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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2012–0467; FRL–9697–1] 

Proposed Approval of Air Quality 

Implementation Plan; Michigan; 

Determination of Attainment of the 

1997 Annual and 2006 24-Hour Fine 

Particle Standards for the Detroit-Ann 

Arbor Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to make 

three determinations under the Clean 

Air Act (CAA) regarding the fine 

particle (PM2.5) nonattainment area of 

Detroit-Ann Arbor, Michigan 

(Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, 

St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne 

Counties) (Detroit-Ann Arbor area). EPA 

is proposing to determine that the 

Detroit-Ann Arbor area has attained 

both the 1997 annual PM2.5 National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) 

and the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. 

These proposed determinations of 

attainment are based upon complete, 

quality-assured, and certified ambient 

air monitoring data for 2009–2011 

showing that the area has monitored 

attainment of the 1997 annual and 2006 

24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. Preliminary data 

available for 2012 indicate that the area 

continues in attainment of the 1997 

annual and the 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS. If these proposed 

determinations are made final, the 

requirements for the Detroit-Ann Arbor 

area to submit an attainment 

demonstration, associated reasonably 

available control measures (RACM) to 

include reasonably available control 

technology (RACT), a reasonable further 

progress (RFP) plan, contingency 

measures, and other planning State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions 

related to attainment of the 1997 annual 

and the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS 

shall be suspended for so long as the 

area continues to attain the respective 

PM2.5 NAAQS. EPA is also proposing to 

determine, based on complete, qualityassured and certified monitoring data 

for the 2007–2010 monitoring period, 

that the Detroit-Ann Arbor area had 

attained the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS 

by the applicable attainment date of 

April 5, 2010. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2012–0467, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: blakley.pamela@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 692–2450. 

4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, 

Control Strategies Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, 

Chief, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. 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–R05–OAR–2012– 

0467. 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 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 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. 

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 Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. We 

recommend that you telephone Carolyn 

Persoon, Environmental Engineer, at 

(312) 353–8290, before visiting the 

Region 5 office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Persoon, Environmental 

Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8290, 

persoon.carolyn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

This supplementary information 

section is arranged as follows: 

I. What is EPA proposing? 

II. What is the background of these actions? 

III. What is EPA’s analysis of the relevant air 

quality data? 

IV. What are the effects of these actions? 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is EPA proposing? 

In accordance with 40 CFR 

51.1004(c), EPA is proposing to 

determine that Detroit-Ann Arbor 

Michigan has attained both the 1997 

annual and the 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS. These proposed 

determinations are based upon 

complete, quality-assured, and certified 

ambient air monitoring data for the 

2009–2011 monitoring period that show 

the area has monitored attainment of 

both PM2.5 NAAQS. Preliminary 

quality-assured data available for 2012 

are consistent with continued 

attainment. In accordance with 40 CFR 

51.1004(c), if EPA finalizes these 

determinations, it will suspend the 

Detroit-Ann Arbor area’s obligation to 

submit attainment related requirements 

for the 1997 annual and 2006 24-hour 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

Pursuant to section 179(c) of the CAA, 

EPA is also proposing to determine that, 

based on air quality monitoring data for 

2007–2010, the Detroit-Ann Arbor area 

attained the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS 

by its applicable attainment date of 

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II. What is the background for these 

actions? 

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

established an annual PM2.5 NAAQS at 

15.0 micrograms per cubic meter 

(mg/m3) based on a three-year average of 

annual mean PM2.5 concentrations. At 

that time, EPA also established a 24- 

hour PM2.5 standard of 65 mg/m3. 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 for calendar years 

2001–2003. These designations became 

effective on April 5, 2005. The DetroitAnn Arbor area was designated 

nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. 

On October 17, 2006 (71 FR 61144), 

EPA retained the 1997 annual PM2.5

NAAQS at 15.0 mg/m3 based on a threeyear average of annual mean PM2.5

concentrations, and promulgated a 24- 

hour PM2.5 standard of 35 mg/m3 based 

on a three-year average of the 98th 

percentile of 24-hour concentrations. On 

November 13, 2009 (74 FR 58688), EPA 

published its air quality designations 

and classifications for the 2006 24-hour 

PM2.5 NAAQS based upon air quality 

monitoring data for calendar years 

2006–2008. These designations became 

effective on December 14, 2009. The 

Detroit-Ann Arbor area was designated 

nonattainment for the 2006 24-hour 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

In response to legal challenges to the 

annual standards promulgated in 2006, 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District 

of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) 

remanded these standards 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 

standards are essentially identical, 

attainment of the 1997 annual standards 

would also indicate attainment of the 

remanded 2006 annual standards. 

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 p.m.2.5 standards. 

This rule, at 40 CFR 51.1004(c), 

specifies some of the regulatory 

consequences of attaining the standards, 

as discussed later. 

III. What is EPA’s analysis of the 

relevant air quality data? 

Today’s proposed determinations 

assess whether the Detroit-Ann Arbor 

area has attained the 1997 annual and 

the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 standards, based 

on the most recent three years of 

complete, certified and quality-assured 

data, and whether the Detroit-Ann 

Arbor area attained the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS by the applicable 

attainment date of April 5, 2010, based 

on monitored data from 2007–2010. 

Under EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR 

50.7, the annual primary and secondary 

PM2.5 standards 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 mg/m3 at all relevant 

monitoring sites in the area. Under EPA 

regulations in 40 CFR 50.13 and in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 50, 

Appendix N, the 24-hour primary and 

secondary PM2.5 standards are met when 

the 98th percentile 24-hour 

concentration is less than or equal to 

35 mg/m3. 

EPA has reviewed the ambient air 

quality monitoring data in the DetroitAnn Arbor area, consistent with the 

requirements contained at 40 CFR part 

50. EPA’s review focused on data 

recorded in the EPA Air Quality System 

(AQS) database, for the Detroit-Ann 

Arbor area for PM2.5 nonattainment area 

from 2007 to 2011. EPA also considered 

preliminary data for 2012, which has 

not been certified. 

The Detroit-Ann Arbor area has 

fourteen monitors located in Macomb, 

Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, 

and Wayne Counties that reported 

design values from 2009–2011, the most 

recent three years of data, for PM2.5 that 

ranged from 9.0 to 11.6 mg/m3 for the 

1997 annual standard, and 24 to 32 mg/ 

m3 for the 2006 24-hour standard, as 

shown in Table 1 and Table 2. 

All monitors in the Detroit-Ann Arbor 

area recorded complete data in 

accordance with criteria set forth by 

EPA in 40 CFR part 50, appendix N, 

where a complete year of air quality 

data comprises four calendar quarters, 

with each quarter containing data from 

at least 75 percent capture of the 

scheduled sampling days. Available 

data are considered to be sufficient for 

comparison to the NAAQS if three 

consecutive complete years of data 

exist. 

TABLE 1—THE 1997 ANNUAL PM2.5 DESIGN VALUES FOR DETROIT-ANN ARBOR AREA MONITORS WITH COMPLETE DATA

FOR THE 2007–2009, 2008–2010, AND 2009–2011 DESIGN VALUES IN μG/M3

County Monitor 

Annual standard 

design value 

2007–2009 

(μg/m3) 

Annual standard 

design value 

2008–2010 

(μg/m3) 

Annual standard 

design value 

2009–2011 

(μg/m3) 

Macomb ................................................. New Haven 260990009 ........................ 10.7 9.7 9.0 

Monroe ................................................... Luna Pier 261150005 ............................ 11.6 10.3 9.9 

Oakland .................................................. Oak Park 261250001 ............................ 11.4 10.0 9.4 

St. Clair .................................................. Port Huron 261470005 .......................... 11.1 9.9 9.3 

Washtenaw ............................................ Ypsilanti 261610008 .............................. 11.3 10.0 9.6 

Wayne .................................................... Allen Park 261630001 ........................... 11.9 11.0 10.5 

Dearborn 261630033 ............................ 14.1 12.3 11.6 

E 7 Mile 261630019 .............................. 11.6 10.6 9.9 

FIA 261630039 ...................................... 12.3 11.0 10.4 

Linwood 261630016 .............................. 12.1 10.7 10.1 

Livonia 261630025 ................................ 11.2 10.0 9.5 

Newberry 261630038 ............................ 12.0 10.7 10.3 

SW HS 261630015 ............................... 12.8 11.5 10.9 

Wyandotte 261630036 .......................... 11.6 10.2 9.6 


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TABLE 2—THE 24-HOUR PM2.5 DESIGN VALUES FOR DETROIT-ANN ARBOR AREA MONITORS WITH COMPLETE DATA FOR

THE 2008–2010 AND THE 2009–2011 DESIGN VALUES IN μG/M3

County Monitor 

24-Hour standard 

design value 

2008–2010 

(μg/m3) 

24-Hour standard 

design value 

2009–2011 

(μg/m3

Macomb .................................................................. New Haven 260990009 ......................................... 27 25 

Monroe .................................................................... Luna Pier 261150005 ............................................. 26 24 

Oakland ................................................................... Oak Park 261250001 ............................................. 29 27 

St. Clair ................................................................... Port Huron 261470005 ........................................... 28 26 

Washtenaw ............................................................. Ypsilanti 261610008 ............................................... 27 25 

Wayne ..................................................................... Allen Park 261630001 ............................................ 29 27 

Dearborn 261630033 ............................................. 32 32 

E 7 Mile 261630019 ............................................... 30 27 

FIA 261630039 ....................................................... 30 28 

Linwood 261630016 ............................................... 30 28 

Livonia 261630025 ................................................. 28 26 

Newberry 261630038 ............................................. 29 27 

SW HS 261630015 ................................................ 31 28 

Wyandotte 261630036 ........................................... 26 24 

EPA’s review of monitoring data from 

the 2007–2009, 2008–2010, and 2009– 

2011 monitoring periods supports EPA’s 

determinations that the Detroit-Ann 

Arbor PM2.5 nonattainment area has: (1) 

Monitored attainment of the PM2.5

NAAQS for such period and (2) attained 

the PM2.5 NAAQS by the attainment 

date of April 5, 2010 for the 1997 

standard. Additionally, the preliminary 

monitoring data for 2012 are consistent 

with the area’s continued attainment. 

IV. What are the effects of these 

actions? 

If EPA’s proposed determinations of 

attainment for the 1997 annual and 2006 

24-hour PM2.5 standard, based on the 

most recent three years of complete, 

quality-assured and certified data, are 

made final, under the provisions of the 

PM2.5 Implementation Rule (40 CFR 

51.1004(c)) the requirements for the 

Detroit-Ann Arbor PM2.5 nonattainment 

area to submit an attainment 

demonstration, RACM (including 

RACT), an RFP plan, contingency 

measures, and other planning SIP 

revisions related to attainment of the 

1997 annual and the 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS shall be suspended for each for 

so long as the Detroit-Ann Arbor area 

continues to attain the respective PM2.5

NAAQS. 

These proposed determinations of 

attainment for the Detroit-Ann Arbor 

PM2.5 nonattainment area would, if 

finalized: (1) Suspend the obligation for 

Michigan to submit the requirements 

listed above; (2) continue for each 

NAAQS until such time, if any, that 

EPA subsequently determines that any 

monitor in the area has violated that 

PM2.5 NAAQS; and (3) be separate from 

any future designation determination or 

requirements for the Detroit-Ann Arbor 

PM2.5 nonattainment area based on any 

future PM2.5 NAAQS revision. 

If these rulemakings are finalized and 

EPA subsequently determines, after 

notice-and-comment rulemaking in the 

Federal Register, that the Detroit-Ann 

Arbor area has violated the 1997 annual 

or 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, the basis 

for the suspension of the specific 

requirements for that NAAQS, set forth 

at 40 CFR 51.1004(c), would no longer 

exist, and the State of Michigan would 

thereafter have to address the pertinent 

requirements. 

The actions proposed above are 

limited to determinations that the air 

quality data show that the Detroit-Ann 

Arbor PM2.5 nonattainment area has 

monitored attainment of the 1997 

annual and the 2006 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS, and does not result in a 

redesignation of the Detroit-Ann Arbor 

PM2.5 nonattainment area to attainment 

for either the 1997 annual or the 2006 

24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. 

These proposed actions, if finalized, 

would not constitute a redesignation to 

attainment under section 107(d)(3) of 

the CAA because EPA is not proposing 

to take action pursuant to CAA section 

107(d)(3) and the statutory prerequisites 

set forth in CAA section 107(d)(3) have 

not yet been met. For example, EPA has 

not yet approved a maintenance plan for 

the area as required under CAA section 

175A, nor proposed a determination 

that the Detroit-Ann Arbor PM2.5

nonattainment area has met the other 

requirements for redesignation under 

the CAA. 

The designation status of the DetroitAnn Arbor PM2.5 nonattainment area 

will remain nonattainment for the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS 

until such time as EPA takes final 

rulemaking action to determine that 

such an area meets the CAA 

requirements for redesignation to 

attainment. 

Pursuant to section 179(c) of the CAA, 

EPA is also proposing to determine that 

the Detroit-Ann Arbor area attained the 

1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS by the 

applicable attainment date of April 5, 

2010. If this proposed determination is 

finalized, EPA will have met its 

requirement pursuant to section 

179(c)(1) of the CAA to make a 

determination based on the Detroit-Ann 

Arbor area’s air quality data, whether 

the area attained the 1997 annual PM2.5

NAAQS by its attainment date. 

EPA is soliciting comment on the 

issues discussed in this document. EPA 

will consider these comments before 

taking final action. Please note that if 

EPA receives adverse comment on any 

of the proposed determinations 

described above and if that 

determination may be severed from the 

remainder of the final agency actions, 

EPA may adopt as final those provisions 

of the proposed agency action that are 

not the subject of an adverse comment. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action proposes to make 

attainment determinations based on air 

quality data and would, if finalized, 

result in the suspension of certain 

Federal requirements and/or would not 

impose any additional requirements. 

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 


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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 Clean Air Act; 

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, these proposed PM2.5

NAAQS attainment determinations do 

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 record-keeping 

requirements. 

Dated: June 26, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

49 CFR Parts 171, 173, and 178 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0143 (HM–253)] 

RIN 2137–AE81 

Hazardous Materials; Reverse 

Logistics (RRR) 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking (ANPRM). 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this 

ANPRM to identify ways to reduce the 

regulatory burden for persons who ship 

consumer products containing 

hazardous materials in the ‘‘reverse 

logistics’’ supply chain. Reverse 

logistics is the process that is initiated 

when a consumer product goes 

backwards in the distribution chain. It 

may be initiated by the consumer, the 

retailer, or anyone else in the chain. 

Therefore, the process may involve 

consumers, retailers, manufacturers, and 

even disposal facilities. Following this 

ANPRM, PHMSA anticipates publishing 

an NPRM that will propose to simplify 

the regulations for reverse logistics 

shipments and provide avenue means 

for regulatory compliance that 

maintains transportation safety. This 

action is part of DOT’s retrospective 

plan under EO 13563 completed in 

August 2011 DOT’s plan is available at: 

http://www.dot.gov/open/docs/dotfinal-rrr-plan-08-23-2011.pdf. To fully 

engage the broad spectrum of 

stakeholders affected by reverse 

logistics, this ANPRM solicits comments 

and input on several questions in the 

context of reverse logistics. Any 

comments, data, and information 

received will be used to evaluate and 

shape the proposals in the NPRM. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 3, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number 

PHMSA–2011–0143 (HM–253) by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Dockets Operations, M–30, Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation To Docket Operations, 

M–30, Ground Floor, Room W12–140 in 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number (PHMSA–2011–0143) or RIN 

(RIN 2137–AE81) for this notice at the 

beginning of the comment. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to the docket 

management system, including any 

personal information provided. If sent 

by mail, comments must be submitted 

in duplicated. Persons wishing to 

receive confirmation of receipt of their 

comments must include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard. 

Docket: For access to the dockets to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket 

Operations Office (see ADDRESSES). 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 [45 FR 

19477] or you may visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Andrews, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Standards, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001, telephone (202) 366–8553. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In general, ‘‘reverse logistics’’ pertains 

to the safe return of goods from the 

marketplace to the original vendor, 

manufacturer, or supplier. Reverse 

logistics of hazardous materials affects 

many industries including high-tech, 

retail, medical, pharmaceutical, 

automotive, and aerospace. In effect, 

reverse logistics is the supply chain in 

reverse. PHMSA is publishing this 

ANPRM to identify possible ways to 

reduce the regulatory burden on retail 

outlets that ship consumer products 

containing hazardous materials in the 

‘‘reverse logistics’’ supply chain. 

PHMSA is looking to evaluate the 

shipment of ‘‘reverse logistics’’ by 


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