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rates for specific pollutants are

examples of what will be required. 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. The OMB control numbers for

EPA’s regulations are listed in 40 CFR

part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The

Federal Register document required

under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on 4/16/98

(63 FR 18978).

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average between 100 and

1000 hours per response, depending on

which requirement of the rule the

information is being submitted in

response to. Burden means the total

time, effort, or financial resources

expended by persons to generate,

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide

information to or for a Federal agency.

This includes the time needed to review

instructions; develop, acquire, install,

and utilize technology and systems for

the purposes of collecting, validating,

and verifying information, processing

and maintaining information, and

disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with

any previously applicable instructions

and requirements; train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Locomotive manufacturers and

remanufacturers, and railroads.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly and

annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

54384 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $3.6M.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No 1800.01 in

any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, M.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6133–3]

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and

Equivalent Methods: Designation of a

Reference Method and an Equivalent

Method, and Receipt of Two New

Applications for Reference Method

Determinations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of designations and

receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: Notification is hereby given

that the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) has designated, in

accordance with 40 CFR part 53, a new

reference method for measuring concentrations of NO2 in ambient air and a new

equivalent method for measuring

concentrations of PM10 in ambient air.

Notification is also given that EPA has

received two new applications for PM10

reference method determinations under

40 CFR part 53.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank F. McElroy, Human Exposure and

Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–

46), National Exposure Research

Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711. Phone:

(919) 541–2622, email:

mcelroy.frank@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR

part 53, the EPA examines various

methods for monitoring the

concentrations of certain pollutants in

the ambient air. Methods that are

determined to meet specific

requirements for adequacy are

designated as either reference or

equivalent methods, thereby permitting

their use under 40 CFR part 58 by States

and other agencies in determining

attainment of the National Ambient Air

Quality Standards. EPA hereby

announces the designation of a new

reference method for measuring NO2 in

ambient air and a new equivalent

method for measuring PM10 in ambient

air. These designations are made under

the provisions of 40 CFR part 53, as

amended on July 18, 1997 (62 FR

38764).

The new reference method for NO2 is

an automated method (analyzer) that

utilizes the reference method

measurement principle based on the

chemiluminescent reaction between

nitric oxide and ozone and the

associated calibration procedure

specified in Appendix F of 40 CFR part

50. The new equivalent method for

PM10 is an automated monitoring

method that utilizes a measurement

principle based on sample collection by

filtration and analysis by beta-ray

attenuation. The newly designated

methods are identified as follows:

RFNA–0798–121, ‘‘DKK Corporation

Model GLN–114E Nitrogen Oxides Analyzer,’’ operated within a temperature range

of 20 to 30 degrees C on any of the following

measurement ranges: 0–0.005, 0–0.100, 0–

0.200, 0–0.500, and 0–1.000 ppm.

EQPM–0798–122, ‘‘Met One Instruments

Models BAM 1020, GBAM 1020, BAM 1020–

1, and GBAM 1020–1 PM10 Beta Attenuation

Monitor,’’ including the BX–802 sampling

inlet, operated for 24-hour average

measurements, with a filter change frequency

of one hour, with glass fiber filter tape, and

with or without any of the following options:

BX–823, tube extension; BX–825, heater kit;

BX–826, 230 Vac heater kit; BX–828, roof

tripod; BX–902, exterior enclosure; BX–903,

exterior enclosure with temperature control;

BX–961, mass flow controller; and BX–967,

internal calibration device.

An application for a reference method

determination for the DKK Model GLN–

114E NO2 method was received by EPA

on April 14, 1998, and a notice of the

receipt of this application was

published in the Federal Register on

June 2, 1998. The Model GLN–114E

analyzer is available from the applicant,

DKK Corporation, 4–13–14, Kichijoji

Katamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, 180,

Japan.

An application for an equivalent

method determination for the Met One

PM10 method was received by the EPA

on September 12, 1997, and a notice of

the receipt of this application was

published in the Federal Register on

December 16, 1997. The method is

available commercially from the

applicant, Met One Instruments, Inc.,

1600 Washington Boulevard, Grants

Pass, OR 97526.

Test analyzers representative of each

of these methods have been tested by

the respective applicants in accordance

with the test procedures specified in 40

CFR part 53 (as amended on July 18,

1997). After reviewing the results of

those tests and other information

submitted by the applicants, EPA has

determined, in accordance with part 53,

that these methods should be designated

as reference and equivalent methods,
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respectively. The information submitted

by the applicants will be kept on file at

EPA’s National Exposure Research

Laboratory, Research Triangle Park,

North Carolina 27711 and will be

available for inspection 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, each of these

methods 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, the

specifications and limitations (e.g.,

sample period or measurement range)

specified in the applicable designation

method description (see identification

of the methods 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 Measurement Systems,

Volume II (EPA/600/R–94/038b).

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 of appendix C to 40 CFR part

58 (Modifications of Methods by Users).

In general, a method designation

applies to any sampler or analyzer

which is identical to the sampler or

analyzer described in the designation

application. In some cases, similar

samplers or analyzers manufactured

prior to the designation may be

upgraded (e.g., by minor modification or

by substitution of a new operation or

instruction manual) so as to be identical

to the designated method and thus

achieve designated status at a modest

cost. The manufacturer should be

consulted to determine the feasibility of

such upgrading.

Part 53 requires that sellers of

designated reference or equivalent

method analyzers or samplers comply

with certain conditions. These

conditions are given 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 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 show 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 he may

choose to sell it without such

representation), nor to attach a label or

sticker to the sampler or analyzer (as

modified) under the provisions

described above, until he has received

notice under 40 CFR 53.14(c) that the

original designation or a new

designation applies to the method as

modified, or until he 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.

(h) An applicant who offers PM2.5

samplers for sale as part of a reference

or equivalent method is required to

maintain the manufacturing facility in

which the sampler is manufactured as

an ISO 9001-registered facility.

(i) An applicant who offers PM2.5

samplers for sale as part of a reference

or equivalent method is required to

submit annually a properly completed

Product Manufacturing Checklist, as

specified in part 53.

Aside from occasional breakdowns or

malfunctions, consistent or repeated

noncompliance with any of these

conditions should be reported to:

Director, National Exposure Research

Laboratory, Human Exposure and

Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–

77), 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 part 58. Questions concerning the

commercial availability or technical

aspects of any of these methods should

be directed to the appropriate applicant.

Receipt of New Reference Method

Applications

EPA is also hereby announcing that it

has received two new applications for

reference method determinations under

40 CFR part 53. Publication of a notice

of receipt of such applications is

required by § 53.5.

The new applications were received

from BGI Incorporated, 58 Guinan

Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154,

for reference method determinations for

that Company’s Model PQ–100 PM10

Ambient Particulate Sampler

(application received on May 4, 1998)

and for its Model PQ–200 Ambient Fine

Particle Sampler (application received

on June 1, 1998). If, after appropriate

technical study, the Administrator

determines that either or both of these

methods should be designated as

reference methods, notice thereof will

be published in a subsequent issue of

the Federal Register.

Dated: July 23, 1998

Henry L. Longest II,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of

Research and Development.

[FR Doc. 98–20612 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–50845; FRL–6021–4]

Receipt of a Notification to Conduct

Small-Scale Field Testing of a

Genetically-Engineered Microbial

Pesticide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

from American Cyanamid Company of a

notification (241-NMP-A) of intent to

conduct small-scale field testing

involving a microorganism, Autographa

californica Multiple-embedded Nuclear

Polyhedrosis Virus (AcMNPV). This

modified AcMNPV has been geneticallyengineered to: (1) Express an insect-