Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0929-0063
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: Revisions to Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Proposed Confidentiality Determinations
Posted Date: 2013-11-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66674-66675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26645]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 98

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0929; FRL-9902-64-OAR]
RIN 2060-AQ81

Revisions to Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, and 
Proposed Confidentiality Determinations Under the Greenhouse Gas 
Reporting Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment 
period for the proposed rule titled ``Revisions to Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements, and Proposed Confidentiality Determinations 
under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.''

DATES: The public comment period deadline for the proposed rule 
published on September 11, 2013 (78 FR 55994), has been extended from 
November 12, 2013 to November 26, 2013. Comments must be received on or 
before November 26, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0929 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: GHGReportingCBI@epa.gov.
     Fax: (202) 566-1741.
     Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0929, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, 
William Jefferson Clinton Building West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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-
2010-0929. 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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov or email. Send or deliver 
information identified as CBI to only the mail or hand/courier delivery 
address listed above, attention: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0929. 
The http://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 http://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.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://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 http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Docket, EPA/
DC, William Jefferson Clinton Building West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-
1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, 
Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207J), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 343-9263; fax number: (202) 343-2342; email address: 
GHGreporting@epa.gov. For technical information, contact the Greenhouse 
Gas Reporting Rule Helpline at: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrule_contactus.htm. Alternatively, contact Carole Cook at 
202-343-9263.
    Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the docket, 
an electronic copy of this proposal, memoranda to the docket, and all 
other related information will also be available through the WWW on the 
EPA's greenhouse gas reporting rule Web site at http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Additional Information on Submitting Comments: To expedite review 
of your comments by Agency staff, you are encouraged to send a separate 
copy of your comments, in addition to the copy you submit to the 
official docket, to Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, Office of 
Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,

[[Page 66675]]

Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 343-9263, email 
GHGReportingCBI@epa.gov.
    Background on Today's Action. In this action, the EPA is providing 
notice that it is extending the comment period on the proposed rule 
titled ``Revisions to Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, and 
Proposed Confidentiality Determinations under the Greenhouse Gas 
Reporting Program,'' which was published on September 11, 2013. The 
current deadline for submitting public comment on that rule is November 
12, 2013. The EPA is extending that deadline to November 26, 2013. This 
extension will provide the general public additional time for public 
participation and comments.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98

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

    Dated: October 31, 2013.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-26645 Filed 11-5-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P