[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6495-6496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02334]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0831; FRL-9922-44-OAR]

40 CFR Part 98

RIN 2060-AS37


Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: 2015 Revisions and Confidentiality 
Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems; Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing an 
extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule titled 
``Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 2015 Revision and Confidentiality 
Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems''. The public 
comment period for this proposal began on December 9, 2014. This 
document announces the extension of the deadline for public comment 
from February 9, 2015 to February 24, 2015.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on December 
9, 2014 (79 FR 73147) has been extended. Comments must be received on 
or before February 24, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0831 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2014-0831 or RIN No. 2060-AS37 in the subject line of the 
message.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744.
     Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), Mailcode 28221T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-
0831, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. In addition, 
please mail a copy of your comments on the information collection 
provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
     Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA 
WJC West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. 
Such deliveries are accepted only during the normal hours of operation 
of the Docket Center, and special arrangements should be made for 
deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2014-0831. 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 email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not know 
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body 
of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA 
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email 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, the 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 the EPA cannot read your comment 
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 
the 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 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 for viewing at the 
EPA Docket Center. Publicly available docket materials are available 
either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 
the Air Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, 
Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207A), Environmental Protection

[[Page 6496]]

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 343-9263; fax number: (202) 343-2342; email address: 
[email protected]. For technical questions, please see the 
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Web site http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/index.html. To submit a question, select Help Center, 
followed by Contact Us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Worldwide Web (WWW)

    In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of 
this document will also be available through the WWW. Following 
signature, a copy of this action will be posted on the EPA's greenhouse 
gas reporting rule Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/index.html.

Additional Information on Submitting Comments

    To expedite review of your comments by Agency staff, you are 
encouraged to send a separate copy of your comments, in addition to the 
copy you submit to the official docket, to Carole Cook, U.S. EPA, 
Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change Division, Mail Code 
6207A, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 343-9263, email address: 
[email protected].

Background

    In this action, the EPA is providing notice that it is extending 
the comment period on the proposed rule titled ``Greenhouse Gas 
Reporting Program: 2015 Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations 
for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems'', which was published on 
December 9, 2014 (79 FR 73147). The previous deadline for submitting 
public comment on that rule was February 9, 2015. The EPA is extending 
that deadline to February 24, 2015. This extension will provide the 
general public additional time for participation and comments.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Greenhouse gases, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: January 28, 2015.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-02334 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P