(a) No later than the date of proposal of a rule subject to this subpart, a rulemaking record for that rule will be established. It will consist of a separate identified filing space containing:
(1) All documents required by Sec. 750.31(d);
(2) All public comments timely received;
(3) All public hearing transcripts;
(4) All material received during an informal hearing and accepted for the record of that hearing; and
(5) Any other information that EPA considers to be relevant to such rule and that EPA identified, on or before the date of the promulgation of the rule, in a notice published in the Federal Register.
(b) All material in the record will be appropriately indexed. Each record will be available for public inspection during normal EPA business hours. Appropriate arrangements allowing members of the public to copy record materials that do not risk the permanent loss of such materials will be made. All material required to be included in the record will be added to the record as soon as feasible after its receipt by EPA.
(c) The Record Clerk for each rulemaking will be responsible for EPA compliance with the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section. [44 FR 31560, Mar. 31, 1979, as amended at 72 FR 57238, Oct. 9, 2007]