[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 177 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63047-63048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19762]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083; FRL-5919.1-03-OAR]
RIN 2060-AV82
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:
Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities Technology Review;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On July 31, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
issued a proposal titled, ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities
Technology Review.'' The EPA is extending the comment period on the
proposed rule from September 14, 2023, to September 29, 2023.
DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the
Federal Register (FR) on July 31, 2023 (88 FR 49402) is being extended
by 15 days. The comment period will now remain open until September 29,
2023, to allow additional time for stakeholders to review and comment
on the proposal.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0083, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2002-0083 in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0083.
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operation are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-
Friday (except Federal holidays).
Instructions. All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this action,
contact Phil Mulrine, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-02),
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711; telephone number (919) 541-5289; and email address
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rationale. On July 31, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) issued a proposal titled, ``National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing
Facilities Technology Review,'' 88 FR 49402 (July 31, 2023). In the
proposal, the EPA provided a public comment period until September 14,
2023. The EPA has received requests for additional time to review and
comment on the proposed rule. After considering these requests, the EPA
has decided to extend the public comment period another 15 days, until
September 29, 2023, so that the comment period will be a total of 60
days. This extension will ensure that the public has additional time to
review and comment on the proposed rule.
Docket. The EPA has established a docket for this rulemaking under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083. All documents in the docket are
listed in https://www.regulations.gov/. Although listed, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is
not available through the internet based docket and will be publicly
available only in hard copy. With the exception of such material,
publicly available docket materials are available electronically in
Regulations.gov.
Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0083. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed
to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. Do not submit electronically to https://www.regulations.gov/
any information that you consider to be CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. This type of information should be
submitted as discussed below.
The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket.
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. The EPA
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located
outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the Web, cloud, or other
file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA
public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions,
and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
The https://www.regulations.gov/ website allows you to submit your
comment anonymously, which means the EPA will not know your identity or
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through
https://www.regulations.gov/, your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the internet. If you submit an
electronic comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and
other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
digital storage media you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification,
the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files
should not include
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special characters or any form of encryption and should be free of any
defects or viruses. For additional information about the EPA's public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA
through https://www.regulations.gov/. Clearly mark the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on any digital storage media
that you mail to the EPA, note the docket ID, mark the outside of the
digital storage media as CBI, and identify electronically within the
digital storage media the specific information that is claimed as CBI.
In addition to one complete version of the comments that includes
information claimed as CBI, you must submit a copy of the comments that
does not contain the information claimed as CBI directly to the public
docket through the procedures outlined in instructions above. If you
submit any digital storage media that does not contain CBI, mark the
outside of the digital storage media clearly that it does not contain
CBI and note the docket ID. Information not marked as CBI will be
included in the public docket and the EPA's electronic public docket
without prior notice. Information marked as CBI will not be disclosed
except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 2.
Our preferred method to receive CBI is for it to be transmitted
electronically using email attachments, File Transfer Protocol (FTP),
or other online file sharing services (e.g., Dropbox, OneDrive, Google
Drive). Electronic submissions must be transmitted directly to the
OAQPS CBI Office at the email address [email protected] and, as
described above, should include clear CBI markings and note the docket
ID. If assistance is needed with submitting large electronic files that
exceed the file size limit for email attachments, or if you do not have
your own file sharing service, please email [email protected] to request
a file transfer link. If sending CBI information through the U.S.
Postal Service, please send it to the following address: OAQPS Document
Control Officer (C404-02), OAQPS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083. The mailed CBI material should be
double-wrapped and clearly marked. Any CBI markings should not show
through the outer envelope.
Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policies and Programs Division.
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