

[Federal Register: February 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 38)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 8630-8631]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0357; FRL-8281-9]
RIN 2060-AO03

 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (Surface Coating) Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule; notice of reopening of public 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: Because EPA received adverse comments, we are withdrawing the 
direct final rule for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (Surface Coating) 
Operations

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published on December 29, 2006. Additionally, this notice serves to 
reopen the public comment period for 60 days to facilitate the 
collection and submission of data by affected sources. This information 
will assist EPA in determining the appropriate course of action for 
addressing surface coating operations that are the subject of the 
direct final rule amendments.

DATES: As of February 27, 2007, EPA withdraws the direct final rule 
published at 71 FR 78369 on December 29, 2006 and reopens the public 
comment period. Comments. Written comments must be received on or 
before April 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0093, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: 
a-and-r-docket@epa.gov and serageldin.mohamed@epa.gov.


     Fax: (202) 566-1741 and (919) 541-3470.
     Mail: U.S. Postal Service, send comments to: Air and 
Radiation Docket (6102T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20460. Please include a total of two copies.
     Hand Delivery: In person or by courier, deliver comments 
to: Air and Radiation Docket (6102T), EPA West, Room 334, 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. Please include a total of two copies.
    We request that you also send a separate copy of each comment to 
the contact person listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0357, (Legacy No. A-92-11). 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 e-mail. Send or deliver information identified 

as CBI only to the following address: Mr. Roberto Morales, OAQPS 
Document Control Officer, EPA (C404-02), Attention Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2004-0357, (Legacy No. A-92-11), Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim 
to be CBI.
    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 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 
information about EPA's public docket, 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 Air and Radiation Docket, 

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0093, EPA West, Room 334, 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 EPA Docket Center is (202) 
566-1742.


    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the 
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's Federal 
Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at 
http:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on 

docket operations, locations, and telephone numbers. The Docket 
Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure for 
submitting comments to http://www.regulations.gov are not affected by the 

flooding and will remain the same.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mohamed Serageldin, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector 
Policies and Programs Division, Natural Resources and Commerce Group 
(E143-03), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 
541-2379, electronic mail address serageldin.mohamed@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because EPA received adverse comment, we are 
withdrawing the direct final rule for the National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (Surface 
Coating) Operations published on December 29, 2006 (71 FR 78369). We 
stated in that direct final rule that if we received adverse comment by 
January 29, 2007, the direct final rule would not take effect and we 
would publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register. We 
subsequently received adverse comment on that direct final rule and 
are, therefore, withdrawing the rule. EPA is also reopening the public 
comment period for 60 days to afford affected sources an opportunity to 
collect and submit additional data. EPA will evaluate the comments 
received, including any data and other information, and will determine 
the appropriate course of action for addressing the activities at issue 
in the direct final rule.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hazardous 
substances, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 21, 2007.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.

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The direct final amendments are withdrawn, accordingly, the amendments 
to the rule published on December 29, 2006 (71 FR 78369) are withdrawn 
as of February 27, 2007.

 [FR Doc. E7-3311 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]

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