41252 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 148 / Monday, August 3, 1998 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Lutz, Emissions, Monitoring, and

Analysis Division (MD–14), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,

telephone (919) 541–5476, FAX (919)

541–1903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those State

and local air pollution control agencies

which collect and report ambient air

quality data for the criteria pollutants to

EPA.

Title: Ambient Air Quality

Surveillance, (OMB Number (2060–

0084), EPA ICR # 940.16) expires March

29, 1999.

Abstract: The general authority for the

collection of ambient air quality data is

contained in sections 110 and 319 of the

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857). Section

110 makes it clear that State generated

air quality data are central to the air

quality management process through a

system of State implementation plans

(SIP). Section 319 was added via the

1977 Amendments to the Act and spells

out the key elements of an acceptable

monitoring and reporting scheme. To a

large extent, the requirements of section

319 had already been anticipated in the

detailed strategy document prepared by

EPA’s Standing Air Monitoring Work

Group (SAMWG). The regulatory

provisions to implement these

recommendations were developed

through close consultation with the

State and local agency representatives

serving on SAMWG and through

reviews by ad-hoc panels from the State

and Territorial Air Pollution Program

Administrators and the Association of

Local Air Pollution Control Officials.

These modifications to the previous

regulations were issued as final rules on

May, 10, 1979 (44 FR 27558) and are

contained in 40 CFR part 58.

Major amendments which affect the

hourly burdens were made in 1983 for

lead, 1987 for PM–10, 1993 for

enhanced monitoring for ozone, and

1997 for PM2.5. The specific required

activities for the burden include

establishing and operating ambient air

monitors and samplers, conducting

sample analyses for all pollutants for

which a national ambient air quality

standard (NAAQS) has been established,

preparing, editing, and quality assuring

the data, and submitting the ambient air

quality data and quality assurance data

to EPA.

Some of the major uses of the data are

for judging attainment of the NAAQS,

evaluating progress in achieving/

maintaining the NAAQS or State/local

standards, developing or revising SIP’s,

evaluating control strategies, developing

or revising national control policies,

providing data for model development

and validation, supporting enforcement

actions, documenting episodes and

initiating episode controls, documenting

population exposure, and providing

information to the public and other

interested parties.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: It is estimated that

there are presently 136 State and local

agencies which are currently required to

submit the ambient air quality data and

quality assurance data to EPA on a

quarterly basis. The current annual

burden for the collection and reporting

of ambient air quality data has been

estimated on the existing ICR to be

(2,253,359) hours, which would average

out to be approximately (16,569) hours

per respondent. As a part of this ICR

renewal, an evaluation will be made of

the labor burden associated with this

activity.

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.

Dated: July 22, 1998

William F. Hunt, Jr.,

Director, Emissions, Monitoring, and Analysis

Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6133–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Information Requirements for

Locomotives and Locomotive Engines

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Information Requirements for

Locomotives and Locomotive Engines.

The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone

at (202) 260–2740, by email at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1800.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Information Requirements for

Locomotives and Locomotive Engines

(EPA ICR No. 1800.01). This is a new

collection.

Abstract: Section 213(5) of the Clean

Air Act (CAA), as amended in 1990,

requires that EPA promulgate

regulations containing standards

applicable to emissions from new

locomotives and new engines used in

locomotives. Information is needed to

demonstrate compliance with emissions

standards when a locomotive is freshly

manufactured, in-use, and at each

remanufacturing or upgrading event for

the locomotive program’s success. The

information submission requirements

are mandatory. Information such as

engine family, rebuild system type, total

numbers manufactured or

remanufactured, megawatt hours or

miles at remanufacture, and emissions
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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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AGENCY

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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,