[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-3298] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: February 11, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-4836-9] Extension of Comment Period on the Report to Congress on Cement Kiln Dust AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Extension of comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces a two week extension of the comment period on the recently released Report to Congress on Cement Kiln Dust. (See 59 FR 709; January 6, 1994.) DATES: EPA will accept public comments on the Report to Congress on Cement Kiln Dust until March 8, 1994. The Agency will also hold a public hearing on the Report to Congress on February 15, 1994. ADDRESSES: Those wishing to submit public comments for the record must send an original and two copies of their comments to the following address: RCRA Docket Information Center (5305), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC, 20460. Please place the docket number F-94-RCKA-FFFFF on your comments. Copies of the Report to Congress on Cement Kiln Dust (RTC) are available for inspection and copying at the EPA headquarters library, at the RCRA docket in Washington, DC, and at all EPA regional office libraries. Copies of the full report can be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (call (703) 487-4660 or (800) 553-NTIS). Copies of the Executive Summary (Volume I of the RTC) can be obtained by calling the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at (800) 424-9346 or (703) 412- 9810. The EPA RCRA docket is located at 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC, room M2616, 2nd floor, Waterside Mall. Docket hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. In order to view the docket, please call (202) 260-9327 to make an appointment. Please refer to the Cement Kiln Dust docket, docket number F-94-RCKA-FFFFF. Copies are free up to 100 pages and thereafter cost $0.15 per page. The public hearing to be held on February 15, 1994 was announced previously. It will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC, located at 999 9th Street NW. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m., with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. The hearing will end at 5 p.m. unless concluded earlier. Oral and written statements may be submitted at the public hearing. Requests to speak at the public hearing should be submitted in writing to the Public Hearing Officer--Cement Kiln Dust, Special Waste Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW. (5302W), Washington, DC 20460. Persons who wish to make oral presentations must restrict them to 15 minutes, and are requested to provide written comments for inclusion in the record. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at (800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810; for technical information contact Bill Schoenborn, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (5302W), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, at (703) 308-8483. Background The Report to Congress (RTC) on Cement Kiln Dust was signed by the EPA Administrator on December 30, 1993. A Federal Register notice was published on January 6, 1994 (59 FR 709) that announced the availability of the report and a 45-day public comment period on the report. Since the beginning of the public comment period, a number of persons have requested that the Agency extend the comment period. Some persons have indicated that not all of the relevant materials appeared to be in the docket for inspection and that the docket index appeared to indicate that a number of materials were not present in the docket. They indicated that additional time would be necessary to obtain missing materials and review them prior to formulating public comments. The Agency has carefully considered the requests for extending the comment period and has decided that a two week extension is appropriate. Because the Agency is working under a short statutory deadline to complete the regulatory determination for cement kiln dust by June 30, 1994, (see 42 U.S.C. 6921 (b)(3)(c)) the length of the public comment period must be balanced with the time available for the Agency to complete the regulatory determination. The Agency has reviewed all of the materials that it placed in the docket and found that, with limited exception, all relevant materials were available in the docket as of January 7, 1994. The Agency acknowledges that a number of responses to a cement kiln dust survey that was conducted by the cement manufacturing industry were inadvertently not placed in the docket as of the opening of the public comment period. However, it should be noted that all responses to the cement kiln survey that were specifically referenced in the RTC were available in the docket as of January 7, 1994. The additional survey responses materials were made available in the docket as of February 3, 1994. The confusion as to the availability of all other documents in the docket appears to have been caused by an insufficiently detailed docket index. Although the docket index referred to several documents by document number only and not by name, the documents are correctly referenced by number and have been present in the docket for review and inspection since January 7, 1994. The detailed docket index was complete and available as of January 18, 1994. The Agency recognizes that the insufficiently detailed docket index may have made access to documents somewhat difficult. Also, several days of severe weather in Washington, DC, during the comment period in mid-January hampered access to the docket by interested parties. For these reasons, the Agency is extending the public comment period on the Report to Congress on Cement Kiln Dust by two weeks, until March 8, 1994. Dated: February 7, 1994. Walter W. Kovalick, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. [FR Doc. 94-3298 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P