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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 65

[FRL-4877-5]
RIN 2060-AD81

 

Regulations Governing Awards Under Section 113(f) of the Clean 
Air Act

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule sets forth criteria and procedures for the 
granting of awards as authorized by an amendment to the Clean Air Act 
(the Act). The amendments added section 113(f) to the Act, which 
authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
discretion to pay an award, not to exceed $10,000, to any person who 
furnishes information or services which lead to a criminal conviction 
or a judicial or administrative civil penalty enforced under section 
113 of the Act for a violation of titles I, III, IV, V, or VI of the 
Act, as amended. Section 113(f) also authorizes the Administrator to 
prescribe, by regulation, additional criteria for eligibility for such 
an award. This proposed rule sets forth such additional criteria for 
eligibility. In addition, this proposal establishes procedures to 
petition the Agency for consideration for an award, including what 
information must be submitted in such petitions, and describes award 
criteria. This proposed rule also provides an assurance of 
confidentiality as to the identity of persons who provide information 
or services on a confidential basis. Furthermore, to implement the goal 
of the program, this rule provides direction for providing information 
or services regarding potential violations.

DATES: Comments. Written comments on the proposed rule must be received 
on or before July 5, 1994.
    Public Hearing. A public hearing will be held, if requested, to 
provide interested persons an opportunity for oral presentation of 
data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed rule. If anyone 
contacts EPA requesting to speak at a public hearing by June 6, 1994, a 
public hearing will be held June 8, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Comments should be submitted (in duplicate if 
possible) to: Air Docket (LE-131), Attention: Docket Number A-94-05, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, room M-1511, 1st Floor, Waterside 
Mall, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Public Hearing. The public hearing will be held at the EPA 
Auditorium, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC.
    Docket. Materials relevant to this rulemaking are contained in 
Docket Number A-94-05. The docket is available for public inspection 
and copying between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 
EPA's Air Docket, room M-1500, 1st floor, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20460. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clara Poffenberger, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Stationary Source Compliance Division (EN-341W), United 
States Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone (703) 308-8709.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Statutory Requirements

    Section 113(f) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, (the Act), 42 
U.S.C. 7413(f), authorizes the Administrator discretion to pay awards 
to persons who provide information or services regarding potential 
violations of the Act. Pursuant to section 113(f), the information or 
services must result in a criminal conviction or a judicial or 
administrative civil penalty for a violation of titles I, III, IV, V, 
or VI of the Act, enforced under section 113 of the Act, before an 
award may be issued.
    The statute specifically authorizes awards only for enforcement 
actions brought under section 113 of the Act. Thus, information or 
services which assist actions brought under State law (e.g, enforcement 
of SIPs under State law or citizen suits brought under State law), 
under other sections of the Act (i.e., citizen suits under section 
304), or under other statutes, do not qualify for an award under this 
provision. However, in cases where the Agency intervenes, overfiles, or 
otherwise takes over the enforcement action under the authority of 
section 113, the awards authority may become applicable.
    Under section 113(f) of the Act, any officer or employee of the 
United States or any State or local government who furnishes 
information or renders services to the Agency in the performance of an 
official duty is ineligible for an award. Also, section 113(f) 
authorizes the Administrator to prescribe, by regulation, additional 
criteria for eligibility for an award. In response, the regulation 
proposed today prescribes additional criteria for eligibility. The 
regulation proposed today also prescribes general criteria for the 
Agency to consider in determining whether and how much of an award is 
appropriate and procedures to be followed by persons who want to be 
considered for an award. Additional authority for these provisions is 
provided by section 301(a) of the Act.

II. The Proposal

    Today's proposed rule prescribes regulations for EPA's awards 
authority under section 113(f) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 7413(f). The proposed rule sets forth general eligibility 
criteria, criteria to be used in considering petitions for awards, the 
procedures for petitioning consideration for an award, and other 
matters designed to assist the Administrator in exercising her 
discretion in this area. The goal of this proposal is to assist in the 
implementation of an awards program that would encourage citizens to 
cooperate with and voluntarily assist the EPA's Clean Air Act 
enforcement efforts and thereby deter violations. Inherent in a program 
for awards are concerns regarding the confidentiality of the identity 
of those who provide information or services and the need to evaluate 
the quality of such information or services. This proposal is intended 
to address those concerns.

A. Application of Proposal

    The EPA intends that this proposed regulation will apply only after 
promulgation. Petitions for an award based on information or services 
provided to the EPA after the passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments 
of 1990 (the Amendments) but before the regulation is promulgated may 
be processed using the proposed criteria as nonbinding guidance. The 
EPA will not consider a petition for an award based on information or 
services provided entirely prior to enactment of the Amendments.

B. Eligibility Criteria

    As discussed above, section 113(f) renders certain persons 
ineligible for an award, and also authorizes the Administrator to 
prescribe additional eligibility criteria. In response, this proposed 
rule categorically excludes EPA employees from eligibility to receive 
an award. The proposed regulation further delineates eligibility limits 
for employees of, and others who have a contractual relationship with, 
federal, State, or local governments. Thus under the proposal, 
officers, employees, contractors, and grantees will be ineligible to 
receive an award if at the time they come into possession of the 
information or render services which constitute, in whole or in part, 
the basis of the award, they were performing an official duty. 
Furthermore, any members of the immediate family of those ``performing 
their official duty'' are likewise ineligible.
    The EPA believes these provisions will help ensure that employees 
and others contractually obligated to the EPA or other governmental 
entities will fulfill their obligation and will not withhold 
information that they would otherwise provide to the government. The 
proposed provisions also address the concern that such persons could 
indirectly benefit by passing information obtained while performing 
their official duty to family members, who could then use that 
information to petition for an award. The concern addressed here is 
protection of the integrity of compliance and enforcement activities. 
By declaring such persons ineligible for an award, the proposed 
regulation seeks to ensure that the awards program will not create an 
incentive for employees to abuse access to information and authority 
otherwise unavailable to the public. The term ``immediate family 
member'' is purposely not defined in the proposed regulation, as the 
EPA prefers to maintain its discretion in referencing other sources of 
law and otherwise evaluating the circumstances of the particular case 
in making its award determination.
    So that persons who may receive awards are aware that certain 
persons are ineligible to be paid an award, the proposal requires that 
a certificate of eligibility be signed by the person before the 
Administrator may pay the award. This requirement assists the EPA in 
assuring that an award is not paid to ineligible persons.

C. Addresses for Tips

    Tips from citizens to the US EPA and State and local air pollution 
control agencies provide useful information on the possible existence 
or extent of a violation. Since the goal of the awards program is to 
encourage citizens to cooperate with and voluntarily assist EPA 
enforcement efforts, the proposal provides the addresses to which 
information may be sent. The information or services provided may or 
may not lead to eligibility for an award. Providing such information 
does not create an obligation on the Agency to issue an award, or vest 
in any person a right to such award. Nevertheless, the Administrator 
encourages all persons to provide any information they have regarding 
violations of the Act to the appropriate persons listed in Appendix A. 
Such information improves the Agency's ability to enforce the Act. The 
EPA encourages persons to provide the information or services to State 
and local agencies as well. Although completion of an enforcement 
action by a State or local agency under authority other than section 
113 of the Clean Air Act cannot lead to an award paid by the U.S. EPA 
under section 113(f), it is important that information be provided to 
State and local agencies. In most situations, the U.S. EPA will defer 
to State enforcement authorities to address violations in a timely and 
appropriate manner. However, persons who provide information or 
services to a State or local agency may become eligible for an award if 
the EPA overfiles or otherwise takes over the enforcement action.

D. Confidentiality

    Because today's proposal contemplates the EPA receiving and using 
information and services from private sources for enforcement 
activities, the EPA is also proposing to maintain as confidential, upon 
request, the identity of persons providing information or services. The 
EPA believes this assurance of confidentiality will encourage persons 
to assist the EPA in its efforts to enforce compliance with the Act. In 
this regard, the proposed rule provides, upon request, confidential 
treatment by the EPA consistent with this proposal, existing law and 
other EPA regulations. Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6) & (7), the confidentiality of the identity 
of those providing information and services will be protected from FOIA 
requests consistent with existing law. The assurance of confidentiality 
extends to petitions for awards submitted to the EPA. To ensure 
confidential treatment of such petitions, it is important that persons 
submitting petitions to the EPA specifically request confidentiality at 
or prior to the time of providing information or services, and to renew 
such request at the time of submitting a petition.

E. Petitions for Awards

    Because the information or services provided would be instrumental 
to the successful prosecution of the EPA's enforcement action, in many 
cases EPA personnel will be aware of persons potentially eligible for 
an award, even without a petition being submitted. The EPA expects that 
in many such situations, award determinations may be made without 
submission of a petition.
    Today's proposal recognizes, however, that a person may wish to 
petition the Agency for consideration for an award and authorizes such 
petitions. To ensure that such petitions contain sufficient information 
for the purpose of evaluation, and to ensure that petitions are 
directed to the appropriate EPA office, the proposal sets forth award 
petition procedures and requirements.
Timing of Petitions
    The proposed rule requires petitions for consideration to be 
submitted in writing no later than one year after the judgment of 
conviction or assessment of a civil penalty. Petitions may be submitted 
at any time prior to the judgment or assessment, but no award 
determination will be made before the judgment of conviction is entered 
or a judicial or administrative civil penalty is finally assessed, 
agreed, or ordered. Again, payment and the amount of any award granted 
is within the Administrator's unfettered discretion. The granting of an 
award is a gratuity, and not an entitlement.
Certification of Eligibility
    The proposed regulation also requires that the petition contain a 
certification of compliance with the eligibility criteria set forth in 
the regulation. A statement signed by the person to be considered for 
an award attesting to having read the eligibility requirements and 
attesting that the person to be considered for an award is not 
ineligible to receive an award would meet this requirement. This 
certification is important to the award determination process because 
the EPA recognizes that it may be difficult for the Administrator to 
determine with certainty whether a person meets all eligibility 
criteria. However, the Act prohibits payment of an award to certain 
persons. Therefore, the proposal requires a certification of 
eligibility be signed before the Administrator may pay an award.

F. Criteria for Awards

    Under the Act, the Administrator has discretionary authority 
whether to pay an award and to determine the amount of an award. The 
proposed regulation does not constrain this discretion. Although the 
proposed rule permits petitions for consideration for an award, whether 
an award is ultimately granted will turn on the exercise of the 
Administrators unfettered discretion, including the application of 
factors described in this proposed regulation. These factors include 
whether the information or services constituted the initial, 
unsolicited notice of the violation to the government, whether the 
government would have obtained knowledge of the violation in a timely 
manner absent the information or services, the importance of the case, 
the severity of the violation, the potential for or existence of actual 
or threatened harm to persons or the environment, the willingness to 
assist in the governments enforcement action(s) regarding the 
violation(s), the value of the assistance in comparison to that given 
by any other persons or sources of information or services and, in 
part, the amount of money available to the EPA through appropriations.
    Furthermore, the rule is not intended to discourage self-auditing 
within facilities nor is it intended to encourage concealment of 
information about violations or problems within a facility by an 
employee from an employer. Thus, the regulation sets forth the 
additional criterion of whether payment of the award would improperly 
create incentives against the timely and appropriate identification of 
such a violation to either the employer or the government.

G. Timing of Award Consideration

    As mandated by section 113(f), persons may not be considered for an 
award unless and until such time as the information or services 
provided leads to a judicial or administrative civil penalty or a 
criminal conviction under section 113 of the Act.

H. Prepayment Offers

    The proposed regulation makes clear the distinction between the 
Awards program and paid informant programs or contractual relationships 
that may be created by the Agency. The EPA's employees do not have the 
authority under this proposal or this statutory provision to promise 
that an award will be paid nor to promise consideration or 
recommendation for an award.

I. Request for Public Comment

    The EPA is interested in public comment on all aspects of this 
proposed rule. The EPA is particularly interested in comments on: (1) 
The provision for confidentiality of identity for persons who provide 
information or services; (2) the eligibility exclusions and eligibility 
criteria for an award; (3) petitions for consideration; and (4) the 
criteria for awards determinations.

III. Administrative Requirements

A. Executive Order 12866

    Under Executive Order 12866, (58 FR 51735 (October 4, 1993)) the 
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'' 
and therefore subject to OMB review and the requirements of the 
Executive Order. The Order defines ``significant regulatory action'' as 
one that is likely to result in a rule that may:
    (1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 
adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, 
competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, 
local, or tribal governments or communities;
    (2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an 
action taken or planned by another agency;
    (3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, 
user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof; or
    (4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal 
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in 
the Executive Order.
    Pursuant to the terms of Executive Order 12866, it has been 
determined that this rule is a ``significant regulatory action''. As 
such, this action was submitted to OMB for review. Changes made in 
response to OMB suggestions or recommendations will be documented in 
public record.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act Compliance

    Pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 605(b), I hereby certify 
that this attached rule, if promulgated, will not have an economic 
impact on small entities because no additional costs will be incurred.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

    Since this proposed rule does not create any new information 
requirements or contain any new information collection activities, no 
clearance is necessary from OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 65

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Awards, 
Confidentiality, Enforcement, Natural resources.

    Dated: April 15, 1994.
Carol M. Browner,
Administrator.

    40 CFR part 65 is proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 65--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 65 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7413, 7601(a).

    2. Part 65 is proposed to be amended by adding subpart BBB to read 
as follows:

Subpart BBB--Awards

Sec.
65.571 Purpose and scope.
65.572 Definitions.
65.573 Eligibility.
65.574 Information or tips regarding possible violations.
65.575 Confidentiality.
65.576 Petitions for consideration.
65.577 Criteria for awards.
65.578 Prepayment offers.

Appendix A to Subpart BBB--Addresses for Petitions for Consideration 
and for Tips or Information

Subpart BBB--Awards


Sec. 65.571  Purpose and scope.

    (a) This regulation implements section 113(f), 42 U.S.C. 7413(f), 
the ``citizen award'' provision of the Clean Air Act, as amended (the 
Act). As authorized in section 113(f), of the Act the Administrator of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the Agency) is authorized to 
pay up to $10,000, as may be available from appropriations, to any 
person who provides information or services leading to a criminal 
conviction or a judicial or administrative civil penalty, enforced 
under section 113, for any violation of Titles I, III, IV, V, or VI of 
the Act. The goal of the program is to encourage citizens to cooperate 
with and voluntarily assist the Agency's enforcement efforts and 
thereby deter noncompliance.
    (b) Providing information or services to the Agency by any person 
does not create any obligation on the Administrator to issue an award 
or to pay compensation for such assistance. Neither the Act nor these 
regulations create an entitlement to the payment of an award. The 
determinations whether to pay an award, and in what amount, are matters 
which remain by statute in the exclusive and unfettered discretion of 
the Administrator.


Sec. 65.572  Definitions.

    The terms used in this part are defined in the Act or in this 
section as follows:
    (a) Administrative penalty. Any amount finally assessed, agreed or 
ordered to be paid into the U.S. Treasury pursuant to an administrative 
enforcement action under section 113 of the Act.
    (b) Certification of Eligibility. A statement signed by the person 
to be considered for an award attesting to having read the eligibility 
requirements and attesting that the person is not ineligible to receive 
an award.
    (c) Criminal conviction. A judgment of conviction entered in U.S. 
District Court on a verdict or finding of guilty, or by a plea of 
guilty, including a plea of nolo contendere, in an action brought under 
section 113 of the Act (as defined at 28 U.S.C. 2901(f)).
    (d) Judicial penalty. Any amount finally assessed, agreed or 
ordered to be paid into the U.S. Treasury by a court of the United 
States pursuant to a judicial enforcement action under section 113 of 
the Act.


Sec. 65.573  Eligibility.

    (a) Any person who provides information or services which leads to 
a criminal conviction or a judicial or administrative civil penalty, 
enforced under section 113, for any violation of titles I, III, IV, V, 
or VI of the Act, except those persons identified in paragraph (b) of 
this section, shall be eligible to receive an award under this part.
    (b) The following persons are not eligible to receive an award:
    (1) Persons convicted of or found liable for the violation(s) that 
are the subject of the award,
    (2) Officers or employees of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency,
    (3) Any of the following persons who, at the time he or she came 
into possession of the information or rendered the service which 
constitutes in whole or in part the basis for an award, was performing 
his or her official duty:
    (i) Officers or employees of the United States Government;
    (ii) Contractors or grantees of the United States Government;
    (iii) Officers or employees of a State or local government;
    (iv) Contractors or grantees of a State or local government;
    (4) Any members of the immediate family of persons who would be 
ineligible under paragraph (b)(3) of this section; and
    (5) Such other persons as the Administrator may determine to be 
ineligible who are not otherwise ineligible under the law.
    (c) Before the Administrator may pay an award, a certification of 
eligibility must be signed by the person receiving the award.


Sec. 65.574  Information or tips regarding possible violations.

    (a) Persons having knowledge of violations of the Act may provide 
such information to the Regional Administrators listed in appendix A of 
this subpart.
    (b) Information regarding violations of the Act should also be 
provided to State and local agencies, although not required by this 
regulation. The USEPA, in many cases, defers to State enforcement 
authorities to address violations in a timely and appropriate manner.


Sec. 65.575  Confidentiality.

    (a) Any person providing information or services under this subpart 
may request confidentiality as to his or her identity.
    (b) To the extent permitted by law, the EPA will not disclose the 
identity of, or information which could reasonably be expected to 
disclose the identity of, a person who has requested confidentiality 
prior to or at the time of providing information or services under this 
66 subpart, except in exceptional circumstances under appropriate 
restrictions with the approval of the Office of General Counsel or a 
Regional Counsel.


Sec. 65.576  Petitions for consideration.

    (a) Any person may petition the Agency to consider paying an award.
    (b) Addresses. (1) Petitions for consideration must be submitted in 
writing to the Regional Administrator in the Region(s) bearing a 
substantial relationship to the violation(s) that are the subject of 
the petition.
    (2) The appropriate addresses for the Regional Administrators are 
provided in appendix A of this subpart.
    (c) Timing. (1) Petitions may be submitted at any time prior to the 
judgment of conviction or assessment of a civil penalty but must be 
submitted no later than one year after the judgment of conviction or 
assessment of a civil penalty.
    (2) No award determination will be made before a judgment of 
conviction is entered or judicial or administrative civil penalty is 
assessed, agreed, or ordered to be paid.
    (d) Content. A petition for consideration shall contain the 
following information:
    (1) Whether a request for confidentiality was made prior to or at 
the time of providing the information or services, and whether such 
request is still in effect; the petition envelope should also specify 
whether the information or services were provided under a request for 
confidentiality;
    (2) Name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner;
    (3) A brief description of the federal enforcement action (whether 
the action was a criminal conviction or judicial or administrative 
civil penalty) which resulted (if known) from the information or 
services;
    (4) Name, title, agency and office affiliation, city, and telephone 
number of person(s) to whom the information and services was provided 
(to the extent known);
    (5) Name(s) and address(es) of the violator(s) and (to the extent 
relevant) the names and/or locations of any sites or facilities 
involved;
    (6) Description of the information or services that led to the 
federal enforcement action;
    (7) Date(s) the information or services were provided;
    (8) Description of any other involvement by the petitioner in the 
enforcement action;
    (9) Certification of eligibility stating that the petitioner meets 
the requirements for eligibility for an award set forth in Sec. 65.575 
(if the petitioner is the person who provided the information or 
services); and
    (10) Any other relevant information in support of the petition.


Sec. 65.577  Criteria for awards.

    In deciding whether to make an award, and in what amount, the 
Administrator shall consider relevant criteria, giving such weight and 
importance to each separate criterion as appears warranted in his or 
her judgment alone. Relevant criteria shall include, but not be limited 
to, one or more of the following:
    (a) Whether the information or services constituted the initial, 
unsolicited and full disclosure to a governmental entity with 
jurisdiction over the violation;
    (b) Whether the governmental entity would readily have obtained 
knowledge of the violation in a timely manner absent the information or 
services;
    (c) The importance of the case, severity of the violation, and 
potential for or existence of actual or threatened harm to persons or 
the environment;
    (d) The willingness to assist as necessary in the Government's 
resulting or related enforcement action(s) regarding the violation(s), 
including providing further information or services, participating in 
hearing or trial preparation and appearing as a witness at or in 
connection with any hearings or trial(s) of the matter, to the extent 
consistent with a reasonable claim of need for confidentiality, if any;
    (e) Value of the assistance in comparison to that given to the 
government in the resulting enforcement action by any other persons or 
sources of information or services;
    (f) Value of the assistance in comparison to that given by other 
petitioners or others in similar circumstances in other enforcement 
actions brought by the government; and
    (g) Whether such payment would result in a conflict of interest, 
present an appearance of impropriety, or improperly create incentives 
against the timely and appropriate identification of such a violation 
to either the employer or the government.


Sec. 65.578  Prepayment offers.

    Prior to the actual payment of an award under section 113(f) of the 
Act, no employee of the United States Government, including any person 
purporting to act on behalf of the United States Government, is 
authorized by these regulation to make any promise, offer, or 
representation with respect to the Agency's grant of such an award.

Appendix A to Subpart BBB--Addresses for Petitions for Consideration 
and for Tips or Information

    For Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode 
Island, and Vermont: Regional Administrator, Region I, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, John F. Kennedy Building, Room 
2203, Boston, MA 02203.
    For New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands: 
Regional Administrator, Region II, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 930, New York, NY 10278.
    For Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, and West Virginia: Regional Administrator, Region III, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19107.
    For Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee: Regional Administrator, 
Region IV, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland 
Street, NE., Atlanta, GA 30365.
    For Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin: 
Regional Administrator, Region V, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 230 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604.
    For Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas: 
Regional Administrator, Region VI, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75202-
2733.
    For Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska: Regional 
Administrator, Region VII, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 726 
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101.
    For Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 
Wyoming: Regional Administrator, Region VIII, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202-
2405.
    For Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, and 
Guam: Regional Administrator, Region IX, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
    For Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington: Regional 
Administrator, Region X, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.

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