Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0014-1922
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Extension of Comment Period on the Notice of Data Availability for the Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category
Posted Date: 2003-09-29T04:00Z

55925
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
188
/
Monday,
September
29,
2003
/
Proposed
Rules
have
substantial
direct
effects
on
tribal
governments,
on
the
relationship
between
the
Federal
government
and
Indian
tribes,
or
on
the
distribution
of
power
and
responsibilities
between
the
Federal
government
and
Indian
tribes.
Thus,
Executive
Order
13175
does
not
apply
to
this
rule.
EPA
specifically
solicits
additional
comment
on
this
proposed
rule
from
tribal
officials.

G.
Executive
Order
13045,
Protection
of
Children
From
Environmental
Health
Risks
and
Safety
Risks
Protection
of
Children
from
Environmental
Health
Risks
and
Safety
Risks
(
62
FR
19885,
April
23,
1997),
applies
to
any
rule
that:
(
1)
Is
determined
to
be
``
economically
significant''
as
defined
under
Executive
Order
12866,
and
(
2)
concerns
an
environmental
health
or
safety
risk
that
EPA
has
reason
to
believe
may
have
a
disproportionate
effect
on
children.
If
the
regulatory
action
meets
both
criteria,
the
Agency
must
evaluate
the
environmental
health
or
safety
effects
of
the
planned
rule
on
children,
and
explain
why
the
planned
regulation
is
preferable
to
other
potentially
effective
and
reasonably
feasible
alternatives
considered
by
the
Agency.
This
rule
is
not
subject
to
Executive
Order
13045
because
it
does
not
involve
decisions
intended
to
mitigate
environmental
health
or
safety
risks.

H.
Executive
Order
13211,
Actions
That
Significantly
Affect
Energy
Supply,
Distribution,
or
Use
This
rule
is
not
subject
to
Executive
Order
13211,
``
Actions
Concerning
Regulations
That
Significantly
Affect
Energy
Supply,
Distribution,
or
Use''
(
66
FR
28355,
May
22,
2001)
because
it
is
not
a
significant
regulatory
action
under
Executive
Order
12866.

I.
National
Technology
Transfer
and
Advancement
Act
Section
12
of
the
National
Technology
Transfer
and
Advancement
Act
(
NTTAA)
of
1995
requires
Federal
agencies
to
evaluate
existing
technical
standards
when
developing
a
new
regulation.
To
comply
with
NTTAA,
EPA
must
consider
and
use
``
voluntary
consensus
standards''
(
VCS)
if
available
and
applicable
when
developing
programs
and
policies
unless
doing
so
would
be
inconsistent
with
applicable
law
or
otherwise
impractical.
The
EPA
believes
that
VCS
are
inapplicable
to
this
action.
Today's
action
does
not
require
the
public
to
perform
activities
conducive
to
the
use
of
VCS.
List
of
Subjects
in
40
CFR
Part
52
Environmental
protection,
Air
pollution
control,
Carbon
monoxide,
Intergovernmental
regulations,
Ozone,
Particulate
matter,
Reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements.

Authority:
42
U.
S.
C.
7401
et
seq.

Dated:
September
4,
2003.
Wayne
Nastri,
Regional
Administrator,
Region
9.
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Extension
of
Comment
Period
on
the
Notice
of
Data
Availability
for
the
Effluent
Limitations
Guidelines
and
New
Source
Performance
Standards
for
the
Meat
and
Poultry
Products
Point
Source
Category
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Extension
of
comment
period.

SUMMARY:
On
August
13,
2003,
EPA
published
a
Notice
of
Data
Availability
for
the
proposed
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
for
the
meat
and
poultry
products
(
MPP)
point
source
category
(
68
FR
48472).
The
notice
presented
a
summary
of
new
data
and
described
how
EPA
might
use
the
data
to
develop
final
MPP
regulations.
This
action
extends
the
comment
period
for
the
Notice
of
Data
Availability
to
October
14,
2003.
DATES:
Comments
on
the
Notice
of
Data
Availability
will
be
accepted
through
October
14,
2003.
Comments
provided
electronically
will
be
considered
timely
if
they
are
submitted
by
11:
59
p.
m.
Eastern
Time
on
October
14,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Public
comments
regarding
this
document
should
be
mailed
to
Water
Docket,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode
4101T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0014,
or
submitted
electronically
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
additional
information,
contact
Ms.
Samantha
Lewis
at
(
202)
566
 
1058
or
at
the
following
e­
mail
address:
lewis.
samantha@
epa.
gov
or
Ms.
Shari
Barash
at
(
202)
566
 
0996
or
at
the
following
e­
mail
address:
barash.
shari@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
In
February
2002,
EPA
proposed
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
for
wastewater
discharges
from
meat
and
poultry
processing
facilities
(
67
FR
8582,
February
25,
2002).
The
proposed
regulation
included
revised
effluent
standards
for
wastewater
discharges
associated
with
the
operation
of
new
and
existing
meat
processing
and
independent
rendering
facilities,
and
also
proposed
new
effluent
limitations
for
poultry
slaughtering
and
poultry
further
processing
facilities.
In
the
proposal,
EPA
specifically
solicited
comment
on
20
issues.
EPA
received
comments
on
these
and
other
issues
from
various
stakeholders,
including
State
and
local
regulatory
authorities,
environmental
groups,
individual
industrial
facilities
and
industry
groups,
and
private
citizens.
On
August
13,
2003,
EPA
published
a
Notice
of
Data
Availability
for
the
proposed
rule
(
68
FR
48472).
The
Notice
of
Data
Availability
presented
a
summary
of
data
received
in
comments
and
additional
data
collected
by
EPA
along
with
descriptions
of
how
the
data
may
be
used
by
EPA
in
developing
final
regulations.
The
comment
period
for
the
Notice
of
Data
Availability
was
originally
scheduled
to
end
on
September
29,
2003.
This
action
extends
the
comment
period
to
October
14,
2003.
To
submit
comments,
or
access
the
official
public
docket,
please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
C
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section
of
the
August
13,
2003
Federal
Register
notice.
If
you
have
questions,
consult
the
person
listed
under
the
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section
of
this
notice.

Dated:
September
23,
2003.

G.
Tracy
Mehan,
III,

Assistant
Administrator,
Office
of
Water.
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