Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0873-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Quality Assurance Requirements for Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems at Stationary Sources; Proposed rule; announcement of extension of comment period
Posted Date: 2012-03-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13997-13998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5642]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0873; FRL-9643-9]
RIN 2060-AH23

Quality Assurance Requirements for Continuous Opacity Monitoring 
Systems at Stationary Sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; announcement of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is extending the comment period for the proposed rule 
titled, ``Quality Assurance Requirements for Continuous Opacity 
Monitoring Systems at Stationary Sources'' that was published in the 
Federal Register on February 14, 2012. The proposed rule accompanied 
the direct final rule that was also published on February 14, 2012. The 
30-day comment period in the proposed rule is scheduled to end on March 
15, 2012. The extended comment period will close on April 30, 2012. The 
EPA is extending the comment period because of a request we received in 
a timely manner.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published February 14, 
2012 (77 FR 8209), is extended. Comments must be received on or before 
April 30, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2010-0873 by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744.
     Mail: Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0873, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: The EPA Docket Center, EPA West Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0873. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and may be made available 
online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov 
or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other 
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or 
CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the EPA may not 
be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use 
of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any 
defects or viruses. For additional instructions on submitting comments, 
go to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document or visit 
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

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    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Procedure 3--Quality 
Assurance Requirements for Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems at 
Stationary Sources Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Docket Facility and Public 
Reading Room are open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Air 
Docket is (202) 566-1742, and the telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lula H. Melton, U.S. EPA, Office 
of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, 
Measurement Technology Group (Mail Code: E143-02), Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-2910; fax number: (919) 
541-0516; email address: melton.lula@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to the EPA 
through http://www.regulations.gov or email. Send or deliver 
information identified as CBI only to the following address: Roberto 
Morales, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail 
Code C404-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone: (919) 541-
0880, email: morales.roberto@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2010-0873. Clearly mark any of the information that you claim to be 
CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to the EPA, 
mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify 
electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that 
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment 
that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that 
does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for 
inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be 
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 
2.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other 
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and 
page number).
     Follow directions--The agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
     Explain why you agree or disagree, suggest alternatives, 
and substitute language for your requested changes.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 
information and/or data that you used.
     If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how 
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the 
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

B. Where can I get a copy of this document?

    In addition to being available in the docket, an electronic copy of 
this document will also be available on the Worldwide Web (WWW) through 
the Technology Transfer Network (TTN). Following signature, a copy of 
this document will be posted on the TTN's policy and guidance page for 
newly proposed or promulgated rules at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg. The TTN provides information and technology 
exchange in various areas of air pollution control.

    Dated: March 1, 2012.
Mary Eileen Henigin,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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