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serial data port with computer cable, 

BNC connector for 0–2.5V or 4–20 mA 

scalable analog output, internal data 

logger, microFlash card for data 

recording and backup, rack mount 

hardware, and long life sample pump. 

The application for an equivalent 

method determination for this candidate 

method was received by the EPA on 

January 14, 2014. The analyzer models 

are commercially available from the 

applicant, 2B Technology, Inc., 2100 

Central Ave., Suite 105, Boulder, CO 

80303. 

The new equivalent method for Pb is 

a manual method that uses the sampling 

procedure specified in the Reference 

Method for the Determination of Lead in 

Suspended Particulate Matter Collected 

From Ambient Air (High-Volume 

Sampler), 40 CFR Part 50, Appendix G, 

with a different extraction and 

analytical procedure. The method is 

identified as follows: 

EQL–0514–213 ‘‘Determination of 

Lead (PB) on TSP Hi-Volume Filters by 

Microwave Assisted Digestion and Time 

of Flight Inductively Coupled Plasma 

Mass Spectrometry (TOF ICP–MS).’’ In 

this method, total suspended particulate 

matter (TSP) is collected on glass fiber 

filters, using the sampler and procedure 

of the EPA Reference Method for the 

Determination of Suspended Particulate 

Matter in the Atmosphere (High-Volume 

Method) (40 CFR 50, Appendix B). The 

TSP sample is extracted with a solution 

of nitric acid and digested in a 

microwave digestion system at 175ß C 

for 15 minutes, centrifuged for 30 

minutes at 2000 rpm, and brought to a 

final acid concentration of 2–3%. The 

lead content of the sample extract is 

analyzed by Time of Flight Inductively 

Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry 

(TOF ICP–MS), based on EPA SW–846 

Method 6010C. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for this Pb 

method was submitted by South Coast 

Air Quality Management District, 21865 

Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765– 

4182 and was received by the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development on 

May 18, 2012. The method descriptions 

will be available at http://www.epa.gov/ 

ttnamti1/pb-monitoring.html. 

Test monitors representative of these 

methods 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 in the 

applications, EPA has determined, in 

accordance with Part 53, that these 

methods should be designated as 

equivalent methods. 

As designated equivalent methods, 

these methods are 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 methods must be 

used in strict accordance with the 

operation or instruction manuals 

associated with the methods and subject 

to any specifications and limitations 

(e.g., configuration or operational 

settings) specified in the applicable 

designated descriptions (see the 

identification of the methods above). 

Use of the methods 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–08–003, 

December, 2008. 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 

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 these equivalent 

methods 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 methods should be 

directed to the applicant. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

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BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9912–41–OA] 

Announcement of the Board of 

Directors for the National 

Environmental Education Foundation 

AGENCY: Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Environmental 

Education and Training Foundation 

(doing business as The National 

Environmental Education Foundation or 

NEEF) was created by Section 10 of 

Public Law #101–619, the National 

Environmental Education Act of 1990. It 

is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit 

organization established to promote and 

support education and training as 

necessary tools to further environmental 

protection and sustainable, 

environmentally sound development. It 

provides the common ground upon 

which leaders from business and 

industry, all levels of government, 

public interest groups, and others can 

work cooperatively to expand the reach 

of environmental education and training 

programs beyond the traditional 

classroom. The Foundation promotes 

innovative environmental education 

and training programs such as 

environmental education for medical 

healthcare providers and broadcast 

meteorologists; it also develops 

partnerships with government and other 

organizations to administer projects that 

promote the development of an 

environmentally literal public. The 

Administrator of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, as 

required by the terms of the Act, 

announces the following appointment to 

the National Environmental Education 

Foundation Board of Directors. The 

appointee is David M. Kiser, Ph.D., Vice 

President, Environment, Health, Safety 

and Sustainability, International Paper. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice of 

Appointment, please contact Mr. Brian 

Bond, Senior Advisor to the 

Administrator for Public Engagement, 

U.S. EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. General 

information concerning NEEF can be 

found on their Web site at: http://

www.neefusa.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Considerations: Great care 

has been taken to assure that this new 

appointee not only has the highest 

degree of expertise and commitment, 

but also brings to the Board diverse 

points of view relating to environmental 

education. This appointment is a fouryear term which may be renewed once 

for an additional four years pending 

successful re-election by the NEEF 

nominating committee. 

This appointee will join the current 

Board members which include: 

Æ Decker Anstrom (NEEF Chairman) 

Former U.S. Ambassador, Retired 

Chairman, The Weather Channel 

Companies. 

Æ Trish Silber (NEEF Vice Chair) 

President, Aliniad Consulting Partners, 

Inc. 


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Æ Kenneth Strassner (NEEF 

Treasurer) Strassner Consulting, LLC. 

Æ Diane Wood (NEEF Secretary) 

President, National Environmental 

Education Foundation. 

Æ Carlos Alcazar, Founder and 

Chairman, Culture ONE World. 

Æ Megan Reilly Cayten, Co-Founder 

and Chief Executive Officer, Catrinka, 

LLC. 

Æ Philippe Cousteau, Co-Founder and 

CEO, EarthEcho International. 

Æ Wonya Lucas, President, Lucas 

Strategic Consulting. 

Æ Shannon Schuyler, Principal, 

Corporate Responsibility Leader, 

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). 

Æ Bradley Smith, Ph.D., Emeritus 

Dean, Huxley College of the 

Environment, Western Washington 

University. 

Æ Jacqueline M. Thomas, Vice 

President of Corporate Responsibility, 

Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. 

Background: Section 10(a) of the 

National Environmental Education Act 

of 1990 mandates a National 

Environmental Education Foundation. 

The Foundation is established in order 

to extend the contribution of 

environmental education and training to 

meeting critical environmental 

protection needs, both in this country 

and internationally; to facilitate the 

cooperation, coordination, and 

contribution of public and private 

resources to create an environmentally 

advanced educational system; and to 

foster an open and effective partnership 

among Federal, State, and local 

government, business, industry, 

academic institutions, community based 

environmental groups, and international 

organizations. 

The Foundation is a charitable and 

nonprofit corporation whose income is 

exempt from tax, and donations to 

which are tax deductible to the same 

extent as those organizations listed 

pursuant to section 501(c) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The 

Foundation is not an agency or 

establishment of the United States. The 

purposes of the Foundation are— 

(A) Subject to the limitation contained 

in the final sentence of subsection (d) 

herein, to encourage, accept, leverage, 

and administer private gifts for the 

benefit of, or in connection with, the 

environmental education and training 

activities and services of the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency; 

(B) to conduct such other 

environmental education activities as 

will further the development of an 

environmentally conscious and 

responsible public, a well-trained and 

environmentally literate workforce, and 

an environmentally advanced 

educational system; 

(C) to participate with foreign entities 

and individuals in the conduct and 

coordination of activities that will 

further opportunities for environmental 

education and training to address 

environmental issues and problems 

involving the United States and Canada 

or Mexico. 

The Foundation develops, supports, 

and/or operates programs and projects 

to educate and train educational and 

environmental professionals, and to 

assist them in the development and 

delivery of environmental education 

and training programs and studies. 

The Foundation has a governing 

Board of Directors (hereafter referred to 

in this section as ‘the Board’), which 

consists of 13 directors, each of whom 

shall be knowledgeable or experienced 

in the environment, education and/or 

training. The Board oversees the 

activities of the Foundation and assures 

that the activities of the Foundation are 

consistent with the environmental and 

education goals and policies of the 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

with the intents and purposes of the 

Act. The membership of the Board, to 

the extent practicable, represents 

diverse points of view relating to 

environmental education and training. 

Members of the Board are appointed by 

the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

Within 90 days of the date of the 

enactment of the National 

Environmental Education Act, and as 

appropriate thereafter, the 

Administrator will publish in the 

Federal Register an announcement of 

appointments of Directors of the Board. 

Such appointments become final and 

effective 90 days after publication in the 

Federal Register. The directors are 

appointed for terms of 4 years. The 

Administrator shall appoint an 

individual to serve as a director in the 

event of a vacancy on the Board within 

60 days of said vacancy in the manner 

in which the original appointment was 

made. No individual may serve more 

than 2 consecutive terms as a director. 

Dated: June 5, 2014. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

David M. Kiser, Ph.D. 

Dr. Kiser is currently Vice President, 

Environment, Health, Safety and 

Sustainability for International Paper, a 

leading natural resources company that 

values environmental education, 

environmental stewardship and 

sustainability. Dr. Kiser has over 30 

years of experience as a leader in 

corporate sustainability and social 

responsibility issues, having previously 

served in various capacities, including 

EHS Vice President for Eastman Kodak 

Company over a 29 year career with that 

firm. He is very well respected among 

his peers for his experience leading 

health, safety and environmental 

functions, for his abilities to help 

organizations manage change, and for 

his skills in motivating and managing 

people. 

Dr. Kiser has a Ph.D. and a Masters in 

Physiology from Penn State and a 

Bachelor’s Degree in Education from 

Western Michigan University. He has 

served as an instructor at Rochester 

Institute of Technology in that school’s 

MBA program and is also a member of 

a wide variety of non-profit boards 

including The Nature Conservancy. In 

addition, Dr. Kiser started his career as 

a high school science and math teacher 

in Cedar Springs, Michigan. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0419; FRL–9911–49] 

Propazine; Receipt of Application for 

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Texas 

Department of Agriculture to use the 

pesticide propazine (CAS No. 139–40–2) 

to treat up to 3,000,000 acres of cotton 

to control glyphosate-resistant Palmer 

amaranth. The applicant proposes the 

use of a pesticide that contains the 

active ingredient propazine, which 

belongs to the triazine class of 

pesticides. EPA is soliciting public 

comment before making the decision 

whether or not to grant the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0419, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 


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