Animal
Feeding
Operations
Consent
Agreement
and
Final
Order
[
Federal
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March
30,
2005
(
Volume
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Number
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OAR­
2004­
0237;
FRL­
7891­
9]

Animal
Feeding
Operations
Consent
Agreement
and
Final
Order
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Supplemental
notice
to
extend
signup
period
for
consent
agreement
and
final
order,
and
reopening
for
public
comment.

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SUMMARY:
On
January
31,
2005
(
70
FR
4958),
EPA
announced
an
opportunity
for
animal
feeding
operations
(
AFOs)
to
sign
a
voluntary
consent
agreement
and
final
order
(
air
compliance
agreement).
This
supplemental
notice
announces
an
extension
to
the
signup
period
for
the
consent
agreement
and
final
order,
as
well
as
the
reopening
of
the
public
comment
period.

DATES:
Comments
must
be
received
on
or
before
May
2,
2005.
The
signup
period
is
extended
to
July
1,
2005.

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
identified
by
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2004­
0237,
by
one
of
the
following
methods:
°
Agency
Web
site:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
EDOCKET,
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.
°
E­
mail:
a­
and­
r­
docket@
epa.
gov.
°
Fax:
(
202)
566­
1741.
°
Mail:
Air
Docket,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
6102T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
Please
include
a
total
of
two
copies.
°
Hand
Delivery:
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Room
B102,
Washington,
DC
20460.
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.
OAR­
2004­
0237.
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.
epa.
gov/
edocket,
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
EDOCKET,
regulations.
gov,
or
e­
mail.
The
EPA
EDOCKET
and
the
Federal
regulations.
gov
Web
sites
are
  
anonymous
access''
systems,
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
EDOCKET
or
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.
Docket:
All
documents
in
the
docket
are
listed
in
the
EDOCKET
index
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Although
listed
in
the
index,
some
information
is
not
publicly
available,
i.
e.,
CBI
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Certain
other
information,
such
as
copyrighted
materials,
is
not
placed
on
the
Internet
and
will
be
publicly
available
only
in
hard
copy
form.
Publicly
available
docket
materials
are
available
either
electronically
in
EDOCKET
or
in
hard
copy
form
at
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2004­
0237,
EPA/
DC,
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
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
Air
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
1742.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
information
on
the
air
compliance
agreement,
contact
Mr.
Bruce
Fergusson,
Special
Litigation
and
Projects
Division,
Office
of
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance,
U.
S.
EPA,
Ariel
Rios
Building,
Washington,
DC
20460,
telephone
number
(
202)
564­
1261,
fax
number
(
202)
564­
0010,
and
electronic
mail:
fergusson.
bruce@
epa.
gov.
For
information
on
the
monitoring
study,
contact
Ms.
Sharon
Nizich,
Organic
Chemicals
Group,
Emission
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards,
U.
S.
EPA,
Research
Triangle
Park
NC
27711,
telephone
number
(
919)
541­
2825,
fax
number
(
919)
541­
3470,
and
electronic
mail:
nizich.
sharon@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
In
order
to
provide
more
time
for
public
comment
and
for
affected
industry
members
to
make
informed
decisions
about
participation,
the
comment
period
is
being
reopened
on
EPA's
air
compliance
agreement
to
address
emissions
from
certain
AFOs.
The
comment
period
will
reopen
April
1,
2005
until
May
2,
2005.
Any
public
comments
received
in
the
time
period
from
March
3
through
March
31,
2005,
will
be
considered
as
timely
comments
for
the
purpose
of
this
action.
The
air
compliance
agreement
is
part
of
the
Agency's
ongoing
effort
to
minimize
air
emissions
from
such
operations
and
to
ensure
compliance
with
the
Clean
Air
Act
and
other
laws.
Due
to
substantial
public
response
and
to
accommodate
further
outreach
and
communication
with
interested
participants,
we
are
extending
the
signup
period
for
the
air
compliance
agreement
to
July
1,
2005.
Interested
parties
should
refer
to
the
January
31,
2005
Federal
Register
notice
(
70
FR
4958)
to
view
the
consent
agreement
and
final
order
at
Appendix
1,
Attachment
A­­
Farm
Information
Sheet,
and
Attachment
B­­
National
Air
Emissions
Monitoring
Study
Protocol.

Dated:
March
23,
2005.
Sally
L.
Shaver,
Director,
Emission
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards.
Robert
A.
Kaplan,
Director,
Special
Litigation
and
Projects
Division,
Office
of
Civil
Enforcement
Office
of
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance.
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