
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61590-61591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24349]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

33 CFR Part 328

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 110, 112 116, 117, 122, 230, 232, 300, 302, and 401

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880; FRL-9917-90-OW]
RIN 2040-AF30


Extension of Comment Period for the Definition of ``Waters of the 
United States'' Under the Clean Water Act Proposed Rule and Notice of 
Availability

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Department of the Army, 
Department of Defense; and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) are extending the comment period for 
the proposed rule ``Definition of `Waters of the United States' Under 
the Clean

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Water Act'' published on April 21, 2014. The agencies are extending the 
comment period in response to stakeholder requests for an extension and 
to allow comments on new supporting materials.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 14, 2014. The 
comment period was scheduled to end on October 20, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket identification 
(ID) No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: ow-docket@epa.gov.
     Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Attention: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004, Attention: Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880. Such deliveries are only accepted during the 
Docket Center's normal hours of operation. Special arrangements should 
be made for deliveries of boxed information by calling 202-566-2426.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-
0880. 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.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 email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means the EPA will not know 
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body 
of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA 
without going through www.regulations.gov your email 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, the EPA recommends that you include your 
name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with 
any disc you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 
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 the 
EPA's public docket visit the 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 materials, 
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 
Office of Water Docket Center, 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; the telephone number for the Office of Water Docket Center is 
(202) 566-2426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Donna Downing, Office of Water 
(4502-T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number 202-566-2428; email 
address: CWAwaters@epa.gov. Ms. Stacey Jensen, Regulatory Community of 
Practice (CECW-CO-R), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 441 G Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20314; telephone number 202-761-5856; email address: 
USACE_CWA_Rule@usace.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 21, 2014, EPA published the 
proposed rule ``Definition of `Waters of the United States' Under the 
Clean Water Act'' in the Federal Register (79 FR 22188). The previous 
comment deadline was October 20, 2014. The EPA and Corps have received 
requests for an extension to the comment deadline for this proposed 
rule.
    This action extends the comment period until November 14, 2014. 
Note that additional information is available in the public docket, 
EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880, since publication of the April 21, 2014 proposed 
rule and a subsequent notice extending the public comment period (June 
24, 2014; 79 FR 35712). The agencies also expect additional relevant 
materials from the Science Advisory Board before October 20, 2014, and 
will immediately place those materials in the docket when they become 
available. The agencies will publish a notice of availability at that 
time.

    Dated: October 3, 2014.
Kenneth J. Kopocis,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
    Dated: October 6, 2014.

Jo-Ellen Darcy,
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Department of the Army.
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