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Call for Information on the Integrated
Science Assessment for Lead
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; call for information.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is preparing an Integrated
Science Assessment (ISA) as part of the
review of the primary and secondary
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for Lead (Pb). The ISA will be
completed by EPA’s Office of Research
and Development’s Center for Public
Health and Environmental Assessment
(CPHEA). When final, the ISA is
intended to update the previous Pb ISA
(EPA/600/R–10/075F), published on
June 26, 2013. Interested parties are
invited to assist EPA in developing and
refining the scientific information base
for the review of the Pb NAAQS by
submitting research studies and data
that have been published, accepted for
publication, or presented at a public
scientific meeting since January 1, 2011.
DATES: All communications and
information should be received by EPA
by September 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Information may be
submitted electronically, by mail, by
facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier.
Please follow the detailed instructions
as provided in the section of this notice
entitled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the period of
submission, contact the OAR Docket at
the EPA Headquarters Docket Center;
phone: 202–566–1742; fax: 202–566–
9744; or email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, contact Evan
Coffman; phone: 919–541–0567; fax:
919–541–1818; or email:
Coffman.Evan@epa.gov; or Meredith
Lassiter; phone: 919–541–3200; fax:
919–541–1818; or email:
lassiter.meredith@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Information About the Document
Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act
directs the Administrator to identify
certain air pollutants which, among
other things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air
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pollution which may reasonably be
anticipated to endanger public health or
welfare’’; 1 and to issue air quality
criteria for them. The air quality criteria
are to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest
scientific knowledge useful in
indicating the kind and extent of all
identifiable effects on public health or
welfare which may be expected from the
presence of [a] pollutant in the ambient
air. . . .’’. Under section 109 of the Act,
EPA is then to establish NAAQS for
each pollutant for which EPA has issued
criteria. Section 109(d)(1) of the Act
subsequently requires periodic review
and, if appropriate, revision of existing
air quality criteria to reflect advances in
scientific knowledge on the effects of
the pollutant on public health or
welfare. EPA is also required to review
and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS,
based on the revised air quality criteria
(for more information on the NAAQS
review process, see https://
www.epa.gov/naaqs).
EPA has established NAAQS for six
criteria pollutants, including for lead
(Pb). Periodically, EPA reviews the
scientific basis for these standards by
preparing an ISA (formerly called an Air
Quality Criteria Document). The ISA
provides the scientific basis for EPA’s
decisions, in conjunction with
additional technical and policy
assessments, on the adequacy of the
current NAAQS and the appropriateness
of possible alternative standards. Early
steps in this process include
announcing the beginning of this
periodic NAAQS review and the
development of the ISA, and EPA
requesting that the public submit
scientific literature that they want to
bring to the attention of the Agency as
it begins this process. The Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC), whose review and advisory
functions are mandated by section
109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act, is
charged (among other things) with
independent scientific review of the
Agency’s air quality criteria.
The ISA will build on the scientific
assessment for the last review,2 focusing
on assessing the information newly
available since that considered in the
2013 ISA. With regard to development
of the ISA, the public is encouraged to
assist in identifying relevant scientific
1 Under Clean Air Act section 302(h), welfare
effects include, but are not limited to, ‘‘effects on
soils, water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials,
animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate,
damage and deterioration of property, and hazards
to transportation, as well as effects on economic
values and on personal comfort and well-being.’’
2 The scientific assessment for the last review is
documented in the Integrated Science Assessment
for Lead (Final Report, July 2013), EPA/600/R–10/
075F; 78 FR 38318, June 26, 2013.
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information for the review by
submitting research studies that were
not part of the prior review, and have
been published or accepted for
publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
The Agency is interested in obtaining
information from new and emerging
studies showing effects or no effects
from Pb exposure. For example, the
Agency is interested in information
about studies of effects of controlled
exposure to Pb, including in laboratory
animals and in vitro systems;
epidemiologic (observational) studies of
associations of health outcomes with
population exposures to Pb; and studies
of ecological effects of Pb exposure.
With regard to health effect studies, of
particular interest are those studies that
address or provide new information on
health outcomes for which the scientific
evidence presented in the 2013 ISA
supported a ‘‘causal relationship’’ or
‘‘likely to be causal relationship’’ with
Pb, e.g., cognitive effects in children,
cardiovascular effects, and immune
system effects; endpoints with less
overall evidence and/or notable
uncertainties at the time of the 2013 Pb
ISA, such as attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder,
neurodegenerative effects, and adult
obesity; endpoints not previously
identified in the 2013 Pb ISA;
relationships between Pb exposure
concentrations and occurrence of
health-related endpoints; health effects
associated with blood lead levels below
10 mg/dL and/or with near current
exposure concentrations; Pb
toxicokinetics and toxicokinetic
modeling; information and data useful
for assessing biological plausibility for
Pb-related health effects; and
identification of populations and life
stages at increased risk of Pb-related
health effects. For ecological effects of
Pb, studies that address or provide new
information on terrestrial and aquatic
biota are of particular interest including,
but not necessarily limited to, effects of
Pb on vegetation, soil and aquatic fauna,
communities and populations of
microorganisms, plants, and animals, as
well as research on fate and transport of
Pb in environmental media, and
exposure-response relationships
between Pb in ambient air or other
media and ecological endpoints.
Information particular to air-related
pathways of human and ecological
exposure, including those involving
deposition, are also of interest to the
Agency. Air-related pathways are those
that include air and may also involve
media other than air, including indoor
and outdoor dust, soil, surface water
and sediments, vegetation and biota.
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Air-related Pb pathways of human
exposure include inhalation of ambient
air or ingestion of food, water or other
materials, including dust and soil,
containing Pb that has deposited from
ambient air.
EPA also seeks recent information in
other areas of Pb research such as
human and ecological exposure
assessment and exposure assessment
methodologies, sources and emissions,
chemistry and physics, sampling and
analytical methodology, ambient
concentrations and size distributions,
including environmental media
concentration changes in response to
changes in Pb deposition, and other
effects on public welfare or the
environment not listed above.
The Agency also seeks information
regarding the design and scope of the
review of the air quality criteria and the
primary (health-based) and secondary
(welfare-based) Pb standards to ensure
that it addresses key policy-relevant
issues and considers the new science
that is relevant to informing our
understanding of these issues. The
Agency also seeks new scientific
information that may address key
uncertainties identified in the last Pb
NAAQS review, which are provided in
the Policy Assessment (EPA–452/R–14,
May 2014).3 Other opportunities for
submission of new peer-reviewed,
published (or in-press) papers will be
possible as part of public comment on
the draft ISAs that will be reviewed by
the CASAC.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments
to the Docket at www.regulations.gov
Submit your materials identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–
0312 by one of the following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–9744. Due to COVID–
19, there may be a delay in processing
comments submitted by fax.
• Mail: Office of Air and Radiation
(OAR) Docket (Mail Code: 28221T), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460. The phone number is 202–566–
1752. Due to COVID–19, there may be
a delay in processing comments
submitted by mail.
Note: The EPA Docket Center and
Reading Room is currently in the
reopening process. Visitors may be
considered on an exception basis.
Visitors must complete docket material
3 The 2014 Policy Assessment is available at:
https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/
data/140501_pa_pb_fin.pdf.
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requests in advance and then make an
appointment to retrieve the material.
Visitors will be allowed entrance to the
Reading Room by appointment only,
and no walk-ins will be allowed.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–
0312. Please ensure that your comments
are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received
after the closing date will be marked
‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if
time permits. It is EPA’s policy to
include all materials it receives in the
public docket without change and to
make the materials available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
materials includes information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information
(CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do
not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through www.regulations.gov
or email. The www.regulations.gov
website 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 directly to EPA without going
through www.regulations.gov, your
email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
materials that are placed in the public
docket and made available on the
internet. If you submit electronic
materials, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
materials and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
materials due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider the
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characters, any form of encryption, and
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dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are
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Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., CBI or other information whose
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Certain other materials, such as
copyrighted material, are publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the OAR Docket in EPA’s Headquarters
Docket Center.
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Dated: June 30, 2020.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health and
Environmental Assessment.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0470; FRL–10009–
91]
Public Workshop; Laminated
Products—Formaldehyde Emission
Standards for Composite Wood
Products
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
EPA is announcing a public
workshop to discuss the laminated
product provisions and the rulemaking
petition for exemption from the
definition of hardwood plywood in the
formaldehyde emission standards for
composite wood products final rule of
2016. The workshop will aid with
informing potential development of
future guidance for petitioning EPA for
an exemption under the 2016 final rule.
The primary audience for this public
workshop is Third Party Certifiers
(TPCs), panel producers, and fabricators
or laminated product producers who
contract with TPCs to certify composite
wood products under the 2016 final
rule. This workshop is also open to the
general public.
DATES: The workshop will be held on
September 8, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. (EST).
To participate in the workshop, you
must register online on or before August
31, 2020.
Written comments that participants
would like to be considered during the
workshop should be submitted on or
before August 24, 2020. EPA will also
accept written comments and materials
submitted after the conclusion of the
workshop until November 4, 2020.
To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact the technical
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least
10 days prior to the workshop, to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held
remotely via a teleconference platform
and does not have an in-person
attendance option. To register to
participate in the workshop, go to
https://tscatitlevi.eventbrite.com. See
Unit III. for information on public
participation in the workshop.
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Submit your written comments,
identified by Docket Identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0470,
using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments. Do not submit electronically
any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
Please note that due to the public
health emergency the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room
was closed to public visitors on March
31, 2020. Our EPA/DC staff will
continue to provide customer service
via email, phone, and webform. For
further information on EPA/DC services,
docket contact information and the
current status of the EPA/DC and
Reading Room, please visit https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information about the
Technical Issues Workshop;
Formaldehyde Emission Standards for
Composite Wood Products workshop
contact: Todd Coleman, National
Programs Chemical Division (7404T),
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (202) 564–1208; email address:
coleman.todd@epa.gov.
For workshop logistics or registration
contact: Sarah Cox, National Program
Chemicals Division (7404T), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001; telephone number: (202)
564–3961; email address: cox.sarah@
epa.gov.
For general information contact: The
TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This public workshop is primarily
directed to the TPCs, panel producers,
and fabricators or laminated product
producers who contract with TPCs to
certify composite wood products under
the formaldehyde emission standards
for composite wood products final rule
codified in 2016 at 40 CFR part 770.
EPA is hosting the workshop to help
inform potential development of future
guidance to assist those seeking to
petition the Agency through the
provisions at 40 CFR 770.4(b), which
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ask EPA to initiate a rulemaking for
additional exemptions for laminated
products from the definition of
hardwood plywood in the formaldehyde
emission standards for composite wood
products final rule. While the issue is of
most relevance to laminated product
producers, in general, importers,
distributors and retailers who are
affected by the formaldehyde emission
standards for composite wood products
final rule may also be interested in this
workshop. Since other stakeholders may
also be interested, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be interested in the
issues to be discussed at the public
workshop.
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified
by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT–
2019–0470, is available at https://
www.regulations.gov. For assistance
with the docket, and additional
information about commenting, please
go to https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Background
The final rule, entitled
‘‘Formaldehyde Emission Standards for
Composite Wood Products’’ and
codified at 40 CFR part 770, published
in the Federal Register of December 12,
2016 (81 FR 89674) (FRL–9949–90) and
became effective on May 22, 2017 (82
FR 14324, March 21, 2017) (FRL–9960–
28–OP). Since publication of the final
rule, EPA received feedback from
regulated stakeholders requesting
guidance on the process at 40 CFR
770.4(b) for the laminated product
rulemaking petition for exemption from
the definition of hardwood plywood. In
the Federal Register of May 24, 2018,
EPA announced a public related to
Technical Issues—Formaldehyde
Emission Standards for Composite
Wood Products (83 FR 24104) (FRL–
9978–21), where the Agency stated its
intent to address the issue of working
with stakeholders, through an
additional workshop, to inform
potential development of future
guidance on how one can petition the
Agency for this exemption. Thus, EPA
will host this public workshop to
discuss what types of information a
petitioner should consider providing the
Agency to support a determination on a
petition submitted under 40 CFR
770.4(b). The workshop will also
discuss what a typical submittal process
may look like.
The Agency’s intent is for participants
to actively engage in an open dialogue
with EPA and other participants on the
agenda topics and to provide supporting
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0312; FRL-10011-92-ORD]
Call for Information on the Integrated Science Assessment for
Lead
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; call for information.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing an
Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) as part of the review of the
primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
for Lead (Pb). The ISA will be completed by EPA's Office of Research
and Development's Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment
(CPHEA). When final, the ISA is intended to update the previous Pb ISA
(EPA/600/R-10/075F), published on June 26, 2013. Interested parties are
invited to assist EPA in developing and refining the scientific
information base for the review of the Pb NAAQS by submitting research
studies and data that have been published, accepted for publication, or
presented at a public scientific meeting since January 1, 2011.
DATES: All communications and information should be received by EPA by
September 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Information may be submitted electronically, by mail, by
facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed
instructions as provided in the section of this notice entitled
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the period of
submission, contact the OAR Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket
Center; phone: 202-566-1742; fax: 202-566-9744; or email: [email protected]. For technical information, contact Evan Coffman; phone:
919-541-0567; fax: 919-541-1818; or email: [email protected]; or
Meredith Lassiter; phone: 919-541-3200; fax: 919-541-1818; or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Document
Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act directs the Administrator to
identify certain air pollutants which, among other things, ``cause or
contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to
endanger public health or welfare''; \1\ and to issue air quality
criteria for them. The air quality criteria are to ``accurately reflect
the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and
extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which
may be expected from the presence of [a] pollutant in the ambient air.
. . .''. Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is then to establish NAAQS
for each pollutant for which EPA has issued criteria. Section 109(d)(1)
of the Act subsequently requires periodic review and, if appropriate,
revision of existing air quality criteria to reflect advances in
scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health
or welfare. EPA is also required to review and, if appropriate, revise
the NAAQS, based on the revised air quality criteria (for more
information on the NAAQS review process, see https://www.epa.gov/naaqs).
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\1\ Under Clean Air Act section 302(h), welfare effects include,
but are not limited to, ``effects on soils, water, crops,
vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, weather,
visibility, and climate, damage and deterioration of property, and
hazards to transportation, as well as effects on economic values and
on personal comfort and well-being.''
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EPA has established NAAQS for six criteria pollutants, including
for lead (Pb). Periodically, EPA reviews the scientific basis for these
standards by preparing an ISA (formerly called an Air Quality Criteria
Document). The ISA provides the scientific basis for EPA's decisions,
in conjunction with additional technical and policy assessments, on the
adequacy of the current NAAQS and the appropriateness of possible
alternative standards. Early steps in this process include announcing
the beginning of this periodic NAAQS review and the development of the
ISA, and EPA requesting that the public submit scientific literature
that they want to bring to the attention of the Agency as it begins
this process. The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC),
whose review and advisory functions are mandated by section 109(d)(2)
of the Clean Air Act, is charged (among other things) with independent
scientific review of the Agency's air quality criteria.
The ISA will build on the scientific assessment for the last
review,\2\ focusing on assessing the information newly available since
that considered in the 2013 ISA. With regard to development of the ISA,
the public is encouraged to assist in identifying relevant scientific
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information for the review by submitting research studies that were not
part of the prior review, and have been published or accepted for
publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The Agency is interested in
obtaining information from new and emerging studies showing effects or
no effects from Pb exposure. For example, the Agency is interested in
information about studies of effects of controlled exposure to Pb,
including in laboratory animals and in vitro systems; epidemiologic
(observational) studies of associations of health outcomes with
population exposures to Pb; and studies of ecological effects of Pb
exposure. With regard to health effect studies, of particular interest
are those studies that address or provide new information on health
outcomes for which the scientific evidence presented in the 2013 ISA
supported a ``causal relationship'' or ``likely to be causal
relationship'' with Pb, e.g., cognitive effects in children,
cardiovascular effects, and immune system effects; endpoints with less
overall evidence and/or notable uncertainties at the time of the 2013
Pb ISA, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
neurodegenerative effects, and adult obesity; endpoints not previously
identified in the 2013 Pb ISA; relationships between Pb exposure
concentrations and occurrence of health-related endpoints; health
effects associated with blood lead levels below 10 [micro]g/dL and/or
with near current exposure concentrations; Pb toxicokinetics and
toxicokinetic modeling; information and data useful for assessing
biological plausibility for Pb-related health effects; and
identification of populations and life stages at increased risk of Pb-
related health effects. For ecological effects of Pb, studies that
address or provide new information on terrestrial and aquatic biota are
of particular interest including, but not necessarily limited to,
effects of Pb on vegetation, soil and aquatic fauna, communities and
populations of microorganisms, plants, and animals, as well as research
on fate and transport of Pb in environmental media, and exposure-
response relationships between Pb in ambient air or other media and
ecological endpoints.
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Information particular to air-related pathways of human and
ecological exposure, including those involving deposition, are also of
interest to the Agency. Air-related pathways are those that include air
and may also involve media other than air, including indoor and outdoor
dust, soil, surface water and sediments, vegetation and biota. Air-
related Pb pathways of human exposure include inhalation of ambient air
or ingestion of food, water or other materials, including dust and
soil, containing Pb that has deposited from ambient air.
EPA also seeks recent information in other areas of Pb research
such as human and ecological exposure assessment and exposure
assessment methodologies, sources and emissions, chemistry and physics,
sampling and analytical methodology, ambient concentrations and size
distributions, including environmental media concentration changes in
response to changes in Pb deposition, and other effects on public
welfare or the environment not listed above.
The Agency also seeks information regarding the design and scope of
the review of the air quality criteria and the primary (health-based)
and secondary (welfare-based) Pb standards to ensure that it addresses
key policy-relevant issues and considers the new science that is
relevant to informing our understanding of these issues. The Agency
also seeks new scientific information that may address key
uncertainties identified in the last Pb NAAQS review, which are
provided in the Policy Assessment (EPA-452/R-14, May 2014).\3\ Other
opportunities for submission of new peer-reviewed, published (or in-
press) papers will be possible as part of public comment on the draft
ISAs that will be reviewed by the CASAC.
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II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at
www.regulations.gov
Submit your materials identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-
0312 by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-9744. Due to COVID-19, there may be a delay
in processing comments submitted by fax.
Mail: Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) Docket (Mail Code:
28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752. Due to
COVID-19, there may be a delay in processing comments submitted by
mail.
Note: The EPA Docket Center and Reading Room is currently in the
reopening process. Visitors may be considered on an exception basis.
Visitors must complete docket material requests in advance and then
make an appointment to retrieve the material. Visitors will be allowed
entrance to the Reading Room by appointment only, and no walk-ins will
be allowed.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2020-0312. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is
EPA's policy to include all materials it receives in the public docket
without change and to make the materials available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless materials includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The
www.regulations.gov website 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 directly
to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address
will be automatically captured and included as part of the materials
that are placed in the public docket and made available on the
internet. If you submit electronic materials, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
materials and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read
your materials due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider the materials you
submit. 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 EPA's Docket
Center homepage at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OAR Docket in EPA's
Headquarters Docket Center.
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Dated: June 30, 2020.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2020-14575 Filed 7-6-20; 8:45 am]
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