[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 2460-2461] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-894] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 745 [OPPTS-62156F; FRL-6056-1] RIN 2070-AC63 Lead: Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead; Reopening of Comment Period
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Action
Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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Summary
EPA is reopening the comment period on a proposed rule that would provide guidelines for managing lead in paint, dust, and soil in residences and child-occupied facilities. EPA has received additional comments from various parties involved with environmental justice issues regarding extension of the comment period. In order to ensure that all parties, including those that may lack access to the various publications in which EPA has publicized the issuance of the proposal, have sufficient opportunity to submit their comments, the Agency will continue to accept comments until March 1, 1999.
Dates
The comment period is reopened and comments are due on or before March 1, 1999.
Addresses
Each written comment must bear the docket control number OPPTS-62156F. All comments should be sent in triplicate to: OPPT Document Control Officer (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Rm. G-099, East Tower, Washington, DC 20460. Written comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: [email protected]. Follow the instructions in Unit II. of this document. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. All written comments which contain information claimed as CBI must be clearly marked as such. Three copies, sanitized of any comments containing information claimed as CBI, must also be submitted and will be placed in the public record for this rulemaking. Persons submitting information, any portion of which they believe is entitled to treatment as CBI by EPA, must assert a business confidentiality claim in accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for each such portion. This claim must be made at the time that the information is submitted to EPA. If a submitter does not assert a confidentiality claim at the time of submission, EPA will consider this as a waiver of any confidentiality claim and the information may be made available to the public by EPA without further notice to the submitter.
For Further Information Contact
General information: National Lead Information Center's Clearinghouse, 1-800-424-LEAD (5323). Technical and policy questions: Jonathan Jacobson, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7404), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260- 3779; e-mail address: jacobson.jonathan@epa.gov.
Supplementary Information
I. Background
In the Federal Register of June 3, 1998 (63 FR 30302) (FRL-5791-9), EPA published a proposed rule under Title IV of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Section 403 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2683) directs EPA to promulgate regulations identifying lead-based paint hazards, lead- contaminated dust, and lead-contaminated soil. Section 402 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2682) directs EPA to promulgate regulations governing lead-based paint activities. Section 404 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2684) requires that any State that seeks to administer and enforce the requirements established by the Agency under section 402 of TSCA must submit to the Administrator a request for authorization of such a program. On October 1 and November 5, 1998, EPA announced in the Federal Register extensions to the comment period for this proposed rule (63 FR 52662 (FRL-6037-7) and 63 FR 59754 (FRL-6044-9), respectively). The last extension gave the public until December 31, 1998, to submit comments. EPA has decided to reopen the comment period as discussed in the ``SUMMARY'' of this document. Comments that were submitted between December 31, 1998 (the closing date of the previous comment period) and January 14, 1999, need not be resubmitted. The Agency will accept any comments submitted on or before March 1, 1999. The Agency is not likely to extend the comment period beyond that date.
II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions
The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public version, has been established for this rulemaking under docket control number OPPTS-62156F (including comments and data submitted electronically as described in this unit). A public version of this record, including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official rulemaking record is located in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC. Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the docket control number OPPTS-62156F. Electronic comments on this proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 745
Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Lead-based paint, Lead poisoning, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: January 7, 1999.
William H. Sanders, III,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 99-894 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F