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than registrants will generally be 

allowed to sell, distribute, or use 

existing stocks until such stocks are 

exhausted, provided that such sale, 

distribution, or use is consistent with 

the terms of the previously approved 

labeling on, or that accompanied, the 

canceled products. 

B. EPA Registration Nos. 065092–00001 

and 075015–0001 Listed in Table 1 of 

Unit II. 

The cancellation of these products 

will be effective December 15, 2014. 

Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited 

from selling or distributing these two 

pesticide products, except for export 

consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for 

proper disposal. Persons other than 

registrants will generally be allowed to 

sell, distribute, or use existing stocks 

until such stocks are exhausted, 

provided that such sale, distribution, or 

use is consistent with the terms of the 

previously approved labeling on, or that 

accompanied, the canceled products. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: February 2, 2012. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9632–6] 

Public Water System Supervision 

Program Approval for the State of 

Illinois; Tentative Approval 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of Illinois submitted a primacy 

application for its approved Public 

Water System Supervision Program. 

Illinois is applying its Long Term 2 

Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 

Regulations to all Illinois water systems 

that use surface water and ground water 

under the influence of surface water as 

a source, thereby satisfying the 

requirements of the Long-Term 2 

Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 

Rule. Illinois is also applying its Stage 

2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Regulations to all Illinois 

community and noncommunity water 

systems that add and/or deliver water 

that is treated with a primary or residual 

disinfectant other than ultraviolet light, 

thereby satisfying the requirements of 

the Stage 2 Disinfectants and 

Disinfection Byproducts Rule. 

EPA has determined that the state 

regulations and procedures submitted 

by the State to EPA for review are no 

less stringent than the corresponding 

federal regulations. Therefore, EPA 

intends to award primacy to Illinois for 

Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment and Stage 2 Disinfectants and 

Disinfection By-product Rules 

implementation. Any interested party 

may request a public hearing. A request 

for a public hearing must be submitted 

by March 16, 2012, to the Regional 

Administrator at the EPA Region 5 

address shown below. The Regional 

Administrator may deny frivolous or 

insubstantial requests for a hearing. 

However, if a substantial request for a 

public hearing is made by March 16, 

2012; EPA Region 5 will hold a public 

hearing. If EPA Region 5 does not 

receive a timely and appropriate request 

for a hearing and the Regional 

Administrator does not elect to hold a 

hearing on her own motion, this 

determination shall become final and 

effective on March 16, 2012. Any 

request for a public hearing shall 

include the following information: The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the individual, organization, or other 

entity requesting a hearing; a brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in the Regional Administrator’s 

determination and a brief statement of 

the information that the requesting 

person intends to submit at such 

hearing; and the signature of the 

individual making the request, or, if the 

request is made on behalf of an 

organization or other entity, the 

signature of a responsible official of the 

organization or other entity. 

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to 

this determination are available for 

inspection at the following offices: 

Illinois Pollution Control Board at the 

James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. 

Randolph, Suite 11–500, Chicago, 

Illinois 60601, and the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking 

Water Branch (WG–15J), 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 

60604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janet Kuefler, EPA Region 5, Ground 

Water and Drinking Water Branch, at 

the address given above, by telephone at 

(312) 582–5814, or at 

kuefler.janet@epa.gov. 

Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

300g–2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the 

National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations. 

Dated: January 23, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1196; FRL–9631–7] 

Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable 

Alternative Test Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

broadly applicable alternative test 

method approval decisions the EPA has 

made under and in support of New 

Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 

and the National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) 

under the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An 

electronic copy of each alternative test 

method approval document is available 

on the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ 

ttn/emc/approalt.html. For questions 

about this notice, contact Ms. Lula H. 

Melton, Air Quality Assessment 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards (E143–02), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone number: 919–541–2910; fax 

number: 919–541–0516; email address: 

melton.lula@epa.gov. For technical 

questions about individual alternative 

test method decisions, refer to the 

contact person identified in the 

individual approval documents. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this notice apply to me? 

This notice will be of interest to 

entities regulated under 40 Code of 

Federal Regulations(CFR) parts 59, 60, 

61, and 63, state, local, and tribal 

agencies, and the EPA Regional Offices 

responsible for implementation and 

enforcement of regulations under 40 

CFR parts 60, 61, and 63. 

B. How can I get copies of this 

information? 

You may access copies of the broadly 

applicable alternative test method 

approval documents from the EPA’s 

Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/ 

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II. Background 

Broadly applicable alternative test 

method approval decisions made by the 

EPA in 2011 under the National Volatile 

Organic Compound Emission Standards 

for Consumer and Commercial Products, 

40 CFR part 59, NSPS, 40 CFR part 60, 

and NESHAP, 40 CFR parts 61 and 63 

are identified in this notice (see Table 

1). Source owners and operators may 

voluntarily use these broadly applicable 

alternative test methods subject to their 

specific applicability. Use of these 

broadly applicable alternative test 

methods does not change the applicable 

emission standards. 

As explained in a previous Federal 

Register notice published at 72 FR 4257 

(January 30, 2007) and found on the 

EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html, the EPA 

Administrator has the authority to 

approve the use of alternative test 

methods to comply with requirements 

under 40 CFR parts 60, 61, and 63. This 

authority is found in sections 60.8(b)(3), 

61.13(h)(1)(ii), and 63.7(e)(2)(ii). In the 

past, we have performed thorough 

technical reviews of numerous requests 

for alternatives and modifications to test 

methods and procedures. Based on 

these reviews, we have often found that 

these changes or alternatives would be 

equally valid and appropriate to apply 

to other sources within a particular 

class, category, or subcategory. 

Consequently, we have concluded that, 

where a method modification or an 

alternative method is clearly broadly 

applicable to a class, category, or 

subcategory of sources, it is both more 

equitable and efficient to approve its use 

for all appropriate sources and 

situations at the same time. 

It is important to clarify that 

alternative methods are not mandatory 

but permissive. Sources are not required 

to employ such a method but may 

choose to do so in appropriate cases. 

Source owners or operators should 

review the specific broadly applicable 

alternative method approval decision on 

the EPA’s Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html 

before electing to employ it. As per 

63.7(f)(5), by electing to use an 

alternative method for 40 CFR part 63 

standards, the source owner or operator 

must continue to use the alternative 

method until approved otherwise. 

The criteria for approval and 

procedures for submission and review 

of broadly applicable alternative test 

methods are outlined at 72 FR 4257 

(January 30, 2007). We will continue to 

announce approvals for broadly 

applicable alternative test methods on 

the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html and annually 

publish a notice that summarizes 

approvals for broadly applicable 

alternative test methods. 

This notice comprises a summary of 

ten such approval documents added to 

our Technology Transfer Network from 

January 1, 2011, through December 31, 

2011. The alternative method decision 

letter/memo number, the reference 

method affected, sources allowed to use 

this alternative, and the modification or 

alternative method allowed are 

summarized in Table 1 of this notice. 

Please refer to the complete copies of 

these approval documents available 

from the EPA’s Web site at 

www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html as 

the table serves only as a brief summary 

of the broadly applicable alternative test 

methods. If you are aware of reasons 

why a particular alternative test method 

approval that we issued should not be 

broadly applicable, we request that you 

make us aware of the reasons in writing, 

and we will revisit the broad approval. 

Any objection to a broadly applicable 

alternative test method, as well as the 

resolution of that objection, will be 

announced on the EPA’s Web site at 

www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html 

and in the subsequent Federal Register 

notice. If we decide to retract a broadly 

applicable test method, we would 

continue to grant case-by-case 

approvals, as appropriate, and would (as 

states, local and tribal agencies and the 

EPA Regional Offices should) consider 

the need for an appropriate transition 

period for users either to request caseby-case approval or to transition to an 

approved method. 

Dated: February 9, 2012. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

TABLE 1—APPROVED ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS AND MODIFICATIONS TO TEST METHODS REFERENCED IN OR PUBLISHED UNDER APPENDICES IN 40 CFR PARTS 59, 60, 61, AND 63 MADE BETWEEN JANUARY 2011 AND DECEMBER

2011 

Alternative method 

decision letter/memo 

No. 

As an alternative or modification 

to . . . For . . . You may . . . 

ALT–068 .......................... Method 24–Determination of Volatile 

Matter Content, Water Content, 

Density, Volume Solids, and 

Weight Solids of Surface Coatings.

Sources subject to 40 CFR part 59, 

subpart D–National Volatile Organic Emissions for Architectural 

Coatings.

Use method in 40 CFR part 59, subpart D, Appendix A in lieu of Method 24. 

ALT–081 .......................... Method 25C–Determination of Nonmethane Organic Compounds 

(NMOC) in Landfill Gases.

Sources subject to 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart WWW–Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid 

Waste Landfills.

Use a combination of Method 25C 

probes and leachate vents and 

gas wells to collect NMOC samples. 

ALT–082 .......................... Method 9–Visual Determination of 

the Opacity of Emissions from Stationary Sources.

Sources subject to 40 CFR parts 60, 

61, and 63.

Use the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D 7520– 

09 with specified limitations in lieu 

of Method 9. 

ALT–084 .......................... ASTM D 6216–98 .............................. Continuous opacity monitoring systems (COMS) specified in Performance Specification 1 (PS–1) of 

40 CFR, part 60, Appendix B.

Certify your COMS with either ASTM 

D 6216–98, D 6216–03, or D 

6216–07. 

ALT–085 .......................... ASTM D 4084–07 .............................. Sources subject to 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart DDDDD, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and 

Process Heaters.

Use ASTM D 5504–08 to determine 

the hydrogen sulfide concentration 

in fuel gas at boilers in lieu of 

ASTM D 4084–07. 


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TABLE 1—APPROVED ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS AND MODIFICATIONS TO TEST METHODS REFERENCED IN OR PUBLISHED UNDER APPENDICES IN 40 CFR PARTS 59, 60, 61, AND 63 MADE BETWEEN JANUARY 2011 AND DECEMBER

2011—Continued 

Alternative method decision letter/memo 

No. 

As an alternative or modification to 

. . . For . . . You may . . . 

ALT–086 .......................... ASTM D 3792 (GC Procedure) or 

ASTM D 4017 (Karl Fisher Titration).

Sources subject to 40 CFR parts 60, 

61, and 63.

Use ASTM D 7358–07 to determine 

the water content of coatings in 

lieu of ASTM D 3792 or ASTM D 

4017. 

ALT–087 .......................... Conducting a stratification test as required by Method 7E when testing 

reciprocating internal combustion 

engines.

Sources subject to 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart IIII–Standards of Performance for Stationary Compression 

Ignition Internal Combustion Engines and subpart JJJJ–Standards 

of Performance for Stationary 

Spark Ignition Internal Combustion 

Engines.

Use single-point sampling at the centroid of the exhaust when using 

Method 7E to determine NOX

emissions from Federally-regulated 

engines. 

ALT–088 .......................... Using a mass flowmeter calibrated 

against Method 2–Determination of 

Stack Gas Velocity and Volumetric 

Flow Rate (Type S Pitot Tube).

Sources subject to 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart WWW–Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid 

Waste Landfills.

Use the mass flowmeter recently 

calibrated by the manufacturer for 

measuring flow rate in lieu of calibration by Method 2. 

ALT–089 .......................... ASTM D 4084–07 .............................. Sources subject to 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart DDDDD–National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and 

Process Heaters.

Use Method 15 to measure H2S in 

refinery fuel gas in lieu of ASTM D 

4084–07. 

ALT–090 .......................... Determining vapor pressure required 

by 40 CFR part 60, subpart Kb.

Source applicability determination in 

accordance with Section 60.110b 

of 40 CFR part 60, subpart KbStandards of Performance for 

Volatile Organic Liquid Storage 

Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Which 

Construction, Reconstruction, or 

Modification Commenced After 

July 23, 1984.

Use the ‘‘Test Method for Vapor 

Pressure of Reactive Organic 

Compounds in Heavy Crude Oil 

Using Gas Chromatography’’ 

dated May 28, 2002 by David 

Littlejohn and Donald Lucas to 

measure vapor pressure of any 

volatile organic liquid containing 

heavy crude oil. 

Source owners or operators should 

review the specific broadly applicable 

alternative method approval letter on 

the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html before electing to 

employ it. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9632–3] 

Request for Nominations to the 

National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees to the U.S. Representative 

to the Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 

nominations from a diverse range of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to fill vacancies on the 

National Advisory Committee (NAC) 

and the Governmental Advisory 

Committee (GAC) to the U.S. 

Representative to the Commission for 

Environmental Cooperation (CEC). 

Vacancies on these two committees are 

expected to be selected by March 31, 

2012. We encourage nominations to be 

submitted as soon as possible. 

Additional sources may be utilized in 

the solicitation of nominees. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Advisory Committee and the 

Governmental Advisory Committee 

advise the EPA Administrator in her 

capacity as the U.S. Representative to 

the CEC Council. The Committees are 

authorized under Articles 17 and 18 of 

the North American Agreement on 

Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), 

the North American Free Trade 

Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation 

Act, Public Law 103–182, and as 

directed by Executive Order 12915, 

entitled ‘‘Federal Implementation of the 

North American Agreement on 

Environmental Cooperation.’’ The 

Committees are responsible for 

providing advice to the United States 

Representative on a wide range of 

strategic, scientific, technological, 

regulatory and economic issues related 

to implementation and further 

elaboration of the NAAEC. The National 

Advisory Committee consists of 13 

representatives from environmental 

non-profit groups, business and 

industry, and educational institutions. 

The Governmental Advisory Committee 

consists of 12 representatives from state, 

local, and tribal governments. Members 

are appointed by the EPA Administrator 

for a two-year term. The committees 

usually meet 3 times per year and the 

average workload for committee 

members is approximately 10 to 15 

hours per month. Members serve on the 

committees in a voluntary capacity. 

Although we are unable to provide 

compensation or an honorarium for 

your services, you may receive travel 

and per diem allowances, according to 

applicable federal travel regulations. 

EPA is seeking nominations from all 

sectors, including academia, industry, 

non-governmental organizations, and 

state, local and tribal governments. 

Nominees will be considered according 


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