Notice2022-11569
Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS); Extension of Comment Period
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Published
May 31, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). The comment period is scheduled to close on June 2, 2022. However, a number of groups have requested additional time to submit comments. In response, EPA is extending the public comment period for an additional 30 days through July 2, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11569]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0365 and EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0366; FRL 8310-03-OW]
Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS);
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the
comment period for the Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water
Quality Criteria for Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane
Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). The comment period is scheduled to close on June
2, 2022. However, a number of groups have requested additional time to
submit comments. In response, EPA is extending the public comment
period for an additional 30 days through July 2, 2022.
DATES: The comment period for the notice of availability published May
3, 2022 (87 FR 26199), is extended. The EPA must receive comments on or
before July 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by the Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OW-2022-0365 for the draft PFOA criteria or Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2022-0366 for the draft PFOS criteria, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the relevant
Docket ID Number(s) for these draft criteria. Comments received may be
posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any
personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information on the public comment process, see
the ``Public Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Justice, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division, Office of Water (Mail Code 4304T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 566-0275; or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#49233c3a3d202a2c672328242c3a3b092c3928672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4aeb1b7b0ada7a1eaaea5a9a1b7b684a1b4a5eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3, 2022, EPA announced the
availability of Clean Water Act (CWA) national ``Draft Recommended
Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA)'' and ``Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality
Criteria for Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)'' for a 30-day public
review and comment period to seek additional scientific views, data,
and information regarding the science and technical approach used in
the derivation of the draft documents.
The original deadline to submit comments was June 2, 2022 (87 FR
26199, May 3, 2022). This action extends the comment period for 30
days. Written comments must now be received by July 2, 2022. The
``Draft Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)'' and other supporting materials may also
be viewed and downloaded from EPA's website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa">https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa</a>. The ``Draft
Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for
Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)'' and other supporting materials
may also be viewed and downloaded from EPA's website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-perfluorooctane-sulfonate-pfos">https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-perfluorooctane-sulfonate-pfos</a>.
Public Participation--Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2022-
0365 for the draft PFOA criteria or Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0366
for the draft PFOS criteria, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Once
submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit to EPA's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary
Business Information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. 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). Please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a> for additional submission methods; the
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective
comments.
Radhika Fox,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-11569 Filed 5-27-22; 8:45 am]
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