[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3878]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0031; FRL-8283-5]
RIN 2060-AN97


Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generators 
for Which Construction Is Commenced After August 17, 1971; Standards of 
Performance for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units for Which 
Construction Is Commenced After September 18, 1978; Standards of 
Performance for Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating 
Units; and Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-
Institutional Steam Generating Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the extension of the public comment period 
on the proposed reconsideration amendments to the new source 
performance standards (NSPS) for electric utility steam generating 
units and industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units. 
EPA originally requested comments on the proposed rule by March 12, 
2007 (February 9, 2007,72 FR 6320). EPA is extending the deadline to 
March 26, 2007, and is now requesting written comments by that date. 
EPA received a request for a 15 day extension to the comment period 
from the Utility Air Regulatory Group, the Council of Industrial Boiler 
Owners, and the Coke Oven Environmental Task Force. The reason given 
for requesting the extension was the need for additional time to gather 
data and review the proposed amendments. Since the original comment 
period was 30 days, EPA finds this request reasonable.

DATES: Comments. Comments must be received on or before March 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0031, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     By Facsimile: (202) 566-1741.
     Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, U.S. EPA, Mail Code 6102T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a 
total of two copies. EPA requests a separate copy also be sent to the 
contact person identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2005-0031, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 
3334, Washington, DC, 20004. Such deliveries are accepted only 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-HQ-OAR-
2005-0031. 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 regulations.gov or e-
mail. The http://www.regulations.gov website is an ``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 http://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/dockets.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 Air and Radiation 
Docket EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 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 and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christian Fellner, Energy 
Strategies Group, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-01), U.S. 
EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 541-4003, 
facsimile number (919) 541-5450, electronic mail (e-mail) address: 
[email protected].

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 60

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 28, 2007.
William L. Wehrum,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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