[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53684-53685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15084]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0076; FRL-8218-3]


Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Data Availability for 
EGU NOX Annual and NOX Ozone Season Allocations for the Clean Air 
Interstate Rule Federal Implementation Plan Trading Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice to extend comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to requests from the American Forest and Paper 
Association, the EPA is extending the comment period for the notice of 
data availability (NODA) for EGU NOX Annual and 
NOX Ozone Season Allocations for the Clean Air Interstate 
Rule Federal Implementation Plan Trading Programs (CAIR FIP) that was 
published on August 4, 2006 (71 FR 44283) for an additional 30 days. 
The comment period will now end on October 5, 2006.

DATES: The EPA is establishing a comment period ending on October 5, 
2006. Comments must be postmarked by the last day of the comment period 
and sent directly to the Docket Office listed in ADDRESSES (in 
duplicate form if possible).

ADDRESSES: Submit your objections, identified by Docket Number OAR-
2004-0076 by one of the following methods:
    A. Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Today's 
action is not a rulemaking but you may use the Federal Rulemaking 
Portal to submit objections to the NODA. To submit objections, follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    B. Mail: Air Docket, ATTN: Docket Number OAR--2004-0076, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    C. E-mail: [email protected].
    D. Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Room B102, Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the 
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be 
made for deliveries of boxed information.

    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the 
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's Federal 
Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on 
docket operations, locations and telephone numbers. The Docket 
Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure for 
submitting comments to www.regulations.gov are not affected by the 
flooding and will remain the same.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General questions concerning today's 
action and technical questions concerning heat input or fuel data 
should be addressed to Brian Fisher, USEPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios 
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Mail Code 6204 J, Washington, DC 
20460. Telephone at (202) 343-9633, e-mail at [email protected].
    If mailing by courier, address package to Brian Fisher, 1310 L St., 
NW., RM  713G, Washington, DC 20005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 EPA Docket 
Center, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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

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number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.

Extension of Comment Period

    In the August 4, 2006 NODA, EPA provided notice that it had placed 
in the CAIR FIP docket allocation tables for EGU NOX annual 
and EGU NOX ozone season allocations for control periods 
2009-2014. The allocation tables also included inventories of heat 
input and inventories of potentially exempt units. In addition, EPA 
also submitted a TSD describing the allocation table data fields to the 
docket.
    The EPA originally provided a 30-day period for the unit owners, 
unit operators, and the public to submit objections regarding 
individual units' treatment as potentially covered or not covered by 
CAIR and, for units treated as potential CAIR units, the data used in 
the allocation calculations and the allocations resulting from such 
calculations. In response to requests from the American Forest and 
Paper Association, EPA is extending the comment period for an 
additional 30 days. Please refer to the August 4, 2006 notice for a 
complete description of the data on which EPA is soliciting comment.

    Dated: September 5, 2006.
Brian McLean,
Director, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. E6-15084 Filed 9-11-06; 8:45 am]
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