EPA will use your registration information solely for this public hearing. Email addresses of registered speakers will not be shared with any third party. Speakers’ names and their public comments recorded during a public hearing become part of the proposed rule docket. Registration information (name and associated organization, if applicable) obtained via the registration process will be shared in the rule docket.

Public Hearing. A public hearing will be held in Washington, DC on April 19, 2017, at William J. Clinton East Building Room 1153 (Map Room), 1201 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC 20460. The hearing will convene at 9:00 AM through 4:00 PM, EDT. The sessions will run from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, with a break between 12:00 Noon and 1:00 PM, continuing from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Registration is required to speak at the hearing. Persons wishing to preregister may request and be assigned an approximate time to speak according to this schedule. The afternoon session, beginning at 1:00 PM, will be extended one hour after all scheduled comments have been heard to accommodate those wishing to make a comment as a walk-in registrant. The last day to preregister to speak at the hearing is April 11, 2017. Additionally, requests to speak will be taken the day of the hearing at the registration desk, although preferences on speaking times may not be able to be fulfilled. If you require the service of a translator, interpreter, or special accommodations such as captioning, we ask that you pre-register for the hearing on or before April 11, 2017 to allow sufficient time to arrange such accommodations.

The hearing will provide interested parties the opportunity to present data, views or arguments concerning the proposed action. The EPA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers who arrive and register. Because this hearing is being held at a U.S. government facility, individuals planning to attend the hearing should be prepared to show valid picture identification to the security staff in order to gain access to the meeting room. Please note that the REALID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, established new requirements for entering federal facilities. If your driver’s license is issued by Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Oklahoma or the state of Washington, you must present an additional form of identification to enter the federal building. Acceptable alternative forms of identification include: Federal employee badges, passports, enhanced driver’s licenses and military identification cards. In addition, you will need to obtain a property pass at the security desk for any personal belongings you bring with you. Upon leaving the building, you will be required to return this property pass to the security desk. No large signs will be allowed in the building, cameras may only be used outside of the building and demonstrations will not be allowed on federal property for security reasons.

Speakers will be limited to 5 minutes for oral presentations. EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but will not respond to the presentations at that time. Written statements and supporting information submitted during the comment period will be considered with the same weight as oral comments and supporting information presented at the public hearing. Verbatim transcripts of the hearing and written statements will be included in the docket for the rulemaking. EPA will make every effort to follow the schedule as closely as possible on the day of the hearing; however, please plan for the hearing to run either ahead of schedule or behind schedule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Gérardin, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 5104A), Washington, DC, 20460; email address: gerardin.margaret@epa.gov telephone number: 202-564-2491 or Kathy Franklin, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 5104A), Washington, DC, 20460; email address: franklin.kathy@epa.gov, telephone number: 202-564-7987.

Electronic copies of the RMP Proposed Rule to further delay the effective date are available on EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/rmp/final-amendments-risk-management-program-rmp-rule/.

RMP Proposed Rule Effective Date Public Hearing