[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36383-36384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12449]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7926-4]
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement; request for public
comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed settlement agreement, to address a lawsuit filed by AK Steel
Corp., American Iron and Steel Institute, International Steel Group,
Inc., Ispat Inland, Inc., Rouge Steel Co., and WCI Steel, Inc.
(collectively ``Petitioners''): AK Steel Corp, et al. v. EPA, No. 03-
1207 (D.C. Cir.). On or about July 18, 2003, Petitioners filed a
petition for review challenging the EPA's final rule entitled
``National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated
Iron and Steel Manufacturing'' published on May 20, 2003 (68 FR 27646).
Rather than litigate, EPA and the petitioners have agreed that EPA will
propose amendments to the rule. The substance of these proposed
amendments is contained in an attachment to the settlement agreement,
available from EPA.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be
received by July 25, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket ID number OGC-
2005-0008 online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket (EPA's preferred
method); by e-mail to [email protected]; mailed to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket
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Center, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be formatted in
Wordperfect or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and
any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Silverman, Air and Radiation
Law Office (2366A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
telephone: (202) 564-5523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information about the Proposed Settlement
Petitioners raised issues involving technical aspects of the final
rule entitled ``National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
for the integrated Iron and Steel Source Category'' published at 68 FR
27646 (May 20, 2003) (``the Rule''). Rather than litigate these issues,
EPA and the Petitioners have agreed that EPA will propose amendments to
the rule.
The settlement agreement provides that EPA will propose amendments
to the rule by September 23, 2005. The text of these amendments is set
out in Attachment A to the Settlement Agreement, and is available from
EPA as provided below.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to
the proposed settlement agreement from persons who were not named as
parties or interveners to the litigation in question. As provided in
section 113(g), EPA or the Department of Justice may withdraw or
withhold consent to the proposed settlement agreement if the comments
disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such consent is
inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the
requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of Justice
determine, based on any comment which may be submitted, that consent to
the settlement agreement should be withdrawn, the terms of the
agreement will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement
A. How Can I Get a Copy of the Settlement?
EPA has established an official public docket for this action under
Docket ID No. OGC-2005-0008 which contains a copy of the settlement.
The official public docket is available for public viewing at the
Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the
telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that
are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,''
then key in the appropriate docket identification number.
It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EPA's electronic public docket as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, CBI, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. Information claimed as CBI and other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official
public docket or in EPA's electronic public docket. EPA's policy is
that copyrighted material, including copyrighted material contained in
a public comment, will not be placed in EPA's electronic public docket
but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official
public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available
docket materials through the EPA Docket Center.
B. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?
You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or
CD-ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you
for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit comments to
EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments.
The electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail
(e-mail) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
e-mail comment directly to the Docket without going through EPA's
electronic public docket, your e-mail address is automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the official
public docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
Dated: June 7, 2005.
Richard B. Ossias,
Acting Associate General Counsel, Air and Radiation Law Office, Office
of General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-12449 Filed 6-22-05; 8:45 am]
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