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of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

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are also available for review in the 

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(202) 502–8659. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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Adequacy Determination for the 

Denver Metro Area and North Front 

Range 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan’s 

Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes; 

State of Colorado 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that the Agency has 

found that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets for nitrogen oxides (NOX) and 

volatile organic compounds (VOC) 

contained in the Denver Metro Area and 

North Front Range 8-Hour Ozone 

Attainment Plan (hereafter ‘‘Denver/NFR 

Ozone Attainment Plan’’) are adequate 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

The Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment 

Plan was submitted to EPA as a revision 

to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

on June 18, 2009, by James B. Martin, 

Director, Colorado Department of Public 

Health and Environment. As a result of 

our finding, the Denver Regional 

Council of Governments (DRCOG), the 

North Front Range Metropolitan 

Planning Organization (NFR MPO), the 

Colorado Department of Transportation 

and the U.S. Department of 

Transportation are required to use these 

motor vehicle emissions budgets for 

future transportation conformity 

determinations once this finding 

becomes effective. 

DATES: This finding is effective March 

19, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Russ, Air Program (8P–AR), United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop 

Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129, 

(303) 312–6479, or russ.tim@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our,’’ are used, we mean 

EPA. 

This notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA sent a letter to the 

Colorado Department of Public Health 

and Environment (CDPHE) on January 

21, 2010, stating that the motor vehicle 

emissions budgets (MVEB) in the 

submitted Denver/NFR Ozone 

Attainment Plan are adequate. The 

MVEBs in the Denver/NFR Ozone 

Attainment Plan were posted for 

adequacy review on EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site on 

October 15, 2009. The public comment 

period closed on November 16, 2009 

and we did not receive any comments 

in response to the adequacy review 

posting (see http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/ 

currsips.htm#denver-me). 

The MVEBs we found adequate are 

presented in the following table: 

Area of applicability 

2010 NOX

emissions 

(tons per day) 

2010 VOC 

emissions 

(tons per day) 

Northern Subarea 1 .................................................................................................................................................. 20.5 19.5 

Southern Subarea 1 ................................................................................................................................................. 102.4 89.7 

Total Nonattainment Area ................................................................................................................................ 122.9 109.2 

1 The Subareas are defined in section VI of the Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan. 

As we stated in our January 21, 2010 

letter to CDPHE, the initial conformity 

determination must be done using the 

total nonattainment area MVEBs for 

NOX and VOCs. After the initial 

conformity determination, DRCOG and 

the NFR MPO may switch from using 

the total nonattainment area MVEBs to 

using the sub-area MVEBs for 

determining conformity. To switch to 

use of the sub-area MVEBs (or to 

subsequently switch back to use of the 

total nonattainment area MVEBs), 

DRCOG and the NFR MPO must use the 

process as described in the Denver/NFR 

Ozone Attainment Plan on pages VI–4 

through VI–6. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

The conformity rule provisions at 40 

CFR part 93 require that transportation 

plans, programs, and projects conform 

to SIPs and establish the criteria and 

procedures for determining whether or 

not they do. Conformity to a SIP means 

that transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4) which was 

promulgated August 15, 1997 (see 62 FR 

43780). We described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP MVEBs in our July 1, 2004 

Transportation Conformity Rule 

Amendments (see 69 FR 40004). We 

used these resources in making our 

adequacy determination. Please note 

that our adequacy review is separate 

from our rulemaking action on the 

Denver/NFR Ozone Attainment Plan 

and should not be used to prejudge our 

ultimate approval or disapproval of the 

SIP revision. Even if we find a budget 

adequate, we may later disapprove the 

SIP. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

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9894 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 42 / Thursday, March 4, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: February 19, 2010. 

Carol Rushin, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

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Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of 

One New Equivalent Method 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of the designation of one 

new equivalent method for monitoring 

ambient air quality. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has designated, in accordance 

with 40 CFR part 53, one new 

equivalent method for measuring 

concentrations of lead (Pb) in total 

suspended particulate matter (TSP) in 

the ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surender Kaushik, Human Exposure 

and Atmospheric Sciences Division 

(MD–D205–03), National Exposure 

Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. Phone: (919) 541–5691, email: 

Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov. 

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 one new equivalent 

method for measuring lead (Pb) in total 

suspended particulate matter (TSP) in 

the ambient air. This designation is 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

part 53, as amended on November 12, 

2008 (73 FR 67057–67059). 

The method is identified as follows: 

EQL–0310–189, ‘‘Procedure for 

Determination of Lead in Ambient Air 

TSP by Hot Plate Acid Extraction and 

ICP–MS Analysis.’’ 

In this method, total suspended 

particulate matter (TSP) is collected 

according to 40 CFR Appendix B to part 

50, EPA Reference Method for the 

Determination of Suspended Particulate 

Matter in the Atmosphere (High-Volume 

Method), extracted on a hot plate with 

3M HNO3 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, and analyzed by 

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass 

Spectrometry (ICP–MS) based on EPA 

SW–846 Method 6020A. 

The application for an equivalent 

method determination for this method 

was submitted by Inter-Mountain 

Laboratories, Incorporated, 1673 Terra 

Avenue, Sheridan, WY 82801 and was 

received by the Office of Research and 

Development on December 16, 2009. 

The analytical procedure of this 

method has been tested in accordance 

with the applicable test procedures 

specified in 40 CFR part 53, as amended 

on November 12, 2008. 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 for lead. The 

information provided by the applicant 

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 

complete operating procedures (SOPs) 

associated with the method and subject 

to any specifications and limitations 

specified in the procedure. 

Use of the method should also 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 (available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/qabook.html). 

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. 

Repeated noncompliance with the 

method procedure/SOP 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 

technical aspects of the method should 

be directed to the applicant. 

Jewel F. Morris, 

Acting Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

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Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Advisory Committee (FRRCC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal 

The Charter for the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and 

Rural Communities Advisory 

Committee (FRRCC) will be renewed for 

an additional two-year period, as a 

necessary committee which is in the 

public interest, in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2. 

The purpose of the FRRCC is to provide 

advice to the Administrator of EPA on 

environmental issues and policies that 

are of importance to agriculture and 

rural communities. It is determined that 

the FRRCC is in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on the Agency by law. 

Inquiries may be directed to Alicia 

Kaiser, U.S. EPA, (mail code 1101–A), 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 

564–7273, or kaiser.alicia@epa.gov. 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

Lawrence Elworth, 

Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator. 

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