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state or local government authorized 

programs; and state and local 

government authorized programs 

implementing electronic reporting. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary, required to obtain or retain a 

benefit (Cross-Media Electronic 

Reporting Rule (CROMER) established 

to ensure compliance with the 

Government Paperwork Elimination Act 

(GPEA)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

102,387 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 38,491 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,086,380 (per 

year), including $1,438,861 in 

annualized labor costs and $647,519 in 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 1,272 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease occurred primarily 

because there was a decrease in the total 

annual number of employees complying 

with CROMERR’s identity proofing 

requirements. In estimating the annual 

number of employees complying with 

the CROMERR’s identity proofing 

requirements for this ICR, EPA was able 

to take advantage of improvements in 

data software and hardware capabilities 

and thus, develop estimates based on 

actual data instead of the complex 

calculations used in the currently 

approved ICR. In particular, EPA was 

able to obtain actual numbers and 

growth rates for the annual number of 

subscriber agreements submitted to CDX 

over the past several years. These data 

were used to improve the estimate for 

the annual number of subscriber 

agreements submitted by direct 

reporters. EPA believes that the 

respondent estimates included in this 

ICR are a reasonable approximation of 

the actual respondent universe. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Connie Dwyer, 

Director, Information Exchange and Services 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9918–79–ORD] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of 

Two New Reference Methods and Two 

New Equivalent Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of designation of two 

reference methods and two equivalent 

methods 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, two new reference 

methods and two new equivalent 

methods. The reference methods 

include one for measuring PM2.5, and 

one for measuring PM10–2.5 in the 

ambient air. The two equivalent 

methods are one for measuring carbon 

monoxide (CO) and one for measuring 

ozone (O3) 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. 

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 reference 

method for measuring PM2.5, one new 

reference method for measuring 

PM10–2.5, one new equivalent method for 

measuring concentrations of carbon 

monoxide (CO), and one equivalent 

method for measuring ozone (O3) in the 

ambient air. These designations are 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

part 53, as amended on August 31, 2011 

(76 FR 54326–54341). 

The new reference method for PM2.5

is a manual monitoring method based 

on a particular PM2.5 sampler and is 

identified as follows: 

RFPS–1014–219, ‘‘Tisch 

Environmental Model TE-Wilbur2.5 

PM2.5 Low-Volume Air Particulate 

Sampler,’’ configured as a PM2.5

reference method, with firmware 

version 1.70 or later and a TE–PM10–D 

PM10 size-selective inlet as specified in 

40 CFR 50 Appendix L Figs. L–2 thru 

L–19, with either a BGI VSCCTM Very 

Sharp Cut Cyclone particle size 

separator or WINS impactor, and 

operated for 24 sample periods at a flow 

rate of 16.67 L/min, using 47 mm PTFE 

membrane filter media, and in 

accordance with the Tisch 

Environmental Model TE-Wilbur2.5 

PM2.5 Low-Volume Air Particulate 

Sampler instruction manual and with 

the requirements and sample collection 

filters as specified in 40 CFR part 50, 

Appendix L. 

The new PM10–2.5 reference method 

utilizes a pair of filter samplers than 

have been designated individually as 

reference methods, one for PM2.5 and 

the other one for PM10, and have been 

shown to meet the requirements 

specified in Appendix O of 40 CFR part 

50. The PM2.5 and PM10 samplers are 

designated as reference methods RFPS– 

1014–219 and RFPS–0714–216, 

respectively. The newly designated 

PM10–2.5 sampler is identified as follows: 

RFPS–1014–220, ‘‘Tisch 

Environmental Model TE-Wilbur LowVolume Air Particulate Sampler Pair’’ 

for the determination of coarse 

particulate matter as PM10–2.5, consisting 

of a pair of Tisch Environmental Model 

TE-Wilbur samplers, with one being the 

TE-Wilbur 2.5 PM2.5 sampler (RFPS– 

1014–219) and the other being a TEWilbur 10 PM10 sampler (RFPS–0714– 

216), and operated in accordance with 

the associated TE-Wilbur instruction 

manual. This designation applies to 

PM10–2.5 measurements only. 

The application for reference method 

determination for the PM2.5 method was 

received by the Office of Research and 

Development on September 29, 2014 

and the PM10–2.5 method application 

was received on October 8, 2014. These 

monitors are commercially available 

from the applicant, Tisch 

Environmental, Inc., 145 S. Miami 

Avenue, Village of Cleves, OH 45002. 

The newly designated equivalent 

method for CO is a mercury 

replacement-UV photometric method 

and is identified as follows: 

EQCA–0814–217, ‘‘Peak Laboratories, 

Model 910–170 Carbon Monoxide 

Analyzer’’, (Mercury replacement—UV 

photometric method) operated on any 


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full scale range between 0–50 ppm, at 

any operating temperature from 20 °C to 

30 °C, using a back-flushing GC 

scrubber, 99.9999% nitrogen carrier gas 

at a gas pressure of 60–80 psig, with a 

column temperature of 105 °C, and a 

detector temperature of 265 °C; inlet 

flow of 20–100 mL/min; in accordance 

with the associated instrument manual, 

and with or without any of the 

following options: Rack mount kit, 

internal sample pump, 4–20 mA output 

module, particle filter, and data 

collection software. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for the CO 

method was received by the Office of 

Research and Development on January 

3, 2011. This monitor is commercially 

available from the applicant, Peak 

Laboratories, LLC, 2330 Old Middlefield 

Way Suite 10, Mountain View, CA 

94043. 

One new O3 equivalent method is an 

automated monitoring method 

(analyzer) utilizing a measurement 

principle based on ultraviolet 

absorption photometry. The newly 

designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQOA–0914–218, ‘‘2B Technologies 

Model 106–L or OEM–106–L Ozone 

Monitor’’ operated in a range of 0–0.5 

ppm in an environment of 20–30 °C, 

with temperature and pressure 

compensation, internal dewLine for 

humidity control, using a 1 minute 

average, with a 12V DC source supplied 

by a 100–240V AC power adapter, 

operated according to the Model 106 

Ozone Monitor Operation Manual and 

with or without the following: Cigarette 

lighter adapter or a 12V DC battery for 

portable operation, external PTFE or 

PVDF inlet filter and holder, USB data 

port with computer cable. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for the O3

method was received by the Office of 

Research and Development on June 24, 

2014. This monitor is commercially 

available from the applicant, 2B 

Technology, Inc., 2100 Central Ave., 

Suite 105, Boulder, CO 80303. 

Test monitors representative of these 

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 

application, EPA has determined, in 

accordance with part 53, that these 

methods should be designated as 

equivalent methods. 

As designated reference and 

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 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 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 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. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9917–88–OEI; EPA–HQ–OEI–2014– 

0466] 

Notification of a New System of 

Records Notice for the Labor and 

Employee Relations Information 

System (LERIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management is giving notice that it 

proposes to create a new system of 

records pursuant to the provisions of the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). The 

Labor and Employee Relations 

Information System (LERIS) is being 

created to meet the needs of the Labor 

and Employee Relations (LER) 

Specialists, Attorney Advisors and 

Agency Leadership. This system will 

enable LER employees to access case 

information across the EPA for use in 

determining appropriate disciplinary 

penalties as well as reporting trends in 

LER issues. The system is accessed from 

an Internet browser using the Agency’s 

secured portal. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this system of records notice must do so 

by December 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2014–0466, by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: oei.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1752. 

• Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail code: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/

DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. 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–OEI–2014– 

0466. The 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 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov. 

The www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 


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