Notice2023-17314
Public Comment on the Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation; Extension of the Comment Period
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Published
August 14, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing an extension of the public comment period by 15 days for the draft Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation. The original Federal Register document announcing the public comment period was published on June 16, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55036-55037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17314]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-0292; FRL-11270-01-ORD]
Public Comment on the Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for
Planning and Problem Formulation; Extension of the Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period; extension.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
an extension of the public comment period by 15 days for the draft
Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem
Formulation. The original Federal Register document announcing the
public comment period was published on June 16, 2023.
DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on June 16,
2023 (88 FR 39424) is being extended by 15 days. The EPA must receive
comments on or before August 30, 2023, to be considered.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2013-0292, 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> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Office of Research and Development Docket, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this notice. 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 SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#22664d414947567d6d7066624752430c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30745f535b55446f7f6274705540511e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical information on the draft guidelines
or information on the public comment period, contact Dr. Lawrence
Martin, via email at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e232f3c3a272060222f393c2b202d2b0e2b3e2f60292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae7ebf8fee3e4a4e6ebfdf8efe4e9efcaeffaeba4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>; or via phone/voicemail
at 202-308-5642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published the CRA Guidelines for
Planning and Problem Formulation on June 16, 2023, in the Federal
Register (88 FR 39424), which included a request for public comments on
or before August 15, 2023, on the draft CRA guidelines document
(available in the docket). The purpose of this notice is to extend the
public comment period.
The public can submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2013-0292, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> or the other methods
identified in the ADDRESSES section.
I. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov
The public can submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2013-0292 for the CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem
Formulation, by one of the following methods:
<bullet> <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92d6fdf1f9f7e6cdddc0d6d2f7e2f3bcf5fde4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0a48f838b8594bfafb2a4a0859081ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Fax: 202-566-9744.
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<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center (EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-0292), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752. For
information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room,
visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. The EPA Docket Center 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. Deliveries are only accepted during the docket's
normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments by mail or
hand delivery, please submit three copies of the comments. For
attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the
comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2013-0292 for the CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation.
If you are commenting on specific text in the document, please use the
page and line number to identify the text to which you refer. General
recommendations or comments are best tied to a specific section in the
text that comes closest to addressing the issue you are commenting
upon. If no such section exists, then a recommendation for a new
section heading is helpful. Please provide citations for any technical
information and/or data used to support the information you provide. To
ensure proper receipt by the EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID
number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page of
your response.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked
``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA's
policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without
change and to make the comments available online at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information provided,
unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information through
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or email that you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> website is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means 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 EPA without going through
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">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, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, 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 EPA's public docket visit the
EPA Docket Center homepage at <a href="http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm">www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm</a>.
Docket: Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in hard copy at the ORD Docket
in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center.
III. How will comments be used?
Public comment received on the draft CRA Guidelines for Planning
and Problem Formulation will be reviewed and considered to be
incorporated into or modify text in the final revised draft of the
Guidelines. The final draft Guidelines will then undergo internal EPA
review and revision, and then be finalized for publication.
Mary Ross,
Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy, and Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2023-17314 Filed 8-11-23; 8:45 am]
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