Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0438-0025
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Comments: Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate; Extension to Comment Period
Posted Date: 2017-10-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47507-47508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22112]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0438; FRL-9969-49-OW]

Notice of Extension to Comment Period on the Request for Public 
Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe 
Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending 
the comment period for the notice, ``Request for Public Comments To Be 
Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water 
Act Decision Making on Perchlorate.'' In response to stakeholder 
requests, EPA is extending the comment period for the ``Draft Report: 
Proposed Approaches To Inform the Derivation of a Maximum Contaminant 
Level Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking Water'' (draft MCLG Approaches 
Report)'' an additional 21 days, from October 30, 2017, to November 20, 
2017.

DATES: The comment period announced in the notice that was published on 
September 15, 2017 (82 FR 43354) is extended. Comments must now be

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received by EPA on or before November 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2016-0438 to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://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 Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn.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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information please 
contact Samuel Hernandez at the U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division (Mail Code 
4607M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 
202-564-1735; or email: hernandez.samuel@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 2017, EPA published in the 
Federal Register (82 FR 43354), a notice announcing the release of 
materials for public comment. The materials will undergo expert peer 
review in support of the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act decision making 
on perchlorate. The Agency requested comment on the draft MCLG 
Approaches Report. The notice of request for public comment, as 
initially published in the Federal Register, provided for written 
comments to be submitted to EPA on or before October 30, 2017 (a 45-day 
public comment period). Since publication, EPA has received requests 
for additional time to submit comments. EPA is extending the public 
comment period for 21 days until November 20, 2017. EPA will consider 
public comments and peer review recommendations in future revisions to 
the MCLG Approaches Report. The draft report is available at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0438). The revised 
BBDR model code files can be accessed at https://hero.epa.gov/hero/index.cfm/reference/details/reference_id/3352518.

    Dated: October 4, 2017.
Michael H. Shapiro,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2017-22112 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am]
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