[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44071-44072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15702]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0675; FRL 10012-35-OW]
Extension of Public Comment Period: Draft Ambient Water Quality
Criteria Recommendations for Lakes and Reservoirs of the Conterminous
United States: Information Supporting the Development of Numeric
Nutrient Criteria
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
extending the comment period for the Draft Ambient Water Quality
Criteria Recommendations for Lakes and Reservoirs of the Conterminous
United States: Information Supporting the Development of Numeric
Nutrient Criteria, published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2020.
In response to stakeholder requests, the comment period will be
extended for an additional 30 days, from July 21, 2020 to August 20,
2020.
DATES: The comment period for the notice of availability published May
22, 2020 (85 FR 31184), is extended. The EPA must receive comments on
or before August 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2019-0675, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. 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://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
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://regulations.gov, as there 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: Lester Yuan, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division, Office of Water (Mail Code 4304T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 566-0908; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 22, 2020 (85 FR 31184), EPA announced
the availability of the Draft Ambient Water Quality Criteria
Recommendations for Lakes and Reservoirs of the Conterminous United
States: Information Supporting the Development of Numeric Nutrient
Criteria, and opened a 60-day public review and comment period to
solicit scientific views, data, and information regarding the science
and technical approach used in the derivation of these draft ambient
water quality criteria recommendations for lakes and reservoirs.
The original deadline to submit comments was July 21, 2020. This
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action extends the comment period for 30 days. Written comments must
now be received by August 20, 2020. The draft methods and other
supporting materials may also be viewed and downloaded from EPA's
website at https://www.epa.gov/nutrient-policy-data/draft-ambient-water-quality-criteria-recommendations-lakes-and-reservoirs.
Deborah Nagle,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2020-15702 Filed 7-20-20; 8:45 am]
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