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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. 

Dated: May 24, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13266 Filed 5–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9680–3] 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of 

Three New Equivalent Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has designated, in accordance 

with 40 CFR Part 53, three new 

equivalent methods: One for measuring 

concentrations of nitrogen dioxide 

(NO2) and two for measuring 

concentrations of lead (Pb) in the 

ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Vanderpool, Human Exposure 

and Atmospheric Sciences Division 

(MD–D205–03), National Exposure 

Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. Email: 

Vanderpool.Robert@epa.gov. Phone: 

919–541–7877. Written inquiries are 

strongly preferred. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR 

Part 53, the EPA evaluates various 

methods for monitoring the 

concentrations of those ambient air 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set 

forth in 40 CFR Part 50. Monitoring 

methods that are determined to meet 

specific requirements for adequacy are 

designated by the EPA as either 

reference methods or equivalent 

methods (as applicable), thereby 

permitting their use under 40 CFR Part 

58 by States and other agencies for 

determining compliance with the 

NAAQSs. 

The EPA hereby announces the 

designation of three new equivalent 

methods for measuring pollutant 

concentrations in the ambient air: One 

for NO2 and two for Pb. These 

designations are made under the 

provisions of 40 CFR Part 53, as 

amended on August 31, 2011 (76 FR 

54326- 54341). 

The new equivalent method for NO2

is an automated method (analyzer) 

utilizing the measurement principle 

based on gas phase chemiluminescence 

reaction of nitric oxide (NO) with ozone, 

using a photolytic NO2 to NO converter 

and the calibration procedure specified 

in the operation manual. 

(Note that this NO2 equivalent method 

differs from the automated NO2

reference method by its use of a 

photolytic NO2 to NO converter. This is 

the first NO2 equivalent method 

designated with this type of converter). 

This newly designated equivalent 

method is identified as follows: 

EQNA–0512–200, ‘‘Teledyne— 

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation, 

Inc. Model 200EUP or T200UP 

Chemiluminescence Nitrogen Oxides 

Analyzer’’, operated on any full scale 

range between 0–50 ppb and 0–1000 

ppb, with any range mode (Single, 

Independent, or AutoRange), at any 

ambient temperature in the range of 20 

°C to 30 °C, with software Temperature 

and Pressure compensation ON, in 

accordance with the associated 

instrument manual; and with or without 

any of the following options: Zero/Span 

Valves, standard serial port (RS232/ 

RS485) or Multi-drop RS–232, Ethernet 

port, USB COM port, analog inputs, 

digital status outputs, analog outputs: 

100 mV, 1V, 5V, 10V, 4–20 mA current 

loop outputs. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for the NO2

method was received by the Office of 

Research and Development on October 

4, 2011. These analyzer models are 

commercially available from the 

applicant, Teledyne-API, 9480 Carroll 

Park Drive San Diego, CA 92121–5201. 

One of the new equivalent methods 

for Pb is a manual method that uses the 

sampling procedure specified in the 

Reference Method for the Determination 

of Lead in Suspended Particulate Matter 

Collected From Ambient Air (HighVolume Sampler), 40 CFR Part 50, 

Appendix G, with a different extraction 

and analytical procedure. The method is 

identified as follows: 

EQL–0512–201, ‘‘Determination of Lead 

in TSP by Inductively Coupled Plasma 

Mass Spectrometry (ICP–MS) With Hot 

Block Dilute Acid and Hydrogen 

Peroxide Filter Extraction’’ 

In this method, total suspended 

particulate matter (TSP) is collected on 

glass fiber filters according to 40 CFR 

Appendix G to part 50, EPA Reference 

Method for the Determination of Lead in 

Suspended Particulate Matter Collected 

From Ambient Air. The filter samples 

are extracted in a hot block at 95 °C with 

a solution of dilute hydrochloric acid 

and nitric acid and two aliquots of 

hydrogen peroxide, for a total of two 

and a half hours extraction time. The 

samples are brought to a final volume of 

50 mL and the lead content of the 

sample extract is analyzed by 

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass 

Spectrometry (ICP–MS) based on EPA 

Compendium Method IO–3.5 and SW– 

846 Method 6020A. 

The other new equivalent method for 

Pb is a manual method that uses the 

sampling procedure specified in the 

Reference Method (FRM) for the 

Determination of Lead in Particulate 

Matter as PM10 Collected From Ambient 

Air, 40 CFR Part 50, Appendix Q, with 

a different extraction and analytical 

procedure. The method is identified as 

follows: 

EQL–0512–202, ‘‘Determination of Lead 

in PM10 by Inductively Coupled 

Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP– 

MS) with Hot Block Dilute Acid and 

Hydrogen Peroxide Filter 

Extraction’’ 

In this method, PM10 particulate 

matter is collected on Teflon®

membrane filters according to 40 CFR 

Appendix Q to part 50, EPA Reference 

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Method for the Determination of Lead in 

Particulate Matter as PM10 Collected 

From Ambient Air. The filter samples 

are extracted in a hot block at 95 °C with 

a solution of hydrochloric acid, nitric 

acid, and hydrofluoric acid and an 

aliquot of hydrogen peroxide for a total 

of two and a half hours extraction time. 

Samples are brought to a final volume 

of 50 mL and analyzed by Inductively 

Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry 

(ICP–MS) based on EPA Compendium 

Method IO–3.5 and SW–846 Method 

6020A. 

The applications for equivalent 

method determinations for these Pb 

methods were submitted by Eastern 

Research Group, Inc., 601 Keystone Park 

Drive, Suite 700, Morrisville, NC 27560 

and were received by the EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development on 

October 4, 2011. The method 

descriptions will be available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/pbmonitoring.html. 

A representative test analyzer for the 

NO2 method and the analytical 

procedures for the Pb methods have 

been tested in accordance with the 

applicable test procedures specified in 

40 CFR Part 53, as amended on August 

31, 2011. After reviewing the results of 

those tests and other information 

submitted in the applications, EPA has 

determined, in accordance with Part 53, 

that each of these methods should be 

designated as an equivalent method. 

The information in the applications will 

be kept on file, either at EPA’s National 

Exposure Research Laboratory, Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 or 

in an approved archive storage facility, 

and will be available for inspection 

(with advance notice) to the extent 

consistent with 40 CFR Part 2 (EPA’s 

regulations implementing the Freedom 

of Information Act). 

As designated equivalent methods, 

these methods are acceptable for use by 

states and other air monitoring agencies 

under the requirements of 40 CFR Part 

58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. 

For such purposes, the methods must be 

used in strict accordance with the 

operation manual (NO2 method) or the 

standard operating procedures 

associated with each of the Pb methods 

and are subject to any specifications and 

limitations specified in the applicable 

designated method description (see the 

identifications of the methods above). 

Use of the methods also should be in 

general accordance with the guidance 

and recommendations of applicable 

sections of the ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Handbook for Air Pollution 

Measurement Systems, Volume I,’’ EPA/ 

600/R–94/038a and ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Handbook for Air Pollution 

Measurement Systems, Volume II, 

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring 

Program’’ EPA–454/B–08–003, 

December, 2008. Provisions concerning 

modification of such methods by users 

are specified under Section 2.8 

(Modifications of Methods by Users) of 

Appendix C to 40 CFR Part 58. 

Consistent or repeated noncompliance 

should be reported to: Director, Human 

Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences 

Division (MD–E205–01), National 

Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. 

Designation of these new equivalent 

methods is intended to assist the States 

in establishing and operating their air 

quality surveillance systems under 40 

CFR Part 58. Questions concerning the 

commercial availability or technical 

aspects of the methods should be 

directed to the applicants. 

Dated: May 23, 2012. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13350 Filed 5–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0412; FRL–9351–6] 

Approval of Test Marketing 

Exemptions for Certain New Chemicals 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of applications for test 

marketing exemptions (TMEs) under 

section 5(h)(1) of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA). EPA has designated 

these applications as TME–11–01; 

TME–11–2; TME–11–3; TME–11–5; 

TME–11–6; TME–11–7; TME–11–9; 

TME–11–10; TME–11–13; TME–11–14; 

TME–11–15; TME–11–16; TME–11–17; 

TME–12–01; TME–12–04; TME–12–5; 

TME–12–7. The test marketing 

conditions are described in the TME 

applications and in this notice. 

DATES: Approval of these TMEs is 

effective May 24, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

Adella Underdown, Chemical Control 

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–9364; fax 

number: (202) 564–9490; email address: 

underdown.adella@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed in particular to 

the chemical manufacturer and/or 

importer who submitted the TMEs to 

EPA. This action may, however, be of 

interest to the public in general. Since 

other entities may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2012–0412. All documents 

in the docket are listed in the docket 

index at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

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