[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 81019-81020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25759]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0358; FRL-10655-03-OAR]
RIN 2060-AV93
New Source Performance Standards Review for Volatile Organic
Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels);
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 4, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) proposed amendments to the ``Standards of Performance for
Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid
Storage Vessels).'' The EPA is extending the comment period on this
proposed rule that currently closes on November 20, 2023, by 18 days.
The comment period will now remain open until December 8, 2023, to
allow additional time for stakeholders to review and comment on the
proposal.
DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the
Federal Register (FR) on October 4, 2023 (88 FR 68535), originally
ending November 20, 2023, is being extended by 18 days. Written
comments must now be received on or before December 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2023-0358, 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-2023-0358 in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2023-0358.
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-
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0358, 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 document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this proposed
action, contact U.S. EPA, Attn: Michael Cantoni, Mail Drop: E143-01,
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12055, RTP, NC 27711; telephone
number: (919) 541-5593; and email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rationale. On October 4, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the ``Standards of Performance for
Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid
Storage Vessels).'' 88 FR 68535. The comment period on this proposed
rule currently closes on November 20, 2023. The EPA has received
numerous requests for additional time to review and comment on this
proposed rule. The EPA has decided to extend the period by 18 days. The
public comment period will now end on December 8, 2023.
Docket. The EPA has established a docket for this rulemaking under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0358. All documents in the docket are
listed in the Regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, 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 placed on the internet 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.
Written Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0358, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once
submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. This type of
information should be submitted as discussed in the Submitting CBI
section of this document.
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). Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission methods; the full EPA
public comment policy; information about CBI or multimedia submissions;
and general guidance on making effective comments.
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 special characters or any form of encryption and be
free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about the
EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA
through https://www.regulations.gov. Clearly mark the part or all of
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 the Written Comments section of this document. 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, and 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
postal service, please send it to the following address: U.S. EPA,
Attn: OAQPS Document Control Officer, Mail Drop: C404-02, 109 T.W.
Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12055, RTP, NC 27711, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0358. 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-25759 Filed 11-17-23; 11:15 am]
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