Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0365-0015
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid
Posted Date: 2022-05-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11569]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0365 and EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0366; FRL 8310-03-OW]

Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for 
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS); 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
comment period for the Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water 
Quality Criteria for Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane 
Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). The comment period is scheduled to close on June 
2, 2022. However, a number of groups have requested additional time to 
submit comments. In response, EPA is extending the public comment 
period for an additional 30 days through July 2, 2022.

DATES: The comment period for the notice of availability published May 
3, 2022 (87 FR 26199), is extended. The EPA must receive comments on or 
before July 2, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by the Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OW-2022-0365 for the draft PFOA criteria or Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2022-0366 for the draft PFOS criteria, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the relevant 
Docket ID Number(s) for these draft criteria. Comments received may be 
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any 
personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending 
comments and additional information on the public comment process, see 
the ``Public Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Justice, Health and Ecological 
Criteria Division, Office of Water (Mail Code 4304T), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone: (202) 566-0275; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3, 2022, EPA announced the 
availability of Clean Water Act (CWA) national ``Draft Recommended 
Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Perfluorooctanoic acid 
(PFOA)'' and ``Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality 
Criteria for Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)'' for a 30-day public 
review and comment period to seek additional scientific views, data, 
and information regarding the science and technical approach used in 
the derivation of the draft documents.
    The original deadline to submit comments was June 2, 2022 (87 FR 
26199, May 3, 2022). This action extends the comment period for 30 
days. Written comments must now be received by July 2, 2022. The 
``Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for 
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)'' and other supporting materials may also 
be viewed and downloaded from EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa. The ``Draft 
Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for 
Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)'' and other supporting materials 
may also be viewed and downloaded from EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-perfluorooctane-sulfonate-pfos.

Public Participation--Written Comments

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2022-
0365 for the draft PFOA criteria or Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0366 
for the draft PFOS criteria, at https://www.regulations.gov. Once 
submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information 
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary 
Business Information (PBI), 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). Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission methods; the 
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or 
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective 
comments.

Radhika Fox,
Assistant Administrator.
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