[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 10025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4520]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 82

[FRL-6542-6]
RIN 2060-A173


Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use 
Allowances for Calendar Year 2000: Allocations for Metered-Dose 
Inhalers and the Space Shuttle and Titan Rockets

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period for interim final rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
extending the comment period for the interim final rule published 
January 6, 2000 (65 FR 716). This interim final rule allocated 
essential use allowances for ozone depleting substances for calendar 
year 2000 and was effective on the date of publication. EPA published 
the allocation as an interim final rule and provided a 30 day comment 
period because the allocated quantities were lower than those contained 
in the proposed rule. However, companies who applied for essential use 
allowances as a part of the International Pharmaceutical Aerosol 
Consortium (IPAC) were not informed as to the amount of individual 
allowances they would receive for calendar year 2000 until January 25, 
2000, after FDA provided these confidential numbers to EPA. EPA 
received comment from one of the IPAC companies stating that the 
original 30 day comment period would not allow sufficient time to 
formulate comments in response to the allocation of essential use 
allowances. Therefore, EPA is extending the deadline for submitting 
written comment on the allocation of essential-use allowances for 
calendar year 2000 for ozone depleting substances for use in medical 
devices and for use in the Space Shuttle Rockets and Titan Rockets 
until March 27, 2000.

DATES: The comment period for this interim final rule is extended until 
March 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the interim final rulemaking allocating 
essential use allowances for metered dose inhalers and the space 
shuttle and Titan Rockets (65 FR 716) should be submitted in duplicate 
(two copies) to: Air Docket No. A-92-13, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Room M-1500, Washington, DC, 20460. Those 
wishing to notify EPA of their intent to submit adverse comments on 
this action should contact Erin Birgfeld, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, Office of Air and Radiation 
(6205J), Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, 20460; [email protected]; (202) 564-9079 phone and 
(202) 565-2095 fax.
    Materials relevant to this rulemaking are contained in Docket No. 
A-92-13. The Docket is located in room M-1500, First Floor, Waterside 
Mall at the address above. The materials may be inspected from 8 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. A reasonable fee may be charged by 
EPA for copying docket materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Birgfeld, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, Office of Air and 
Radiation (6205J), Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, 20460; [email protected]; (202) 564-9079 phone and 
(202) 565-2096 fax.

    Dated: February 17, 2000.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 00-4520 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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