UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY NAT I ON A L VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY 2565 PLYMOUTH ROAD ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48105 - 2498

MEMORANDUM OFFI CE O F AIR AND RADIAT I ON

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- Assessment and Standards Division Office ofTransportation and Air Quality April18, 2013
This memorandum authori zes the posting ofEPA-HQ-OAR

- 2011

- 0135 to Regulations.gov for publ ic access and commen t on Monday, April 15, 2013. The comment period ends on June 13,2013. Comm en ts recei ved prior to Apr il 15 , 2013, shall be considered "on time" an d shall be included in this docket. We are soliciting public comment on the proposed rulemaking "Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: T i er 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fu el Standards," also commonly referred to as "Ti er 3'" and "the Ti er 3 rule." Though the proposed rule is not yet published in the Federal R egi ster, we are holdin g two public hearings on the rulemaking which will lik e ly occur before pub li cation. We want to make the contents of the docket available to the public prior to the he arings
. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0135, by one of the following methods:
• www .regulations.gov: Follow the on - line instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: A-and-R-Docket@epamail.epa.gov.
• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailc ode 2822 1 T , 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. , NW ,
lnt emet Add r ess (URL) • http :/lwww
. epa . gov R ecycled/R ec y c lable • Printed with Vegetable Oil Based In ks o n 10 0% Postconsu m er. Pr oce s s Chlorine Free Re cycled PaperWashington, D C 20460. In addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information qo ll ection provisions to the Office of Info rmati on an d Regulatory Affairs , Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 1 7 th St., NW, Washington, DC 20503
. • Han d Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334 , 1301 Constitution Ave ., NW, Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hour s of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. EPA ' s policy is that all comments received will be in cluded in the public docket without change and may be made availab le online at http: //www .r egulations
. gov, including any personal information provided , unless th e comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure i s restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http: //www. regulations.gov or e-mail. The http: //www.regulations.gov Web si t e is an "anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in th e body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without go in g through http: //www.regulations
. go v, yo ur e-mail 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 elec tronic 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 clarifica tion , EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid th e use of special characters, avoid any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http: //www.epa .go v/epahome /dockets.htm. Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Eric Shultz at (202) 566-1883, or via email at schultz.er ic@.epa.gov.