[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36034-36035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15340]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 87

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0294; FRL-9167-4]
RIN 2060-AP79


Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lead Emissions From 
Piston-Engine Aircraft Using Leaded Aviation Gasoline; Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day extension of the public comment 
period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Lead Emissions 
From Piston-Engine Aircraft Using Leaded Aviation Gasoline (hereinafter 
referred to as the ANPR). EPA published this ANPR, which included a 
request for comment, in the Federal Register on April 28, 2010. The 
public comment period was to end on June 28, 2010 (60 days after its 
publication in the Federal Register). This document extends the comment 
period an additional 60 days until August 27, 2010. This extension of 
the comment period is provided to allow the public additional time to 
provide comment on the ANPR.

DATES: The comment period for the ANPR published April 28, 2010 (75 FR 
22440) is extended. Written comments must be received on or before 
August 27, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0294, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (202) 566-9744.
     Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 6102T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include two 
copies.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (Air Docket), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room: 3334 Mail Code: 2822T, 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.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0294. 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 
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. For additional instructions on submitting 
comments, please refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking document.
    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 EPA Docket Center, 
EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 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 number for the 
Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.

How can I get copies of this document, the advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking, and other related information?

    The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0294. The EPA has also developed a Web site for 
aviation, including the ANPR, at: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/aviation.htm. 
Please refer to the ANPR for detailed information on accessing 
information related to this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marion Hoyer, Assessment and Standards 
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 2000 Traverwood 
Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4513; fax 
number: (734) 214-4821; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: In the ANPR, EPA described and invited comment from all 
interested parties on the data available for evaluating lead emissions, 
ambient concentrations and potential exposure to lead from the use of 
leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) in piston-engine powered aircraft. The 
ANPR is one of the steps EPA has taken in response to a petition 
submitted by Friends of the Earth (FOE) requesting that EPA find 
endangerment from and regulate lead emitted by piston-engine aircraft, 
or if insufficient information exists, to commence a study. In addition 
to describing and inviting comment on the current data, the ANPR also 
describes considerations regarding emission engine standards and 
requests comment on approaches for transitioning the piston-engine 
fleet to unleaded avgas.
    Extension of Comment Period: EPA received requests for an extension 
of the ANPR comment period that are available in the docket for this 
rule (EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0294). After considering the requests, EPA has 
determined that a 60-day extension of the comment period would provide 
the public adequate time to provide meaningful comment on the ANPR. 
Accordingly, the public comment period for the ANPR is extended until 
August 27, 2010. EPA does not anticipate any further extension of the 
comment period at this time.


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    Dated: June 18, 2010.
Gina McCarthy,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2010-15340 Filed 6-23-10; 8:45 am]
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