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TABLE TO § 165.173—Continued 

5.1 RI National Guard 

Air Show.

• Event Type: Air Show. 

• Date: One weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) in May, June, or July, as announced in the local Notice to 

Mariners. 

• Time: Approximately 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

• Location: (1) All waters over the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, in the vicinity of the Quonset State Airport, 

North Kingston, RI which are within a 4000-yard radius arc extending from position 41°35′44′′ N, 071°24′14′′ W 

(NAD 83); and (2) All waters over the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, in the vicinity of Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, RI, which are within a 2000-yard radius arc extending from position 41°26′17′′ N, 071°27′02′′ W (NAD 

83) (Friday only). 

• Safety Zone Dimension: Approximately 1000 yards long by 1000 yards wide. 

6.0 JUNE 

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6.2 Swim Buzzards 

Bay.

• Event Type: Swim Event. 

• Date: One Saturday or Sunday in June, July, or August, as announced in the local Notice to Mariners. 

• Location: The regulated area includes all waters in the vicinity of the Outer New Bedford Harbor, within 500 yards 

along a centerline with an approximate start point of 41°36′35′′ N, 070°54′18′′ W (NAD 83) and an approximate end 

point of 41°37′26′′ N, 070°53′48′′ W (NAD 83) at Davy’s Locker Restaurant in New Bedford, MA, to Fort Phoenix 

Beach in Fairhaven, MA. 

• Safety Zone Dimension: 500 yards on either side of the centerline described above. 

*******

Dated: March 5, 2014. 

J.T. Kondratowicz, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Southeastern New England. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 770 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0018; FRL–9909–05] 

RIN 2070–AJ92 

Formaldehyde Emissions Standards 

for Composite Wood Products; Notice 

of Public Meeting and Reopening of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of meeting 

and reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On June 10, 2013, EPA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 

Register entitled ‘‘Formaldehyde 

Emissions Standards for Composite 

Wood Products.’’ This document 

announces a public meeting for April 

28, 2014, and reopens the comment 

period for the June 10, 2013 Federal 

Register document for 30 days to allow 

additional comments to be submitted by 

the public. Information obtained at the 

public meeting and during the comment 

period will be considered by the Agency 

when preparing the final regulations 

implementing the formaldehyde 

emission standards. In particular, EPA 

is requesting information related to the 

treatment of laminated products under 

the proposed regulations. 

DATES: For the proposed rule published 

June 10, 2013 (78 FR 34820), comments 

must be received on or before May 8, 

2014. 

The meeting will be held on April 28, 

2014, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Requests to participate in the meeting 

must be received on or before April 21, 

2014. 

Registered participants, if presenting 

at the meeting, must request to be 

scheduled to present on or before April 

21, 2014. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably by 

April 21, 2014, to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

ADDRESSES: For submission of 

comments, follow the detailed 

instructions provided under ADDRESSES

in the Federal Register document of 

June 10, 2013 (78 FR 34820) (FRL– 

9342–3). 

The meeting will be held at in the 

East William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., 

Rm. 1153, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Submit requests to participate in the 

meeting, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2012–0018, to the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Upon request, a 

teleconferencing number will be 

provided for those who wish to attend 

the meeting remotely. 

Submit requests to schedule a 

presentation at the meeting, identified 

by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2012–0018, to the technical person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Sara 

Kemme, National Program Chemicals 

Division (7404T), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 566–0511; 

email address: kemme.sara@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you manufacture 

(including import), purchase, or sell 

composite wood products. You may also 

be affected if you manufacture 

(including import), purchase, or sell 

finished goods or component parts that 

contain composite wood products. The 

following list of North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

to help readers determine whether this 

document applies to them. Potentially 

affected entities may include: 


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• Furniture and related product 

manufacturing (NAICS code 337). 

• Veneer, plywood, and engineered 

wood product manufacturing (NAICS 

code 3212). 

• Plastics material and resin 

manufacturing (NAICS code 325211). 

• Furniture merchant wholesalers 

(NAICS code 42321). 

• Lumber, plywood, millwork, and 

wood panel merchant wholesalers 

(NAICS code 42331). 

• Other construction material 

merchant wholesalers (NAICS code 

423390), e.g., merchant wholesale 

distributors of manufactured homes 

(i.e., mobile homes) and/or 

prefabricated buildings. 

If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. 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. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

C. Are there requirements for meeting 

presentations? 

To ensure that all interested parties 

will have an opportunity to comment in 

the allotted time, oral presentations or 

statements will be limited to 10 

minutes. EPA, therefore, recommends 

that stakeholders who present oral 

comments also submit written 

comments following the instructions 

provided under ADDRESSES. 

D. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

This document is being developed 

under the authority of section 601 of the 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 

15 U.S.C. 2697. 

II. Background 

On June 10, 2013, EPA published a 

NPRM in the Federal Register entitled 

‘‘Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for 

Composite Wood Products’’ (Ref. 1). 

After two extensions, the comment 

period for the NPRM closed on October 

9, 2013 (Ref. 2). After the closing of the 

comment period, the California Air 

Resources Board (CARB) provided 

additional documents that EPA wishes 

to consider in developing the final 

regulation (Refs. 3 and 4). EPA is 

especially interested in CARB’s 

potential modifications to its Airborne 

Toxics Control Measure to Reduce 

Formaldehyde Emissions from 

Composite Wood Products to address 

laminated products (Ref. 3). 

EPA received public comments on the 

treatment of laminated products, 

including several comments that 

suggested laminated products should be 

exempted from the definition of 

hardwood plywood or, if not, they 

should not be held to the same testing 

requirements as hardwood plywood. 

CARB suggested that laminated 

products be held to an emission 

standard, but that there should be no 

required emissions testing (Ref. 3). 

Some commenters suggested EPA 

should consider self-certification for 

smaller companies (Ref. 5). One of these 

commenters suggested excluding small 

companies that produce less than 

100,000 square feet per year from the 

testing and certification requirements 

(Ref. 5). Another commenter, noting that 

the proposed definition of laminated 

product is limited to products made 

with particleboard, medium-density 

fiberboard, or veneer cores, suggested a 

reduced testing frequency coupled with 

third-party certifier oversight for all 

laminated product producers and for all 

similar products, regardless of core type 

(Ref. 6). Other commenters suggested 

that it is appropriate to reduce the 

testing frequency by limiting the 

required testing to annual testing (Ref. 

7) and require laminated product 

producers to test only their highest 

emitting product (Ref. 8). 

EPA has also received input on the 

appropriate emission standard, if any, 

for laminated products. One commenter 

suggested that, because hardwood 

plywood is indistinguishable from 

laminated products, the hardwood 

plywood emission standard is 

appropriate (Ref. 6). CARB suggested 

that laminated product producers could 

be expected to meet an emission 

standard identical to the thin mediumdensity fiberboard standard (Ref. 3). 

Another commenter suggested the 

particleboard emission standard is the 

most appropriate standard for laminated 

products (Ref. 9). Another commenter, 

while not suggesting a specific emission 

standard, noted that, in many cases, 

laminated products are intermediate 

products that are not offered for sale, 

and stated that EPA’s proposal ‘‘gives no 

credit or recognition to the significant 

reduction in emissions when a product 

is laminated and finished’’ (Ref. 10). 

The Agency is seeking additional 

public input related to laminated 

products. The purpose of this meeting 

and the reopening of the comment 

period is to facilitate additional public 

input regarding potential modifications 

to EPA’s proposed treatment of 

laminated products under the proposed 

regulation, including options based on 

the ideas raised in the comments 

discussed in this unit. With respect to 

the treatment of laminated products, 

EPA is considering one, or a 

combination of, the following: CARB’s 

latest proposal (Ref. 1); a reduced testing 

program for laminated products, a selfcertification program for laminated 

products, an exemption of laminated 

products from the definition of 

‘‘hardwood plywood’’; or an exemption 

from testing and certification 

requirements for all laminated products 

or just those made by a low-volume 

producer. EPA requests comment and 

information on what an appropriate 

production volume threshold for testing 

and certification might be. EPA is also 

considering whether third-party 

certification should be required for 

laminated products if emission testing 

for these products is required; what 


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emission standard, if any, would be 

appropriate for laminated products; and 

whether laminated products should be 

grouped for testing purposes. EPA is 

also requesting comment on associated 

definitional changes, including those in 

CARB’s latest proposal, and other 

potential changes to the definition of 

‘‘laminated product’’ (Ref. 3), such as 

expanding the eligible platforms to 

cover the cores identified in the 

definition of ‘‘hardwood plywood’’ (Ref. 

4). 

EPA is reopening the comment period 

for the June 10, 2013 Federal Register 

document to allow interested parties to 

submit additional relevant information 

before or after the public meeting. The 

reopened comment period will stay 

open through the public meeting on 

April 28, 2014, and continue to remain 

open until May 8, 2014 to accommodate 

written follow-up comments that 

participants or the general public wish 

to submit after the public meeting. 

Comments will be accepted regardless 

of whether the submitter participates in 

the public meeting. 

III. References 

A docket has been established for this 

document under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0018. The 

following is a list of the documents that 

are specifically referenced in this 

document. The docket includes these 

documents and other information 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for 

Composite Wood Products (78 FR 34820, 

June 10, 2013) (FRL–9342–3). 

2. Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for 

Composite Wood Products; Extension of 

Comment Period (78 FR 51695, August 

21, 2013) (FRL–9397–2). 

3. CARB. Staff Proposal, Alternate Regulatory 

Approach for Laminated Products Made 

with Wood Veneer. March 13, 2014. 

4. CARB. Preliminary Draft, Amended Final 

Regulation Order. March 17, 2014. 

5. Comment submitted by Joseph H. DuPree, 

Jr., Chief Operating Officer, Custom 

Wholesale Floors, Inc. (EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2012–0018–0541). 

6. Comment submitted by Kip Howlett, 

President, Brian Sause, Director of 

Testing, Certification and Standards, and 

Josh Hosen, Manager of Certification 

Services, Hardwood Plywood and 

Veneer Association (EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2012–0018–0571). 

7. Comment submitted by John Goebel, Chief 

Executive Officer, Northern Contours, 

Inc. and John Fitzpatrick, Chief 

Executive Officer, Woodcraft Industries, 

Inc. (EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0018–0590). 

8. Comment submitted by Mike Zimmerman, 

Laboratory Manager, Sauder 

Woodworking Corporation (EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2012–0018–0566). 

9. Comment submitted by Magnus Bjo ̈rk, 

Compliance Development Specialist, 

IKEA Trading Operations on behalf of 

IKEA of Sweden (EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012– 

0018–0530). 

10. Comment submitted by Bill Perdue, Vice 

President of Regulatory Affairs, 

American Home Furnishings Alliance 

(EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0018–0562). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 770 

Environmental protection, Composite 

wood, Formaldehyde, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Toxic 

substances, Wood. 

Dated: March 28, 2014. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2013–0014; 

4500030113] 

RIN 1018–AZ32 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Designation of Critical 

Habitat for the New Mexico Meadow 

Jumping Mouse 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

reopening of the public comment period 

on the June 20, 2013, proposed 

designation of critical habitat for the 

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse 

(Zapus hudsonius luteus) under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). We also announce the 

availability of a draft economic analysis 

and draft environmental assessment of 

the proposed designation, as well as an 

amended required determinations of the 

proposal. We are reopening the 

comment period to allow all interested 

parties an opportunity to comment 

simultaneously on the proposed critical 

habitat rule, the associated draft 

economic analysis and draft 

environmental assessment, and the 

amended required determinations 

section. Comments previously 

submitted need not be resubmitted, as 

they will be fully considered in 

preparation of the final rule. 

DATES: The comment due date for the 

proposed rule published in the Federal 

Register on June 20, 2013 (78 FR 37328) 

is extended. We will consider comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

May 8, 2014. Comments submitted 

electronically using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES

section, below) must be received by 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing 

date. 

ADDRESSES: 

Document availability: You may 

obtain copies of the proposed rule and 

the associated documents of the draft 

economic analysis and draft 

environmental assessment on the 

internet at http://www.regulations.gov at 

Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2013–0014 or 

by mail from the New Mexico Ecological 

Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Written comments: You may submit 

written comments by one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

on the critical habitat proposal and 

associated draft economic analysis and 

draft environmental assessment by 

searching for FWS–R2–ES–2013–0014, 

which is the docket for the critical 

habitat rulemaking. 

(2) By hard copy: Submit comments 

on the critical habitat proposal and 

associated draft economic analysis and 

draft environmental assessment by U.S. 

mail or hand-delivery to: Public 

Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R2– 

ES–2013–0014; Division of Policy and 

Directives Management; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

MS 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. 

We request that you send comments 

only by the methods described above. 

We will post all comments on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This generally 

means that we will post any personal 

information you provide us (see the 

Public Comments section below for 

more information). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wally ‘‘J’’ Murphy, Field Supervisor, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New 

Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, 

2105 Osuna NE., Albuquerque, NM 

87113; by telephone 505–346–2525; or 

by facsimile 505–346–2542. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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