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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21863-21864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08491]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0335; FRL-9944-91-OW]

Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft EPA-USGS 
Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life From Effects of Hydrologic 
Alteration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
comment period for the draft technical report: Protecting Aquatic Life 
from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration. In response to stakeholder 
requests, the comment period will be extended for an additional 45 
days, from May 3, 2016 to June 17, 2016.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 17, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2015-0335, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. EPA 
may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be

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accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the 
official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish 
to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents 
located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 
other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full 
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia 
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please 
visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Eignor, Health and Ecological 
Criteria Division, Office of Water (Mail Code 4304T), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 566-1143; email address: eignor.diana@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 1, 2016 (81 FR 10620), EPA and 
United States Geological Survey (USGS) announced the availability of 
the draft technical report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of 
Hydrologic Alteration, and opened a 60-day public review and comment 
period to solicit additional scientific views, data, and information 
regarding the science and technical approach used in the derivation of 
the draft technical document.
    The original deadline to submit comments was May 2, 2016. This 
action extends the comment period for 45 days. Written comments must 
now be received by June 17, 2016. The draft report and other supporting 
materials may also be viewed and downloaded from EPA's Web site at 
https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-ambient-water-quality-criteria#draft.

    Dated: April 6, 2016.
Joel Beauvais,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2016-08491 Filed 4-12-16; 8:45 am]
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