Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0195-0093
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces; Reopen Comment Period
Posted Date: 2019-02-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2484-2485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01366]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0195; FRL-9988-89-OAR]
RIN 2060-AU00

Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New 
Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Reopen comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 30, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) proposed a rule titled ``Standards of Performance for New 
Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-
Air Furnaces.'' The EPA is reopening the public comment period on the 
proposed rule that closed on January 14, 2019. The EPA is taking this 
action to allow time for the public to comment on the proposed rule for 
at least 30 days following the public hearing, which was held on 
December 17, 2018.

DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register on November 30, 2018 is being reopened. Written 
comments must be received on or before February 12, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0195, at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
    Regulations.gov is our preferred method for receiving comments. 
However, the following other submission methods are also accepted:
     Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2018-0195 in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2018-0195.
     Mail: To ship or send mail via the United States Postal 
Service, use the following address: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0195, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand/Courier Delivery: Use the following Docket Center 
address if you are using express mail, commercial delivery, hand 
delivery, or courier: EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC West Building, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. Delivery 
verification signatures will be available only during regular business 
hours.
    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, send or deliver information identified as CBI only to 
the following address: OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-02), OAQPS, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina 27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0195.
    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

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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://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on this 
action, contact Rochelle Boyd, Sector Policies and Programs Division, 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (D243-02), Environmental 
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 
(919) 541-1390; and email address: boyd.rochelle@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To allow for additional time for 
stakeholders to provide comments, the EPA has decided to reopen the 
public comment period until February 12, 2019.

     Dated: February 1, 2019.
Panagiotis Tsirigotis,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2019-01366 Filed 2-6-19; 8:45 am]
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