[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 42 (Monday, March 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 12591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03466]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0686; FRL-9959-40-OW]


Extension of Comment Period To Review Materials To Inform the 
Derivation of a Water Concentration Value for Lead in Drinking Water

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending 
the comment period to ``Review Materials to Inform the Derivation of a 
Water Concentration Value for Lead in Drinking Water.'' In response to 
a stakeholder request, EPA is extending the comment period for an 
additional 30 days, from March 6, 2017, to April 5, 2017.

DATES: The comment period announced in the notice that was published on 
January 19, 2017 (82 FR 6546), is extended. Comments must be received 
on or before April 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments on the draft lead modeling report and 
draft peer review panel charge questions, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0686, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
content located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the Web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Helm at the EPA, Office of Ground 
Water and Drinking Water (Mail Code 4607M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; by phone: 202-566-1049; or by email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 19, 2017, EPA released materials 
for public comment that relate to the expert external peer review of 
documents intended to support the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act 
assessment of lead in drinking water. The notice specified that the 
public comment period would end on March 6, 2017, 45 days after 
publication in the Federal Register. On February 2, 2017, EPA received 
a request from the American Water Works Association to extend the 
comment period in order to have more time to evaluate the analysis and 
provide informative comments. EPA is extending the deadline for written 
comments on the draft lead modeling report and draft peer review panel 
charge questions for an additional 30 days, from March 6, 2017, to 
April 5, 2017. Please note, this notice does not extend the public 
comment period for nominations of peer review candidates. The deadline 
for nominating peer review candidates remains at February 21, 2017.

    Dated: February 8, 2017.
Peter Grevatt,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 2017-03466 Filed 3-3-17; 8:45 am]
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