[Federal Register: December 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 233)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 73629-73630]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0640; FRL-8748-1]
RIN 2060-AJ86

 
Performance Specification and Quality Assurance Requirements for 
Continuous Parameter Monitoring Systems and Amendments to Standards of 
Performance for New Stationary Sources; National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants; and National Emission Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants for Source Categories

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the comment period on the proposed rule 
for Performance Specification 17, ``Specifications and Test Procedures 
for Continuous Parameter Monitoring Systems at Stationary Sources'' and 
Procedure 4, ``Quality Assurance Requirements for Continuous Parameter 
Monitoring Systems at Stationary Sources'' published on October 9, 
2008, is extended to February 5, 2009. This comment period extension 
also applies to the amendments proposed along with Performance 
Specification 17 and Procedure 4 for continuous parameter monitoring 
systems. EPA received requests for an extension to the comment period 
from the American Chemistry Council and the Coalition for Responsible 
Waste Incineration.

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    The reason given for the request for the extension was the need for 
additional time to review the proposed rules and assess their impact on 
subject sources. Since the additional time is expected to afford 
commenters the ability to prepare and submit more comprehensive and 
detailed comments, EPA finds the requests for an extension of the 
comment period reasonable.
    One commenter also requested a 60-day extension to the deadline for 
requesting a public hearing on the proposed rule. No specific, 
compelling reason was provided for granting this request; therefore EPA 
finds the request for extending the deadline for requesting a public 
hearing on the proposal not reasonable.

DATES: Comments: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or 
before February 5, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0640, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0640.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0640.
     Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0640. Please include a total of two copies.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center (6102T), 1301 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 3334, Washington, DC 20460, Attention 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0640. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements 
should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Please include a 
total of two copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0640. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The 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 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. 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 
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 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, 
Performance Specification 17 and Procedure 4 for Continuous Parameter 
Monitoring Systems Docket, 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 Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Barrett Parker, Sector Policies 
and Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 
(D243-05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5635; e-mail address: 
parker.barrett@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Does this action apply to me?

    To determine whether your facility, company, business, 
organization, etc., is potentially affected by this action, you should 
examine the proposed rule published on October 9, 2008 (73 FR 59956). 
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to 
a particular entity, consult either the air permit authority for the 
entity or your EPA regional representative.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments to EPA?

    Do not submit information containing CBI to EPA through 
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Send or deliver information identified 
as CBI only to the following address: Roberto Morales, OAQPS Document 
Control Officer (C404-02), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0640. Clearly mark the 
part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 
information in a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside 
of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within 
the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In 
addition to one complete version of the comment that includes 
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain 
the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the 
public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in 
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

C. Where can I get a copy of this document?

    In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of 
this notice is available on the Worldwide Web (WWW) through the 
Technology Transfer Network (TTN). Following signature, a copy of this 
action will be posted on the TTN's policy and guidance page for newly 
proposed or promulgated rules at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg. The TTN 
provides information and technology exchange in various areas of air 
pollution control.

    Dated: November 26, 2008.
Robert J. Meyers,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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