Inquiry To Learn Whether Businesses Assert Business Confidentiality Claims Regarding Waste Import and Export, 19080-19084 [2015-08064]

Download as PDF 19080 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Notices 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: Jonathan Skinner-Thompson, Air and Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–0291; email address: skinner-thompson.jonathan@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree This proposed consent decree would resolve a lawsuit filed by Plaintiff seeking to compel the Administrator to take actions under CAA section 505(b)(2). Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, EPA would agree to sign a response to the petitions by May 29, 2015. The proposed consent decree also provides for the possibility that circumstances beyond EPA’s reasonable control could delay compliance with the May 29, 2015 deadline, and provides a framework for extending that deadline. In addition, the proposed consent decree also enumerates Plaintiff’s right to seek costs of litigation, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and provides that payment of those costs will constitute a full and complete settlement of all of Plaintiff’s costs in connection with this litigation. For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the proposed consent decree from persons who are not named as parties or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed consent decree if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of Justice determines that consent to this consent decree should be withdrawn, the terms of the consent decree will be affirmed. II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent Decree A. How can I get a copy of the proposed consent decree? The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2015–0253) contains a VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:13 Apr 08, 2015 Jkt 235001 copy of the proposed consent decree. The official public docket is available for public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available through www.regulations.gov. You may use the www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then select ‘‘search.’’ It is important to note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official public docket or in the electronic public docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted material, including copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed in EPA’s electronic public docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket Center. 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. 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 AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: April 1, 2015. Lorie J. Schmidt, Associate General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2015–08177 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2015–0002; FRL–9925– 89–OECA] Inquiry To Learn Whether Businesses Assert Business Confidentiality Claims Regarding Waste Import and Export Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for comment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) receives from time to time Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documentation received or issued by EPA or data contained in EPA database systems pertaining to the export and import of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste from/to the United States, the export of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and spent lead acid batteries (SLABs) from the United States, and the export and import of RCRA universal SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\09APN1.SGM 09APN1 Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Notices waste from/to the United States. These documents and data may identify or reference multiple parties, and describe transactions involving the movement of specified materials in which the parties propose to participate or have participated. The purpose of this notice is to inform ‘‘affected businesses’’ about the documents or data sought by these types of FOIA requests in order to provide the businesses with the opportunity to assert claims that any of the information sought that pertains to them is entitled to treatment as confidential business information (CBI), and to send comments to EPA supporting their claims for such treatment. Certain businesses, however, do not meet the definition of ‘‘affected business,’’ and are not covered by today’s notice. They consist of any business that actually submitted to EPA any document at issue pursuant to applicable RCRA regulatory requirements and did not assert a CBI claim as to information that pertains to that business in connection with the document at the time of its submission; they have waived their right to do so at a later time. Nevertheless, other businesses identified or referenced in the documents that were submitted to EPA by the submitting business may have a right to assert a CBI claim concerning information that pertains to them and may do so in response to this notice. DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 11, 2015. The period for submission of comments may be extended if, before the comments are due, you make a request for an extension of the comment period and it is approved by the EPA legal office. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the EPA legal office will not approve such an extension without the consent of any person whose request for release of the information under the FOIA is pending. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OECA–2015–0002, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: kreisler.eva@epa.gov. • Address: Eva Kreisler, International Compliance Assurance Division, Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2254A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–2015– VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:13 Apr 08, 2015 Jkt 235001 0002. 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. Instructions about how to submit comments claimed as CBI are given later in this notice. The https://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 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, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment. Please include your name and other contact information with any disk or CD–ROM you submit by mail. 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. 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 EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 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 HQ EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The 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, PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19081 and the telephone number for the docket for this notice is (202) 566–1752. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva Kreisler, International Compliance Assurance Division, Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2254A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–8186; email address: kreisler.eva@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today’s notice relates to any documents or data in the following areas: (1) Export of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts E and H; (2) import of RCRA hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts F and H; (3) transit of RCRA hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, through the United States and foreign countries; (4) export of cathode ray tubes, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 261, subpart E; (5) exports of non-crushed spent lead acid batteries with intact casings, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 266 subpart G; (6) export and import of RCRA universal waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 273, subparts B, C, D, and F; (7) submissions from transporters, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 263, or from treatment, storage or disposal facilities under 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, related to exports or imports of hazardous waste which occurred during calendar year 2014 or before, including receiving facility notices under 40 CFR 264.12(a)(1) and 265.12(a)(1) and import consent documentation under 40 CFR 264.71(a)3) and 265.71(a)(3). I. General Information EPA has previously published notices similar to this one in the Federal Register, the latest one being at 79 FR 7662, February 10, 2014 that address issues similar to those raised by today’s notice. The Agency did not receive any comments on the previous notices. Since the publication of the February 10, 2014 the Agency has continued to receive FOIA requests for documents and data contained in EPA’s database related to hazardous waste exports and imports. II. Issues Covered by This Notice Specifically, EPA receives FOIA requests from time to time for documentation or data related to E:\FR\FM\09APN1.SGM 09APN1 19082 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Notices Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES hazardous waste exports and imports that may identify or reference multiple parties, and that describe transactions involving the movement of specified materials in which the parties propose to participate or have participated. This notice informs ‘‘affected businesses,’’ 1 which could include, among others, ‘‘transporters,’’ 2 and ‘‘consignees,’’ 3 of the requests for information in EPA database systems and/or contained in one or more of the following documents: (1) Documents related to the export of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts E and H, including but not limited to the ‘‘notification of intent to export,’’ 4 ‘‘manifests,’’ 5 ‘‘annual reports,’’ 6 ‘‘EPA acknowledgements of consent,’’ 7 ‘‘any subsequent communication withdrawing a prior consent or objection,’’ 8 ‘‘responses that neither consent nor object,’’ ‘‘exception reports,’’ 9 ‘‘transit notifications,’’ 10 and ‘‘renotifications’’; 11 (2) documents related to the import of hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts F and H, including but not limited to notifications of intent to import hazardous waste into the U.S. from foreign countries; (3) documents related to the transit of hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, including notifications from U.S. exporters of intent to transit through foreign countries, or notifications from foreign countries of intent to transit through the U.S.; (4) documents related to the export of cathode ray tubes (CRTs), during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 261, subpart E, including but not limited to notifications of intent to export CRTs; (5) documents related to the export of non-crushed spent lead 1 The term ‘‘affected business’’ is defined at 40 CFR 2.201(d), and is set forth in this notice, below. 2 The term ‘‘transporter’’ is defined at 40 CFR 260.10. 3 The term ‘‘consignee’’ is defined, for different purposes, at 40 CFR 262.51 and 262.81(c). 4 The term ‘‘notification of intent to export’’ is described at 40 CFR 262.53. 5 The term ‘‘manifest’’ is defined at 40 CFR 260.10. 6 The term ‘‘annual reports’’ is described at 40 CFR 262.56. 7 The term ‘‘EPA acknowledgement of consent’’ is defined at 40 CFR 262.51. 8 The requirement to forward to the exporter ‘‘any subsequent communication withdrawing a prior consent or objection’’ is found at 42 U.S.C. 6938(e). 9 The term ‘‘exception reports’’ is described at 40 CFR 262.55. 10 The term ‘‘transit notifications’’ is described at 40 CFR 262.53(e). 11 The term ‘‘renotifications’’ is described at 40 CFR 262.53(c). VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:13 Apr 08, 2015 Jkt 235001 acid batteries (SLABs) with intact casings, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 266 subpart G, including but not limited to notifications of intent to export SLABs; (6) submissions from transporters under 40 CFR part 263, or from treatment, storage or disposal facilities under 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, related to exports or imports of hazardous waste which occurred during calendar year 2014 or before, including receiving facility notices under 40 CFR 264.12(a)(1) and 265.12(a)(1) and import consent documentation under 40 CFR 264.71(a)(3) and 265.71(a)(3); and (7) documents related to the export and import of RCRA ‘‘universal waste’’ 12 under 40 CFR part 273, subparts B, C, D, and F. Certain businesses, however, do not meet the definition of ‘‘affected business,’’ and are not covered by today’s notice. They consist of any business that actually submitted information responsive to a FOIA request, under the authority of 40 CFR parts 260 through 266 and 268, and did not assert a claim of business confidentiality covering any of that information at the time of submission. As set forth in the RCRA regulations at 40 CFR 260.2(b), ‘‘if no such [business confidentiality] claim accompanies the information when it is received by EPA, it may be made available to the public without further notice to the person submitting it.’’ Thus, for purposes of this notice and as a general matter under 40 CFR 260.2(b), a business that submitted to EPA the documents at issue, pursuant to applicable regulatory requirements, and that failed to assert a claim as to information that pertains to it at the time of submission, cannot later make a business confidentiality claim.13 Nevertheless, other businesses identified or referenced in the same documents that were submitted to EPA by the submitting business may have a right to assert a CBI claim concerning information that pertains to them and may do so in response to this notice. In addition, EPA may develop its own documents and organize into its database systems information that was originally contained in documents from submitting businesses relating to exports and imports of hazardous waste. 12 The term ‘‘universal waste’’ is defined at 40 CFR 273.9. 13 However, businesses having submitted information to EPA relating to the export and import of RCRA universal waste are not subject to 40 CFR 260.2(b) since they submitted information in accordance with 40 CFR part 273, and not parts 260 through 266 and 268, as set forth in 40 CFR 260.2(b). They are therefore affected businesses that could make a claim of CBI at the time of submission or in response to this notice. PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 If a submitting business fails to assert a CBI claim for the documents it submits to EPA at the time of submission, not only does it waive its right to claim CBI for those documents, but it also waives its right to claim CBI for information in EPA’s documents or databases that is based on or derived from the documents that were originally submitted by that business.14 In accordance with 40 CFR 2.204(c) and (e), this notice inquires whether any affected business asserts a claim that any of the requested information constitutes CBI, and affords such business an opportunity to comment to EPA on the issue. This notice also informs affected businesses that, if a claim is made, EPA would determine under 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, whether any of the requested information is entitled to business confidential treatment. 1. Affected Businesses EPA’s FOIA regulations at 40 CFR 2.204(c)(1) require an EPA office that is responsible for responding to a FOIA request for the release of business information (‘‘EPA office’’) to determine which businesses, if any, are affected businesses. ‘‘Affected business’’ is defined at 40 CFR 2.201(d) as: With reference to an item of business information, a business which has asserted (and not waived or withdrawn) a business confidentiality claim covering the information, or a business which could be expected to make such a claim if it were aware that disclosure of the information to the public was proposed. 2. The Purposes of This Notice This notice encompasses two distinct steps in the process of communication with affected businesses prior to EPA’s making a final determination concerning the business confidentiality of the information at issue: The preliminary inquiry and the notice of opportunity to comment. a. Inquiry To Learn Whether Affected Businesses (Other Than Those Businesses That Previously Asserted a CBI Claim) Assert Claims Covering any of the Requested Information Section 2.204(c)(2)(i) provides, in relevant part: If the examination conducted under paragraph (c)(1) of § 2.204 discloses the existence of any business which, although it has not asserted a claim, might be expected to assert a claim if it knew EPA proposed 14 With the exception, noted above, of the submission of information relating to the export and import of RCRA universal waste. E:\FR\FM\09APN1.SGM 09APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Notices to disclose the information, the EPA office shall contact a responsible official of each such business to learn whether the business asserts a claim covering the information. b. Notice of Opportunity To Submit Comments Sections 2.204(d)(1)(i) and 2.204(e)(1) of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations require that written notice be provided to businesses that have made claims of business confidentiality for any of the information at issue, stating that EPA is determining under 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, whether the information is entitled to business confidential treatment, and affording each business an opportunity to comment as to the reasons why it believes that the information deserves business confidential treatment. 3. The Use of Publication in the Federal Register Section 2.204(e)(1) of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires that this type of notice be furnished by certified mail (return receipt requested), by personal delivery, or by other means which allows verification of the fact and date of receipt. EPA, however, has determined that in the present circumstances the use of a Federal Register notice is a practical and efficient way to contact affected businesses and to furnish the notice of opportunity to submit comments. The Agency’s decision to follow this course was made in recognition of the administrative difficulty and impracticality of directly contacting potentially thousands of individual businesses. 4. Submission of Your Response in the English Language All responses to this notice must be in the English language. Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 5. The Effect of Failure To Respond to This Notice In accordance with 40 CFR 2.204(e)(1) and 2.205(d)(1), EPA will construe your failure to furnish timely comments in response to this notice as a waiver of your business’s claim(s) of business confidentiality for any information in the types of documents identified in this notice. 6. What To Include in Your Comments If you believe that any of the information contained in the types of documents which are described in this notice and which are currently, or may become, subject to FOIA requests, is entitled to business confidential treatment, please specify which portions VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:13 Apr 08, 2015 Jkt 235001 of the information you consider business confidential. Information not specifically identified as subject to a business confidentiality claim may be disclosed to the requestor without further notice to you. For each item or class of information that you identify as being subject to your claim, please answer the following questions, giving as much detail as possible: 1. For what period of time do you request that the information be maintained as business confidential, e.g., until a certain date, until the occurrence of a specified event, or permanently? If the occurrence of a specific event will eliminate the need for business confidentiality, please specify that event. 2. Information submitted to EPA becomes stale over time. Why should the information you claim as business confidential be protected for the time period specified in your answer to question no. 1? 3. What measures have you taken to protect the information claimed as business confidential? Have you disclosed the information to anyone other than a governmental body or someone who is bound by an agreement not to disclose the information further? If so, why should the information still be considered business confidential? 4. Is the information contained in any publicly available material such as the Internet, publicly available data bases, promotional publications, annual reports, or articles? Is there any means by which a member of the public could obtain access to the information? Is the information of a kind that you would customarily not release to the public? 5. Has any governmental body made a determination as to the business confidentiality of the information? If so, please attach a copy of the determination. 6. For each category of information claimed as business confidential, explain with specificity why and how release of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to your competitive position. Explain the specific nature of those harmful effects, why they should be viewed as substantial, and the causal relationship between disclosure and such harmful effects. How could your competitors make use of this information to your detriment? 7. Do you assert that the information is submitted on a voluntary or a mandatory basis? Please explain the reason for your assertion. If the business asserts that the information is voluntarily submitted information, please explain whether and why PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19083 disclosure of the information would tend to lessen the availability to EPA of similar information in the future. 8. Any other issue you deem relevant. Please note that you bear the burden of substantiating your business confidentiality claim. Conclusory allegations will be given little or no weight in the determination. If you wish to claim any of the information in your response as business confidential, you must mark the response ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ or with a similar designation, and must bracket all text so claimed. Information so designated will be disclosed by EPA only to the extent allowed by, and by means of, the procedures set forth in, 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. If you fail to claim the information as business confidential, it may be made available to the requestor without further notice to you. III. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through https:// www.regulations.gov or email. Please submit this information by mail to the address identified in the ADDRESSES section of today’s notice for inclusion in the non-public CBI docket. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with the procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. In addition to the submission of one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, remember to: • Identify the notice by docket number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number). • Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. • Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/ or data that you used. • Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and suggest alternatives. • Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. E:\FR\FM\09APN1.SGM 09APN1 19084 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Notices Dated: April 1, 2015. Susan E. Bromm, Director, Office of Federal Activities. Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. As part of the mailing address, include the contact person’s name, division, and mail code. The division to contact is listed at the end of each application summary. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2015–08064 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. The following Ingredients list of North American Industrial AGENCY: Environmental Protection Classification System (NAICS) codes is Agency (EPA). not intended to be exhaustive, but rather ACTION: Notice. provides a guide to help readers determine whether this document SUMMARY: EPA has received applications applies to them. Potentially affected to register pesticide products containing entities may include: active ingredients not included in any • Crop production (NAICS code 111). currently registered pesticide products. • Animal production (NAICS code Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 112). Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act • Food manufacturing (NAICS code (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice 311). of receipt and opportunity to comment • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS on these applications. code 32532). DATES: Comments must be received on B. What should I consider as I prepare or before May 11, 2015. my comments for EPA? ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this identified by docket identification (ID) information to EPA through number and the File Symbol of interest regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark as shown in the body of this document, the part or all of the information that by one of the following methods: you claim to be CBI. For CBI • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// information in a disk or CD–ROM that www.regulations.gov. Follow the online you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the instructions for submitting comments. disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then Do not submit electronically any identify electronically within the disk or information you consider to be CD–ROM the specific information that Confidential Business Information (CBI) is claimed as CBI. In addition to one or other information whose disclosure is complete version of the comment that restricted by statute. includes information claimed as CBI, a • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental copy of the comment that does not Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ contain the information claimed as CBI DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. must be submitted for inclusion in the NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. public docket. Information so marked • Hand Delivery: To make special will not be disclosed except in arrangements for hand delivery or accordance with procedures set forth in delivery of boxed information, please 40 CFR part 2. follow the instructions at https:// 2. Tips for preparing your comments. www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. When preparing and submitting your Additional instructions on comments, see the commenting tips at commenting or visiting the docket, https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ along with more information about comments.html. dockets generally, is available at II. Registration Applications https://www.epa.gov/dockets. EPA has received applications to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: register pesticide products containing Jennifer Mclain, Antimicrobials active ingredients not included in any Division (AD) (7510P), main telephone number: (703) 305–7090; email address: currently registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA ADFRNotices@epa.gov., Susan Lewis, Registration Division (RD) (7505P), main section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and telephone number: (703) 305–7090; opportunity to comment on these email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. applications. Notice of receipt of these The mailing address for each contact applications does not imply a decision person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 by the Agency on these applications. Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0021; FRL–9924–20] VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:13 Apr 08, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1. File Symbol: 707–GEL. Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–1037. Applicant: Rohm and Hass Company, 100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Product name: Bioban 557 Antimicrobial. Active ingredient: 2-Methyl-1, 2benzisothiazol-3 (2H)-one at 9%. Proposed classification/Use: ATD emulsion products, paints, building materials, adhesives and sealants, ink, textiles, paper coating, functional chemicals, household and I&I, oil process water and recovery system, metalworking fluids. Contact: AD. 2. File Symbol: 4091–RL. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0921. Applicant: W.M. Barr & Company, Inc., 6750 Lenox Center Court, Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38115. Product name: FG0. Active ingredient: Antimicrobial, calcium chloride at 78%. Proposed classification/Use: Manufacturing use product. Contact: AD. 3. File Symbol: 4091–RA. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0921. Applicant: W.M. Barr & Company, Inc., 6750 Lenox Center Court, Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38115. Product name: FG1. Active ingredient: Antimicrobial, calcium chloride at 77%. Proposed classification/Use: End-use product for use as a moisture absorber in enclosed spaces to retard growth mold, mildew, and bacteria. Contact: AD. 4. File Symbol: 4091–RT. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0921. Applicant: W.M. Barr & Company, Inc., 6750 Lenox Center Court, Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38115. Product name: FG2. Active ingredient: Antimicrobial, calcium chloride at 73%. Proposed classification/Use: End-use product for use as a moisture absorber in enclosed spaces to retard growth mold, mildew, and bacteria. Contact: AD. 5. File Symbol: 4091–RI. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0921. Applicant: W.M. Barr & Company, Inc., 6750 Lenox Center Court, Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38115. Product name: FG3. Active ingredient: Antimicrobial, calcium chloride at 58%. Proposed classification/Use: End-use product for use as a moisture absorber in enclosed spaces to retard growth mold, mildew, and bacteria. Contact: AD. 6. File Symbol: 71512–ET. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0679. Applicant: ISK Biosciences Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road, Suite A, Concord, OH 44077. Product name: Technical Cyclaniliprole Insecticide. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19080-19084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08064]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2015-0002; FRL-9925-89-OECA]


Inquiry To Learn Whether Businesses Assert Business 
Confidentiality Claims Regarding Waste Import and Export

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) receives from time 
to time Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documentation 
received or issued by EPA or data contained in EPA database systems 
pertaining to the export and import of Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste from/to the United States, the 
export of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and spent lead acid batteries 
(SLABs) from the United States, and the export and import of RCRA 
universal

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waste from/to the United States. These documents and data may identify 
or reference multiple parties, and describe transactions involving the 
movement of specified materials in which the parties propose to 
participate or have participated. The purpose of this notice is to 
inform ``affected businesses'' about the documents or data sought by 
these types of FOIA requests in order to provide the businesses with 
the opportunity to assert claims that any of the information sought 
that pertains to them is entitled to treatment as confidential business 
information (CBI), and to send comments to EPA supporting their claims 
for such treatment. Certain businesses, however, do not meet the 
definition of ``affected business,'' and are not covered by today's 
notice. They consist of any business that actually submitted to EPA any 
document at issue pursuant to applicable RCRA regulatory requirements 
and did not assert a CBI claim as to information that pertains to that 
business in connection with the document at the time of its submission; 
they have waived their right to do so at a later time. Nevertheless, 
other businesses identified or referenced in the documents that were 
submitted to EPA by the submitting business may have a right to assert 
a CBI claim concerning information that pertains to them and may do so 
in response to this notice.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 11, 2015. The period 
for submission of comments may be extended if, before the comments are 
due, you make a request for an extension of the comment period and it 
is approved by the EPA legal office. Except in extraordinary 
circumstances, the EPA legal office will not approve such an extension 
without the consent of any person whose request for release of the 
information under the FOIA is pending.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OECA-2015-0002, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: kreisler.eva@epa.gov.
     Address: Eva Kreisler, International Compliance Assurance 
Division, Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2254A, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2015-0002. 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. Instructions about how to submit comments 
claimed as CBI are given later in this notice.
    The https://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 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, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 
information in the body of your comment. Please include your name and 
other contact information with any disk or CD-ROM you submit by mail. 
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. 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 EPA's public docket visit the 
EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    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 HQ EPA Docket 
Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC. The 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 docket for this notice is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva Kreisler, International Compliance 
Assurance Division, Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 
2254A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 564-8186; email address: kreisler.eva@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today's notice relates to any documents or 
data in the following areas: (1) Export of Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or 
before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts E and H; (2) import of RCRA 
hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 
262, subparts F and H; (3) transit of RCRA hazardous waste, during 
calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, through 
the United States and foreign countries; (4) export of cathode ray 
tubes, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 261, 
subpart E; (5) exports of non-crushed spent lead acid batteries with 
intact casings, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 
266 subpart G; (6) export and import of RCRA universal waste, during 
calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 273, subparts B, C, D, 
and F; (7) submissions from transporters, during calendar year 2014 or 
before, under 40 CFR part 263, or from treatment, storage or disposal 
facilities under 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, related to exports or 
imports of hazardous waste which occurred during calendar year 2014 or 
before, including receiving facility notices under 40 CFR 264.12(a)(1) 
and 265.12(a)(1) and import consent documentation under 40 CFR 
264.71(a)3) and 265.71(a)(3).

I. General Information

    EPA has previously published notices similar to this one in the 
Federal Register, the latest one being at 79 FR 7662, February 10, 2014 
that address issues similar to those raised by today's notice. The 
Agency did not receive any comments on the previous notices. Since the 
publication of the February 10, 2014 the Agency has continued to 
receive FOIA requests for documents and data contained in EPA's 
database related to hazardous waste exports and imports.

II. Issues Covered by This Notice

    Specifically, EPA receives FOIA requests from time to time for 
documentation or data related to

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hazardous waste exports and imports that may identify or reference 
multiple parties, and that describe transactions involving the movement 
of specified materials in which the parties propose to participate or 
have participated. This notice informs ``affected businesses,'' \1\ 
which could include, among others, ``transporters,'' \2\ and 
``consignees,'' \3\ of the requests for information in EPA database 
systems and/or contained in one or more of the following documents: (1) 
Documents related to the export of Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA) hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or before, under 
40 CFR part 262, subparts E and H, including but not limited to the 
``notification of intent to export,'' \4\ ``manifests,'' \5\ ``annual 
reports,'' \6\ ``EPA acknowledgements of consent,'' \7\ ``any 
subsequent communication withdrawing a prior consent or objection,'' 
\8\ ``responses that neither consent nor object,'' ``exception 
reports,'' \9\ ``transit notifications,'' \10\ and ``renotifications''; 
\11\ (2) documents related to the import of hazardous waste, during 
calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts F and H, 
including but not limited to notifications of intent to import 
hazardous waste into the U.S. from foreign countries; (3) documents 
related to the transit of hazardous waste, during calendar year 2014 or 
before, under 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, including notifications from 
U.S. exporters of intent to transit through foreign countries, or 
notifications from foreign countries of intent to transit through the 
U.S.; (4) documents related to the export of cathode ray tubes (CRTs), 
during calendar year 2014 or before, under 40 CFR part 261, subpart E, 
including but not limited to notifications of intent to export CRTs; 
(5) documents related to the export of non-crushed spent lead acid 
batteries (SLABs) with intact casings, during calendar year 2014 or 
before, under 40 CFR part 266 subpart G, including but not limited to 
notifications of intent to export SLABs; (6) submissions from 
transporters under 40 CFR part 263, or from treatment, storage or 
disposal facilities under 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, related to exports 
or imports of hazardous waste which occurred during calendar year 2014 
or before, including receiving facility notices under 40 CFR 
264.12(a)(1) and 265.12(a)(1) and import consent documentation under 40 
CFR 264.71(a)(3) and 265.71(a)(3); and (7) documents related to the 
export and import of RCRA ``universal waste'' \12\ under 40 CFR part 
273, subparts B, C, D, and F.
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    \1\ The term ``affected business'' is defined at 40 CFR 
2.201(d), and is set forth in this notice, below.
    \2\ The term ``transporter'' is defined at 40 CFR 260.10.
    \3\ The term ``consignee'' is defined, for different purposes, 
at 40 CFR 262.51 and 262.81(c).
    \4\ The term ``notification of intent to export'' is described 
at 40 CFR 262.53.
    \5\ The term ``manifest'' is defined at 40 CFR 260.10.
    \6\ The term ``annual reports'' is described at 40 CFR 262.56.
    \7\ The term ``EPA acknowledgement of consent'' is defined at 40 
CFR 262.51.
    \8\ The requirement to forward to the exporter ``any subsequent 
communication withdrawing a prior consent or objection'' is found at 
42 U.S.C. 6938(e).
    \9\ The term ``exception reports'' is described at 40 CFR 
262.55.
    \10\ The term ``transit notifications'' is described at 40 CFR 
262.53(e).
    \11\ The term ``renotifications'' is described at 40 CFR 
262.53(c).
    \12\ The term ``universal waste'' is defined at 40 CFR 273.9.
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    Certain businesses, however, do not meet the definition of 
``affected business,'' and are not covered by today's notice. They 
consist of any business that actually submitted information responsive 
to a FOIA request, under the authority of 40 CFR parts 260 through 266 
and 268, and did not assert a claim of business confidentiality 
covering any of that information at the time of submission. As set 
forth in the RCRA regulations at 40 CFR 260.2(b), ``if no such 
[business confidentiality] claim accompanies the information when it is 
received by EPA, it may be made available to the public without further 
notice to the person submitting it.'' Thus, for purposes of this notice 
and as a general matter under 40 CFR 260.2(b), a business that 
submitted to EPA the documents at issue, pursuant to applicable 
regulatory requirements, and that failed to assert a claim as to 
information that pertains to it at the time of submission, cannot later 
make a business confidentiality claim.\13\ Nevertheless, other 
businesses identified or referenced in the same documents that were 
submitted to EPA by the submitting business may have a right to assert 
a CBI claim concerning information that pertains to them and may do so 
in response to this notice.
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    \13\ However, businesses having submitted information to EPA 
relating to the export and import of RCRA universal waste are not 
subject to 40 CFR 260.2(b) since they submitted information in 
accordance with 40 CFR part 273, and not parts 260 through 266 and 
268, as set forth in 40 CFR 260.2(b). They are therefore affected 
businesses that could make a claim of CBI at the time of submission 
or in response to this notice.
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    In addition, EPA may develop its own documents and organize into 
its database systems information that was originally contained in 
documents from submitting businesses relating to exports and imports of 
hazardous waste. If a submitting business fails to assert a CBI claim 
for the documents it submits to EPA at the time of submission, not only 
does it waive its right to claim CBI for those documents, but it also 
waives its right to claim CBI for information in EPA's documents or 
databases that is based on or derived from the documents that were 
originally submitted by that business.\14\
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    \14\ With the exception, noted above, of the submission of 
information relating to the export and import of RCRA universal 
waste.
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    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.204(c) and (e), this notice inquires 
whether any affected business asserts a claim that any of the requested 
information constitutes CBI, and affords such business an opportunity 
to comment to EPA on the issue. This notice also informs affected 
businesses that, if a claim is made, EPA would determine under 40 CFR 
part 2, subpart B, whether any of the requested information is entitled 
to business confidential treatment.

1. Affected Businesses

    EPA's FOIA regulations at 40 CFR 2.204(c)(1) require an EPA office 
that is responsible for responding to a FOIA request for the release of 
business information (``EPA office'') to determine which businesses, if 
any, are affected businesses. ``Affected business'' is defined at 40 
CFR 2.201(d) as: With reference to an item of business information, a 
business which has asserted (and not waived or withdrawn) a business 
confidentiality claim covering the information, or a business which 
could be expected to make such a claim if it were aware that disclosure 
of the information to the public was proposed.

2. The Purposes of This Notice

    This notice encompasses two distinct steps in the process of 
communication with affected businesses prior to EPA's making a final 
determination concerning the business confidentiality of the 
information at issue: The preliminary inquiry and the notice of 
opportunity to comment.
a. Inquiry To Learn Whether Affected Businesses (Other Than Those 
Businesses That Previously Asserted a CBI Claim) Assert Claims Covering 
any of the Requested Information
    Section 2.204(c)(2)(i) provides, in relevant part: If the 
examination conducted under paragraph (c)(1) of Sec.  2.204 discloses 
the existence of any business which, although it has not asserted a 
claim, might be expected to assert a claim if it knew EPA proposed

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to disclose the information, the EPA office shall contact a responsible 
official of each such business to learn whether the business asserts a 
claim covering the information.
b. Notice of Opportunity To Submit Comments
    Sections 2.204(d)(1)(i) and 2.204(e)(1) of title 40 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations require that written notice be provided to 
businesses that have made claims of business confidentiality for any of 
the information at issue, stating that EPA is determining under 40 CFR 
part 2, subpart B, whether the information is entitled to business 
confidential treatment, and affording each business an opportunity to 
comment as to the reasons why it believes that the information deserves 
business confidential treatment.

3. The Use of Publication in the Federal Register

    Section 2.204(e)(1) of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
requires that this type of notice be furnished by certified mail 
(return receipt requested), by personal delivery, or by other means 
which allows verification of the fact and date of receipt. EPA, 
however, has determined that in the present circumstances the use of a 
Federal Register notice is a practical and efficient way to contact 
affected businesses and to furnish the notice of opportunity to submit 
comments. The Agency's decision to follow this course was made in 
recognition of the administrative difficulty and impracticality of 
directly contacting potentially thousands of individual businesses.

4. Submission of Your Response in the English Language

    All responses to this notice must be in the English language.

5. The Effect of Failure To Respond to This Notice

    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.204(e)(1) and 2.205(d)(1), EPA will 
construe your failure to furnish timely comments in response to this 
notice as a waiver of your business's claim(s) of business 
confidentiality for any information in the types of documents 
identified in this notice.

6. What To Include in Your Comments

    If you believe that any of the information contained in the types 
of documents which are described in this notice and which are 
currently, or may become, subject to FOIA requests, is entitled to 
business confidential treatment, please specify which portions of the 
information you consider business confidential. Information not 
specifically identified as subject to a business confidentiality claim 
may be disclosed to the requestor without further notice to you.
    For each item or class of information that you identify as being 
subject to your claim, please answer the following questions, giving as 
much detail as possible:
    1. For what period of time do you request that the information be 
maintained as business confidential, e.g., until a certain date, until 
the occurrence of a specified event, or permanently? If the occurrence 
of a specific event will eliminate the need for business 
confidentiality, please specify that event.
    2. Information submitted to EPA becomes stale over time. Why should 
the information you claim as business confidential be protected for the 
time period specified in your answer to question no. 1?
    3. What measures have you taken to protect the information claimed 
as business confidential? Have you disclosed the information to anyone 
other than a governmental body or someone who is bound by an agreement 
not to disclose the information further? If so, why should the 
information still be considered business confidential?
    4. Is the information contained in any publicly available material 
such as the Internet, publicly available data bases, promotional 
publications, annual reports, or articles? Is there any means by which 
a member of the public could obtain access to the information? Is the 
information of a kind that you would customarily not release to the 
public?
    5. Has any governmental body made a determination as to the 
business confidentiality of the information? If so, please attach a 
copy of the determination.
    6. For each category of information claimed as business 
confidential, explain with specificity why and how release of the 
information is likely to cause substantial harm to your competitive 
position. Explain the specific nature of those harmful effects, why 
they should be viewed as substantial, and the causal relationship 
between disclosure and such harmful effects. How could your competitors 
make use of this information to your detriment?
    7. Do you assert that the information is submitted on a voluntary 
or a mandatory basis? Please explain the reason for your assertion. If 
the business asserts that the information is voluntarily submitted 
information, please explain whether and why disclosure of the 
information would tend to lessen the availability to EPA of similar 
information in the future.
    8. Any other issue you deem relevant.
    Please note that you bear the burden of substantiating your 
business confidentiality claim. Conclusory allegations will be given 
little or no weight in the determination. If you wish to claim any of 
the information in your response as business confidential, you must 
mark the response ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' or with a similar 
designation, and must bracket all text so claimed. Information so 
designated will be disclosed by EPA only to the extent allowed by, and 
by means of, the procedures set forth in, 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. If 
you fail to claim the information as business confidential, it may be 
made available to the requestor without further notice to you.

III. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
https://www.regulations.gov or email. Please submit this information by 
mail to the address identified in the ADDRESSES section of today's 
notice for inclusion in the non-public CBI docket. Clearly mark the 
part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 
information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside 
of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within 
the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
the procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. In addition to 
the submission of one complete version of the comment that includes 
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain 
the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the 
public docket.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the notice by docket number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the 
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 
information and/or data that you used.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.


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    Dated: April 1, 2015.
Susan E. Bromm,
Director, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 2015-08064 Filed 4-8-15; 8:45 am]
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