Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072-0112
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units: Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule
Posted Date: 2023-06-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39390-39391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12834]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072; FRL-8536-03-OAR]
RIN 2060-AV09

New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 
Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 
Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the 
Affordable Clean Energy Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 23, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
issued a proposal titled, ``New Source Performance Standards for 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil 
Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 
Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule''. The 
EPA is extending the comment period on the proposed rules from July 24, 
2023, to August 8, 2023.

DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register (FR) on May 23, 2023 (88 FR 33240) is being extended 
by 15 days. The comment period will now remain open until August 8, 
2023, to allow additional time for stakeholders to review and comment 
on the proposals.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0072, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov 
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2023-0072 in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2023-0072.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. 
The Docket Center's hours of operation are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-
Friday (except Federal holidays).
    Instructions. All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change 
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this action, 
contact Mr. Christian Fellner, Sector Policies and Programs Division 
(D243-02), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-4003; and email 
address: [email protected] or Ms. Lisa Thompson, Sector 
Policies and Programs Division (D243-02), Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 
12055, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: 
(919) 541-9775; and email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Rationale. On May 23, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) issued a proposal titled, ``New Source Performance Standards for 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil 
Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 
Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule,'' 88 
FR 33240 (May 23, 2023). In that proposal, the EPA provided a public 
comment period until July 24, 2023. The EPA has received several 
requests for additional time to review and comment on the proposed 
rules. After considering these requests, the EPA has decided to extend 
the public comment period another 15 days, until August 8, 2023, so 
that the comment period will be a total of 77 days. This extension will 
ensure that the public has additional time to review the proposed 
rules.
    Docket. The EPA has established a docket for this rulemaking under 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072. All documents in the docket are 
listed in https://www.regulations.gov/. Although listed, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is 
not placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard 
copy. With the exception of such material, publicly available docket 
materials are available electronically in Regulations.gov.
    Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2023-0072. 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 https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed 
to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute. Do not submit electronically to https://www.regulations.gov/ 
any information that you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. This type of information should be 
submitted as discussed below.
    The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. 
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. The EPA 
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located 
outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the Web, cloud, or other 
file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA 
public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, 
and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    The https://www.regulations.gov/ website allows you to submit your 
comment anonymously, which means the EPA will not know your identity or 
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. 
If you

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send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through https://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 
digital storage media 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 not include special characters or any form of encryption and be 
free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about the 
EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA 
through https://www.regulations.gov/. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on any 
digital storage media that you mail to the EPA, note the docket ID, 
mark the outside of the digital storage media as CBI, and identify 
electronically within the digital storage media the specific 
information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version 
of the comments that includes information claimed as CBI, you must 
submit a copy of the comments that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI directly to the public docket through the procedures 
outlined in instructions above. If you submit any digital storage media 
that does not contain CBI, mark the outside of the digital storage 
media clearly that it does not contain CBI and note the docket ID. 
Information not marked as CBI will be included in the public docket and 
the EPA's electronic public docket without prior notice. Information 
marked as CBI will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 2.
    Our preferred method to receive CBI is for it to be transmitted 
electronically using email attachments, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), 
or other online file sharing services (e.g., Dropbox, OneDrive, Google 
Drive). Electronic submissions must be transmitted directly to the 
OAQPS CBI Office at the email address [email protected], and as 
described above, should include clear CBI markings and note the docket 
ID. If assistance is needed with submitting large electronic files that 
exceed the file size limit for email attachments, and if you do not 
have your own file sharing service, please email [email protected] to 
request a file transfer link. If sending CBI information through the 
postal service, please send it to the following address: OAQPS Document 
Control Officer (C404-02), OAQPS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, Attention 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072. The mailed CBI material should be 
double wrapped and clearly marked. Any CBI markings should not show 
through the outer envelope.

Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policies and Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-12834 Filed 6-15-23; 8:45 am]
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