Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0831-0051
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: 2015 Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems; Change in Date for Public Hearing
Posted Date: 2014-12-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 76267-76268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29867]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 98

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0831; FRL-9920-82-OAR]
RIN 2060-AS37

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: 2015 Revisions and Confidentiality 
Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Change in date for public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 
change in date for the public hearing for the proposed rule titled 
``Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 2015 Revision and Confidentiality 
Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems''. The original 
public hearing date was December 24, 2014, and the new public hearing 
date will be January 8, 2015.

DATES: The public comment period for this proposal began on December 9, 
2014 (79 FR 73148) with the opportunity for a public hearing 15 days 
later on December 24, 2014. This notice announces that the public 
hearing date has been changed to January 8, 2015. Public comments for 
this proposal are due February 9, 2015.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, 
Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207A), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 343-9263; fax number: (202) 343-2342; email address: 
GHGReportingRule@epa.gov. For technical questions or details about the 
public hearing, please see the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Web 
site http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/index.html. To submit a question, 
select Help Center, followed by Contact Us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Worldwide Web (WWW)

    In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of 
today's notice will also be available through the WWW. Following 
signature, a copy of this action will be posted on the EPA's greenhouse 
gas reporting rule Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/index.html.

Background on Today's Action

    In this action, the EPA is providing notice that the public hearing 
date for the proposed rule titled ``Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 
2015 Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum and 
Natural Gas Systems'' has changed. That proposal was published on 
December 9, 2014, and the previous date for a public hearing, if 
requested, was 15 days later on December 24, 2014. On December 15, 
2014, the EPA received a request for a public hearing along with a 
request to move the date of the public hearing to accommodate holiday 
vacation schedules. The EPA is moving the date of the public hearing 
from December 24, 2014 to January 8, 2015 in response to this request. 
The comment period for this proposal is unchanged. Public comments for 
this proposal are due February 9, 2015.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Greenhouse gases, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: December 16, 2014.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-29867 Filed 12-19-14; 8:45 am]
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