[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 84 (Thursday, April 30, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23940-23941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08642]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 141
[EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0583; FRL-10007-97-OW]
RIN 2040-AF93
Announcement of Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for
Contaminants on the Fourth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for public comment; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending
the comment period for the document issued in the Federal Register on
March 10, 2020, titled ``Announcement of Preliminary Regulatory
Determinations for Contaminants on the Fourth Drinking Water
Contaminant Candidate List.'' In response to stakeholder requests, the
EPA is extending the comment period an additional 30 days from May 11,
2020 to June 10, 2020. Please note changes for public visitors to the
EPA Docket Center and Reading Room in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
DATES: Comments for the proposed rule published on March 10, 2020 (85
FR 14098) must be received on or before June 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2019-0583, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/
(the EPA's preferred method). Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0583. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments, see the Public
Participation under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
document. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and
our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room was closed to public
visitors on March 31, 2020, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-
19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer
service via email, phone, and webform. We encourage the public to
submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov or email, as there
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is a temporary suspension of mail delivery to the EPA, and no hand
deliveries are currently accepted. For further information on the EPA
Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us online
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weisman, Standards and Risk
Management Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, MC:
4607M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2822; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-
0583 via the https://www.regulations.gov (the EPA's preferred method)
or any other method listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 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. 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.
II. General Information
On March 10, 2020, the EPA published in the Federal Register (85 FR
14098) a request for public comment for the ``Announcement of
Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for Contaminants on the Fourth
Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List.'' The proposed preliminary
determinations and request for comment, as initially published in the
Federal Register, provided for written comments to be submitted to the
EPA on or before May 11, 2020 (a 60-day public comment period). Since
publication, the EPA has received requests for additional time to
submit comments. The EPA is extending the comment period for 30 days
until June 10, 2020. The EPA will consider public comments in the
development of final regulatory determinations for contaminants on the
Fourth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List. The Preliminary
Regulatory Determinations and supporting documents are available at
https://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0583).
David P. Ross,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2020-08642 Filed 4-28-20; 11:15 am]
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