[Federal Register: July 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 130)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 35572-35573]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06jy01-19]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 9, 122, 123, 124, and 125
[FRL-7009-2]
Reopening of Comment Period for Certain Documents Referenced in
the Notice of Data Availability; National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System--Regulations Addressing Cooling Water Intake
Structures for New Facilities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On August 10, 2000, EPA published proposed regulations
addressing cooling water intake structures at new facilities in the
Federal Register for public review and comment (65 FR 49060). On May
25, 2001, EPA published a Notice of Data Availability in the Federal
Register (66 FR 28853) regarding the proposed regulations. The comment
period closed on June 25, 2001. This action reopens the comment period
for certain documents for an additional 30 days, to August 6, 2001.
DATES: Comments on certain documents and issues related to those
documents listed below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION will be accepted
through August 6, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Cooling Water Intake Structure
(New Facilities) Proposed Rule Comment Clerk-W-00-03R, Water Docket,
Mail Code 4101, EPA, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,
Washington, DC 20460. Comments delivered in person and/or any overnight
delivery should be submitted to the Cooling Water Intake Structure (New
Facilities) Proposed Rule Comment Clerk-W-00-03R, Water Docket, Room EB
57, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. You may also submit
comments electronically to ow-docket@epa.gov. Please submit any
references cited in your comments. Please submit an original and three
copies of your written comments and enclosures. No facsimiles (faxes)
will be accepted. For additional information on how to submit comments,
see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Deborah G. Nagle at (202) 260-2656, or Claudio H. Ternieden at (202)
260-6026. The e-mail address for the above contacts is
rule.316b@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Data Availability presented a
summary of the data EPA had received or collected since proposal, an
assessment of the relevance of the data to EPA's analysis, some
modified technology options suggested by commenters, and an alternative
approach suggested by a trade group representing the utility industry.
EPA received a request to extend the comment period for all
documents and issues discussed in the Notice of Data Availability.
After considering this request and a similar but narrower request, EPA
is reopening the comment period for six documents and the issues
associated with these documents because certain pages of these
documents or their references and attachments were not available for
public review at the time the Notice of Data Availability was published
in the Federal Register. EPA is also reopening the comment period for
two lengthy documents that were available in the docket in an
electronic format at the start of the public comment period but were
not copied and made available for off-site review until June 1, 2001.
The comment period for these documents is 30 days, through August 6,
2001.
If you already submitted comments to EPA in response to the Notice
of Data Availability published on May 25, 2001, and wish to submit
additional comments per today's reopening, EPA requests that the later
set of comments clearly specify whether they supplement or supersede
the earlier-filed comments.
In addition to accepting hard-copy written comments, please note
that EPA will also accept comments submitted electronically. Electronic
comments must be submitted as a Word Perfect 5/
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6/7/8 or ASCII file and must be submitted to: ow-docket@epa.gov.
EPA is reopening the comment period for the following documents:
DCN# 2-007 Energy Information Agency, Department of
Energy Forms 860A and 860B-1998
DCN# 2-010 Energy Information Agency, Department of
Energy; Utility Data Institute; Form EIA-767 1994, 1997; Selected
Tables from UDI Power Statistics
DCN# 2-017A & All References Memo Re: Ecological Reasons
Why Freshwater River and Reservoir Ecosystems Do Not Normally
Experience Substantive Impact As a Result of Impingement and
Entrainment (April 27, 2001)
DCN# 2-018B R2 Computation and Interpretation of
Biological Statistics of Fish Populations (1975)
DCN# 2-019A & All References Memo Re: Scientific
Literature On Population Modeling (April 27, 2001)
DCN# 2-025E Fact Sheet for Draft NJPDES Permit Renewal
Including Section 316(a) Variance Determination and Section 316(b)
``BTA'' Decision (June 24,1993)
DCN# 2-036C Draft Steam Plant Energy Penalty Evaluation
(April 20, 2001)
DCN# 2-041A Methods for Sampling Fish Communities as Part
of the National Water Quality Assessment Program (1993)
Dated: June 29, 2001.
Diane C. Regas,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Water.
[FR Doc. 01-16949 Filed 7-5-01; 8:45 am]
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