Page
1
Memo
to
Phase
III
Record
From:
Paul
Shriner
Date:
November
1,
2004
Re:
Contents
of
Section
316(
b)
Docket
for
Proposed
Phase
III
Rule
In
developing
the
Section
316(
b)
Phase
III
proposal,
EPA
relied
on
materials
contained
in
the
dockets
for
the
Phase
I
and
Phase
II
rules.
The
Phase
III
docket
(
edocket
OW­
2004­
0002)
incorporates
and
includes
all
materials
from:
1)
the
Phase
I
docket
"
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
­
Amendment
of
Final
Regulations
Addressing
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
for
New
Facilities"
(
edocket
OW­
2002­
0052)
2)
the
Phase
II
docket
"
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
­
Regulations
To
Establish
Requirements
for
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
at
Phase
II
Existing
Facilities"
(
edocket
OW­
2002­
0049)
3)
EPA's
survey
"
Industry
Detailed
Questionnaire:
Phase
III
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures",
EPA
ICR
No.
1838.02,
OMB
#
2040­
0213
(
edocket
OW­
2003­
0005)
4)
ICR
"
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
­
New
Facility
Proposed
rule"
(
ICR
#
1973.02,
OMB
control
#
2040­
0241)
(
edocket
OW­
2003­
0056)
5)
ICR
"
Information
Collection
Request
for
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
New
Facility
Final
Rule"
(
edocket
OW­
2004­
0027)
6)
the
Phase
I
hard
copy
docket
(
paper
docket
W­
00­
32,
containing
paper
copies
of
certain
record
items
not
included
in
edocket
OW­
2002­
0052)

EPA
has
assigned
each
item
in
the
Phase
I,
Phase
II
and
Phase
III
dockets
a
five
digit
document
control
number
(
DCN).
For
convenience,
a
copy
of
the
index
from
the
Phase
II
docket
is
included
in
the
Phase
III
docket
as
DCN
7­
6501.
Similarly,
a
copy
of
the
index
from
the
Phase
I
docket
is
included
in
the
Phase
III
record
as
DCN
7­
6502.

Inclusion
of
Phase
I
and
Phase
II
materials
in
the
Phase
III
docket
does
not
in
any
way
re­
open
the
Phase
I
or
Phase
II
final
rules.
Phase
III
is
an
entirely
separate
rulemaking
proceeding.
EPA
will
not
consider
comments
submitted
in
connection
with
the
Phase
I
or
Phase
II
proceedings
to
be
comments
on
the
Phase
III
proposal.
Members
of
the
public
interested
in
commenting
on
the
Phase
III
proposal
must
follow
the
procedures
set
forth
in
the
Federal
Register
notice
for
submission
of
those
comments.

Effective
September
30,
2004,
the
EPA
Docket
Center
no
longer
maintains
docket
and
supporting
materials
in
hardcopy
format
except
for
certain
copyrighted
materials,
oversized
items,
and
non­
textual
materials.
All
other
materials
developed
for
or
by
EPA
are
provided
to
the
docket
electronically
in
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET).
EDOCKET
is
an
electronic
public
docket
and
on­
line
comment
system
designed
to
expand
access
to
documents
in
EPA's
major
dockets.
New
users
should
review
"
Using
Edocket"
at
http://
docket.
epa.
gov/
edkpub/
index.
jsp
