Rulemaking dockets

Updates on rulemaking dockets available through http //www. regulations.gov. 

Not later than the date of proposal of any action to which this section apphes, the Administrator shall establish a rulemaking docket for such action (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as a rule ). Whenever a rule applies only within a particular State, a second (identical) docket shall be estabUshed in the appropriate regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

The rulemaking docket required under subsection (b) of this section shall be open for inspection by the public at reasonable times specified in the notice of proposed rulemaking. Any person may copy documents contained in the docket. The Administrator shall provide copying facilities which may be used at the expense of the person seeking copies, but the Administrator may waive or reduce such expenses in such instances as the pubhc interest requires. 

ADDRESSES Comments to the rulemaking docket should refer to Docket ID Number FMCSA-2012-0156 or RIN 2126-AB53, and be submitted to the Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration using any of the following methods ... 

SeidmanH. 1984. Short-term asbestos work exposure and long-term observation. In Docket of current rulemaking for revision of the asbestos (dust) standard. Washington, DC U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Available for inspection at U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Technical Data Center, Francis Perkins Building docket no. H033C, exhibit nos. 261-A and 261-B. 

Documents filed with the EPA, and documents relevant to rulemaking, are collected at the EPA Docket Center. Most TSCA information should be available through http //www.regulations.gov, discussed below, but some, such as... 

A) Promptly upon receipt by the agency, all written comments and documentary information on the proposed rule received from any person for inclusion in the docket during the comment period shall be placed in the docket. The transcript of public hearings, if any, on the proposed rule shall also be included in the docket promptly upon receipt from the person who transcribed such hearings. AH documents which become available after the proposed rule has been published and which the Administrator determines are of central relevance to the rulemaking shall be placed in the docket as soon as possible after their availabihty. 

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) OPPT has the Non-confidential Information Center with public dockets for TSCA and Toxie Release Inventory (TRI) rulemaking actirms, TSCA administrative record, and non-c[Pg.1304]

This appendix contains details for the methods which have been tested at OSHA Analytical Laboratory in Salt Lake City, and NIOSH in Cincinnati. Each is a variation on NIOSH Method S-156, which is also included for reference. This does not indicate that these methods are the only ones which will be satisfactory. There also may be workplace situations in which these methods are not adequate, due to such factors as high humidity. Copies of the other methods available to OSHA are available in the rulemaking record, and may be obtained from the OSHA Docket Office. These include, the Union Carbide, Monsanto, Dow Chemical and Dow Badische methods, as well as NISOH Method P CAM 127. 

In addition, EPA has prepared an analysis of the potential costs and benefits associated with this rulemaking. This analysis is contained in the Economic Analysis, which is available in the docket for this action and is briefly summarized here. 

EPA has prepared an analysis of the costs and benefits associated with this rulemaking, a copy of which is available in the docket for this rulemaking. The Economic Analysis presents the costs of the rule as well as various regulatory options and is summarized in Unit III.A of the preamble. EPA has estimated that the total annualized costs of this rulemaking are approximately 400 million per year using either a 3% or a 7% discount rate, and that benefits are approximately 700 to 1700 million per year using a 3% discount rate and 700 to 1800 million per year using a 7% discount. 

EPA has assessed the potential impact of this rule on minority and low-income populations. The results of this assessment are presented in the Economic Analysis, which is available in the public docket for this rulemaking. As a result of this assessment, the agency has determined that this final rule will not have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority or low-income populations because it increases the level of environmental protection for all affected populations without having any disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on any population, including any minority or low-income population. 

William Nordhaus. Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards—Occupant Crash Protection. Docket No. 74-14, Notice 22, May 26,1981. 

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