The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a Proposed Rule under the Federal Register to:

• address the unreasonable risk of injury to health it has identified for conditions of use of chrysotile asbestos
• provide that the comment period for the proposed rule is extended to 13 July 2022 and
• require that submitted comments on the online portal https://www.regulations.gov are identified by ID number EPA–HQ– OPPT–2021–0057.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on or before 26 July 2022, referencing the Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OLEM–2021–0585, by:

Online:      Follow the submission instructions on the online Federal eRulemaking Portal

                  (https://www.regulations.gov/)

Post:          Environmental Protection Agency

                  Mail Code 28221T

                 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

                  Washington, DC 20460

Per Hand:  By scheduled appointment only at the address below

                  EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building,
                  Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
                  Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004

                 (Open Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m).