Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act, 15986-15988 [2022-05936]

Download as PDF 15986 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2022 / Notices The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (EPA ICR Number 1062.16, OMB Control Number 2060– 0122), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through May 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 8, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 20, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OAR–2020–0659, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. SUMMARY: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and Program Division (D243–05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 0833; email address: ali.muntasir@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:01 Mar 18, 2022 Jkt 256001 can be viewed online at https:// www.regulations.gov, or in person, at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Y) regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities that perform coal preparation and processing with limits more than 181 megagrams (Mg) (200 tons) of coal per day. In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of coal preparation and processing plants. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart Y). Estimated number of respondents: 377 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, biannually, annually, semiannually, and quarterly. Total estimated burden: 22,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $2,720,000 (per year), which includes $79,300 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens; this decrease is not due to any program changes. The decrease in burden is due to more accurate estimates of existing sources, based on information gathered by EPA and confirmed by industry. The burden in this ICR reflects a decrease in the number of coal mines across the industry and a number of coal plants being either shut down or converted to natural gas. The decrease in the number of respondents also results in a decrease in responses. The operation and maintenance costs have increased from the previous ICR due to an incorrect entry of information in the previous PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ICR. Finally, this ICR corrects the number of occurrences of repeat performance tests for Method 5 and Method 9 per respondent per year from the previous ICR. However, the overall burden still decreased. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2022–05889 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–0292; FRL_9650–01– OGC] Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator’s October 16, 2017 Directive Promoting Transparency and Public Participation in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements, the agency is providing notice of a proposed settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by Dine´ Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, Amigos Bravos, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity (‘‘Petitioners’’), in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On January 22, 2021 the Petitioners filed a lawsuit seeking review of the 2020 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the Arizona Public Service Company for discharges from the Four Corners Power Plant. Under the proposed settlement agreement, the parties would seek to stay the associated case for at least 15 months. DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreements must be received by April 20, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA– HQ–OGC–2022–0292, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred method). For comments submitted at www.regulations.gov, please follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from www.regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\21MRN1.SGM 21MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2022 / Notices restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA generally will not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). EPA encourages the public to submit comments via www.Regulations.gov, as there will be a delay in processing mail and no hand deliveries will be accepted. For additional submission methods, please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elise O’Dea, Water Law Office (2355A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–4201; email address: odea.elise@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreement On January 22, 2021, four organizations (Dine´ Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, Amigos Bravos, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity, hereinafter ‘‘Petitioners’’) filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking review of the 2020 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the Arizona Public Service Company for discharges from the Four Corners Power Plant. Petitioners previously sought review of the permit before the Environmental Appeals Board, which issued an order denying review of the permit on September 30, 2020 in the case In re Arizona Public Service Co. The parties have engaged in mediation in an attempt to resolve Petitioners’ concerns with the Four Corners Power Plant NPDES permit and have negotiated a proposed settlement agreement. Pursuant to the proposed settlement agreement, EPA Region 9 would, among other things, perform a ‘‘reasonable potential analysis’’ for temperature and potentially take related action that would result in dismissal of the petition for review. VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:01 Mar 18, 2022 Jkt 256001 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 settlement agreement from persons who are not parties to the proposed settlement agreement. EPA also may hold a public hearing on whether to enter into the proposed settlement agreement. EPA or the Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed settlement agreement if the comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Clean Water Act. II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement Agreement A. How can I get a copy of the proposed settlement agreement? The official public docket for this action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC– 2022–0292) contains a copy of the proposed settlement agreement. The official public docket is located at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The regular hours of the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays; however, due to the COVID–19 pandemic, there may be limited or no opportunity to enter the docket center. At the time of this printing, the docket center is closed to public visitors out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and EPA staff to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID–19. During the closure, Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For further information on EPA Docket Center services, see https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. 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 on EPA’s website at www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and 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, PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15987 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. EPA has not included any copyrighted material in the docket for this proposed settlement. If commenters submit copyrighted material in a public comment, it will be placed in the official public docket and made available for public viewing when the EPA Docket Center is open. 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. The EPA encourages the public to submit comments via www.Regulations.gov. There will be a delay in processing mail and no hand deliveries will be accepted due to the COVID–19 pandemic. EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact information in the body of your comment. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Use of the www.regulations.gov website 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. E:\FR\FM\21MRN1.SGM 21MRN1 15988 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2022 / Notices In contrast to EPA’s electronic public docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you send an email comment directly to the Docket without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. Dated: March 14, 2022. Steven Neugeboren, Associate General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2022–05936 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9628–01–OA] Request for Nominations for the Science Advisory Board Radionuclide Cancer Risk Coefficients Review Panel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific experts to form a Panel to review the draft EPA document titled Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides (Federal Guidance Report No. 16). This draft document is an update to Federal Guidance Report No. 13, and provides new radionuclidespecific cancer risk coefficients for incidence and mortality associated with internal radionuclide exposure from ingestion and inhalation, and external exposure to radionuclides distributed in air, water, and soil. DATES: Nominations should be submitted by April 11, 2022 per the instructions below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations may contact Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office by telephone/voice mail (202) 564–2049, or email at wong.diana-m@epa.gov. General information concerning the EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory Committee that provides independent scientific and technical peer review, advice, and recommendations to the khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:01 Mar 18, 2022 Jkt 256001 EPA Administrator on the technical basis for EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts business in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. The SAB Staff Office is forming an expert panel, the Radionuclide Cancer Risk Coefficients (RCRC) Review Panel, under the auspices of the Chartered SAB. The RCRC Review Panel will provide advice through the chartered SAB. The SAB and the RCRC Review Panel will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. The Radionuclide Cancer Risk Coefficients (RCRC) Review Panel will conduct the review of Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides (Federal Guidance Report No. 16) prepared by the EPA’s Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. Federal Guidance Report No. 16 (FGR 16) is part of a series designed to provide technical information for use in implementing radiation protection programs. FGR 16 provides radionuclide-specific cancer risk coefficients for incidence and mortality associated with internal radionuclide exposure from ingestion and inhalation, and external exposure to radionuclides distributed in air, water, and soil. Federal Guidance Report No. 13 (1999) provided cancer risk coefficients for environmental exposures to approximately 835 radionuclides. FGR 16 updates and expands the set of risk coefficients to 1,252 radionuclides. FGR 16 includes updated dosimetric data, biokinetic models, nuclear decay data, usage rates, U.S. population statistics, and cancer models from EPA Radiogenic Cancer Risk Models and Projections for the U.S. Population (2011), known as the ‘‘Blue Book.’’ FGR 16 is intended for audiences who need to estimate risks to the U.S. population from environmental exposures to radionuclides. Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists, mathematicians, and engineers with demonstrated expertise and experience in the following disciplines: Radionuclide biokinetic modeling, radiation epidemiology, computational dosimetry, radiobiology, and statistics/biostatistics. Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified individuals in the areas of expertise described above for possible service on the SAB Panel. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be submitted in electronic format PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (preferred) using the online nomination form on the SAB website at https:// sab.epa.gov (see the ‘‘Public Input on Membership’’ list under ‘‘Committees, Panels, and Membership’’). To be considered, nominations should include the information requested below. EPA values and welcomes diversity. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of sex, race, disability or ethnicity. Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than April 11, 2022. The following information should be provided on the nomination form: Contact information for the person making the nomination; contact information for the nominee; and the disciplinary and specific areas of expertise of the nominee. Nominees will be contacted by the SAB Staff Office and will be asked to provide a recent curriculum vitae and a narrative biographical summary that includes: Current position; educational background; research activities; sources of research funding for the last two years; and recent service on other national advisory committees or national professional organizations. Persons having questions about the nomination procedures, or who are unable to submit nominations through the SAB website, should contact the DFO at the contact information noted above. The names and biosketches of qualified nominees identified by respondents to this Federal Register notice, and additional experts identified by the SAB Staff Office, will be posted in a List of Candidates for the Panel on the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. Public comments on the List of Candidates will be accepted for 21 days. The public will be requested to provide relevant information or other documentation on nominees that the SAB Staff Office should consider in evaluating candidates. For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a balanced review panel includes candidates who possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant scientific perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced by work history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of experience to adequately address the charge. In forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff Office will consider public comments on the Lists of Candidates, information provided by the candidates themselves, and background information independently gathered by the SAB Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used for panel membership include: (a) Scientific and/or technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b) availability and willingness E:\FR\FM\21MRN1.SGM 21MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15986-15988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05936]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Administrator's October 16, 2017 Directive Promoting Transparency and 
Public Participation in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements, the 
agency is providing notice of a proposed settlement agreement in a 
lawsuit filed by Din[eacute] Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, 
Amigos Bravos, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and Center for Biological 
Diversity (``Petitioners''), in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth 
Circuit. On January 22, 2021 the Petitioners filed a lawsuit seeking 
review of the 2020 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(NPDES) permit issued by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
Region 9 to the Arizona Public Service Company for discharges from the 
Four Corners Power Plant. Under the proposed settlement agreement, the 
parties would seek to stay the associated case for at least 15 months.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreements must be 
received by April 20, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2022-0292, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method). 
For comments submitted at www.regulations.gov, please follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from www.regulations.gov. EPA may publish any 
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is

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restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. EPA generally will not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). EPA encourages the public to 
submit comments via www.Regulations.gov, as there will be a delay in 
processing mail and no hand deliveries will be accepted. For additional 
submission methods, please contact the person identified in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elise O'Dea, Water Law Office (2355A), 
Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564-4201; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreement

    On January 22, 2021, four organizations (Din[eacute] Citizens 
Against Ruining the Environment, Amigos Bravos, San Juan Citizens 
Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity, hereinafter 
``Petitioners'') filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
Ninth Circuit seeking review of the 2020 National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the Arizona Public Service Company 
for discharges from the Four Corners Power Plant. Petitioners 
previously sought review of the permit before the Environmental Appeals 
Board, which issued an order denying review of the permit on September 
30, 2020 in the case In re Arizona Public Service Co. The parties have 
engaged in mediation in an attempt to resolve Petitioners' concerns 
with the Four Corners Power Plant NPDES permit and have negotiated a 
proposed settlement agreement. Pursuant to the proposed settlement 
agreement, EPA Region 9 would, among other things, perform a 
``reasonable potential analysis'' for temperature and potentially take 
related action that would result in dismissal of the petition for 
review.
    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 settlement agreement from persons who are not parties to the 
proposed settlement agreement. EPA also may hold a public hearing on 
whether to enter into the proposed settlement agreement. EPA or the 
Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed 
settlement agreement if the comments received disclose facts or 
considerations that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, 
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the 
Clean Water Act.

II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement 
Agreement

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed settlement agreement?

    The official public docket for this action (identified by EPA-HQ-
OGC-2022-0292) contains a copy of the proposed settlement agreement. 
The official public docket is located at the Office of Environmental 
Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The regular hours of the EPA 
Docket Center Public Reading Room are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays; however, due to the 
COVID-19 pandemic, there may be limited or no opportunity to enter the 
docket center. At the time of this printing, the docket center is 
closed to public visitors out of an abundance of caution for members of 
the public and EPA staff to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. 
During the closure, Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote 
customer service via email, phone, and webform. For further information 
on EPA Docket Center services, see https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 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 on EPA's 
website at www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov to 
submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 
contents of the official public docket, and 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. EPA has not included any 
copyrighted material in the docket for this proposed settlement. If 
commenters submit copyrighted material in a public comment, it will be 
placed in the official public docket and made available for public 
viewing when the EPA Docket Center is open.

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. The EPA encourages the public to submit comments via 
www.Regulations.gov. There will be a delay in processing mail and no 
hand deliveries will be accepted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an 
email address or other contact information in the body of your comment. 
This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment 
and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due 
to technical difficulties or needs further information on the substance 
of your comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the 
body of a comment will be included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA's 
electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment.
    Use of the www.regulations.gov website 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.

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In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail 
(email) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an 
email comment directly to the Docket without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public 
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.

    Dated: March 14, 2022.
Steven Neugeboren,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-05936 Filed 3-18-22; 8:45 am]
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