Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0348-0075
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Methods for Measurement of Filterable PM10 and PM2.5 and Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter Emissions From Stationary Sources; Proposed rule; announcement of reopening of comment period
Posted Date: 2009-06-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 107)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 27002-27003]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 51

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0348; FRL-8913-7]
RIN 2060-AO58

 
Methods for Measurement of Filterable PM[ihel1][ihel0] and 
PM[ihel2].[ihel5] and Measurement of Condensable Particulate 
Matter Emissions From Stationary Sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: EPA is reopening the comment period for the proposed rule 
entitled ``Methods for Measurement of Filterable PM10 and 
PM2.5 and Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter 
Emissions From Stationary Sources'' that was proposed in the Federal 
Register on March 25, 2009. The 60-day comment period in the proposed 
rule ended on May 26, 2009. The reopened comment period will close on 
June 26, 2009. EPA is reopening the comment period because of a request 
we received in a timely manner.

DATES: Comments: The comment period for the proposed rule published 
March 25, 2009 (74 FR 12970), is reopened. Comments must be received on 
or before June 26, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0348, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send your comments via electronic mail to a-and-r-
docket@epa.gov.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744.
     Mail: Methods for Measurement of Filterable 
PM10 and PM2.5 and Measurement of Condensable 
Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary Sources, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mailcode 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of two copies.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center EPA Headquarter Library, 
Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460. Such deliveries are accepted only 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-
2008-0348. EPA's policy is that all comments

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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 e-mail. The http://www.regulation.gov Web 
site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know 
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body 
of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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, 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 EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 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.
    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 Methods for 
Measurement of Filterable PM10 and PM2.5 and 
Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary 
Sources Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room/Docket Center 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 Center is 
(202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact Ms. 
Candace Sorrell, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, Measurement Technology 
Group (E143-02), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 
(919) 541-1064; fax number: (919) 541-0516; e-mail address: 
sorrell.candace@epa.gov. For technical questions, contact Mr. Ron 
Myers, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector 
Policies and Programs Division, Measurement Policy Group (D243-05), 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5407; fax 
number: (919) 541-1039; e-mail address: myers.ron@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    Do not submit information containing CBI to EPA through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Send or deliver information identified 
as CBI only to the following address: Roberto Morales, OAQPS Document 
Control Officer (C404-02), U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0348. Clearly mark the part or all of the information 
that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on a disk or CD-ROM that 
you mail to 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.

B. Where Can I Obtain a Copy of This Action and Other Related 
Information?

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

    Dated: May 28, 2009.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. E9-13164 Filed 6-4-09; 8:45 am]

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