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the docket. EPA solicits additional 

information during the public notice of 

the draft 2016 PGP that will allow for a 

more accurate cost analysis, and will 

update the cost impact analysis as 

appropriate, for the final permit. 

V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

The draft 2016 PGP is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

VI. Executive Order 13175: 

Consultation and Coordination With 

Indian Tribal Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications as specified in E.O. 13175. 

It will neither impose substantial direct 

compliance costs on federally 

recognized tribal governments, nor 

preempt tribal law. EPA directly 

implements the NPDES Program, 

including the proposed 2016 PGP, in 

Indian Country; therefore, in 

compliance with the EPA Policy on 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribes, EPA consulted with tribal 

officials early in the process to permit 

tribes to have meaningful and timely 

input into the renewal of the 2016 PGP. 

To gain an understanding of, and where 

necessary, to address tribal implications 

of the draft 2016 PGP, EPA conducted 

the following activities: 

• October 28, 2015—EPA mailed 

notification letters to tribal leaders 

initiating consultation and coordination 

on the renewal of the PGP. The 

initiation letter was posted on the tribal 

portal Web site at http://tcots.epa.gov. 

• November 19, 2015—EPA held an 

informational teleconference open to all 

tribal representatives, and reserved the 

last part of the teleconference for official 

consultation comments. Seven tribal 

officials participated. EPA also invited 

tribes to submit written comments on 

the draft 2016 PGP. The presentation 

was posted on the tribal portal Web site 

at http://tcots.epa.gov. 

Although EPA did not receive any 

comments during the formal 

consultation period, EPA encourages 

tribes to participate in the public review 

process by submitting comments 

through regulations.gov. EPA will 

consider the comments and address 

them in the final action. 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

Joan Leary Matthews, 

Director, Clean Water Division, EPA Region 

2. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

Jose C. Font, 

Division Director, Caribbean Environmental 

Protection Division, EPA Region 2. 

Dated: January 13, 2016. 

Jon M. Capacasa, 

Director, Water Protection Division, EPA 

Region 3. 

Dated: January 13, 2016. 

James D. Giattina, 

Director, Water Protection Division, EPA 

Region 4. 

Dated: January 13, 2016. 

Tinka G. Hyde, 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region 5. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

William K. Honker, P.E., 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region 6. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

Karen A. Flournoy, 

Director, Water, Wetlands and Pesticides 

Division, EPA Region 7. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

Darcy O’Connor, 

Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, 

Office of Partnerships and Regulatory 

Assistance, EPA Region 8. 

Dated: January 13, 2016. 

Tomas Torres, 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region 9. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

Daniel D. Opalski, 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

EPA Region 10. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9941–73–ORD] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of a 

New Equivalent Method 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

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, one new reference 

method for measuring concentrations of 

PM10 in the 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 

a new equivalent method for measuring 

pollutant concentrations of PM10 in the 

ambient air. These designations are 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

part 53, as amended on August 31, 2011 

(76 FR 54326–54341). 

The new equivalent method for PM10

is an automated monitoring method 

utilizing a measurement principle based 

on sample collection by filtration and 

analysis by beta-ray attenuation and is 

identified as follows: 

EQPM–1215–226, ‘‘Met One 

Instruments, Inc. E–BAM + Beta 

Attenuation Mass Monitor ¥ PM10 FEM 

Configuration,’’ configured for 24 1-hour 

average measurements of PM10 by beta 

attenuation, using a glass fiber filter tape 

roll (460130 or 460180), a sample flow 

rate of 16.67 liters/min, with the 

standard (BX–802) EPA PM10 inlet 

(meeting 40 CFR 50 Appendix L 

specifications) and equipped with 9250 

ambient temperature sensor. Instrument 

must be operated in accordance with the 

E–BAM + Particulate Monitor operation 

manual, revision 1 or later. This 

designation applies to PM10

measurements only. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for the PM10

method was received by the Office of 

Research and Development on 

November 19, 2015. This monitor is 

commercially available from the 

applicant, Met One Instruments, Inc., 

1600 Washington Blvd., Grants Pass, OR 

97526. 

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Representative test monitors have 

been tested in accordance with the 

applicable test procedures specified in 

40 CFR part 53, as amended on August 

31, 2011. 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 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 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 Measurements Division (MD–E205– 

01), National Exposure Research 

Laboratory, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina 27711. 

Designation of this 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. 

Dated: January 19, 2016. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01560 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2010–0763; FRL–9941– 

70–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Hazardous Chemical Reporting: 

Emergency and Hazardous Chemical 

Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II) 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Hazardous 

Chemical Reporting: Emergency and 

Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms 

(Tier I and Tier II) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 2436.03, OMB Control No. 2050– 

0206) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

March 31, 2016. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (80 FR 62526) on October 16, 

2015 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. An Agency may not 

conduct or sponsor and a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 25, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number, EPA– 

HQ–SFUND–2010–0763, to (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

superfund.docket@epa.gov or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy 

Jacob, Office of Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 5104A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–8019; fax number: (202) 564–2620; 

email address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: Sections 311 and 312 of the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) apply to the 

owner or operator of any facility that is 

required to prepare or have available a 

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for a 

hazardous chemical under the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 and its implementing regulations. 

Under section 311 of EPCRA, these 

facilities are required to submit MSDS 

to the State Emergency Response 

Commission (SERC), the Local 

Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), 

and the local fire department for each 

hazardous chemical stored on-site in a 

quantity greater than the reporting 

threshold. Section 312 of EPCRA 

requires owners and operators of 

facilities to annually report the 

inventories of those chemicals reported 

under section 311. EPA is required to 

publish two emergency and hazardous 

chemical inventory forms, ‘‘Tier I’’ and 

‘‘Tier II,’’ for use by these facilities. On 

July 13, 2012, EPA further revised these 

forms to add some new data elements 

that would be useful for local 

emergency planners and responders. In 

ICR 2436.02, EPA estimated that after 

the initial reporting of the new data 

elements, it would only take 0.25 hours 

per facility to review the new data 

elements and revise if necessary. New 

data elements added to page one of the 

Tier II form included contact 

information for facility emergency 

coordinator; Tier II information; 

whether facility is manned or 

unmanned; if the facility is subject to 

EPCRA Section 302 or CAA Section 

112(r) (Risk Management Program) etc. 

Form Numbers: 8700–29 and 8700– 

30. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Facilities with hazardous chemicals 

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