[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35572-35573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16949]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 9, 122, 123, 124, and 125

[FRL-7009-2]


Reopening of Comment Period for Certain Documents Referenced in 
the Notice of Data Availability; National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System--Regulations Addressing Cooling Water Intake 
Structures for New Facilities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 10, 2000, EPA published proposed regulations 
addressing cooling water intake structures at new facilities in the 
Federal Register for public review and comment (65 FR 49060). On May 
25, 2001, EPA published a Notice of Data Availability in the Federal 
Register (66 FR 28853) regarding the proposed regulations. The comment 
period closed on June 25, 2001. This action reopens the comment period 
for certain documents for an additional 30 days, to August 6, 2001.

DATES: Comments on certain documents and issues related to those 
documents listed below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION will be accepted 
through August 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Cooling Water Intake Structure 
(New Facilities) Proposed Rule Comment Clerk-W-00-03R, Water Docket, 
Mail Code 4101, EPA, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 
Washington, DC 20460. Comments delivered in person and/or any overnight 
delivery should be submitted to the Cooling Water Intake Structure (New 
Facilities) Proposed Rule Comment Clerk-W-00-03R, Water Docket, Room EB 
57, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. You may also submit 
comments electronically to [email protected]. Please submit any 
references cited in your comments. Please submit an original and three 
copies of your written comments and enclosures. No facsimiles (faxes) 
will be accepted. For additional information on how to submit comments, 
see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Deborah G. Nagle at (202) 260-2656, or Claudio H. Ternieden at (202) 
260-6026. The e-mail address for the above contacts is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Data Availability presented a 
summary of the data EPA had received or collected since proposal, an 
assessment of the relevance of the data to EPA's analysis, some 
modified technology options suggested by commenters, and an alternative 
approach suggested by a trade group representing the utility industry.
    EPA received a request to extend the comment period for all 
documents and issues discussed in the Notice of Data Availability. 
After considering this request and a similar but narrower request, EPA 
is reopening the comment period for six documents and the issues 
associated with these documents because certain pages of these 
documents or their references and attachments were not available for 
public review at the time the Notice of Data Availability was published 
in the Federal Register. EPA is also reopening the comment period for 
two lengthy documents that were available in the docket in an 
electronic format at the start of the public comment period but were 
not copied and made available for off-site review until June 1, 2001. 
The comment period for these documents is 30 days, through August 6, 
2001.
    If you already submitted comments to EPA in response to the Notice 
of Data Availability published on May 25, 2001, and wish to submit 
additional comments per today's reopening, EPA requests that the later 
set of comments clearly specify whether they supplement or supersede 
the earlier-filed comments.
    In addition to accepting hard-copy written comments, please note 
that EPA will also accept comments submitted electronically. Electronic 
comments must be submitted as a Word Perfect 5/

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6/7/8 or ASCII file and must be submitted to: [email protected].
    EPA is reopening the comment period for the following documents:
     DCN# 2-007  Energy Information Agency, Department of 
Energy Forms 860A and 860B-1998
     DCN# 2-010  Energy Information Agency, Department of 
Energy; Utility Data Institute; Form EIA-767 1994, 1997; Selected 
Tables from UDI Power Statistics
     DCN# 2-017A & All References  Memo Re: Ecological Reasons 
Why Freshwater River and Reservoir Ecosystems Do Not Normally 
Experience Substantive Impact As a Result of Impingement and 
Entrainment (April 27, 2001)
     DCN# 2-018B R2  Computation and Interpretation of 
Biological Statistics of Fish Populations (1975)
     DCN# 2-019A & All References  Memo Re: Scientific 
Literature On Population Modeling (April 27, 2001)
     DCN# 2-025E  Fact Sheet for Draft NJPDES Permit Renewal 
Including Section 316(a) Variance Determination and Section 316(b) 
``BTA'' Decision (June 24,1993)
     DCN# 2-036C  Draft Steam Plant Energy Penalty Evaluation 
(April 20, 2001)
     DCN# 2-041A  Methods for Sampling Fish Communities as Part 
of the National Water Quality Assessment Program (1993)

    Dated: June 29, 2001.
Diane C. Regas,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Water.
[FR Doc. 01-16949 Filed 7-5-01; 8:45 am]
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