Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0757-0063
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Reassessment of Use Authorizations: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public Meetings
Posted Date: 2010-06-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 115)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 34076-34077]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 761

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0757; FRL-8831-8]
RIN 2070-AJ38

 
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Reassessment of Use 
Authorizations; Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public 
Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment 
period and additional public meetings.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in 
the Federal Register of April 7, 2010, concerning the reassessment of 
the use authorizations for PCBs. This document extends the comment 
period for 45 days, from July 6, 2010, to August 20, 2010. This 
extension is necessary to provide the public with an opportunity to 
provide additional and more thorough comments. Also, EPA is holding two 
additional public meetings to enable additional public comment on the 
ANPRM during the comment period extension.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2009-0757, must be received on or before August 20, 2010.
     Meetings will be held on July 22, 2010, from 9 a.m. until the last 
speaker has spoken or until 1 p.m., in San Francisco, CA and on July 
29, 2010, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., in New York, NY. Requests to 
participate in a meeting must be received 10 days prior to the date of 
the meeting.
     To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the 
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register document of April 7, 2010, for submission of 
comments.
     The July 22, 2010 meeting will held in the Hawaii/Palau Room, 
First Floor Conference Room, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105 
and the July 29, 2010 meeting will be held in the Empire Room at the 
Hilton Times Square, 234 West 42\nd\ St., New York, NY 10036. Requests 
to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2009-0757, may be submitted to the technical person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: 
John H. Smith, National Program Chemicals Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 566-0512; e-mail address: smith.johnh@epa.gov.
     For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY

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14620; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register of April 7, 2010 (75 FR 
17645) (FRL-8811-7). In that document, EPA seeks information about the 
use authorizations for PCBs. EPA is hereby extending the comment 
period, which was set to end on July 6, 2010, to August 20, 2010.
     The additional meeting in New York, NY will be held in the evening 
at the request of New York City parents who would like to attend to 
comment on our request for comments on the excluded products 
provisions, e.g., caulk, of the current PCB regulations. The additional 
meeting in San Francisco, CA will be held to accommodate West Coast 
stakeholders. In San Francisco, the meeting attendees will need photo 
identification.
    You may submit a request to participate in the public meeting as a 
speaker or observer either in person or as an observer only by 
teleconference. Do not submit any information in your request to 
participate that is considered Confidential Business Information (CBI).
    To access the docket, please follow the detailed instructions as 
provided under ADDRESSES in the April 7, 2010 Federal Register 
document. If you have questions, consult the technical person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 761

    Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Labeling, 
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Dated: June 9, 2010.
Stephen A. Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.

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