[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 16266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6279]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0237; FRL-7891-9]


Animal Feeding Operations Consent Agreement and Final Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Supplemental notice to extend signup period for consent 
agreement and final order, and reopening for public comment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On January 31, 2005 (70 FR 4958), EPA announced an opportunity 
for animal feeding operations (AFOs) to sign a voluntary consent 
agreement and final order (air compliance agreement). This supplemental 
notice announces an extension to the signup period for the consent 
agreement and final order, as well as the reopening of the public 
comment period.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 2, 2005. The signup 
period is extended to July 1, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. OAR-2004-
0237, by one of the following methods:
     Agency Web site: http://www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET, 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred 
method for receiving comments. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (202) 566-1741.
     Mail: Air Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Please include a total of two copies.
     Hand Delivery: Environmental Protection Agency, 1301 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room B102, Washington, DC 20460. Such 
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. OAR-2004-0237. 
The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-
mail. The EPA EDOCKET and the Federal regulations.gov Web sites are 
``anonymous access'' systems, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through EDOCKET or regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the EDOCKET index 
at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other information, 
such as copyrighted materials, is not placed on the Internet and will 
be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in EDOCKET or in hard 
copy form at Docket ID No. OAR-2004-0237, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 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 Air Docket is (202) 
566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the air compliance 
agreement, contact Mr. Bruce Fergusson, Special Litigation and Projects 
Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. EPA, 
Ariel Rios Building, Washington, DC 20460, telephone number (202) 564-
1261, fax number (202) 564-0010, and electronic mail: 
[email protected].
    For information on the monitoring study, contact Ms. Sharon Nizich, 
Organic Chemicals Group, Emission Standards Division, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park NC 
27711, telephone number (919) 541-2825, fax number (919) 541-3470, and 
electronic mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to provide more time for public 
comment and for affected industry members to make informed decisions 
about participation, the comment period is being reopened on EPA's air 
compliance agreement to address emissions from certain AFOs. The 
comment period will reopen April 1, 2005 until May 2, 2005. Any public 
comments received in the time period from March 3 through March 31, 
2005, will be considered as timely comments for the purpose of this 
action. The air compliance agreement is part of the Agency's ongoing 
effort to minimize air emissions from such operations and to ensure 
compliance with the Clean Air Act and other laws.
    Due to substantial public response and to accommodate further 
outreach and communication with interested participants, we are 
extending the signup period for the air compliance agreement to July 1, 
2005.
    Interested parties should refer to the January 31, 2005 Federal 
Register notice (70 FR 4958) to view the consent agreement and final 
order at Appendix 1, Attachment A--Farm Information Sheet, and 
Attachment B--National Air Emissions Monitoring Study Protocol.

    Dated: March 23, 2005.
Sally L. Shaver,
Director, Emission Standards Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 
and Standards.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Director, Special Litigation and Projects Division, Office of Civil 
Enforcement Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
[FR Doc. 05-6279 Filed 3-29-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P