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challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: May 20, 2015. 

William C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart V—Maryland 

■ 2. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by revising the entries 

for COMAR 26.11.09.01, 26.11.09.04, 

26.11.09.06, 26.11.09.07, and 

26.11.09.09, and adding entries for 

COMAR 26.11.09.10 and 26.11.09.12 in 

numerical order to read as follows: 

§ 52.1070 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED REGULATIONS, TECHNICAL MEMORANDA, AND STATUTES IN THE MARYLAND SIP 

Code of Maryland Administrative Regulations 

(COMAR) 

citation 

Title/Subject 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Additional explanation/ 

citation at 40 CFR 52.1100 

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26.11.09.01 ....... Definitions ....................................... 04/28/14 6/9/15 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

Definition of ‘‘biomass’’ is added. 

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26.11.09.04 ....... Prohibition of Certain New Fuel 

Burning Equipment.

04/28/14 6/9/15 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

Revised (C)(1). 

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26.11.09.06 ....... Control of Particulate Matter .......... 04/28/14 6/9/15 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

Revised (D)(1) and (D)(2). 

26.11.09.07 ....... Control of Sulfur Oxides from Fuel 

Burning Equipment.

04/28/14 6/9/15 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

Revised (B)(5). 

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26.11.09.09 ....... Tables and Diagrams ..................... 4/28/14 6/9/15 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

Amended incorrect reference. 

26.11.09.10 ....... Requirements to Burn Used Oil 

and Waste Combustible Fluid as 

Fuel.

04/28/14 6/9/15 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

New regulation. 

26.11.09.12 ....... Standards for Biomass Fuel-Burning Equipment Equal to or Greater Than 350,000 Btu/hr.04/28/14 6/9/15 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

New regulation. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 52, 62, and 81 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0311]; FRL–9928– 

68–Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Pennsylvania; 2011 Lead Base Year 

Emissions Inventory 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a revision to the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

(Pennsylvania) State Implementation 

Plan (SIP). EPA is proposing to approve 

the 2011 base year emissions inventory 

SIP revision submittal for the 2008 lead 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). The base year emissions 

inventory SIP revision was submitted by 

the Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP) on 

February 9, 2015 to meet the 

requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

for the Lyons 2008 lead NAAQS 

nonattainment area (hereafter referred to 

as the ‘‘Lyons Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’). EPA is 

approving this revision to the 

Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with 

the requirements of the CAA. 

DATES: This rule is effective on August 

10, 2015 without further notice, unless 

EPA receives adverse written comment 

by July 9, 2015. If EPA receives such 

comments, it will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register and inform the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2015–0311 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0311, 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

Office of Air Program Planning, 

Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

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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–R03–OAR–2015– 

0311. 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 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI, or otherwise 

protected, through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The 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 email 

comment directly to 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 

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. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the SIP submittal are available 

at the Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air 

Quality Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 

Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 

17105. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Schmitt, (215) 814–5787, or by 

email at schmitt.ellen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On November 12, 2008 (73 FR 66964), 

EPA revised the lead NAAQS, lowering 

the level from 1.5 micrograms per cubic 

meter (mg/m3) to 0.15 mg/m3 calculated 

over a three-month rolling average. EPA 

established the NAAQS based on 

significant evidence and numerous 

health studies demonstrating that 

serious health effects are associated 

with exposures to lead emissions. 

Following promulgation of a new or 

revised NAAQS, EPA is required by the 

CAA to designate areas throughout the 

United States as attaining or not 

attaining the NAAQS; this designation 

process is described in section 107(d)(1) 

of the CAA. On November 22, 2010 (75 

FR 71033), EPA promulgated initial air 

quality designations for the 2008 lead 

NAAQS, which became effective on 

December 31, 2010, based on air quality 

monitoring data for calendar years 

2007–2009, where there was sufficient 

data to support a nonattainment 

designation. Designations for all 

remaining areas were completed on 

November 22, 2011, based on air quality 

monitoring data for calendar years 

2008–2010. Effective December 31, 

2010, the Lyons Area was designated as 

nonattainment for the 2008 lead 

NAAQS. This designation triggered a 

requirement for Pennsylvania to submit 

a SIP revision with a plan for how the 

Lyons Area would attain the 2008 lead 

NAAQS as expeditiously as practicable, 

but no later than December 31, 2015. 

Designation of an area as 

nonattainment starts the process for a 

state to develop and submit to EPA a 

SIP revision under title I, part D of the 

CAA. This SIP revision must include, 

among other elements, a demonstration 

of how the NAAQS will be attained in 

the nonattainment area as expeditiously 

as practicable, but no later than the date 

required by the CAA, together with a 

base year emissions inventory, 

reasonably available control measures 

(RACM), a reasonable further progress 

(RFP) plan, and contingency measures 

for failure to meet RFP and attainment 

deadlines. Under CAA section 172(b), a 

state has up to three years after an area’s 

designation as nonattainment to submit 

its SIP revision to EPA. 

On December 29, 2014 (79 FR 77911), 

EPA took final action to determine that 

the Lyons Area (comprised of Kutztown 

Borough, Lyon Borough, Maxatawny 

Township, and Richmond Township) 

has ambient air quality monitoring data 

that shows the Area meets the 2008 lead 

NAAQS. This clean data determination 

was based upon quality assured, quality 

controlled and certified ambient air 

monitoring data that shows the Area has 

monitored attainment of the 2008 lead 

NAAQS based on the calendar years 

2009–2011 data. Pursuant to EPA’s 

Clean Data Policy, once EPA finalizes a 

clean data determination, the 

requirements for the Area to submit an 

attainment demonstration, RACM, a 

RFP plan, and contingency measures for 

failure to meet RFP and attainment 

deadlines are suspended for so long as 

the Area continues to attain the 2008 

lead NAAQS. 

Since 1995, EPA has applied its 

interpretation under the Clean Data 

Policy in many rulemakings, 

suspending certain attainment-related 

planning requirements for individual 

areas, based on a determination of 

attainment. However, EPA notes that a 

final determination of attainment does 

not suspend requirements not related to 

attaining the NAAQS, such as the 

emissions inventory requirement found 

in CAA section 172(c)(3), which 

requires submission and approval of an 

inventory of actual emissions of lead 

from all sources in the nonattainment 

area (i.e., base year emissions 

inventory). 

On February 9, 2015, Pennsylvania 

submitted a formal revision to its SIP 

that consists of the lead base year 

emissions inventory for the Lyons Area 

for the 2008 lead NAAQS. 

II. Emissions Inventory Requirements 

States are required under section 

172(c)(3) of the CAA to develop 

comprehensive, accurate and current 

emissions inventories of all sources of 

the relevant pollutant or pollutants in 

the nonattainment area. These 

inventories provide a detailed 

accounting of all emissions and 

emission sources by precursor or 

pollutant. In the November 12, 2008 

lead NAAQS rulemaking, EPA finalized 

the guidance related to the emissions 

inventories requirements. The current 

regulations are located at 40 CFR 

51.117(e), and include, but are not 

limited to, the following requirements: 

• States must develop and 

periodically update a comprehensive, 

accurate, current inventory of actual 

emissions from all sources affecting 

ambient lead concentrations; 

• The SIP inventory must be 

approved by EPA as a SIP element and 

is subject to public hearing 

requirements; and 

• The point source inventory upon 

which the summary of the baseline for 

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1See EPA document titled ‘‘Addendum to the 

2008 Lead NAAQS Implementation Questions and 

Answers’’ dated August 10, 2012, which is included 

in EPA’s SIP Toolkit located at http://www.epa.gov/ 

air/lead/kitmodel.html. 

2 Id. 

contain all sources that emit 0.5 or more 

tons of lead per year. 

For the base-year inventory of actual 

lead emissions, EPA recommends using 

either 2010 or 2011 as the base year for 

the contingency measure calculations, 

but does provide flexibility for using 

other inventory years if states can show 

another year is more appropriate.1 For 

lead SIPs, the CAA requires that all 

sources of lead emissions in the 

nonattainment area must be submitted 

with the base-year inventory. In today’s 

action, EPA is approving the base year 

emissions inventory SIP revision 

submitted by Pennsylvania on February 

9, 2015, (hereinafter also referred to as 

‘‘Pennsylvania’s submission’’) as 

required by section 172(c)(3). 

III. EPA Analysis of the Lyons 2011 

Lead Base Year Emissions Inventory 

EPA guidance for emissions inventory 

development provides that actual 

emissions should be used for purposes 

of the base year inventory.2 On February 

9, 2015, Pennsylvania submitted to EPA 

the 2011 base year emissions inventory 

for the lead point sources located within 

the Lyons Area. The Lyons Area has the 

following point sources of lead 

emissions: East Penn Manufacturing 

Company’s Richmond Township 

Facility; East Penn Manufacturing 

Company’s Kutztown Facility; and 

McConway & Torley Kutztown Foundry. 

PADEP requires larger emitting facilities 

to report production figures and 

emission calculations annually. 

Throughput data are multiplied by 

emission factors based on source 

classification codes (SCC) to develop 

emission estimates. 

PADEP submitted EPA’s 2011 

National Emissions Inventory (NEI) v2 

data for nonpoint source lead emissions. 

The nonpoint source values for the 

Lyons Area were calculated using Berks 

County data apportioned by population, 

of which 4.1 percent (%) is included in 

the Lyons Area. EPA reviewed the 

results, procedures, and methodologies 

for Pennsylvania’s submission and 

found them to be reasonable for 

calculating the lead base year inventory 

for CAA section 172(c)(3) and in 

accordance with 40 CFR 51.117(e). A 

more detailed description of the SIP 

submittal and EPA’s evaluation is 

included in a Technical Support 

Document (TSD) prepared in support of 

this rulemaking action. A copy of the 

TSD is available, upon request, from the 

EPA Regional Office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this document or 

is also available electronically within 

the Docket for this rulemaking action. 

IV. Final Action 

EPA is approving Pennsylvania’s 

submission consisting of the base year 

emissions inventory for the Lyons Area 

for the 2008 lead NAAQS. EPA is 

publishing this rule without prior 

proposal because EPA views this as a 

noncontroversial amendment and 

anticipates no adverse comment. 

However, in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ 

section of today’s Federal Register, EPA 

is publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve the 

SIP revision if adverse comments are 

filed. This rule will be effective on 

August 10, 2015 without further notice 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 

by July 9, 2015. If EPA receives adverse 

comment, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal in the Federal Register 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. EPA will address all 

public comments in a subsequent final 

rule based on the proposed rule. EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. General Requirements 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the state, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by August 10, 2015. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the 

Administrator of this final rule does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purposes of judicial review nor does it 


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extend the time within which a petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of today’s Federal Register, rather than 

file an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

EPA can withdraw this direct final rule 

and address the comment in the 

proposed rulemaking action. This action 

to approve Pennsylvania’s base year 

emissions inventory for the Lyons Area 

may not be challenged later in 

proceedings to enforce its requirements. 

(See section 307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

and Lead. 

Dated: May 20, 2015. 

William C. Early, 

Acting, Regional Administrator, Region III. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart NN—Pennsylvania 

■ 2. Section 52.2036 is amended by 

adding paragraph (v) to read as follows: 

§ 52.2036 Base year emissions inventory. 

* * * * * 

(v) EPA approves as a revision to the 

Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan 

the 2011 base year lead emission 

inventory for the Lyons, Pennsylvania 

nonattainment area for the 2008 lead 

NAAQS. This SIP revision was 

submitted by the Acting Secretary of the 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection, on February 

9, 2015. This submittal consists of the 

2011 base year inventories for all 

relevant sources in the Lyons, 

Pennsylvania nonattainment area for the 

pollutant lead (Pb). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

45 CFR Part 170 

Acceptance and Approval of NonGovernmental Developed Test 

Procedures, Test Tools, and Test Data 

for Use Under the ONC Health IT 

Certification Program 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Reissuance. 

SUMMARY: This document further 

informs the public of ONC’s policy that 

permits any person or entity to submit 

test procedures, test tools, and test data 

for approval and use under the ONC 

Health IT Certification Program. 

DATES: Reissued June 9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Morton, Director, ONC Health IT 

Certification Program, Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology, 202–549–7851. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 7, 2011, the Department of 

Health and Human Services issued a 

final rule establishing a permanent 

certification program for the purposes of 

testing and certifying health information 

technology (‘‘Establishment of the 

Permanent Certification Program for 

Health Information Technology,’’ 76 FR 

1262) (‘‘Permanent Certification 

Program final rule’’). The permanent 

certification program was renamed the 

‘‘ONC HIT Certification Program’’ in a 

final rule published on September 4, 

2012 (77 FR 54163) (‘‘2014 Edition EHR 

Certification Criteria final rule’’). In the 

proposed rule entitled ‘‘2015 Edition 

Health Information Technology (Health 

IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition 

Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) 

Definition, and ONC Health IT 

Certification Program Modifications’’ 

(80 FR 16804, 16806), we propose to 

further rename the program as the ‘‘ONC 

Health IT Certification Program.’’ 

In the preamble of the Permanent 

Certification Program final rule, we 

stated that a person or entity may 

submit a test procedure or test tool (to 

note, which includes any associated test 

data) to the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology (the 

National Coordinator) to be considered 

for approval and use by NVLAP 

accredited testing laboratories. ‘‘The 

submission should identify the 

developer of the test tool and/or test 

procedure; specify the certification 

criterion or criteria that is/are addressed 

by the test tool and/or test procedure; 

and explain how the test tool and/or test 

procedure would evaluate a Complete 

EHR’s, EHR Module’s, or if the 

applicable, and other type of HIT’s 

compliance with the applicable 

certification criterion or criteria. The 

submission should also provide 

information describing the process used 

to develop the test tool and/or test 

procedure, including any opportunity 

for the public to comment on the test 

tool and/or test procedure and the 

degree to which public comments were 

considered.’’ (76 FR 1280) We also 

stated that ‘‘[i]n determining whether to 

approve a test tool and/or test procedure 

for purposes of the permanent 

certification program, the National 

Coordinator will consider whether it is 

clearly traceable to a certification 

criterion or criteria adopted by the 

Secretary; whether it is sufficiently 

comprehensive (i.e., assesses all 

required capabilities) for NVLAPaccredited testing laboratories to use in 

testing a Complete EHR’s, EHR 

Module’s, or other type of HIT’s 

compliance with the certification 

criterion or criteria adopted by the 

Secretary; whether an appropriate 

public comment process was used 

during the development of the test tool 

and/or test procedure; and any other 

relevant factors.’’ (76 FR 1280) 

During the time in which the ONC 

Health IT Certification Program has 

operated, health IT developers have 

suggested that testing efficiencies could 

be achieved if the ONC Health IT 

Certification Program were to leverage 

operational testing and certification, 

such as the ePrescribing (eRX) network 

testing (and certification). As indicated 

by the previously recited ONC policy, 

the National Coordinator is open to 

approving test procedures, test tools, 

and test data that meet the outlined 

approval requirements above for an 

applicable adopted certification 

criterion or criteria. By way of this 

document, we strongly encourage 

persons or entities to submit such test 

procedures, test tools, and test data to 

ONC if they believe such procedures, 

tools, and data could be used to meet 

ONC’s certification criteria and testing 

approval requirements. We also note 

that there is no programmatic 

prohibition on the approval of multiple 

test procedures, test tools, and test data 

for a certification criterion or criteria. 

Dated: May 21, 2015. 

Alicia Morton, 

Director, ONC Health IT Certification 

Program, Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology. 

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