E9-17832. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air Resources Board Consumer Products Regulations; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

SUMMARY:

The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule entitled “Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air Resources Board Consumer Products Regulations.” The proposed rule was initially published in the Federal Register on June 26, 2009. Written comments on the proposed rule were to be submitted to EPA on or before July 27, 2009 (30-day comment period). The EPA is extending the public comment period until August 27, 2009.

DATES:

The comment period for the proposed rule published June 26, 2009 (74 FR 30481), is extended. Comments must be received on or before August 27, 2009.

ADDRESSES:

Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2009-0353, by one of the following methods:

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions.

2. E-mail: [e-mail].

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.

Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov,, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. http://www.regulations.gov is an “anonymous access” system, and EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the public comment. 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.

Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While all documents in the docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material), and some may not be publicly available in either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stanley Tong, EPA Region IX, [phone], [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The proposed rule was signed by the Acting Regional Administrator on June 17, 2009 and published in the Federal Register on June 26, 2009 (74 FR 30481).

The proposed action provided a 30-day public comment period. EPA has received a request for an additional 30 days to comment on the proposed rule and is granting that request. Therefore, EPA is extending the comment period until August 27, 2009.

Dated: July 17, 2009.

Laura Yoshii,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.