Section 610 Review of ``Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program''; Extension of Comment Period

Sarah Dunham
Environmental Protection Agency
27 August 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 44804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18435]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 80

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0168; FRL-9999-00-OAR]


Section 610 Review of ``Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 
Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program''; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 22, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA'') published an entry in the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of 
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions announcing that EPA will review the 
rulemaking ``Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to 
Renewable Fuel Standard Program'' pursuant to section 610 of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act. The purpose of this review is to determine 
if the provisions that could affect small entities should be continued 
without change, should be rescinded, or amended to minimize adverse 
economic impacts on small entities. The entry invited public comment on 
this proposal via the established docket on Regulations.gov by August 
22, 2019--90 days after publication of the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda 
of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. On August 15, 2019, EPA 
received a request from the Small Refiners Coalition to extend the 
comment period by 30 days to allow its members to provide thorough 
comments and data. On August 16, 2019, EPA received a similar request 
from the Small Retailers Coalition. EPA is extending the deadline for 
written comments an additional 30 days to September 23, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 23, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may send your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2019-0168, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov 
(our preferred method) Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Office of Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery/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.-4:30 p.m., 
Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays).
    Instructions: Submit your comments on EPA's section 610 review 
referenced above, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0168, at 
http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the other methods 
identified above. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed 
from the docket. EPA may publish any comment received to its public 
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) 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. 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). For 
additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, 
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance 
on making effective comments, please visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Mroz, Office of Transportation 
and Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-1094; email 
address: mroz.jessica@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA rulemaking that is the subject of 
this review was published on March 26, 2010, at 75 FR 14670. For the 
reasons noted above, the public comment period for this review will now 
end on September 23, 2019.

    Dated: August 20, 2019.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality.
[FR Doc. 2019-18435 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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