81 FR 52393 - Section 610 Review of the 2008 Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program (RRP); Extension of Comment Period

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 152 (August 8, 2016)

On June 9, 2016 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for comments on a Regulatory Flexibility Act section 610 review titled, Section 610 Review of Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation and Remodeling Section 402(C)(3) (Section 610 Review). As initially published in the Federal Register, written comments were to be submitted to the EPA on or before August 8, 2016 (a 60-day public comment period). Since publication, the EPA has received a request for additional time to submit comments. Therefore, the EPA is extending the public comment period for 30 days until September 7, 2016.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52393-52394]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18520]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 745

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0126; FRL-9950-27-OA]


Section 610 Review of the 2008 Lead; Renovation, Repair, and 
Painting Program (RRP); Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 9, 2016 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published a request for comments on a Regulatory Flexibility Act 
section 610 review titled, Section 610 Review of Lead-Based Paint 
Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation and Remodeling 
Section 402(C)(3) (Section 610 Review). As initially published in the 
Federal Register, written comments were to be submitted to the EPA on 
or before August 8, 2016 (a 60-day public comment period). Since 
publication, the EPA has received a request for additional time to 
submit comments. Therefore, the EPA is extending the public comment 
period for 30 days until September 7, 2016.

DATES: The public comment period for the review published June 9, 2016 
(81 FR 37373) is being extended for 30 days to September 7, 2016 in 
order to provide the public additional time to submit comments and 
supporting information.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.

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EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0126, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2016-0126.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744.
     U.S. Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Mailcode: 28221T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-
0126, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0126. Such deliveries are accepted only during the 
Docket Center's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements 
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-
2016-0126. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and could be made 
available online at 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 
www.regulations.gov or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an 
``anonymous access'' system, which means that 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 disk or CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment 
because of technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, the EPA might 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 EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. For additional 
instructions on submitting comments, go to the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
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 material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. The Public Reading 
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding federal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact,

Jonathan Shafer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical 
Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7404T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-0789, Email: 
[email protected].

Michelle Price, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical 
Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7404T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 566-0744, Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

    Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that an 
agency review, within 10 years of promulgation, each rule that has or 
will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities (SISNOSE). The EPA undertakes section 610 reviews to 
decide whether the agency should continue a rule unchanged, amend it, 
or withdraw it. We encourage small entities to provide comments on the 
need to change these rules, and in particular, how the rules could be 
made clearer, more effective, or if there is need to remove conflicting 
or overlapping requirements with other Federal or State regulations.
    The EPA has exercised its discretion to include changes made to the 
2008 RRP rule as well as solicit comments on lead-test kits in this 
review.

II. Extension of Comment Period for the Section 610 Review of the 2008 
RRP Rule

    The EPA is extending the deadline for submitting comments on the 
section 610 review of the RRP Rule to September 7, 2016. The original 
deadline for comments, based on a 60-day comment period, was August 8, 
2016. The EPA's decision responds to a request to extend the comment 
deadline. The EPA believes that this 30-day extension will assist in 
providing an adequate amount of additional time for the public to 
review the action and to provide written comments.

    Dated: July 27, 2016.
William Nickerson,
Acting Director, Office of Regulatory Policy and Management.
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