: March 20, 2015.
Mark Hague,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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Regulation of Fuels and Fuel
Additives: Cellulosic Waiver Credit
Price and Minor Amendments to
Renewable Fuel Standard Regulations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to clarify our
regulations related to the data sources
used to establish the cellulosic waiver
credit (CWC) price. We are also
proposing to remove references to CWC
prices from the renewable fuel standard
regulations, and instead intend to post
the prices on EPA’s Web site. This
proposed rule also indicates what the
CWC prices for 2014 and 2015 would be
using the data sources and methodology
contained in the rule; however these
prices will not be established until they
are posted on our Web site following the
effective date of the rule. In addition, we
are proposing minor amendments to the
renewable fuel standard program
regulations to reinsert sections
inadvertently overwritten by the Quality
Assurance Program final rule published
on July 18, 2014. In the ‘‘Rules and
Regulations’’ section of this Federal
Register, we are making these same
amendments as a direct final rule. If we
receive no adverse comment, the direct
final rule will go into effect and we will
not take further action on this proposed
rule.
DATES: A request for a public hearing
must be received by April 20, 2015. If
a public hearing request is received,
EPA will publish a notice in the Federal
Register indicating the time and place
for the hearing. If a public hearing is
held, written comments must be
received within 30 days after the date of
the hearing. If no public hearing is held
then comments must be received on or
before May 4, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 50, 51, and 93
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Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards:
State Implementation Plan Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a
public hearing to be held for the proposed rule titled, ``Fine
Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State
Implementation Plan Requirements'' which published in the Federal
Register on March 23, 2015. The hearing will be held on Wednesday,
April 29, 2015, in Washington, DC The EPA is also announcing extension
of the comment period for the proposed rule to May 29, 2015, to allow
for sufficient time after the public hearing for commenters to submit
comments.
DATES: Public Hearing. The public hearing will be held on April 29,
2015, in Washington, DC Please refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
additional information on the public hearing. Comments. Comments must
be received on or before May 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Public Hearing. The April 29, 2015, public hearing will be
held at the EPA, William Jefferson Clinton East Building, Room 1117A,
1201 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. Identification is
required. If your driver's license is issued by Alaska, American Samoa,
Arizona, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana,
New York, Oklahoma, or the state of Washington, you must present an
additional form of identification to enter (see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional information on this location).
Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2013-0691, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0691, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20460. In
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addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information
collection (ICR) provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for
EPA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation Docket and Information
Center, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0691, Environmental
Protection Agency in the EPA Headquarters Library, Room No. 3334 in the
EPA Docket Center, located at William Jefferson Clinton Building West,
1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for delivery of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2013-0691. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless the 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 https://www.regulations.gov or email. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the 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 the EPA
without going through https://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, the 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 the EPA cannot read your comment
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification,
the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files
should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption and
be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about the
EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. For additional instructions on
submitting comments, go to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://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 available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Headquarters Library, Room No.
3334 in the William Jefferson Clinton Building West, located at 1301
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The phone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to speak at the
public hearing, please contact Ms. Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, OAQPS, Air Quality Planning Division, (C504-01),
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-0641, fax number
(919) 541-5509, email address long.pam@epa.gov, no later than April 27,
2015. If you have any questions relating to the public hearing, please
contact Ms. Long at the above number.
Questions concerning the March 23, 2015, proposed rule should be
addressed to Mr. Rich Damberg, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, State and Local Programs Group, (C539-04), Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5592, email at
damberg.rich@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposal for which the EPA is holding
the public hearing was published in the Federal Register on March 23,
2015, (80 FR 15340), and is available at: https://www.epa.gov/airquality/particlepollution/actions.html and also in docket EPA-HQ-
OAR-2013-0691. The public hearing will provide interested parties the
opportunity to present data, views, or arguments concerning the
proposal. The EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral
presentations, but will not respond to the presentations at that time.
Written statements and supporting information that are submitted during
the comment period will be considered with the same weight as any oral
comments and supporting information presented at the public hearing.
Written comments must be postmarked by the last day of the comment
period. The proposed rule states that the public comment period will
close on May 22, 2015. However, because the public record must remain
open at least 30 days beyond the date of the public hearing, the EPA is
extending the public comment period to May 29, 2015.
The public hearing will convene at 9:00 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m.
(Eastern Daylight Saving Time). The EPA will make every effort to
accommodate all individuals interested in providing oral testimony. A
lunch break is scheduled from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Please note
that this hearing will be held at a U.S. government facility.
Individuals planning to attend the hearing should be prepared to show
valid picture identification to the security staff in order to gain
access to the meeting room. The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in
2005, established new requirements for entering federal facilities.
These requirements took effect July 21, 2014. If your driver's license
is issued by American Samoa, Arizona, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine,
Minnesota, New Hampshire or New York, you must present an additional
form of identification to enter the federal building where the public
hearing will be held. Acceptable alternative forms of identification
include: federal employee badges, passports, enhanced driver's licenses
and military identification cards. For additional information for the
status of your state regarding REAL ID, go to https://www.dhs.gov/real-id-enforcement-brief. In addition, you will need to obtain a property
pass for any personal belongings you bring with you. Upon leaving the
building, you will be required to return this property pass to the
security desk. No large signs will be allowed in the building, cameras
may only be used outside of the building, and demonstrations will not
be allowed on federal property for security reasons.
If you would like to present oral testimony at the hearing, please
notify Ms. Pamela Long, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OAQPS,
Air Quality Planning Division, (C504-01), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, telephone (919) 541-0641, fax number (919) 541-5509, email
address long.pam@epa.gov, no later than 4:00 p.m. EDT on April 27,
2015. Ms. Long will arrange a general time slot for you to speak. The
EPA will make every effort to follow the schedule as closely as
possible on the day of the hearing.
Oral testimony will be limited to 5 minutes for each commenter. The
EPA encourages commenters to provide the EPA with a copy of their oral
testimony
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electronically (via email) or in hard copy form. The EPA will not
provide audiovisual equipment for presentations unless we receive
special requests in advance. Commenters should notify Ms. Long if they
will need specific equipment. Commenters should also notify Ms. Long if
they need specific translation services for non-English speaking
commenters.
The hearing schedule, including the list of speakers, will be
posted on the EPA's Web site https://www.epa.gov/airquality/particlepollution/actions.html prior to the hearing. Verbatim
transcripts of the hearing and written statements will be included in
the docket for the rulemaking.
How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The EPA has established a docket for the proposed rule ``Fine
Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State
Implementation Plan Requirements'' under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-
0691 (available at www.regulations.gov). The EPA has made available
information related to the proposed rule at this Web site: https://www.epa.gov/airquality/particlepollution/actions.html.
Dated: March 26, 2015.
Stephen D. Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2015-07774 Filed 4-2-15; 8:45 am]
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