[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70683-70684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26815]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[E-DOCKET ID No. ORD-2004-0003; FRL-7845-9]


Draft Proposed Sampling Program To Determine Extent of World 
Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of second extension of public comment period for Draft 
Proposed Sampling Program to Determine Extent of World Trade Center 
Impacts to the Indoor Environment.

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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2004, EPA published a Federal Register notice 
(69 FR 61838) announcing the availability of the External Review Draft 
entitled, Draft Proposed Sampling Program to Determine Extent of World 
Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment (EPA/600/R-04/169A), and 
the beginning of a 30-day public comment period. On November 19, 2004, 
EPA published a Federal Register notice (69 FR 67735) extending the 
public comment period until January 3, 2005, as requested by members of 
the Lower Manhattan community and labor organizations who said a 45-day 
extension was needed for them to formulate their comments. Subsequently 
a new request for an additional extension was received from members

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of the Lower Manhattan community and labor organizations; therefore, 
EPA is now extending the public comment period until January 18, 2005. 
EPA will consider the public comment submissions in revising the 
document.

DATES: The public comment period will end on January 18, 2005. 
Technical comments should be in writing and must be postmarked by 
January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The External Review Draft, Draft Proposed Sampling Program 
to Determine Extent of World Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor 
Environment, is available via the Internet on the Web page of the World 
Trade Center (WTC) Expert Technical Review Panel, http://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel/. Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, by 
facsimile or by hand delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed 
instructions as provided in the Supplementary Information section 
below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the draft 
sampling proposal, please contact Matthew Lorber at (202) 564-3243 or 
[email protected]. For further information regarding the WTC 
Expert Technical Review Panel, please contact Lisa Matthews at (202) 
564-6669 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. How to Submit Information to E-Docket: EPA has established an 
official public docket for information pertaining to this action, 
Docket ID No. ORD-2004-0003. The official public docket is the 
collection of materials, excluding Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute, 
that is available for public viewing at the Office of Environmental 
Information (OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-
1752; facsimile: (202) 566-1753; or e-mail: [email protected].
    An electronic version of the official public docket is available 
through EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. 
You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or 
view public comments, to access the index listing of the contents of 
the official public docket, and to view those documents in the public 
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select 
``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket identification number.
    Certain types of information will not be placed in EPA Dockets. As 
indicated above, information claimed as CBI and other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official 
public docket; the same information will not be available for public 
viewing in EPA Dockets. Copyrighted material also will not be placed in 
EPA Dockets but will be referenced there and available as printed 
material in the official public docket.
    Persons submitting information should note that EPA's policy makes 
the information available as received and at no charge for public 
viewing in EPA Dockets. This policy applies to information submitted 
electronically or in paper, except where restricted by copyright, CBI 
or statute.
    Unless restricted as above, information submitted on computer disks 
that are mailed or delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA 
Dockets. Physical objects will be photographed, where practical, and 
the photograph will be placed in EPA Dockets along with a brief 
description written by the docket staff.
    You may submit information electronically, by mail, by facsimile or 
by hand delivery/ courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, include the 
appropriate docket identification number with your submission. Please 
adhere to the specified submitting period. Information received or 
submitted past the close date will be marked ``late'' and will only be 
considered if time permits.
    If you submit information electronically, EPA recommends that you 
include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other 
details for contacting you. Also include these contact details on the 
outside of any disk or CD ROM you submit and in any cover letter 
accompanying the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 
identified as the person submitting the information and allows EPA to 
contact you in case the Agency cannot read what you submit due to 
technical difficulties or needs to clarify issues raised by what you 
submit. If EPA cannot read what you submit due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, this situation 
may delay or prevent the Agency's consideration of the information.
    To access EPA's electronic public docket from the EPA Internet Home 
Page, select ``Information Sources,'' ``Dockets,'' and ``EPA Dockets.'' 
Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in Docket ID No. 
ORD-2004-0003. The system is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address or other contact 
details unless you provide it with the information you submit.
    Information may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to 
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. ORD-2004-0003. In contrast 
to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not an 
``anonymous access'' system. If you send an e-mail directly to the 
docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-
mail system automatically captures your e-mail address, and it becomes 
part of the information in the official public docket and is made 
available in EPA's electronic public docket.
    You may submit information on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to the 
OEI Docket mailing address. Files will be accepted in WordPerfect, Word 
or ASCII file format. Avoid the use of special characters and any form 
of encryption.
    If you provide information in writing, please submit one unbound 
original, with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies. For 
attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the main 
text, and submit an unbound original and three copies.

    Dated: December 2, 2004.
William H. Farland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, EPA Office of 
Research and Development.
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