Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0685-0045
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Source Determination for Certain Emission Units in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector, etc.
Posted Date: 2015-11-13T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70179-70180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28764]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 49, 51, 52, 60, 70, and 71

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0685; EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505; EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0606; EPA-
HQ-OAR-2015-0216; FRL-9937-01-OAR]

Source Determination for Certain Emission Units in the Oil and 
Natural Gas Sector; Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for 
New and Modified Sources; Review of New Sources and Modifications in 
Indian Country: Federal Implementation Plan for Managing Air Emissions 
From True Minor Sources Engaged in Oil and Natural Gas Production in 
Indian Country

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 18, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) proposed three rules titled, ``Source Determination for Certain 
Emission Units in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector,'' ``Oil and Natural 
Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New and Modified Sources,'' and 
``Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country: Federal 
Implementation Plan for Managing Air Emissions from True Minor Sources 
Engaged in Oil and Natural Gas Production in Indian Country.'' The EPA 
is extending the comment period on the three proposed rules that was 
scheduled to close on November 17, 2015. The EPA has received several 
letters from trade and business organizations, states and tribes 
requesting additional time to review and comment on the three proposed 
rule revisions.

DATES: The public comment period for the three proposed rules published 
in the Federal Register on September 18, 2015 (80 FR 56579, 80 FR 
56593, and 80 FR 56553), is being extended. Written comments must be 
received on or before December 4, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established separate dockets for each of the 
three proposed rulemakings (available at http://www.regulations.gov). 
For the proposed rulemaking titled, ``Source Determination for Certain 
Emission Units in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector,'' the Docket ID No. 
is EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0685. For the proposed rulemaking titled, ``Oil and 
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New and Modified Sources,'' 
the Docket ID No. is EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505. For the proposed rulemaking 
titled, ``Review of

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New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country: Federal Implementation 
Plan for Managing Air Emissions from True Minor Sources Engaged in Oil 
and Natural Gas Production in Indian Country,'' the Docket ID No. is 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0606. Information on all of these actions is posted at 
http://www.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/actions.html. Submit your 
comments, identified by the appropriate Docket ID, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its 
public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you 
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. If you need to 
include CBI as part of your comment, please visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html for instructions. 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.
    For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment 
policy, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on this 
action, contact Cheryl Vetter, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Environmental Protection Agency (C504-03), Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number (919) 541-4391; fax number 
(919) 541-5509; email address: vetter.cheryl@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After considering the requests to extend the 
public comment period received from various trade and business 
organizations, states and tribes, the EPA has decided to extend the 
public comment period until December 4, 2015. This extension will 
ensure that the public has additional time to review the three proposed 
rules.

    Dated: November 3, 2015.
Stephen D. Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2015-28764 Filed 11-12-15; 8:45 am]
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