[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5258-5259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2674]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 745
[OPPTS-62156G; FRL-6060-9]
RIN 2070-AC63
Lead; Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead; Notice of
Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: EPA will be holding a public meeting on a proposed rule for
managing lead in paint, dust, and soil in residences and child-occupied
facilities. This public meeting is in response to requests from various
parties to provide for additional participation by the environmental
justice community in the development of the proposed rule.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on February 16, 1999, from 9
a.m. to 12 noon. Written comments on the proposed rule must be received
on or before March 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington--
Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW., Washington D.C.
Each written comment must bear the docket control number OPPTS-
62156G. All comments should be sent in triplicate to: OPPT Document
Control Officer (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Rm. G-099, East Tower,
Washington, DC 20460.
Written comments and data may also be submitted electronically to:
oppt.ncic@epa.gov. Follow the instructions in Unit II. of this
document. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be
submitted through e-mail.
All written comments which contain information claimed as CBI must
be clearly marked as such. Three copies, sanitized of any comments
containing information claimed as CBI, must also be submitted and will
be placed in the public record for this rulemaking. Persons submitting
information, any portion of which they believe is entitled to treatment
as CBI by EPA, must assert a business confidentiality claim in
accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for each such portion. This claim must
be made at the time that the information is submitted to EPA. If a
submitter does not assert a confidentiality claim at the time of
submission, EPA will consider this as a waiver of any confidentiality
claim and the information may be made available to the public by EPA
without further notice to the submitter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information: National
Lead Information Center's Clearinghouse, 1-800-424-LEAD (5323). For
technical and policy questions: Jonathan Jacobson; telephone: (202)
260-3779; e-mail address: jacobson.jonathan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In the Federal Register of June 3, 1998 (63 FR 30302) (FRL-5791-
9), EPA published a proposed rule under section 403 of TSCA (15 U.S.C.
2683). This proposed rule identifies lead-based paint hazards, lead-
contaminated dust, and lead-contaminated soil in residences and child-
occupied facilities. Section 402 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2682) directs EPA
to promulgate regulations governing lead-based paint activities.
Section 404 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2684) requires that any State that seeks
to administer and enforce the requirements established by the Agency
under section 402 of TSCA must submit to the Administrator a request
for authorization of such a program.
On October 1 and November 5, 1998, EPA announced in the Federal
Register two extensions to the comment period for this proposed rule
(63 FR 52662 (FRL-6037-7) and 63 FR 59754 (FRL-6044-9), respectively).
The latest extension was until December 31, 1998. EPA has received
additional comments from various parties involved with environmental
justice to extend the comment period and to provide additional
participation by this community in the development of the
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proposed rule. In response, EPA reopened the public comment period
until March 1, 1999, in order to ensure that all parties, including
those that may lack access to the various publications in which EPA has
publicized the issuance of the proposal, have sufficient opportunity to
submit their comments. Notice of this extension was published in the
Federal Register of January 14, 1999 (43 FR 2460) (FRL-6056-1).
EPA has also decided to hold a public meeting with interested
members of the Agency's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
(NEJAC) and the public to offer additional opportunity for
representatives of the environmental justice community to participate
in the rulemaking process. During the first hour of the meeting, EPA
officials will provide an overview of the proposal, focusing on
environmental justice-related. In the second hour of the meeting, NEJAC
members will have the opportunity to offer oral comments on the
proposed rule. Other members of the public may offer oral comment on a
first come, first served basis. Individuals interested in speaking must
register at the meeting and are requested to limit their presentations
to 3 minutes in order to allow as many persons as possible a fair
chance to participate.
II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions
The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public
version, has been established for this rulemaking under docket control
number OPPTS-62156G (including comments and data submitted
electronically as described in this unit). A public version of this
record, including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which
does not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for
inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The official rulemaking record is located in the TSCA
Nonconfidential Information Center, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC. Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
oppt.ncic@epa.gov.
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding
the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Comments and
data will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII
file format. All comments and data in electronic form must be
identified by the docket control number OPPTS-62156G. Electronic
comments on this proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal
Depository Libraries.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 745
Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Lead-based paint,
Lead poisoning, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: January 28, 1999.
William H. Sanders, III,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 99-2674 Filed 2-1-99; 2:55 pm]
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