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methods by users are specified under

section 2.8 of Appendix C to 40 CFR

part 58 (Modifications of Methods by

Users).

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 (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 at a

modest cost. The manufacturer should

be consulted to determine the feasibility

of such upgrading.

Part 53 requires that sellers of

designated reference or equivalent

method analyzers or samplers comply

with certain conditions. These

conditions are given in 40 CFR 53.9 and

are summarized below:

(a) A copy of the approved operation

or instruction manual must accompany

the sampler or analyzer when it is

delivered to the ultimate purchaser.

(b) The sampler or analyzer must not

generate any unreasonable hazard to

operators or to the environment.

(c) The sampler or analyzer must

function within the limits of the

applicable perfor-mance specifications

given in parts 50 and 53 for at least one

year after delivery when maintained and

operated in accordance with the

operation or instruction manual.

(d) Any sampler or analyzer offered

for sale as part of a reference or

equivalent method must bear a label or

sticker indicating that it has been

designated as part of a reference or

equivalent method in accordance with

part 53 and showing its designated

method identification number.

(e) If such an analyzer has two or

more selectable ranges, the label or

sticker must be placed in close

proximity to the range selector and

indicate which range or ranges have

been included in the reference or

equivalent method designation.

(f) An applicant who offers samplers

or analyzers for sale as part of a

reference or equivalent method is

required to maintain a list of ultimate

purchasers of such samplers or

analyzers and to notify them within 30

days if a reference or equivalent method

designation applicable to the method

has been canceled or if adjustment of

the sampler or analyzer is necessary

under 40 CFR 53.11(b) to avoid a

cancellation.

(g) An applicant who modifies a

sampler or analyzer previously

designated as part of a reference or

equivalent method is not permitted to

sell the sampler or analyzer (as

modified) as part of a reference or

equivalent method (although it may be

sold without such representation), nor

to attach a label or sticker to the sampler

or analyzer (as modified) under the

provisions described above, until the

applicant has received notice under 40

CFR part 53.14(c) that the original

designation or a new designation

applies to the method as modified, or

until the applicant has applied for and

received notice under 40 CFR 53.8(b) of

a new reference or equivalent method

determination for the sampler or

analyzer as modified.

(h) An applicant who offers PM2.5

samplers for sale as part of a reference

or equivalent method is required to

maintain the manufacturing facility in

which the sampler is manufactured as

an ISO 9001-certified facility.

(i) An applicant who offers PM2.5

samplers for sale as part of a reference

or equivalent method is required to

submit annually a properly completed

Product Manufacturing Checklist, as

specified in part 53.

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–

77), 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 any

of these methods should be directed to

the appropriate applicant.

Norine E. Noonan,

Assistant Administrator for Research and

Development.

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Adequacy Status of the Submitted

Revised Carbon Monoxide Attainment

Demonstration for the New Jersey

Portion of the New York-Northern New

Jersey-Long Island Moderate Carbon

Monoxide Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this document, EPA is

notifying the public that we have found

that the motor vehicle emissions budget

for carbon monoxide in the submitted

revised attainment demonstration for

the New Jersey portion of the New YorkNorthern New Jersey-Long Island

nonattainment area is adequate for

transportation conformity purposes. On

March 2, 1999, the D.C. Circuit Court

ruled that submitted SIPs cannot be

used for conformity determinations

until EPA has affirmatively found them

adequate. As a result of our finding, the

New Jersey portion of the New YorkNorthern New Jersey-Long Island

nonattainment area must use the motor

vehicle emission budget from this

submitted revised carbon monoxide

attainment demonstration for future

conformity determinations.

DATES: This finding is effective May 23,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Cairns, Mobile Source

Team, Air Programs Branch,

Environmental Protection Agency—

Region 2, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor,

New York New York 10007–1866, (212)

637–3895, cairns.matthew@epa.gov.

The finding and the response to

comments will be available at EPA’s

conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Today’s document is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 2 sent a letter

to the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection on April 6,

2000, stating that the motor vehicle

emissions budget for carbon monoxide

in the submitted revised attainment

demonstration (dated December 10,

1999) for the New Jersey portion of the

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long

Island nonattainment area is adequate

for transportation conformity purposes.

This finding will also be announced on

EPA’s conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

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

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans (SIPs) and

establishes the criteria and procedures

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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 standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described out process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999

memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making our

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q.

Dated: April 6, 2000.

William J. Muszynski,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.

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Office of Research and Development

Board of Scientific Counselors Notice

of Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

The Charter for the Environmental

Protection Agency’s Board of Scientific

Counselors (BOSC) 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.

section 9(c). The purpose of the BOSC

is to provide advice and

recommendations to the Assistant

Administrator for the Office of Research

and Development (ORD) on issues

associated with ORD’s research

program. It is determined that the BOSC

is in the public interest in connection

with the performance of duties imposed

on the Agency by law. Inquiries may be

directed to Shirley Hamilton,

Designated Federal Officer, U.S. EPA,

Office of Research and Development

(mail code 8701–R), 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460.

Dated: May 3, 2000.

Peter W. Preuss,

Director, National Center for Environmental

Research.

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Notice of Sixth Meeting of the

Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico

Watershed Nutrient Task Force

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Sixth Meeting of the Mississippi River/

Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task

Force. The purpose of this Task Force

consisting of Federal, State, and Tribal

members, is to lead efforts to coordinate

and support nutrient management and

hypoxia-related activities in the

Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico

watersheds. The major matter to be

discussed at the meeting is what should

be included in a draft Action Plan

which will be available for public

comment. This plan of action is

required by section 604(b) of the

Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia

Research Control Act ( Public Law 105–

383—Coast Guard Authorization Act of

1998). The public will be afforded an

opportunity to provide input to the Task

Force during open discussion periods.

The room accommodates approximately

125 people. Those who plan to make a

statement are asked to indicate their

intention to Dr. Belefski (Contact

Information below).

DATES: The meeting will be held at 1

p.m.–5 p.m., June 15, 2000, and 8 a.m.—

12 p.m., June 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the St. Louis Marriott Pavilion

Downtown Hotel, One Broadway, St.

Louis, MO; (314) 421–1776 or 1(800)

228–9290.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Mary Belefski, U.S. EPA, Assessment

and Watershed Protection Division

(AWPD), Mail Code 4503F, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone

(202)-260–7061; Internet:

belefski.mary@epa.gov. For additional

information on hotel accommodations

contact Marquietta Davis, Tetra Tech,

Inc., 10306 Eaton Place, Suite 340,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030, telephone: (703)

385–6000; Internet:davisma@tetratechffx.com.

Dated: May 2, 2000.

Robert Wayland,

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and

Watersheds.

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Project XL Proposed Final Project

Agreement: Georgia-Pacific

Corporation Big Island, Virginia XL

Project

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: EPA is requesting comments

on a proposed Project XL Final Project

Agreement (FPA) for the Georgia-Pacific

Corporation Big Island, Virginia XL

Project (hereafter ‘‘Georgia-Pacific’’).

The FPA is a voluntary agreement

developed collaboratively by GeorgiaPacific, the Virginia Department of

Environmental Quality (VADEQ), the

USDA Forest Service (FS) and the EPA.

Project XL, announced in the Federal

Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282),

gives regulated entities the flexibility to

develop alternative strategies that will

replace or modify specific regulatory or

procedural requirements on the

condition that they produce greater

environmental benefits. EPA has set a

goal of implementing fifty XL projects

undertaken in full partnership with the

states.

Georgia-Pacific Corporation owns and

operates a non-sulfur, non-bleaching,

semi-chemical pulp and paper mill in

Big Island, Virginia (Mill). The Mill

produces corrugated medium and liner

board (the inside and outside

components of cardboard) from

hardwood pulp and secondary recycled

fiber. The Mill is subject to the Pulp and

Paper Mill Cluster Rule (a hazardous air

pollution standard promulgated under

the federal Clean Air Act (CAA)), which

is based on installation of Maximum

Achievable Control Technology (MACT)

on regulated emission sources. A second

MACT standard applicable to pulp and

paper mills (MACT II), was proposed on

April 15, 1998 to specifically address

emissions from combustion sources

associated with the recovery of pulping

chemicals. At the Mill pulping liquor is

added to hardwood chips, and the

mixture is passed through digesters to

produce the pulp. Currently the Mill