[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57381-57383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18117]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0430; FRL-7522-05-OAR]
RIN 2060-AU63
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary
Copper Smelting; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public
comment period.
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SUMMARY: On July 24, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) published a supplemental proposed rule titled ``National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary Copper Smelting.'' The
EPA is extending the comment period on this proposed rule that
currently closes on September 7, 2023, by 15 days. The comment period
will now remain open until September 22, 2023, to allow additional time
for Tribal Nations and stakeholders to review and comment on the
proposal.
DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the
Federal Register on July 24, 2023 (88 FR 47415), originally ending
September 7, 2023, is being extended by 15 days. Written comments must
now be
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received on or before September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0430, 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-2020-0430 in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2020-0430.
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0430, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
Hand/Courier Delivery: 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. All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this action,
contact Amanda Hansen, Metals and Inorganic Chemicals Group, Sector
Policies and Programs Division (D243-02), P.O. Box 12055, Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-3165; and email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rationale. The EPA received a request for additional time to review
and comment on the supplemental proposed rule from a regulated entity
(Freeport-McMorRan Miami, Inc.). This request is available in the
docket (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0430). They noted that a document
in the docket (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0430) contained
typographical errors. Specifically, the memorandum that was intended to
show the proposed rule edits (in redline strikeout) that would be
necessary to incorporate the changes to 40 CFR part 63, subpart QQQ
proposed in the action published on July 24, 2023 (88 FR 47415) was
inadvertently converted to a clean document before it was posted to the
docket. We posted the updated correct document to https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/primary-copper-smelting-national-emissions-standards-hazardous-air, to replace the previous document
(that had the typographical errors). We also added the correct document
to the docket, under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0430, which is
available at https://www.regulations.gov, and notified the entity
within 8 days of publication of the supplemental notice. After
considering this request, the EPA has decided to extend the public
comment period by 15 days to provide all parties with an opportunity to
review the updated document. The public comment period will now end on
September 22, 2023.
Docket. The EPA has established a docket for this rulemaking under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0430. All documents in the docket are
listed in https://www.regulations.gov/. Although listed, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is
not placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard
copy. With the exception of such material, publicly available docket
materials are available electronically in Regulations.gov.
Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2020-0430. 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 to https://www.regulations.gov/
any information that you consider to be CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. This type of information should be
submitted as discussed below.
The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket.
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 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.
Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA
through https://www.regulations.gov/. 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, note the docket ID,
mark the outside of the digital storage media as CBI, and 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 and note the docket ID.
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.
Our preferred method to receive CBI is for it to be transmitted
electronically
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using email attachments, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or other online
file sharing services (e.g., Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive).
Electronic submissions must be transmitted directly to the OAQPS CBI
Office at the email address [email protected], and as described above,
should include clear CBI markings and note the docket ID. If assistance
is needed with submitting large electronic files that exceed the file
size limit for email attachments, and if you do not have your own file
sharing service, please email [email protected] to request a file
transfer link. If sending CBI information through the postal service,
please send it to the following address: OAQPS Document Control Officer
(C404-02), OAQPS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 12055,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0430. The mailed CBI material should be double wrapped
and clearly marked. Any CBI markings should not show through the outer
envelope.
Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policies and Programs Division.
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