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estimated burden cost of $34,934,361 

and an estimated cost of $82,208,255 for 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

In its ‘‘Terms of Clearance’’ for the 

current ICR, OMB asked EPA to report 

on its efforts to reduce burden on 

owners and operators of UIC injection 

wells. In response to this request, the 

Agency has undertaken an effort to 

study where further paperwork burden 

reduction is feasible. The UIC Program 

is reviewing UIC regulations requiring 

paperwork reporting/recordkeeping and 

then evaluating potential for burden 

reduction. Past efforts to reduce burden 

focused on analyzing data needs of the 

UIC Program and identifying ways to 

reduce burden on State primacy 

agencies that submit information to 

EPA. This effort resulted in reduced 

frequency with which states must 

submit several 7520 Federal reporting 

forms. Current efforts focus on how to 

reduce burden on owners and operators 

that submit specific 7520 owner/ 

operator reporting forms. Areas of 

consideration are combining/revising 

some 7520 reporting forms, eliminating 

certain reporting requirements, 

eliminating data elements from the 7520 

forms submitted by operators, reducing 

frequency and using options such as 

electronic data entry and transfer 

systems. EPA prepared a report that 

summarizes these efforts. This report 

can be found in the Water Docket for the 

UIC Program ICR under Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0017 and is 

available for viewing in person at the 

EPA/DC Public Reading Room which is 

in the EPA Headquarters Library, Room 

Number 3334 in the EPA West Building, 

located at 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

There is a decrease of 333,406 hours 

in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This decrease primarily reflects 

abatement of permitting and closure 

under the 1999 Class V Rule; reduced 

Class V well inventory activities; and a 

reduction in the Class II inventory, 

particularly the number of Class II 

permit applications that operators will 

submit during the clearance period. 

These changes are adjustments. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: February 23, 2007. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8282–4] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of a 

New Equivalent Method 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of the designation of a 

new equivalent method 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, a new equivalent 

method for measuring concentrations of 

ozone (O3) in the ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Hunike, Human Exposure and 

Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–

D205–03), National Exposure Research 

Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina 27711. Phone: 

(919) 541–3737, e-mail: 

Hunike.Elizabeth@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 attainment of the NAAQSs. 

The EPA hereby announces the 

designation of a new equivalent method 

for measuring concentrations of O3 in 

the ambient air. This designation is 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

Part 53, as amended on December 18, 

2006 (71 FR 61271). 

The new equivalent method is an 

automated method (analyzer) that 

utilizes a measurement principle based 

on absorption of ultraviolet light by 

ozone at a wavelength of 254 nm. The 

newly designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQSA–0207–164, ‘‘SIR S.A. Model S–5014 

Photometric O3 Analyzer,’’ operated on the 

0–500 ppb measurement range, within an 

ambient temperature range of 20 to 30 

degrees C, with a sample inlet particulate 

filter, and with or without an optional 

PCMCIA card. 

An application for an equivalent 

method determination for the candidate 

method based on this ozone analyzer 

was received by the EPA on August 4, 

2006. The sampler is commercially 

available from the applicant, SIR USA, 

1775 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006 or from SIR 

Spain, Avda. de la Industria, 3, 28760 

Tres Cantos, Spain. 

A test analyzer representative of this 

method has 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 application, EPA has determined, 

in accordance with Part 53, that this 

method should be designated as an 

equivalent method. The information 

submitted by the applicant in the 

application 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 a designated reference or 

equivalent method, this method is 

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 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 

designation method description (see the 

identifications of the method 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 


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Measurement Systems, Volume I,’’ EPA/ 

600/R–94/038a and ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Handbook for Air Pollution 

Measurement Systems, Volume II, Part 

1,’’ EPA–454/R–98–004 (available at 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/ 

qabook.html). Vendor modifications of a 

designated reference or 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 

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 performance specifications 

given in 40 CFR 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 designation 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. 

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 this new equivalent 

method 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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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0084; FRL–8116–1] 

Dimethoate; Modification and Closure 

of Reregistration Eligibility Decision; 

Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

intention to modify certain risk 

mitigation measures that were imposed 

as a result of the 2006 Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (RED) for the 

pesticide dimethoate, and opens a 

public comment period on these 

changes. EPA conducted this 

reassessment of the dimethoate RED in 

response to public comments received. 

The commentors have requested that the 

Agency make certain modifications in 

the dimethoate RED label requirements 

including: Specifying a maximum 

seasonal application rate, rather than a 

maximum number of applications per 

season; and increased seasonal rates for 

peppers and cherries. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0084, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays). Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket telephone number is (703) 305–

5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–

0084. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

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 regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov 

website 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 

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