Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2012 / Notices 55833 

amended on August 31, 2011 (76 FR 

54326–54341). 

The new equivalent method for PM2.5

is an automated monitoring method 

utilizing a measurement principle based 

on sample collection by filtration and 

analysis by beta-ray attenuation. The 

newly designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQPM–0812–203, ‘‘OPSIS SM200- 

Dust Monitor’’ configured for PM2.5 with 

the US EPA PM10 inlet specified in 40 

CFR part 50 Appendix L, followed by a 

BGI Inc. Very Sharp Cut Cyclone 

(VSCCTM) particle size separator, 

operated for a 24-hour continuous 

sample period at a total actual flow rate 

of 16.67 L/min. using 47mm PTFE 

membrane filters, a TS200 temperature 

stabilizer and software version 1.04.16 

or later, in accordance with the OPSIS 

SM200 Dust Monitor Operation and 

Instruction Guide.’’ 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for the PM2.5

method was received by the Office of 

Research and Development on June 21, 

2011. This monitor is commercially 

available from the applicant OPSIS Inc., 

150 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1950, 

Chicago, IL 60601. 

Test monitors representative of this 

method 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 

application, EPA has determined, in 

accordance with Part 53, that this 

method should be designated as an 

equivalent method. The information in 

the application 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 a designated equivalent method, 

this method is 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 method must be 

used in strict accordance with the 

operation or instruction manual 

associated with the method and subject 

to any specifications and limitations 

(e.g., configuration or operational 

settings) specified in the applicable 

designated method description (see the 

identification of the method above). 

Use of the method 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 this new equivalent 

method 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 method should be 

directed to the applicant. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0035; FRL–9726–8] 

Announcement of Public Meeting on 

the Consumer Confidence Report 

(CCR) Rule Retrospective Review and 

Request for Public Comment on 

Potential Approaches to Electronic 

Delivery of the CCR 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting and 

request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) will be holding 

a public meeting on October 1, 2012, to 

listen to stakeholder comments on 

potential approaches for providing 

Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR) via 

electronic delivery. EPA plans to 

discuss its analysis of electronic 

delivery and present potential 

approaches and considerations for 

stakeholders to evaluate when pursuing 

electronic delivery of CCRs. EPA invites 

the public to participate in this listening 

session. EPA has posted the draft CCR 

Electronic Delivery Approaches 

document for public comment on its 

Web site at http://water.epa.gov/

lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/ccr/. The 

instructions for registration for the 

meeting are located in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

DATES: The listening session will be 

held on October 1, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. 

to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. 

The 30-day public comment period 

starts September 11, 2012 and will end 

on October 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the EPA’s Potomac Yards North (Bldg. 

2), 2733 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 

22202, and will be open to the public. 

How to Access Information: Meeting 

materials, including the draft CCR 

Electronic Delivery Approaches 

document, will be emailed to registrants 

or they can be accessed through EPA 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0035 

and EPA’s Web site at http://water.epa.

gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/ccr/; 

background information (including the 

CCR and Public Notification Rules) is 

available in this docket. Comments 

received on the ‘‘Preliminary Plan for 

Periodic Retrospective Reviews of 

Existing Regulations’’ are available for 

viewing in EPA’s Docket No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2011–0154. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either 

electronically through www.regulations.

gov or in hard copy at the Water Docket, 

EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Harris, Drinking Water 

Protection Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MC4606M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460 at (202) 250–8793 or harris.

adrienne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Meeting Registration 

Individuals planning on participating 

in the public meeting must register for 

the meeting at https://www.

horsleywitten.com/ccrretroreview. 

Registration for this meeting will end on 

September 26, 2012, or earlier if the 

meeting room capacity is reached. If 

there is additional space, on-site 

registration will be allowed on a firstcome, first-served basis. 


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Meeting Information 

The session will begin with a brief 

presentation by the EPA Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water. 

Copies of EPA’s presentation will be 

available at the meeting and posted on 

EPA’s Web site following the meeting at 

http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/

sdwa/ccr/. An oral comment session 

will follow the presentation. Oral 

comments will be limited to three (3) 

minutes each, and it is preferred that 

only one person present the statement 

on behalf of a group or organization to 

accommodate as many participants as 

possible. Registered attendees 

requesting to make an oral presentation 

will be placed on the commenting 

schedule. Time slots are limited and 

will be filled on a first-come, firstserved basis. EPA may ask clarifying 

questions during the oral presentations, 

but will not respond to the 

presentations. A facilitated participant 

discussion of the potential CCR 

Electronic Delivery Approaches will 

follow the oral comment session. You 

may present oral comments during the 

meeting and/or submit written 

comments and supporting information 

directly to EPA up until the close of the 

public comment period on October 11, 

2012, to provide an opportunity for 

participants to respond to what they 

heard at the meeting. Written statements 

and supporting information submitted 

during the comment period will be 

considered in the same manner as any 

oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

meeting. Written comments may be 

submitted to ccrretrospectivereview@

epa.gov. If participants are finished 

before 4:00 p.m., the meeting may come 

to a close before the scheduled 4:00 p.m. 

end time. All attendees must go through 

a metal detector, sign in with the 

security desk and show governmentissued photo identification to enter the 

building. 

Special Accommodations 

For information on access or 

accommodations for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Adrienne 

Harris at (202) 250–8793 or by email at 

harris.adrienne@epa.gov. Please allow 

at least five business days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA time to process 

your request. 

Background 

Consumer Confidence Reports are a 

key part of the public right-to-know as 

established in the 1996 Amendments to 

the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA, 

section 1414(c)). The Consumer 

Confidence Report, or CCR, is an annual 

water quality report that a community 

water system is required by Federal 

regulations (63 FR 44512, August 19, 

1998) to provide to its customers by July 

1 each year. Community Water Systems 

(CWSs) serving more than 10,000 

persons are required to mail or 

otherwise directly deliver these reports. 

States may allow CWSs serving fewer 

than 10,000 persons to provide these 

reports by other means. The report lists 

the regulated contaminants found in the 

drinking water, as well as health effects 

information related to violations of the 

drinking water standards. CCRs often 

allow for informed choices and 

increases dialogue between water 

systems and their customers. More 

information on CCRs can be accessed on 

EPA’s Web site at http://water.epa.gov/ 

lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/ccr/index.cfm. 

In August 2011, EPA finalized its 

‘‘Plan for Periodic Retrospective 

Reviews of Existing Regulations.’’ Since 

1998, when the CCR rule was finalized, 

the communication of information and 

the speed with which information can 

be shared have greatly expanded, along 

with a corresponding increase in the 

diversity of communication tools. EPA 

included the CCR Rule in its 

retrospective review plan to explore 

ways to promote greater transparency 

and public participation in protecting 

the nation’s drinking water. Through the 

Agency’s CCR retrospective review, EPA 

is evaluating opportunities to improve 

the effectiveness of communicating 

drinking water information to the 

public, while lowering the burden of 

CCR requirements for water systems and 

states. One example suggested by water 

systems is to allow electronic delivery 

through email, thereby reducing mailing 

charges. As EPA evaluates electronic 

delivery approaches, the Agency will 

consider impacts on consumer burden, 

environmental justice and state 

implementation. By improving 

communication, customers are better 

prepared to make informed decisions 

and the readership of CCRs also may 

increase. 

Dated: September 4, 2012. 

Nancy K. Stoner, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0636; FRL–9725–7] 

Notice of Opportunity To Comment on 

a Methodology for Allocating 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions to a 

Combined Heat and Power 

Configuration Under the Renewable 

Fuels Program, and the Application of 

this Methodology to a Proposed Plant 

by Dakota Spirit AgEnergy in 

Spiritwood, ND 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is evaluating a petition 

by Dakota Spirit AgEnergy for approval 

of a fuel pathway for its corn ethanol 

plant under the Renewable Fuels 

Standard (RFS) program. The corn 

ethanol plant would import process 

steam from a combined heat and power 

(CHP) system located at an offsite 

facility. EPA is inviting comment on the 

application of a certain methodology for 

allocating greenhouse gas (GHG) 

emissions for the steam and on the 

feasibility and appropriateness of using 

this allocation methodology for other 

similar CHP configurations under the 

RFS program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2012–0636, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, 

Attention Air and Radiation Docket ID 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0542. 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, 

Docket No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0636, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 6406J, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460, Attention Air and Radiation 

Docket, ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0542. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2012– 

0636. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 


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