[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1802]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0504; FRL-8030-8]


Notice of Extension of Comment Period on the Nanotechnology White 
Paper External Review Draft

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of Public Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of December 21, 
2005 (70 FR 75812) concerning the availability of the Nanotechnology 
White Paper External Review Draft and requested comments on the draft 
be received by January 31, 2006 in order to be shared with an external 
review panel. This notice is extending the period for comments received 
from the public to be shared with the external review panel for their 
consideration from January 31, 2006 to March 1, 2006. Comments received 
beyond that time will be considered by EPA.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is submitting the 
Nanotechnology White Paper External Review Draft for independent 
external peer review, which will be conducted in the March timeframe. 
Following the expert review, EPA will issue a final white paper on 
nanotechnology in early 2006. Members of the public may obtain the 
draft white paper from http://www.regulations.gov; or http://www.epa.gov/osa/nanotech.htm; or from Dr. Kathryn Gallagher via the 
contact information below.

DATES: All comments received by March 1, 2006 will be shared with the 
external peer review panel for their consideration. Comments received 
beyond that time will be considered by EPA.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2005-0504, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA 
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0504. Deliveries are only 
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2005-0504. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
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 
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.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
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 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, 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 ORD 
Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kathryn Gallagher, Office of the 
Science Advisor, Mail Code 8105-R, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
(202) 564-1398; fax number: (202) 564-2070, E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 6, 2006.
William H. Farland,
Chief Scientist, Office of the Science Advisor.
[FR Doc. E6-1802 Filed 2-8-06; 8:45 am]
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