National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing Amendments: Extension of Comment Period Publication: Federal Register Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Penny Lassiter Date: 22 December 2023 Subjects: American Government , The Environment, Tires

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 88553-88554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28252]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0392; FRL-5949.1-02-OAR]
RIN 2060-AV70


National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber 
Tire Manufacturing Amendments: Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 16, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) proposed a rule titled ``National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing Amendments.'' The 
EPA is extending the comment period on this proposed rule that 
currently closes on January 2, 2024, by 13 days. The comment period 
will now remain open until January 15, 2024, to allow additional time 
for stakeholders and Tribal Nations to review and comment on the 
proposal.

DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register (FR) on November 16, 2023 (88 FR 78692), originally 
ending January 2, 2024, is being extended by 13 days. Written comments 
must be received on or before January 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2019-0392, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2019-0392 in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2019-0392.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0392, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. 
The Docket Center's hours of operation are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-
Friday (except federal holidays).
    Instructions. All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change 
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this proposed 
action, contact U.S. EPA, Attn: Mr. Korbin Smith, Sector Policies and 
Programs Division, Mail Drop: D243-04, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. 
Box 12055, RTP, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-2416; 
and email address: smith.korbin@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Rationale. Based on consideration of a request letter received from 
an industry representative (U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association), which 
is available in the docket for this proposed rule, the EPA is extending 
the public comment period for an additional 13 days. Therefore, the 
public comment period will end on January 15, 2024.
    Docket. The EPA has established a docket for this rulemaking under 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0392. All documents in the docket are 
listed in https://www.regulations.gov/. Although listed, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is 
not placed on the internet and will be publicly available only in hard 
copy. With the exception of such material, publicly available docket 
materials are available electronically in Regulations.gov.
    Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2019-0392. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and may be made available 
online at https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes information

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claimed to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Do not submit electronically to https://www.regulations.gov/ any information that you consider to be CBI or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. This type 
of information should be submitted as discussed below.
    The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. 
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. The 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    The https://www.regulations.gov/ website allows you to submit your 
comment anonymously, which means 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 
https://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 
digital storage media you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment 
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 
the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files 
should not include special characters or 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA 
through https://www.regulations.gov/. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on any 
digital storage media that you mail to the EPA, note the docket ID, 
mark the outside of the digital storage media as CBI, and identify 
electronically within the digital storage media the specific 
information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version 
of the comments that includes information claimed as CBI, you must 
submit a copy of the comments that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI directly to the public docket through the procedures 
outlined in Instructions above. If you submit any digital storage media 
that does not contain CBI, mark the outside of the digital storage 
media clearly that it does not contain CBI and note the docket ID. 
Information not marked as CBI will be included in the public docket and 
the EPA's electronic public docket without prior notice. Information 
marked as CBI will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 2.
    Our preferred method to receive CBI is for it to be transmitted 
electronically using email attachments, File Transfer Protocol, or 
other online file sharing services (e.g., Dropbox, OneDrive, Google 
Drive). Electronic submissions must be transmitted directly to the 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) CBI Office at the 
email address oaqpscbi@epa.gov, and as described earlier in this 
preamble, should include clear CBI markings and note the docket ID. If 
assistance is needed with submitting large electronic files that exceed 
the file size limit for email attachments, and if you do not have your 
own file sharing service, please email oaqpscbi@epa.gov to request a 
file transfer link. If sending CBI information through the postal 
service, please send it to the following address: U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0392, OAQPS 
Document Control Officer (C404-02), OAQPS, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 
P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. The 
mailed CBI material should be double wrapped and clearly marked. Any 
CBI markings should not show through the outer envelope.

Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policy and Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-28252 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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