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All comments will be available for 

public inspection upon request at the 

Office of the Commissioner for Patents, 

located in Madison East, Tenth Floor, 

600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 

and will be available on the USPTO 

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comments submitted through the 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Counsel, by telephone at 571–272–7832, 

by e-mail at 

nicolas.oettinger@uspto.gov, or by mail 

addressed to Mail Stop Comments— 

Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. 

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marked to the attention of Nicolas 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On January 18, 2011, President 

Obama issued Executive Order 13563, 

Improving Regulation and Regulatory 

Review. In the Executive Order, the 

President stated: 

Our regulatory system must protect public 

health, welfare, safety, and our environment 

while promoting economic growth, 

innovation, competitiveness, and job 

creation. It must be based on the best 

available science. It must allow for public 

participation and an open exchange of ideas. 

It must promote predictability and reduce 

uncertainty. It must identify and use the best, 

most innovative, and least burdensome tools 

for achieving regulatory ends. It must take 

into account benefits and costs, both 

quantitative and qualitative. It must ensure 

that regulations are accessible, consistent, 

written in plain language, and easy to 

understand. It must measure, and seek to 

improve, the actual results of regulatory 

requirements. 

E.O. 13563, 76 FR 3281, at Section 1(a). 

The Executive Order directed agencies 

to develop and submit, within 120 days, 

preliminary plans for reviewing their 

existing ‘‘significant regulations’’ (as that 

term is defined in Executive Order 

12866) and determining whether and 

how such regulations could be made 

more effective and less burdensome. 

The Executive Order also directed 

agencies to provide the public with an 

opportunity to participate in the 

regulatory process and to provide 

comments on the development of such 

a plan, and further directed that timely 

on-line access to the rule making docket 

be provided so that the public had the 

opportunity to comment on all pertinent 

parts of the rule making docket. 

As the Office begins work on a 

preliminary plan for reviewing its 

existing significant regulations, it is 

requesting that the public participate in 

that process. The Office is asking the 

public to provide comments on how 

such a plan should be developed, what 

such a plan should include, which 

significant regulations should be 

reviewed, and how those regulations 

might be improved. The Office 

recognizes that the intellectual property 

community and the public in general 

will have useful information and 

opinions about how USPTO regulations 

can be reviewed and improved in order 

to best achieve its mission of promoting 

innovation and competition. This 

request for comments will help the 

Office gather information that will 

inform its decisions about developing a 

plan for reviewing the Office’s existing 

significant regulations. 

The Office welcomes any comments 

that you think might be helpful in 

developing a plan for reviewing 

significant USPTO regulations. Some 

questions that may be helpful to 

consider in preparing such comments 

include: 

1. What is the best way for the Office 

to identify which of its significant 

regulations should be modified, 

streamlined, expanded, or repealed? 

What process should the Office use to 

select rules for review and how should 

it prioritize such review? 

2. What can the Office, relative to its 

regulation process, do to reduce burdens 

and maintain flexibility for the public 

while promoting its missions? 

3. How can the Office ensure that its 

significant regulations promote 

innovation and competition in the most 

effective and least burdensome way? 

How can these Office regulations be 

improved to accomplish this? 

4. Are there USPTO regulations that 

conflict with, or are duplicative of, 

regulations from other agencies? If so, 

please identify any such rules and 

provide any suggestions you might have 

for how this conflict or duplication can 

be resolved in order to help the Office 

achieve its mission more effectively. 

5. How can the Office best encourage 

public participation in its rule making 

process? How can the Office best 

provide a forum for the open exchange 

of ideas among the Office, the 

intellectual property community, and 

the public in general? 

These questions are not intended to be 

an exhaustive list of topics for public 

comment. While the Office welcomes 

and values all comments from the 

public in response to this request, these 

comments do not bind the Office to any 

further actions related to the comments, 

and the Office may not respond to every 

comment that is submitted. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2011–0055–201107; FRL– 

9285–1] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and 

Designations of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; Georgia: Macon; 

Determination of Attaining Data for the 

1997 Annual Fine Particulate 

Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to 

determine that the Macon, Georgia, fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) nonattainment 

area (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Macon 

Area’’ or ‘‘the Area’’) has attained the 

1997 annual average PM2.5 National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). The Macon Area is 

comprised of Bibb County in its entirety 

and a portion of Monroe County. This 

proposed determination of attainment is 

based upon complete, quality-assured 

and certified ambient air monitoring 

data for the 2007–2009 period showing 

that the Area has monitored attainment 

of the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS. If 

EPA finalizes this proposed 

determination of attainment, the 

requirements for the Area to submit an 

attainment demonstration and 

associated reasonably available control 

measures (RACM), a reasonable further 

progress (RFP) plan, contingency 

measures, and other planning State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions 

related to attainment of the standard 

shall be suspended so long as the Area 

continues to attain the annual PM2.5

NAAQS. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2011–0055, by one of the 

following methods: 


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1 ‘‘1997 Annual NAAQS’’ refers to both the 

primary and secondary standards, which are 

identical. 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9040. 

4. Mail: EPA–R04–OAR–2011–0055, 

Regulatory Development Section, Air 

Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery: Lynorae Benjamin, 

Chief, Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Regional Office official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OAR–2011– 

0055. 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 through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The http:// 

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 http:// 

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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

http://www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., 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 form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel 

Huey or Sara Waterson, Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Mr. Huey 

may be reached by phone at (404) 562– 

9104 or via electronic mail at 

huey.joel@epa.gov. Ms. Waterson may 

be reached by phone at (404) 562–9061 

or via electronic mail at 

waterson.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What action is EPA taking? 

II. What is the background for this action? 

III. Does the Macon area meet the annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS? 

A. Criteria 

B. Macon Area Air Quality 

IV. What is the effect of this action? 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What action is EPA taking? 

EPA is proposing to determine that 

the Macon Area (comprised of Bibb 

County in its entirety and a portion of 

Monroe County) has attaining data for 

the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS.1 The 

proposal is based upon complete, 

quality-assured and certified ambient air 

monitoring data for the 2007–2009 

monitoring period that shows the Area 

has monitored attainment of the 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

II. What is the background for this 

action? 

On July 18, 1997 (62 FR 36852), EPA 

established an annual PM2.5 NAAQS at 

15.0 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/ 

m3) based on a 3-year average of annual 

mean PM2.5 concentrations. At that time, 

EPA also established a 24-hour NAAQS 

of 65 μg/m3. See 40 CFR 50.7. On 

January 5, 2005 (70 FR 944), EPA 

published its air quality designations 

and classifications for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS based upon air quality 

monitoring data from those monitors for 

calendar years 2001–2003. These 

designations became effective on April 

5, 2005. The Macon Area was 

designated nonattainment for the 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS. See 40 CFR 

81.311. 

On October 17, 2006 (71 FR 61144), 

EPA retained the 1997 annual PM2.5

NAAQS at 15.0 μg/m3 based on a 3-year 

average of annual mean PM2.5

concentrations and promulgated a 

24-hour NAAQS of 35 μg/m3 based on 

a 3-year average of the 98th percentile 

of 24-hour concentrations. On 

November 13, 2009, EPA designated the 

Macon Area as attainment for the 2006 

24-hour NAAQS (74 FR 58688). In that 

action, EPA also clarified the 

designations for the NAAQS 

promulgated in 1997, stating that the 

Macon Area was designated as 

nonattainment for the annual NAAQS 

but attainment for the 24-hour NAAQS. 

Thus, today’s action does not address 

attainment of either the 1997 or the 

2006 24-hour NAAQS. 

In response to legal challenges of the 

annual NAAQS promulgated in 2006, 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District 

of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) 

remanded this NAAQS to EPA for 

further consideration. See American 

Farm Bureau Federation and National 

Pork Producers Council, et al. v. EPA, 

559 F.3d 512 (DC Cir. 2009). However, 

given that the 1997 and 2006 annual 

NAAQS are essentially identical, 

attainment of the 1997 annual NAAQS 

would also indicate attainment of the 

remanded 2006 annual NAAQS. 

On April 25, 2007 (72 FR 20664), EPA 

promulgated its PM2.5 Implementation 

Rule, codified at 40 CFR part 51, subpart 

Z, in which the Agency provided 

guidance for State and Tribal plans to 

implement the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. This 

rule, at 40 CFR 51.1004(c), specifies 

some of the regulatory consequences of 

attaining the NAAQS, as discussed 

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2Macon Allied design value considers co-located 

data where primary data are not available. 

3Macon Allied design value considers data 

substitution of 58.1 μg/m3 for all missing data in 1st 

quarter of 2008. 

4Macon SE Annual Mean considers data 

substitution for second and fourth quarters of 2008 

and 3rd quarter of 2009. 

III. Does the Macon area meet the 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS? 

A. Criteria 

Today’s rulemaking assesses whether 

the Macon Area is attaining the 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS. The Macon Area 

is comprised of Bibb County in its 

entirety and a portion of Monroe 

County. 

Under EPA regulations at 40 CFR 

50.7, the annual primary and secondary 

PM2.5 NAAQS are met when the annual 

arithmetic mean concentration, as 

determined in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 50, Appendix N, is less than or 

equal to 15.0 μg/m3 at all relevant 

monitoring sites in the subject Area. 

B. Macon Area Air Quality 

EPA has reviewed the ambient air 

monitoring data for the Macon Area in 

accordance with the provisions of 40 

CFR part 50, Appendix N. All data 

considered have been quality-assured, 

certified, and recorded in EPA’s Air 

Quality System (AQS) database. This 

review addresses air quality data 

collected in the 3-year period from 

2007–2009. 

The following table provides the 

annual average concentrations averaged 

over 2007–2009 at the sites in the 

Macon Area with at least 75 percent 

complete data in each quarter of each of 

those 3 years. The Macon-Allied 

Chemical monitor (13–021–0007) did 

not meet 75 percent completeness for 

the first quarter of 2008 and the Macon 

SE monitor (13–021–0012) did not meet 

75 percent completeness for the second 

and fourth quarters of 2008 and third 

quarter of 2009. The 3-year average 

annual concentrations for 2007–2009 on 

this table without data substitution are 

13.7 μg/m3 for Macon Allied and 12.0 

μg/m3 for Macon SE. The 3-year average 

annual concentrations for 2007–2009 on 

this table with data substitution are 14.9 

μg/m3 for Macon Allied and 13.3 μg/m3

for Macon SE. The data substitution 

procedures were separately applied to 

each site. The complete procedure for 

the maximum value data substitution 

test can be found in the EPA guidance 

document ‘‘Guideline on Data Handling 

Conventions for the PM NAAQS,’’ dated 

April 1999. 

Additionally, EPA and Georgia 

Environmental Protection Division 

believe an error occurred in the 

handling of the filter collected on 

February 4, 2009, and thus the data from 

the filter’s analysis are invalid. A 

discussion on the sample invalidation 

can be found in the technical support 

document for this proposed rulemaking. 

TABLE 1—ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE MACON AREA

Site name Site number 

Annual average 

concentration 

(μg/m3) without 

data substitution 

Annual average 

concentration 

(μg/m3) with data 

substitution 

Macon Allied .............................................................................................................. 13–021–0007 2 13.7 3 14.9 

Macon SE .................................................................................................................. 13–021–0012 12.0 4 13.3 

The Macon Area is meeting the 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS both with and 

without data substitution. The official 

design value is the value without data 

substitution. EPA is now proposing to 

make the determination that the Macon 

Area is now meeting the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

Determinations of attainment are 

based on the most recent three years of 

complete, quality-assured data. EPA 

also considers additional qualityassured data to the extent those data are 

available. In accordance with Appendix 

N and standard EPA practice, EPA’s 

review of the data was centered on the 

three most recent years of complete 

data, 2007–2009. Appendix N does not 

explicitly provide for comparisons to 

the NAAQS involving partial years of 

data, because various seasons of the year 

reflect various influences on PM2.5

concentrations, and a partial year’s data 

may not be representative of values that 

would be determined from a full year’s 

data set. Nevertheless, EPA examined 

data that are available to date. For the 

Area, the available data for 2010 in the 

AQS database are below the NAAQS for 

both sites; however, not all of the 2010 

data have been reported and they are 

not yet certified. Based on 2010 data in 

AQS available through the third quarter 

of 2010, the Macon Allied site has a 

preliminary 2008–2010 design value of 

13.0 μg/m3 and the Macon SE site has 

a preliminary 2008–2010 design value 

of 11.6 μg/m3, and thus are consistent 

with continued attainment. The 

complete 2008—2010 design values are 

expected to be below 15.0 μg/m3. On the 

basis of this review, EPA is proposing to 

determine that the Macon Area has 

attained the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS 

and is soliciting public comments on its 

proposed determination. 

IV. What is the effect of this action? 

If this proposed determination of 

attainment is made final, the 

requirements for the Macon Area to 

submit an attainment demonstration 

and associated RACM, an RFP plan, 

contingency measures, and any other 

planning SIPs related to attainment of 

the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS would 

be suspended for so long as the Area 

continues to attain the PM2.5 NAAQS. 

See 40 CFR 51.1004(c). Notably, as 

described below, any such 

determination would not be equivalent 

to the redesignation of the Area to 

attainment for the annual PM2.5

NAAQS. 

If this proposed rulemaking is 

finalized and EPA subsequently 

determines, after notice and comment 

rulemaking in the Federal Register, that 

the Area has violated the annual PM2.5

NAAQS, the basis for the suspension of 

the specific requirements would no 

longer exist for the Macon Area, and the 

Area would thereafter have to address 

the applicable requirements. See 40 CFR 

51.1004(c). 

Finalizing this proposed action would 

not constitute a redesignation of the 

Area to attainment of the annual PM2.5

NAAQS under section 107(d)(3) of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). Further, finalizing 

this proposed action does not involve 

approving maintenance plans for the 

Area as required under section 175A of 

the CAA, nor would it find that the Area 

has met all other requirements for 

redesignation. Even if EPA finalizes the 

proposed action, the designation status 

of the Macon Area would remain 

nonattainment for the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS until such time as EPA 

determines that the Area meets the CAA 

requirements for redesignation to 

attainment and takes action to 

redesignate the Area. 

This action is only a proposed 

determination of attainment that the 

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annual PM2.5 NAAQS. Today’s action 

does not address the 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS. 

If the Macon Area continues to 

monitor attainment of the annual PM2.5

NAAQS, the requirements for the 

Macon Area to submit an attainment 

demonstration and associated RACM, a 

RFP plan, contingency measures, and 

any other planning SIPs related to 

attainment of the annual PM2.5 NAAQS 

will remain suspended. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action proposes to make a 

determination of attainment based on 

air quality, and would, if finalized, 

result in the suspension of certain 

Federal requirements, and it would not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by State law. For that 

reason, this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In 

addition, this proposed 1997 annual 

average PM2.5 NAAQS data 

determination for the Macon Area does 

not have Tribal implications as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because 

the SIP is not approved to apply in 

Indian country located in the State, and 

EPA notes that it will not impose 

substantial direct costs on Tribal 

governments or preempt Tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Particulate matter, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2011–0084–201112; FRL– 

9284–8] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans and 

Designations of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; Alabama, Georgia, 

and Tennessee: Chattanooga; 

Determination of Attaining Data for the 

1997 Annual Fine Particulate 

Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to 

determine that the Chattanooga, 

Tennessee-Georgia, fine particulate 

(PM2.5) nonattainment area (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Chattanooga Area’’ or 

‘‘Area’’) has attained the 1997 annual 

average PM2.5 National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS). The 

Chattanooga Area is comprised of 

Hamilton County in Tennessee, Catoosa 

and Walker Counties in Georgia, and a 

portion of Jackson County in Alabama. 

This proposed determination of 

attainment is based upon complete, 

quality-assured and certified ambient air 

monitoring data for the 2007–2009 

period showing that the Area has 

monitored attainment of the 1997 

annual PM2.5 NAAQS. If EPA finalizes 

this proposed determination of 

attainment, the requirements for the 

Area to submit an attainment 

demonstration and associated 

reasonably available control measures 

(RACM), a reasonable further progress 

(RFP) plan, contingency measures, and 

other planning State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) revisions related to 

attainment of the standard shall be 

suspended so long as the Area continues 

to attain the annual PM2.5 NAAQS. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2011–0084, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: benjamin.lynorae@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9040. 

4. Mail: EPA–R04–OAR–2011–0084, 

Regulatory Development Section, Air 

Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery: Lynorae Benjamin, 

Chief, Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Regional Office official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OAR–2011– 

0084. 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 through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The http:// 

www.regulations.gov website 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 http:// 

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 


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