[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 75439-75440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24260]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR PART 51

[EPA-OAR-2005-0148; FRL-8010-5]


Advance Notice To Solicit Comments, Date 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; Second Extension of the Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: The EPA is extending the comment period a second time for an 
advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) published on August 31, 
2005 (70 FR 51694). The first extension of comment period published in 
the Federal Register on October 13, 2005 (70 FR 59680). In the August 
31, 2005, document, EPA solicited comments, data and information for 
determining how to calculate the reduction 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 and to allow more time in general, 
EPA is extending the comment period an additional 60 days to February 
16, 2006.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 16, 2006. 
Requests to meet with EPA should be made on or before January 30, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-OAR-2005-
0148, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: epa.gov">A-and-R-Docket@epa.gov attention Docket No. EPA-
OAR-2005-0148.
     Fax: 202-566-1741.
     Mail: Docket ID No. EPA-OAR-2005-0148, Environmental 
Protection Agency Docket Center, Mail Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 10460. Please include duplicate copies, if 
possible.
     Hand Delivery: Docket ID No. EPA-OAR-2005-0148, 
Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room-
102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Please include 
duplicate copies, if possible. 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. EPA-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.regulations.gov, 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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your 
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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 www.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. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit 
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Docket, EPA/DC, 
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This 
docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is (202) 
566-1742. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Marcia L. Spink, Air Protection 
Division, Office of Air Programs, Mail Code: 3AP20; Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 3, 1650 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-
2029; telephone (215) 814-2104, spink.marcia epa.gov, or Makeba A. 
Morris, Air Protection Division, Air Quality Planning Branch, Mail 
Code; 3AP21; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3, 1650 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029; telephone number: (215) 814-2187; fax 
number: (215) 814-2124; e-mail address: epa.gov">morris.makeba@epa.gov. To 
schedule a meeting with EPA, please contact David Sanders, 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 
epa.gov">sanders.dave@epa.gov.

    Dated: December 14, 2005.
William L. Wehrum,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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