[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38512-38513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18970]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 131

[FRL-5860-7]


Proposed Rule to Withdraw From Federal Regulations the 
Applicability to Alaska's Waters of Arsenic Human Health Criteria

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to re-open the public comment 
period on this proposed rule for an additional two weeks period.

DATES: EPA will now accept public comments on its proposed withdrawal 
of the human health criteria for arsenic applicable to Alaska until 
August 4, 1997. Comments postmarked after this date may not be 
considered.

ADDRESSES: An original plus 2 copies, and if possible an electronic 
version of the comments either in WordPerfect or ASCII format, should 
be addressed to Sally Brough, U. S. EPA Region 10, Office of Water, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Leutner at EPA Headquarters, 
Office of Water (4305), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460 
(telephone: 202-260-1542), or Sally Brough in EPA's Region 10 
(telephone: 206-553-1295).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed rule appeared in the Federal 
Register on May 21, 1997 (62 FR 27707) and provided for a public 
comment period of 45 days which closed on July 7, 1997. Shortly before 
that closing date, officials of several groups in Alaska contacted the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and requested an extension of the 
comment period. These officials cited difficulty in obtaining certain 
documents in the administrative record within the short comment period 
provided by EPA. To be fair to all parties who may want to provide 
comments, EPA is re-opening the comment period for an additional 2 
weeks from the date of publication of this Notice.

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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 131

    Environmental protection, Water pollution, Water quality standards.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Water.
[FR Doc. 97-18970 Filed 7-17-97; 8:45 am]
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