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concentrations of O3 in the ambient air 

and one for measuring SO2 in the 

ambient air. These designations are 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

Part 53, as amended on December 18, 

2006 (71 FR 61271). 

The new reference method for NOX is 

an automated method (analyzer) 

utilizing the measurement principle 

based on gas phase chemiluminescence 

and the calibration procedure specified 

in Appendix F of 40 CFR part 50. This 

newly designated reference method is 

identified as follows: 

RFNA–0809–186, ‘‘Ecotech Serinus 40 

Oxides of Nitrogen Analyzer’’, operated in 

the range of 0–0.5 ppm, with a five-micron 

Teflon® filter element installed, and with the 

following selected: Control Loop-Enabled, 

Diagnostic Mode-Operate, Pres/Temp/Flow 

Compensation-Enabled, Span CompensationDisabled, with concentration automatically 

corrected for temperature and pressure 

changes, and operated according to the 

Serinus 40 Oxides of Nitrogen Analyzer User 

Manual. 

The new equivalent method for O3 is 

an automated method that utilizes a 

measurement principle based on nondispersive ultraviolet absorption 

photometry. The newly designated 

equivalent method for O3 is identified as 

follows: 

EQOA–0809–187, ‘‘Ecotech Serinus 10 

Ozone Analyzer’’, operated in the range of 0– 

0.5 ppm, with a five-micron Teflon® filter 

element installed, and with the following 

selected: Control Loop-Enabled, Diagnostic 

Mode-Operate, Pres/Temp/Flow 

Compensation-Enabled, Span CompensationDisabled, with concentration automatically 

corrected for temperature and pressure 

changes, and operated according to the 

Serinus 10 Ozone Analyzer User Manual. 

The new equivalent method for SO2 is 

an automated method (analyzer) that 

utilizes a measurement principle based 

on ultraviolet fluorescence. The newly 

designated equivalent method for SO2 is 

identified as follows: 

EQSA–0809–188, ‘‘Ecotech Serinus 50 

Sulfur Dioxide Analyzer’’, operated in the 

range of 0–0.5 ppm, with a five-micron 

Teflon® filter element installed, and with the 

following selected: Background-Enabled, 

Control Loop-Enabled, Diagnostic ModeOperate, Pres/Temp/Flow CompensationEnabled, Span Compensation-Disabled, with 

concentration automatically corrected for 

temperature and pressure changes, and 

operated according to the Serinus 50 Sulfur 

Dioxide Analyzer User Manual. 

Applications for the reference method 

and equivalent method determinations 

for these candidate methods were 

received by the EPA on March 19, 2008, 

April 22, 2009 and June 22, 2009, 

respectively. The monitors are 

commercially available from the 

applicant, Ecotech Pty. Ltd., 1492 

Ferntree Gully Road, Knoxfield, 

Victoria, 3180, Australia. 

Test analyzers representative of these 

methods have been tested in accordance 

with the applicable test procedures 

specified in 40 CFR Part 53 (as amended 

on December 18, 2006). After reviewing 

the results of those tests and other 

information submitted by the applicant 

in the respective applications, EPA has 

determined, in accordance with Part 53, 

that these methods should be designated 

as a reference or equivalent method, as 

appropriate. The information submitted 

by the applicant in the respective 

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 reference or 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, each 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 

identifications of the methods above). 

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). 

Vendor modifications of a designated 

equivalent method used for purposes of 

Part 58 are permitted only with prior 

approval of the EPA, as provided in Part 

53. 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. 

In general, a method designation 

applies to any sampler or analyzer 

which is identical to the sampler or 

analyzer described in the application for 

designation. In some cases, similar 

samplers or analyzers manufactured 

prior to the designation may be 

upgraded or converted (e.g., by minor 

modification or by substitution of the 

approved operation or instruction 

manual) so as to be identical to the 

designated method and thus achieve 

designated status. The manufacturer 

should be consulted to determine the 

feasibility of such upgrading or 

conversion. 

Part 53 requires that sellers of 

designated reference or equivalent 

method analyzers or samplers comply 

with certain conditions. These 

conditions are specified in 40 CFR 53.9. 

Aside from occasional breakdowns or 

malfunctions, consistent or repeated 

noncompliance with any of these 

conditions 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 reference 

and 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 

method should be directed to the 

applicant. 

Jewel F. Morris, 

Acting Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

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Draft Integrated Science Assessment 

for Particulate Matter 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the availability of the second external 

review draft of a document titled, 

‘‘Second External Review Draft 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Particulate Matter’’ (EPA/600/R–08/ 

139B and EPA/600/R–08/139BA). The 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development as part of the review 

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EPA is releasing this draft document 

to seek review by the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

and the public (meeting date and 

location to be specified in a separate 

Federal Register notice). The draft 

document does not represent and 

should not be construed to represent 

any final EPA policy, viewpoint, or 

determination. EPA will consider any 

public comments submitted in response 

to this notice when revising the 

document. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins on or about July 31, 2009. 

Comments must be received on or 

before September 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Second External 

Review Draft Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter’’ will 

be available primarily via the Internet 

on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

CD–ROM or paper copies will be 

available. Contact Ms. Debbie Wales by 

phone (919–541–4731), fax (919–541– 

5078), or e-mail 

(wales.deborah@epa.gov) to request 

either of these, and please provide your 

name, your mailing address, and the 

document title, ‘‘Second External 

Review Draft Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter’’ 

(EPA/600/R–08/139B and EPA/600/R– 

08/139C) to facilitate processing of your 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Dr. 

Lindsay Wichers Stanek, NCEA; 

telephone: 919–541–7792; facsimile: 

919–541–2985; or e-mail: 

stanek.lindsay@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to identify 

certain pollutants which, among other 

things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air 

pollution which may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or 

welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria 

for them. These air quality criteria are 

to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge useful in indicating the kind 

and extent of all identifiable effects on 

public health or welfare which may be 

expected from the presence of [a] 

pollutant in the ambient air. * * * ’’ 

Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is 

then to establish national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) for each 

pollutant for which EPA has issued 

criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act 

subsequently requires periodic review 

and, if appropriate, revision of existing 

air quality criteria to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. EPA is also to revise the 

NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised air quality criteria. 

Particulate matter (PM) is one of six 

principal (or ‘‘criteria’’) pollutants for 

which EPA has established NAAQS. 

Periodically, EPA reviews the scientific 

basis for these standards by preparing 

an Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) 

(formerly called an Air Quality Criteria 

Document). The ISA and supplementary 

annexes, in conjunction with additional 

technical and policy assessments, 

provide the scientific basis for EPA 

decisions on the adequacy of the current 

NAAQS and the appropriateness of 

possible alternative standards. The 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC), an independent 

science advisory committee whose 

existence and whose review and 

advisory functions are mandated by 

Section 109(d)(2) of the Act, is charged 

(among other things) with independent 

scientific review of EPA’s air quality 

criteria. 

On June 28, 2007 (72 FR 35462), EPA 

formally initiated its current review of 

the air quality criteria for PM, 

requesting the submission of recent 

scientific information on specified 

topics. A draft of EPA’s ‘‘Integrated 

Review Plan for the National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard for Particulate 

Matter’’ (EPA/452/P–08–006) was made 

available in October 2007 for public 

comment and was discussed by the 

CASAC PM Review Panel via a publicly 

accessible teleconference consultation 

on November 30, 2007 (72 FR 63177). 

EPA finalized the plan and made it 

available in March 2008 (EPA/452/R– 

08–004; http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/

standards/pm/s_pm_2007_pd.html). In 

June 2008 (73 FR 30391), EPA held a 

workshop to discuss, with invited 

scientific experts, initial draft materials 

prepared in the development of the PM 

ISA and its supplementary annexes. 

The First External Review Draft ISA 

for PM (EPA/600/R–08/139 and EPA/ 

600/R–08/139A; http://cfpub.epa.gov/

ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?

deid=201805) was released on 

December 22, 2008 (73 FR 77686). This 

document was reviewed by the CASAC 

and discussed at a public meeting on 

April 1 and 2, 2009 (74 FR 7688). The 

CASAC held a follow-up public 

teleconference on May 7, 2009 (74 FR 

18230) to review and approve the 

CASAC PM Review Panel’s draft letter 

providing comments to the Agency on 

the First External Review Draft ISA for 

PM (http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sab

product.nsf/73ACCA834AB44A108

52575BD0064346B/$File/EPA-CASAC09-008-unsigned.pdf). 

The second external review draft ISA 

for PM will be reviewed and discussed 

by CASAC at a public meeting. Public 

comments received will be provided to 

the CASAC PM Review Panel. A future 

Federal Register notice will inform the 

public of the exact date and time of that 

CASAC meeting. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0517, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

If you provide comments by mail or 

hand delivery, please submit three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0517. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless a comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information through 

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that you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected. The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the http://www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Rebecca M. Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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[ER–FRL–8596–8] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements filed 07/20/2009 through 

07/24/2009 Pursuant to 40 CFR 

1506.9. 

EIS No. 20090250, Draft EIS, IBR, NV, 

Walker River Basin Acquisition 

Program, To Provide Water to Walker 

Lake an at Risk Natural Desert 

Terminal Lake, Funding, Walker River 

Basin, NV, Comment Period Ends: 09/ 

14/2009, Contact: Caryn Huntt 

DeCarol, 775–884–8352. 

EIS No. 20090251, Final EIS, NPS, NY, 

Fort Stanwix National Monument 

General Management Plan, 

Implementation, Funding, City of 

Rome, Oneida County, NY, Wait 

Period Ends: 08/31/2009, Contact: 

James O’Connell, 617–223–5222. 

EIS No. 20090252, Draft EIS, NPS, DC, 

White-Tailed Deer Management Plan, 

To Develop a White-Tailed Deer 

Management that Supports LongTerm Protection, Preservation and 

Restoration of Native Vegetation and 

other Natural and Cultural Resource 

in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/14/2009, 

Contact: Ken Ferebee, 202–895–6221. 

EIS No. 20090253, Draft EIS, AFS, OR, 

Deadlog Vegetation Management 

Project, To Implement Treatments 

that would Reduce the Risk of High 

Intensity, Stand Replacement Wildlife 

and the Risk of Heavy Tree Mortality 

from Insects and Disease, Deschutes 

National Forest Lands, Deschutes 

County, OR, Comment Period Ends: 

09/14/2009, Contact: Terry Craigg, 

541–548–7749. 

EIS No. 20090254, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, 

Bridgeport Travel Management 

Project, To Provide the Primary 

Framework for Sustainable 

Management of Motor Vehicle Use on 

the Bridgeport Ranger District, 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 

Mono County, CA and Lyon, Douglas, 

and Mineral Counties, NV, Comment 

Period Ends: 09/14/2009, Contact: 

Dave Lomis, 775–884–8132. 

EIS No. 20090255, Final EIS, BLM, CO, 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Resource Management 

Plan, To Address Future Management 

Options for Approximately 165.00 

Acres of Land, Dolores and 

Montezuma Counties, CO, Wait 

Period Ends: 08/31/2009, Contact: 

Heather Musclow, 970–882–5600. 

EIS No. 20090256, Draft EIS, BLM, NV, 

Round Mountain Expansion Project, 

Proposed to Construct and Operate 

and Expand the Existing Open-Pit 

Gold Mining and Processing 

Operations, north of the town of 

Tonopah in Nye County, NV, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/14/2009, 

Contact: Thomas J. Seely, 775–482– 

7800. 

EIS No. 20090257, Draft EIS, BLM, SD, 

Dewey Conveyor Project, To 

Transport Limestone from a Future 

Quarry Location to a Rail Load-Out 

Facility near Dewey, Application for 

Transportation and Utility Systems 

and Facilities on Federal Lands, 

Custer County, SD, Comment Period 

Ends: 09/14/2009, Contact: Marian 

Atkins, 605–892–7000. 

EIS No. 20090258, Final EIS, FRC, 00, 

Catawba-Wateree Hydroelectric 

Project (FERC No. 2232), Application 

for Hydroelectric License, Catawba 

and Wateree Rivers in Burke, 

McDowell, Caldwell, Catawba, 

Alexander, Iredell, Mecklenburg, 

Lincoln and Gaston Counties, NC and 

York, Lancaster, Chester, Fairfield and 

Kershaw Counties, SC, Wait Period 

Ends: 08/31/2009, Contact: Julia 

Bovey, 1–866–208–3372. 

EIS No. 20090259, Draft Supplement, 

AFS, PA, Allegheny National Forest, 

Updated Information for the 2007 

Land and Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Elk, Forest, McKean 

and Warren Counties, PA, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/28/2009, Contact: 

Lois DeMarco, 814–728–6179. 

EIS No. 20090260, Final EIS, COE, TX, 

Calhoun Port Authority’s, Proposed 

Matagorda Ship Channel 

Improvement Project to Widen and 

Deepen Berthing Facilities, US Army 

COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, 

Calhoun and Matagorda Counties, TX, 

Wait Period Ends: 08/31/2009, 

Contact: Denise Sloan, 409–766–3962. 

EIS No. 20090261, Final Supplement, 

GSA, MD, U.S. Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) Headquarters 

Consolidation, Master Plan Update, 

Federal Research Center at White Oak, 

Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 

MD, Wait Period Ends: 08/31/2009, 

Contact: Suzanne Hill, 202–205–5821. 

EIS No. 20090262, Draft EIS, EPA, GU, 

Apra Harbor, Guam, Proposed Site 

Designation of an Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Site Offshore of 

Guam, Comment Period Ends: 09/28/ 

2009, Contact: Allan Ota, 415–972– 

3476. 

EIS No. 20090263, Final EIS, NSF, HI, 

Advanced Technology Solar 

Telescope Project, Issuing Special Use 

Permit to Operate Commercial 

Vehicles on Haeakala National Park 

Road during the Construction of Site 

at the University of Hawai’i Institute 

for Astronomy, Haleakala High 

Altitude Observatory (HO) Site, Island 

of Maui, HI, Wait Period Ends: 08/31/ 

2009, Contact: Craig Foltz, 703–292– 

4909. 

EIS No. 20090264, Final EIS, FHW, OH, 

Cleveland Innerbelt Project, Proposing 

Major Rehabilitation and 

Reconstruction between I–71 and I– 

90, Cleveland Central Business 

District, Funding, City of Cleveland, 


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