
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14840-14841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6413]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapters I Through VII

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Extension of Comment Period: EPA's Plan for Retrospective Review 
Under Executive Order 13563

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 23, 2011, EPA published in the Federal Register a 
document seeking public input on the design of a plan to use for 
periodic retrospective review of its regulations (76 FR 9988). This 
input is being solicited in response to Executive Order 13563, 
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' wherein all federal 
agencies are directed to conduct a ``retrospective analysis of rules 
that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively 
burdensome and to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal them in 
accordance with what has been learned.''

DATES: Comments should be submitted no later than April 4, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0154, -0155, -0156, -0157, -0158, -0159, -0160, -0161, -
0162, -0163, -0164, -0165, -0166, -0167 or -0168 by any one of the 
following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: ImprovingRegulations.SuggestionBox@epa.gov
     Fax: 202-566-9744
     Mail: Send a copy of your comments and any enclosures to: 
Improving Regulations Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 
Docket Center, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: Improving Regulations Docket, EPA/DC, EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 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-OA-2011-
0154, -0155, -0156, -0157, -0158, -0159, -0160, -0161, -0162, -0163, -
0164, -0165, -0166, -0167, -0168. 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. The http://www.regulations.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.

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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 Section II of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
    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 Improving 
Regulations Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room 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 Improving Regulations Docket is (202) 566-
1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on this 
document, please contact Stuart Miles-McLean, Office of Regulatory 
Policy and Management (1803A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-6581; fax number: 202-564-7322; e-mail address: 
ImprovingRegulations.SuggestionBox@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA extending its comment period for 
feedback on the design of its retrospective review plan under Executive 
Order 13563 to April 4, 2011. To assist you in focusing your comments 
or recommendations, EPA has provided various categories relating to 
issue/impact, program area, or a multipurpose general area. These 
categories are not intended to restrict the issues that you may wish to 
address. The following list provides the category of each docket. If 
you wish to submit comments, please select one of the appropriate 
dockets listed below or send by mail as described in the ADDRESSES 
section above.
1. Integration and Innovation
    Submit a comment on ``Improving Regulations: Integration and 
Innovation'' at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0161.
2. Environmental Justice/Children's Health/Elderly
    Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: EJ, Children & 
Elderly'' at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0168.
3. Science/Obsolete/Technology Outdated
    Submit a comment on ``Improving Regulations: Science/Obsolete/
Technology Outdated'' at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0162.
4. State, Local and Tribal Governments
    Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: State, Local 
and Tribal governments'' at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0163.
5. Least Burdensome/Flexible Approaches
    Provide comment on ``Improving Regulations: Least Burden/Flexible 
Approaches'' at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0165.
6. Benefits and Costs
    Submit a comment related to benefits and costs in ``Improving 
Regulations: Benefits and Costs'' at docket  EPA- HQ-OA-2011-
0158.
7. Small Business
    Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: Small 
Business'' at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0164.
8. Compliance
    Submit a comment related to ``Improving Regulations: Compliance'' 
at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0166.
9. Economic Conditions/Market
    Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Economic 
Conditions/Market'' at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0167.
10. Program Area: Air
    Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Air'' at docket 
 EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0155.
11. Program Area: Pesticides
    Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Pesticides'' at 
docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0157.
12. Program Area: Toxic Substances
    Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Toxic Substances'' 
at docket  EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0159.
13. Program Area: Waste
    Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Waste'' at docket 
 EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0160.
14. Program Area: Water
    Submit a comment about ``Improving Regulations: Water'' at docket 
 EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0154.
15. Use the ``Improving Regulations: General'' docket  EPA- 
HQ-OA-2011-0156 to submit an idea for how best to promote retrospective 
analysis of rules. This docket may also be used for any comment that:
     Pertains to more than one issue/impact and/or program 
area.
     Doesn't relate to any of the other docket categories 
listed in this section.
    EPA welcomes comment and feedback from all parties on the issues 
listed herein. The Agency is collecting this information for its 
planning purposes and is not bound to further action or response. All 
submissions will be made publically available on http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: March 15, 2011.
Michael Goo,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-6413 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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