Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 46 / Thursday, March 8, 2012 / Proposed Rules 13997 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

29 CFR Part 1910 

[Docket No. OSH–2011–0183] 

RIN No. 1218–AC64 

Revising Standards Referenced in the 

Acetylene Standard 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: With this document, OSHA is 

withdrawing the proposed rule that 

accompanied its direct-final rule 

revising the Acetylene Standard for 

general industry. 

DATES: Effective March 8, 2012, the 

proposed rule published December 5, 

2011 (76 FR 75840), is withdrawn. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General information and press inquiries: 

Contact Frank Meilinger, Director, 

OSHA Office of Communications, Room 

N–3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–1999. 

Technical information: Contact Ken 

Stevanus, Directorate of Standards and 

Guidance, Room N–3609, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–2260; fax: (202) 

693–1663. 

Copies of this Federal Register notice: 

Electronic copies of this Federal 

Register notice are available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This Federal 

Register notice, as well as news releases 

and other relevant information, is also 

available at OSHA’s Web page at 

http://www.osha.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 5, 2011, OSHA published a 

direct-final rule to update the 

incorporated references in its Acetylene 

Standard for general industry at 29 CFR 

1910.102 (76 FR 75782). OSHA also 

published a companion proposed rule 

along with the direct-final rule (76 FR 

75840). In the direct-final rule, OSHA 

stated that it would withdraw the 

companion proposed rule and confirm 

the effective date of the direct-final rule 

if it received no significant adverse 

comments on the direct-final rule by 

January 4, 2012. OSHA received one 

comment on the direct-final rule by that 

date, which it determined was not a 

significant adverse comment. OSHA is 

publishing a notice announcing this 

determination and confirming the 

effective date of the direct-final rule as 

March 5, 2012. Accordingly, OSHA is 

not proceeding with the proposed rule, 

and is withdrawing it from the 

rulemaking process. 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1910 

Acetylene, General industry, 

Occupational safety and health, Safety. 

Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, 

authorized the preparation of this 

document. OSHA is issuing this 

document pursuant to Sections 4, 6, and 

8 of the Occupational Safety and Health 

Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 

657), 5 U.S.C. 553, Secretary of Labor’s 

Order 1–2012 (77 FR 3912), and 29 CFR 

part 1911. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 2, 

2012. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0873; FRL–9643–9] 

RIN 2060–AH23 

Quality Assurance Requirements for 

Continuous Opacity Monitoring 

Systems at Stationary Sources 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; announcement of 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is extending the 

comment period for the proposed rule 

titled, ‘‘Quality Assurance Requirements 

for Continuous Opacity Monitoring 

Systems at Stationary Sources’’ that was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 14, 2012. The proposed rule 

accompanied the direct final rule that 

was also published on February 14, 

2012. The 30-day comment period in 

the proposed rule is scheduled to end 

on March 15, 2012. The extended 

comment period will close on April 30, 

2012. The EPA is extending the 

comment period because of a request we 

received in a timely manner. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published February 14, 

2012 (77 FR 8209), is extended. 

Comments must be received on or 

before April 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–0873 by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2010–0873, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: The EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010– 

0873. 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 

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 email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

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 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 disk or CD–ROM 

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 

avoid the use of special characters, any 

form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses. For additional 

instructions on submitting comments, 

go to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document or visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at 

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/ 

dockets.htm. 


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