[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59680-59681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20520]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR PART 51

[OAR-2005-0148; FRL-7982-9]


Advance Notice To Solicit Comments, Data and Information for 
Determining the Emissions Reductions Achieved in Ozone Nonattainment 
and Maintenance Areas From the Implementation of Rules Limiting the VOC 
Content of AIM Coatings; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of the comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the comment period for an advanced notice of 
proposed rulemaking (ANPR) published on August 31, 2005 (70 FR 51694). 
In the August 31, 2005 ANPR, EPA solicited comments, data and 
information for determining how to calculate the reductions in volatile 
organic compounds (VOC) emissions achieved in ozone nonattainment and 
maintenance areas from the implementation of rules which limit the VOC 
content of architectural coatings (commonly referred to as 
architectural industrial maintenance, or AIM, coatings). In addition to 
submitting comments, data and information, interested parties may also 
request to meet with EPA to present their recommended approaches and 
rationales. Pursuant to requests of the Ozone Transport Commission and 
the California Air Resources Board, EPA is extending the comment period 
through December 16, 2005.

DATES: Comments, data, and information must be submitted on or before 
December 16, 2005. Requests to meet with EPA should be made on or 
before November 28, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments, data and information, 
identified by Docket ID No. OAR-2005-0148, by one of the following 
methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    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: Send electronic mail (e-mail) to EPA Docket Center at [email protected].
    Fax: Send faxes to the EPA Docket Center at (202) 566-1741.
    Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20460. Attn: Docket ID No. OAR-2005-0148, Advance Notice for 
Information on Determining the Emissions Reductions Achieved from 
Limiting the VOC Content of Architectural Coating. Please include a 
total of two copies.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center (Air and Radiation 
Docket), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West Building, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such 
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for delivery of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. OAR-2005-0148. 
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 websites 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 electronic 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.

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Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, 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 during normal business hours at the Air and 
Radiation Docket, (EPA/DC) EPA West, 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 Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia L. Spink, Associate Director 
for Air Programs, Air Protection Division, Mail Code 3AP20, U.S. EPA 
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, telephone (215) 
814-2104, or by e-mail at spink.marcia @epa.gov. To schedule a meeting 
with EPA, please contact David Sanders, U.S. EPA, Ozone Policy & 
Strategies Group, Air Quality Strategies & Standards Division, Mail 
Code C539-02, Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-3356, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated: October 5, 2005.
William L. Wehrum,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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