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Management Act and the Atlantic 

Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed Exempted 

Fishing Permits. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 28, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email to: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘MA DMF 

Climate Change Lobster EFP.’’ 

• Mail to: John K. Bullard, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. 

Mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on MA DMF Climate 

Change Lobster EFP.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Hanson, NOAA Affiliate, 978– 

281–9180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Massachusetts Division of Marine 

Fisheries (MA DMF) submitted a 

complete application for an Exempted 

Fishing Permit (EFP) on June 27, 2016, 

to conduct commercial fishing activities 

that the regulations would otherwise 

restrict. The EFP would authorize one 

vessel to possess and transport 

approximately 600 sublegal-sized male, 

and egg-bearing, v-notched, and 

sublegal-sized female lobsters during 

normal fishing operations in Lobster 

Management Area (LMA) 2. These 

lobsters will be delivered to MA DMF 

staff for use in laboratory research. The 

research will study the effects of climate 

change and thermal stress on 

reproduction in lobsters and requires 

reproductively capable lobsters to 

examine/observe mating success, 

fecundity, egg quality, and overall 

reproductive capacity. 

Funding for this study has been 

awarded under the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

Research Program (Grant 

#NA16NMF4270242). This study is 

designed to investigate the decline and 

recruitment failure of the Southern New 

England lobster stock. MA DMF is 

requesting specific exemptions from 

Federal lobster regulations on: 

1. Minimum legal size harvest and 

possession requirements specified at 50 

CFR 697.20(a)(4); 

2. Restrictions on the harvest, 

possession, and transport of egg-bearing 

females at § 697.20(d)(1) through (3); 

and 

3. Restrictions on the harvest and 

possession of standard v-notch females 

detailed at § 697.20(g)(3) through (4). 

If the EFP is approved, all exempted 

collections would take place on 

designated collection days during the 

normal commercial fishing activity of 

the participating vessel. No additional 

and/or modified gear or effort would be 

used, so no additional impacts to 

bycatch, marine mammals, or 

endangered species are anticipated 

beyond the risks associated with normal 

fishing operations. This project will 

collect approximately 400 egg-bearing 

females and 200 otherwise restricted 

lobsters for scientific study. All lobsters 

caught under the EFP for research 

purposes would be banded with a 

different color to distinguish them from 

the legally harvestable commercial 

catch, and any egg-bearing females 

would be held separately from the 

remainder of the catch. A MA DMF staff 

member would meet the vessel at the 

dock after each collection trip to take 

possession of the EFP-authorized 

lobsters and bring them to the MA DMF 

facility for processing and experimental 

study. No more than a total of four 

collection days/trips of typical 

commercial fishing activity are 

anticipated under this EFP. 

If approved, MA DMF may request 

minor modifications and extensions to 

the EFP throughout the study period. 

EFP modifications and extensions may 

be granted without further notice if they 

are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: July 8, 2016. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9949–01–ORD] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of 

One New Reference Method and Four 

New Equivalent Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of the designation of a 

new reference method and four new 

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, one new reference 

method for measuring concentrations of 

sulfur dioxide (SO2), four new 

equivalent methods for measuring 

concentrations of PM2.5, PM10 and 

PM10–2.5 in ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Vanderpool, Exposure Methods 

and Measurement 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 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. A list of 

all reference or equivalent methods that 

have been previously designated by EPA 

may be found at http://www.epa.gov/

ttn/amtic/criteria.html. 

The EPA hereby announces the 

designation of one new reference 

method for measuring concentrations of 

SO2 in ambient air and two new 

equivalent methods for measuring 

pollutant concentrations of PM2.5, one 

new equivalent method for measuring 

pollutant concentrations of PM10, and 

one for measuring pollutant 

concentrations of PM10–2.5. These 

designations are made under the 

provisions of 40 CFR part 53, as 

amended on October 26, 2015 (80 FR 

65291). 

The new reference method for SO2 is 

an automated method (analyzer) 

utilizing a measurement principle based 

on ultraviolet fluorescence and is 

identified as follows: 

RFSA–0616–237, ‘‘Sutron Model 6020 

Sulfur Dioxide Fluorescent Analyzer’’, 

operated at any of the following 

measurement ranges: 0–0.5 ppm, at any 

ambient temperature in the range of 5– 

40 °C, at any line voltage in the range 

of 90–260 VAC, at any sample flow rate 

in the range of 0.4–0.8 L/min, and in 

accordance with the Model 6020 SO2

Analyzer Operation Manual, with or 


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without the following options: Zero/

span ports for external calibration; an 

optional inlet filter; or an optional 

second gas measurement module colocated inside of the enclosure. 

This application for a reference 

method determination for this SO2

method was received by the Office of 

Research and Development on April 25, 

2016. This analyzer is commercially 

available from the applicant, Sutron Air 

Quality Division, 2548 Shell Road, 

Georgetown, TX 78628. 

The four new PM equivalent methods 

are automated monitoring methods 

utilizing a measurement principle based 

on active sampling of ambient aerosols 

and contemporaneous analysis by 

means of a light-scattering technique for 

determination of particle size and mass 

concentration. These newly designated 

equivalent methods for PM2.5, PM10 and 

PM10–2.5, are identified as follows: 

EQPM–0516–236, ‘‘Teledyne 

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation 

Model T640 PM mass monitor,’’ 

continuous ambient particulate monitor 

operated at a volumetric flow rate of 5.0 

Lpm, equipped with a TAPI 5-Lpm 

sample inlet (P/N: 081050000), TAPI 

aerosol sample conditioner (P/N: 

081040000), configured for operation 

with firmware version 1.0.2.126 or later, 

and operated in accordance with the 

Teledyne Model T640 Operations 

Manual. This designation applies to 

PM2.5 measurements only. 

EQPM–0516–238, ‘‘Teledyne 

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation 

Model T640 PM mass monitor with 

640X option,’’ continuous ambient 

particulate monitor operated at a 

volumetric flow rate of 16.67 Lpm, 

equipped with the louvered PM10 inlet 

specified in 40 CFR 50 Appendix L, 

Figs. L–2 thru L–19, TAPI aerosol 

sample conditioner (P/N: 081040000), 

configured for operation with firmware 

version 1.0.2.126 or later, in accordance 

with the Teledyne Model T640 

Operations Manual. This designation 

applies to PM2.5 measurements only. 

EQPM–0516–239, ‘‘Teledyne 

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation 

Model T640 PM mass monitor with 

640X option,’’ continuous ambient 

particulate monitor operated at a 

volumetric flow rate of 16.67 Lpm, 

equipped with the louvered PM10 inlet 

specified in 40 CFR 50 Appendix L, 

Figs. L–2 thru L–19, TAPI aerosol 

sample conditioner (P/N: 081040000), 

configured for operation with firmware 

version 1.0.2.126 or later, in accordance 

with the Teledyne Model T640 

Operations Manual. This designation 

applies to PM10 measurements only. 

EQPM–0516–240, ‘‘Teledyne 

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation 

Model T640 PM mass monitor with 

640X option,’’ continuous ambient 

particulate monitor operated at a 

volumetric flow rate of 16.67 Lpm, 

equipped with the louvered PM10 inlet 

specified in 40 CFR 50 Appendix L, 

Figs. L–2 thru L–19, TAPI aerosol 

sample conditioner (P/N: 081040000), 

configured for operation with firmware 

version 1.0.2.126 or later, in accordance 

with the Teledyne Model T640 

Operations Manual. This designation 

applies to PM10–2.5 measurements only. 

The four applications for equivalent 

method determination for the PM 

candidate methods were received by the 

Office of Research and Development on 

May 2, 2016, June 1, 2016, June 9, 2016 

and June 14, 2016 respectively. The 

monitors are commercially available 

from the applicant, Teledyne Advanced 

Pollution Instrumentation, Inc., 9480 

Carroll Park Drive, San Diego, CA 

92121–2251. 

Representative test analyzers have 

been tested in accordance with the 

applicable test procedures specified in 

40 CFR part 53, as amended on October 

26, 2015. After reviewing the results of 

those tests and other information 

submitted by the applicant, EPA has 

determined, in accordance with part 53, 

that these methods should be designated 

as a reference or equivalent method. 

As a designated reference or 

equivalent method, 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 designated 

method description (see the 

identification of the method above). 

Use of the method 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–13–003, (both 

available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/

amtic/qalist.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. 

Consistent or repeated noncompliance 

with any of these conditions should be 

reported to: Director, Exposure Methods 

and Measurement 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: July 1, 2016. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2004–0019; FRL 9949–02– 

OW] 

Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient 

Water Quality Criterion for Selenium in 

Freshwater 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the release 

of a final updated Clean Water Act 

(CWA) section 304(a) recommended 

national chronic aquatic life criterion 

for the pollutant selenium in fresh 

water. The final criterion supersedes 

EPA’s 1999 CWA section 304(a) 

recommended national acute and 

chronic aquatic life criteria for 

selenium. The 2016 recommended 

criterion reflects the latest scientific 

information, which indicates that 

selenium toxicity to aquatic life is 

primarily based on organisms 

consuming selenium-contaminated food 

rather than direct exposure to selenium 

dissolved in water. Draft versions of the 

criterion underwent public review in 

2014 and 2015 and external peer review 

in 2015. EPA considered all public 

comments and peer reviewer comments 

in the development of the 2016 final 

selenium criterion document. EPA’s 

water quality criterion for selenium 

provides recommendations to states and 

tribes authorized to establish water 

quality standards under the CWA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Beaman, Health and Ecological Criteria 

Division, Office of Water (Mail Code 

4304T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 


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