[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 149 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43272-43273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15123]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8444-7; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-2007-0464]
Draft EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights of
National Trends
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the draft
document entitled, ``EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights
of National Trends'' document (ROE HD). This public comment period is
coincident to the public, scientific peer review of the draft document
by The National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology
and members of EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB). Notice of public
meetings of the NACEPT and SAB will be announced via separate Federal
Register Notices.
The draft ``EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights of
National Trends'' document was prepared by EPA Program and Regional
Offices, the Office of Environmental Information (OEI), the Office of
Research and Development (ORD), the Office of Policy Economics and
Innovation (OPEI), and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
with coordination by the Office of Information Analysis and Access
within EPA's OEI.
EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. EPA will consider any public comments
submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document.
DATES: The 45-day public comment period begins August 3, 2007 and ends
September 17, 2007. Comments should be in writing and must be received
by EPA by September 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The draft ``EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights
of National Trends'' is available via the Internet on the EPA Web site
at http://www.epa.gov/roe.
Comments may be submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
[email protected].
For technical information, contact Suzanne Annand, OIAA; telephone:
202-566-0639; facsimile: 202-566-0699; or e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Project/Document
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed EPA's 2007
Report on the Environment to help answer questions that are of critical
importance to its mission to protect human health and the environment.
The Report on the Environment documents trends in the condition of the
nation's environment and human health and identifies significant gaps
in our knowledge. It is not intended to be a report card on EPA's
programs and activities.
Written for a general audience, this document, EPA's 2007 Report on
the Environment: Highlights of National Trends, summarizes some of the
more important findings from the more comprehensive companion report,
EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Science Report (ROE SR) which was
released in draft for public comment on May 10, 2007. The environmental
indicators shown in the ROE HD were selected for inclusion based on
their importance to the public and scientists, as well as their ability
to answer a series of key questions about the environment. (For more
information on the ROE SR, please see Federal Register: May 10, 2007
(72 FR 26629-26631) or visit http://www.epa.gov/ncea).
The ROE HD is organized around 25 topics that are important to EPA.
Each topic page includes a brief summary of what we know--and don't
know--about conditions and trends in the nation's air, water, land,
ecological condition, and human health. The information on these topics
comes from highly reliable indicators and is based on the most recent
data available from a variety of governmental and non-governmental
organizations.
The indicators for EPA's 2007 ROE Science Report that comprise the
main content of the ROE HD underwent independent scientific peer review
as well as public review and comment in the summer and fall of 2005 and
are available at http://www.epa.gov/roeindicators.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at
www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI 2007-
0464 by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-1753.
Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-
566-1752.
Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building,1301
Constitution Ave., N.W.,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. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should
be made for deliveries of boxed information.
If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit
three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number
pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original
and three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2007-0464. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is
EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket
without change and to make the comments available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov,
your e-
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mail 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, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center.
Dated: July 18, 2007.
Richard A. Martin,
Deputy Director, Office of Information Analysis and Access.
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