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This document is a prepublication version, signed by EPA Acting Director for the Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, Elizabeth Craig on September 27, 2011. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this 

version, but it is not the official version.

EPA Acting Director for the Office of Atmospheric Programs, Elizabeth Craig has signed the following 

document on September 27, 2011, and EPA is submitting it for publication in the Federal Register (FR). 

 While we have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this Internet version of the document, it is not the 

official version. Please refer to the official version in a forthcoming FR publication, which will appear on 

the Government Printing Office's FDSys website (http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action). {It 

will also appear on Regulations.gov (http://www.regulations.gov) in Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-

0512}.

6560.50 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 98 

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0512; FRL-9456-4] 

RIN 2060-AR09 

Extension of Public Comment Period: Mandatory Reporting of 

Greenhouse Gases: Technical Revisions to the Electronics 

Manufacturing and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems 

Categories of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Extension of Public Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: On September 9, 2011, EPA published a proposed action, 

Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Technical Revisions to 

the Electronics Manufacturing and the Petroleum and Natural Gas 

Systems Categories of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. In 
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This document is a prepublication version, signed by EPA Acting Director for the Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, Elizabeth Craig on September 27, 2011. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this 

version, but it is not the official version.

this action, EPA is extending the comment period for that action 

until October 24, 2011. 

DATES: This action extends the deadline for public comment for 

Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Technical Revisions to 

the Electronics Manufacturing and the Petroleum and Natural Gas 

Systems Categories of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule (76 FR 

56010). Comments must be received on or before October 24, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by Docket 

ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0512 by any of the following methods: 

 Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. 

 Email: GHG_Reporting_Rule_Oil_And_Natural_Gas@epa.gov. 

Include Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0512 in the subject 

line of the message. 

 Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

 Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), Mail Code 28221T, Attention Docket ID No. EPAHQ-OAR–2011-0512, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

 Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading 

Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA-HQ-OAR–2011-0512, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. 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. EPAHQ-OAR-2011-0512, Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: 

Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems. EPA's policy is that all 
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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 

information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected 

through http://www.regulations.gov or email. 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 email comment directly to EPA without going 

through http://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, 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. 
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Programs, Elizabeth Craig on September 27, 2011. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this 

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Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 

http://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 for viewing at the EPA Docket Center. Publicly 

available docket materials are available either electronically 

in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket 

Center, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility 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: Carole Cook, Climate 

Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9263; fax 

number: (202) 343-2342; email address: GHGReportingRule@epa.gov. 

For technical questions, please see the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 

Program website 

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.ht ml. 

To submit a question, select Rule Help Center, followed by 
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Programs, Elizabeth Craig on September 27, 2011. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this 

version, but it is not the official version.

Contact Us. To obtain information about the public hearing or 

to register to speak at the public hearing, please go to 

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.ht ml. 

Alternatively, you may contact Carole Cook at 202–343–9263. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 

Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the 

docket, an electronic copy of today's notice will also be 

available through the WWW. Following the Administrator's 

signature, a copy of this action will be posted on EPA's 

greenhouse gas reporting rule Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.html. 

Additional information on submitting comments. To expedite 

review of your comments by Agency staff, you are encouraged to 

send a separate copy of your comments, in addition to the copy 

you submit to the official docket, to Carole Cook, U.S. EPA, 

Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change Division, Mail 

Code 6207-J, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 343-9263, 

email address: GHGReportingRule@epa.gov. 

Background on Today’s Action. In this action, EPA is 

providing notice that it is extending the public comment period 

on the action published on September 9, 2011, Mandatory 

Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Technical Revisions to the 

Electronics Manufacturing and the Petroleum and Natural Gas 
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Programs, Elizabeth Craig on September 27, 2011. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this 

version, but it is not the official version.

Systems Categories of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. The 

current deadline for submitting public comment on that rule is 

October 11, 2011. EPA is extending that deadline to October 24, 

2011. This extension will provide the general public additional 

time for public participation. 
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Programs, Elizabeth Craig on September 27, 2011. We have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this 

version, but it is not the official version.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98

Environmental protection, Administrative practice and 

procedure, Greenhouse gases, Incorporation by reference, 

Suppliers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: 

 

Elizabeth Craig 

Acting Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs