[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14840-14841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6413]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Chapters I Through VII
[FRL-9283-9; EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0154, -0155, -0156, -0157, -0158, -0159, -
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Extension of Comment Period: EPA's Plan for Retrospective Review
Under Executive Order 13563
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On February 23, 2011, EPA published in the Federal Register a
document seeking public input on the design of a plan to use for
periodic retrospective review of its regulations (76 FR 9988). This
input is being solicited in response to Executive Order 13563,
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' wherein all federal
agencies are directed to conduct a ``retrospective analysis of rules
that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively
burdensome and to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal them in
accordance with what has been learned.''
DATES: Comments should be submitted no later than April 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0154, -0155, -0156, -0157, -0158, -0159, -0160, -0161, -
0162, -0163, -0164, -0165, -0166, -0167 or -0168 by any 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: Send a copy of your comments and any enclosures to:
Improving Regulations Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Docket Center, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: Improving Regulations Docket, EPA/DC, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 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-OA-2011-
0154, -0155, -0156, -0157, -0158, -0159, -0160, -0161, -0162, -0163, -
0164, -0165, -0166, -0167, -0168. 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. 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.
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Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
instructions on submitting comments, go to Section II of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 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 Improving
Regulations 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 Improving Regulations Docket is (202) 566-
1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on this
document, please contact Stuart Miles-McLean, Office of Regulatory
Policy and Management (1803A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-6581; fax number: 202-564-7322; e-mail address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA extending its comment period for
feedback on the design of its retrospective review plan under Executive
Order 13563 to April 4, 2011. To assist you in focusing your comments
or recommendations, EPA has provided various categories relating to
issue/impact, program area, or a multipurpose general area. These
categories are not intended to restrict the issues that you may wish to
address. The following list provides the category of each docket. If
you wish to submit comments, please select one of the appropriate
dockets listed below or send by mail as described in the ADDRESSES
section above.
1. Integration and Innovation
Submit a comment on ``Improving Regulations: Integration and
Innovation'' at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0161.
2. Environmental Justice/Children's Health/Elderly
Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: EJ, Children &
Elderly'' at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0168.
3. Science/Obsolete/Technology Outdated
Submit a comment on ``Improving Regulations: Science/Obsolete/
Technology Outdated'' at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0162.
4. State, Local and Tribal Governments
Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: State, Local
and Tribal governments'' at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0163.
5. Least Burdensome/Flexible Approaches
Provide comment on ``Improving Regulations: Least Burden/Flexible
Approaches'' at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0165.
6. Benefits and Costs
Submit a comment related to benefits and costs in ``Improving
Regulations: Benefits and Costs'' at docket EPA- HQ-OA-2011-
0158.
7. Small Business
Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: Small
Business'' at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0164.
8. Compliance
Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: Compliance''
at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0166.
9. Economic Conditions/Market
Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Economic
Conditions/Market'' at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0167.
10. Program Area: Air
Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Air'' at docket
EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0155.
11. Program Area: Pesticides
Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Pesticides'' at
docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0157.
12. Program Area: Toxic Substances
Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Toxic Substances''
at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0159.
13. Program Area: Waste
Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Waste'' at docket
EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0160.
14. Program Area: Water
Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Water'' at docket
EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0154.
15. Use the ``Improving Regulations: General'' docket EPA-
HQ-OA-2011-0156 to submit an idea for how best to promote retrospective
analysis of rules. This docket may also be used for any comment that:
Pertains to more than one issue/impact and/or program
area.
Doesn't relate to any of the other docket categories
listed in this section.
EPA welcomes comment and feedback from all parties on the issues
listed herein. The Agency is collecting this information for its
planning purposes and is not bound to further action or response. All
submissions will be made publically available on http://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: March 15, 2011.
Michael Goo,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-6413 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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