[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42254-42255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15724]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7236-3]


Draft Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the 
Environmental Protection Agency

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of comment request extension.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed 
Draft Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, 
Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental 
Protection Agency (Information Quality Guidelines). EPA is extending 
the comment period regarding its draft Information Quality Guidelines 
from May 31, 2002 to June 21, 2002.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 21, 2002, 11:59 pm 
EST.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Docket ID No. OEI-10014 
which has been established at: U.S. EPA, Northeast Mall, Room B607, 401 
M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. See the ``Supplementary 
Information'' section for instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Evangeline Tsibris Cummings, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 
Telephone: 202-566-0621; Fax: 202-566-0706; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has developed draft Information Quality 
Guidelines, in response to an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
guideline directing all Federal agencies to develop and implement their 
own guidelines by October 1, 2002 (67 FR 8451, February 22, 2002). The 
draft Information Quality Guidelines are available at the EPA web site, 
www.epa.gov/oei/qualityguidelines. Comments may be submitted by web 
site, e-mail, mail, facsimile, or in person. EPA encourages you to 
submit your comments electronically to ensure timely receipt. Please 
visit the EPA web site, www.epa.gov/oei/qualityguidelines, or the 
previous notice (67 FR 21234-21235, April 30, 2002) for instructions on 
how to submit your comments.


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    Dated: June 14, 2002.
Mark Luttner,
Director, Office of Information Collection, Office of Environmental 
Information.
[FR Doc. 02-15724 Filed 6-20-02; 8:45 am]
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