Proposed Rule2021-24253
Potential Future Regulation Addressing Pyrolysis and Gasification Units
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Published
November 5, 2021
Effective
September 8, 2021
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
On September 8, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) solicited information and requested comments to assist in the potential development of regulations for pyrolysis and gasification units that are used to convert solid or semi-solid feedstocks to useful products such as energy, fuels, and chemical commodities. The deadline to respond to our request was November 8, 2021. The EPA is extending the period to respond to our request for information and comment to December 23, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61102-61103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24253]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 60 and 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0382; FRL-7547.1-02-OAR]
RIN 2060-AV37
Potential Future Regulation Addressing Pyrolysis and Gasification
Units
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public
comment period.
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SUMMARY: On September 8, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) solicited information and requested comments to assist in the
potential development of regulations for pyrolysis and gasification
units that are used to convert solid or semi-solid feedstocks to useful
products such as energy, fuels, and chemical commodities. The deadline
to respond to our request was November 8, 2021. The EPA is extending
the period to respond to our request for information and comment to
December 23, 2021.
DATES: The public comment period for the request for information
published in the Federal Register on September 8, 2021 (86 FR 50296),
originally ending November 8, 2021, is being extended. Written comments
must be received on or before December 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Comments. You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2021-0382, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#51307c303f357c237c353e323a3425113421307f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfaee2aea1abe2bde2aba0aca4aabb8faabfaee1a8a0b9">[email protected]</span></a>. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2021-0382 in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2021-0382.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0382, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier (by scheduled appointment only):
EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center's hours of operation
are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (except Federal holidays).
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2021-0382. 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed
to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. Do not submit electronically any information that you consider
to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. This type of information should be submitted by mail as
discussed below.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by
a written comment. The written comment is considered the official
comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make.
The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents
located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please
visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a>.
The <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> website allows you to submit your
comment anonymously, 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
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, 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
digital storage media 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 not include special characters or any form of encryption and
should be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information
about the EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and EPA
staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room are closed to the public,
with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19.
The EPA's Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer
service via email, phone, and webform. The Agency encourages the public
to submit comments via <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> or email, as there
may be a delay in processing mail and faxes. Hand deliveries and
couriers may be received by scheduled appointment only. For further
information on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us online at
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. The EPA continues to carefully and
continuously monitor information from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, local area health departments, and our Federal partners
so that the Agency can respond rapidly as conditions change regarding
COVID-19.
Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA
through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> or email. Clearly mark the part or
all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on
any digital storage media that you mail to the EPA, mark the outside of
the digital storage media as CBI and then identify electronically
within the digital storage media the specific information that is
claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comments
that includes information claimed as CBI, you must submit a copy of the
comments that does not contain the information claimed as CBI directly
to the public docket through the procedures outlined in Instructions
above. If you submit any digital storage media that does not contain
CBI, mark the outside of the digital storage media clearly that it does
not contain CBI. Information not marked as CBI will be included in the
public docket and the EPA's electronic public docket without prior
notice. Information marked as CBI will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) part 2. Send or deliver information identified as CBI only to the
following address: OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-02), OAQPS,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0382. Note that
written comments containing CBI and submitted by mail may be delayed
and no hand deliveries will be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this action,
contact Nabanita Modak Fischer, Fuels and Incineration Group, Sector
Policies and Programs Division (E143-05), Environmental Protection
Agency,
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-5572; fax number: (919) 541-3470; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caa7a5aeaba1e4a4aba8aba4a3beab8aafbaabe4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d3032393c3673333c3f3c3334293c1d382d3c733a322b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 8, 2021, the EPA published an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting information
and requesting comments to assist in the potential development of
regulations for pyrolysis and gasification units that are used to
convert solid or semi-solid feedstocks to useful products such as
energy, fuels, and chemical commodities (86 FR 50296). In accordance
with that Notice, the comment period to respond to the ANPRM currently
closes on November 8, 2021. The EPA has received a request to extend
the comment period. After considering the request to extend the public
comment period, the EPA has decided to extend the public comment period
until December 23, 2021. This extension will provide the additional
time requested by the public to review the request and gather
information to respond.
Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policy and Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-24253 Filed 11-4-21; 8:45 am]
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