[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR2.213]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 2_PUBLIC INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Confidentiality of Business Information
 
Sec. 2.213  Designation by business of addressee for notices and 
inquiries.

    (a) A business which wishes to designate a person or office as the 
proper addressee of communications from EPA to the business under this 
subpart may do so by furnishing in writing to the Headquarters Freedom 
of Information Operations (1105), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, the following information: 
The name and address of the business making the designation; the name, 
address, and telephone number of the designated person or office; and a 
request that EPA inquiries and communications (oral and written) under 
this subpart, including inquiries and notices which require reply within 
deadlines if the business is to avoid waiver of its rights under this 
subpart, be furnished to the designee pursuant to this section. Only one 
person or office may serve at any one time as a business's designee 
under this subpart.
    (b) If a business has named a designee under this section, the 
following EPA inquiries and notices to the business shall be addressed 
to the designee:
    (1) Inquiries concerning a business's desire to assert a business 
confidentiality claim, under Sec. 2.204(c)(2)(i)(A);
    (2) Notices affording opportunity to substantiate confidentiality 
claims, under Sec. 2.204(d)(1) and Sec. 2.204(e);
    (3) Inquires concerning comments, under Sec. 2.205(b)(4);
    (4) Notices of denial of confidential treatment and proposed 
disclosure of information, under Sec. 2.205(f);
    (5) Notices concerning shortened comment and/or waiting periods 
under Sec. 2.205(g);
    (6) Notices concerning modifications or overrulings of prior 
determinations, under Sec. 2.205(h);
    (7) Notices to affected businesses under Sec. Sec. 2.301(g) and 
2.301(h) and analogous provisions in Sec. Sec. 2.302, 2.303, 2.304, 
2.305, 2.306, 2.307, and 2.308; and
    (8) Notices to affected businesses under Sec. 2.209.
    (c) The Freedom of Information Officer shall, as quickly as 
possible, notify all EPA offices that may possess information submitted 
by the business to EPA, the Regional Freedom of Information Offices, the 
Office of General Counsel, and the offices of Regional Counsel of any 
designation received under this section. Businesses making designations 
under this section should bear in mind that several working days may be 
required for dissemination of this information within EPA and that some 
EPA offices may not receive notice of such designations.

[41 FR 36902, Sept. 1, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 40001, Sept. 8, 1978]