Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2020-0026-0051
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Information: Recent Specifications Review on WaterSense Program
Posted Date: 2020-06-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 108 (Thursday, June 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 34436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12036]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2020-0026; FRL-10010-31-OW]

Notice of Recent Specifications Review and Request for 
Information on WaterSense Program; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for information; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending 
the comment period for the document issued in the Federal Register on 
April 10, 2020, entitled ``Notice of Recent Specifications Review and 
Request for Information on WaterSense Program.'' In response to 
stakeholder requests, the EPA is extending the comment period an 
additional 45 days from June 9, 2020 to July 24, 2020. Please note 
changes for public visitors to the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room 
in the Public Participation section of this document.

DATES: The comment period for the document that published on April 10, 
2020, at 85 FR 20268 is extended. Comments must be received on or 
before July 24, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2020-0026, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2020-0026. Comments received may be posted without change 
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments, see the Public 
Participation under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
document.
    Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our 
staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room was closed to public 
visitors on March 31, 2020, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-
19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. We encourage the public to 
submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov or email, as there is a 
temporary suspension of mail delivery to EPA, and no hand deliveries 
are currently accepted. For further information on EPA Docket Center 
services and the current status, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please 
contact Stephanie Tanner, Office of Water (mail code 4204M), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2660; or email: 
Tanner.Stephanie@epa.gov (preferred). Also see the following website 
for additional information on this topic: https://www.epa.gov/watersense/product-specification-review.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2020-
0026 via the https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or withdrawn. The 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 accompanied by a written 
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and 
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    The EPA is temporarily suspending its Docket Center and Reading 
Room for public visitors to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. 
Written comments submitted by mail are temporarily suspended and no 
hand deliveries will be accepted. Our Docket Center staff will continue 
to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. We 
encourage the public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov. For further information and updates on EPA Docket 
Center services, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    The EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information 
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local area 
health departments, and our Federal partners so that we can respond 
rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID-19.

II. General Information

    On April 10, 2020, the EPA published in the Federal Register (85 FR 
20268) a request for public comment on any data, surveys, or studies to 
help assess consumer satisfaction with WaterSense labeled products, 
which could inform future product specification development. The EPA is 
also seeking input on how to design a study or studies to inform future 
reviews that incorporate customer satisfaction considerations. The 
results of these studies could inform future Agency action when 
developing criteria for labeling products in the WaterSense program. 
The EPA is also requesting input on whether it should include consumer 
satisfaction criteria into the WaterSense program guidelines and, if 
included, what criteria should be considered and how.
    The EPA also announced on April 10th the completion of the review 
of WaterSense product performance criteria as required under the 
America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018. The AWIA required 
the EPA to consider for review and revision, if necessary, 
specifications which were released prior to 2012. The EPA announced 
that it has completed its review and made the decision not to revise 
any specifications.

    Dated: May 27, 2020.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
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