[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61102-61103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24253]



[[Page 61102]]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60 and 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0382; FRL-7547.1-02-OAR]
RIN 2060-AV37


Potential Future Regulation Addressing Pyrolysis and Gasification 
Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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

SUMMARY: On September 8, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) solicited information and requested comments to assist in the 
potential development of regulations for pyrolysis and gasification 
units that are used to convert solid or semi-solid feedstocks to useful 
products such as energy, fuels, and chemical commodities. The deadline 
to respond to our request was November 8, 2021. The EPA is extending 
the period to respond to our request for information and comment to 
December 23, 2021.

DATES: The public comment period for the request for information 
published in the Federal Register on September 8, 2021 (86 FR 50296), 
originally ending November 8, 2021, is being extended. Written comments 
must be received on or before December 23, 2021.

ADDRESSES: 
    Comments. You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2021-0382, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2021-0382 in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2021-0382.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0382, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery or Courier (by scheduled appointment only): 
EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center's hours of operation 
are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (except Federal holidays).
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR- 
2021-0382. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and may be made available 
online at https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed 
to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute. Do not submit electronically any information that you consider 
to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute. This type of information should be submitted by mail as 
discussed below.
    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. 
The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents 
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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    The https://www.regulations.gov/ website allows you to submit your 
comment anonymously, 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 
https://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 
digital storage media 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 not include special characters or any form of encryption and 
should be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information 
about the EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and EPA 
staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room are closed to the public, 
with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. 
The EPA's Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. The Agency encourages the public 
to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there 
may be a delay in processing mail and faxes. Hand deliveries and 
couriers may be received by scheduled appointment only. For further 
information on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us online at 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The EPA continues to carefully and 
continuously monitor information from the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, local area health departments, and our Federal partners 
so that the Agency can respond rapidly as conditions change regarding 
COVID-19.
    Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA 
through https://www.regulations.gov/ or email. Clearly mark the part or 
all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on 
any digital storage media that you mail to the EPA, mark the outside of 
the digital storage media as CBI and then identify electronically 
within the digital storage media the specific information that is 
claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comments 
that includes information claimed as CBI, you must submit a copy of the 
comments that does not contain the information claimed as CBI directly 
to the public docket through the procedures outlined in Instructions 
above. If you submit any digital storage media that does not contain 
CBI, mark the outside of the digital storage media clearly that it does 
not contain CBI. Information not marked as CBI will be included in the 
public docket and the EPA's electronic public docket without prior 
notice. Information marked as CBI will not be disclosed except in 
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) part 2. Send or deliver information identified as CBI only to the 
following address: OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-02), OAQPS, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina 27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0382. Note that 
written comments containing CBI and submitted by mail may be delayed 
and no hand deliveries will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this action, 
contact Nabanita Modak Fischer, Fuels and Incineration Group, Sector 
Policies and Programs Division (E143-05), Environmental Protection 
Agency,

[[Page 61103]]

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 
541-5572; fax number: (919) 541-3470; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 8, 2021, the EPA published an 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting information 
and requesting comments to assist in the potential development of 
regulations for pyrolysis and gasification units that are used to 
convert solid or semi-solid feedstocks to useful products such as 
energy, fuels, and chemical commodities (86 FR 50296). In accordance 
with that Notice, the comment period to respond to the ANPRM currently 
closes on November 8, 2021. The EPA has received a request to extend 
the comment period. After considering the request to extend the public 
comment period, the EPA has decided to extend the public comment period 
until December 23, 2021. This extension will provide the additional 
time requested by the public to review the request and gather 
information to respond.

Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policy and Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-24253 Filed 11-4-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P