45788
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
149
/
Monday,
August
4,
2003
/
Proposed
Rules
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
40
CFR
Parts
19
and
27
[
FRL
 
7539
 
3]

Civil
Monetary
Penalty
Inflation
Adjustment
Rule
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
ACTION:
Proposed
Rule;
Technical
Corrections.

SUMMARY:
EPA
is
correcting
the
proposed
rule
that
appeared
in
the
July
3,
2003
Federal
Register
at
(
68
FR
39882),
entitled
``
Civil
Monetary
Penalty
Inflation
Adjustment
Rule,''
as
mandated
by
the
Debt
Collection
Improvement
Act
of
1996,
to
adjust
EPA's
civil
monetary
penalties
for
inflation
on
a
periodic
basis.
This
notice
creates
no
new
regulatory
requirements.
Rather,
it
corrects
the
effective
date
for
the
proposed
rule
which
was
mistakenly
listed
as
July
3,
2003
in
the
Federal
Register
notice
of
the
same
date.
DATES:
The
comment
period
for
the
previously
published
proposal
(
68
FR
39882,
July
3,
2003)
ends
on
August
4,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Mail
written
comments
to
the
Docket
Office,
Enforcement
&
Compliance
Docket
and
Information
Center
(
2201AT),
Docket
Number
EC
 
2001
 
008,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
EPA
West,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Room
B133,
Washington,
DC
20460
(
in
triplicate,
if
possible).
Please
use
a
font
size
no
smaller
than
12.
Written
comments
may
be
delivered
in
person
to:
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Room
B133,
Washington,
DC
20460.
Comments
may
also
be
submitted
electronically
to
docket.
oeca@
epa.
gov
or
faxed
to
(
202)
566
 
1511.
Attach
electronic
comments
as
an
ASCii
(
text)
file,
and
avoid
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
Be
sure
to
include
the
docket
number,
EC
 
2001
 
008,
on
your
document.
Public
comments,
if
any,
may
be
reviewed
at
the
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Docket
Information
Center,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Room
B133,
Washington,
DC
20460.
Persons
interested
in
reviewing
this
docket
may
do
so
by
calling
(
202)
566
 
1512.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
David
Abdalla,
Office
of
Regulatory
Enforcement,
Multimedia
Enforcement
Division,
Mail
Code
2248A,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
(
202)
564
 
2413.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
Reasons
and
Basis
for
Today's
Notice
In
its
review
of
the
July
3,
2003
proposed
rule
(
68
FR
39882),
issued
pursuant
to
the
Debt
Collection
Improvement
Act
of
1996
(
Pub.
L.
104
 
134,
110
Stat.
1321),
EPA
identified
errors
in
certain
sections
of
the
regulatory
language
of
the
proposal
referring
to
the
effective
date.
Today's
notice
corrects
these
errors
to
reflect
that
the
effective
date
of
the
final
rule
will
be
the
date
the
final
rule
is
published,
and
not
July
3,
2003,
the
date
on
which
the
proposed
rule
was
published.

II.
Public
Comment
Period
Today's
notice
does
not
create
any
new
regulatory
requirement.
EPA
believes
that
the
July
3,
2003
notice
presented
the
substance
of
the
proposed
rule
sufficiently
to
allow
interested
persons
to
understand
all
aspects
of
the
proposed
rule
and
to
make
comments.
Consequently,
EPA
finds
that
it
is
not
necessary
to
extend
the
comment
period
for
the
proposed
rule.
The
comment
period
will
still
close
on
August
4,
2003.

Dated:
July
29,
2003.
John
Peter
Suarez,
Assistant
Administrator
for
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance.
The
following
corrections
are
made
to
FRL
 
7522
 
4
Civil
Monetary
Penalty
Inflation
Adjustment
Rule;
Proposed
Rule,
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
July
3,
2003
(
68
FR
39882):
1.
In
Section
19.2
of
the
regulatory
text,
change
both
references
to
the
date
``
July
3,
2003''
to
``[
date
of
publication
of
final
rule].''
2.
In
footnote
1
to
Section
27.3(
a)(
1)(
iv)
of
the
regulatory
text,
change
the
reference
to
the
date
``
July
3,
2003''
to
``[
date
of
publication
of
final
rule].''

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