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exclude Jones Inlet/Jones Bay from its 

2014 303(d) list. EPA evaluated existing 

and readily available data and 

information and concluded that the 

applicable narrative water quality 

standard for nutrients is being exceeded 

in Jones Inlet/Jones Bay. Based on this 

evaluation, EPA has determined that 

Jones Inlet/Jones Bay is not fully 

attaining the water quality standards 

established by New York State and 

should be included on the State’s 303(d) 

list of impaired waters. 

EPA is providing the public the 

opportunity to review its decision to 

add this water to New York’s 303(d) list, 

as required by 40 CFR 130.7(d)(2). EPA 

will consider public comments before 

transmitting its final listing decision to 

the State. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted to 

EPA on or before March 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

decision should be sent to Dana Flint, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 

10007, email greenlee.dana@epa.gov, 

telephone (212)–637–3635. Oral 

comments will not be considered. 

Copies of EPA’s letter explaining the 

rationale for EPA’s decision concerning 

New York’s list can be obtained by 

calling or emailing Mrs. Flint at the 

address above. Underlying documents 

from the administrative record for these 

decisions are available for public 

inspection at the above address. Please 

contact Mrs. Flint to schedule an 

inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana Flint at (212) 637–3635 or at 

greenlee.dana@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires that each state identify those 

waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

state water quality standards. For those 

waters, states are required to establish 

TMDLs according to a priority ranking. 

EPA’s Water Quality Planning and 

Management regulations include 

requirements related to the 

implementation of section 303(d) of the 

CWA (40 CFR 130.7). The regulations 

require states to identify water quality 

limited waters still requiring TMDLs 

every two years. The lists of waters still 

needing TMDLs must also include 

priority rankings, identify the pollutants 

causing the impairment, and identify 

the waters targeted for TMDL 

development during the next two years 

(40 CFR 130.7). 

Consistent with EPA’s regulations, 

New York submitted its listing decisions 

under Section 303(d)(2) to EPA in 

correspondence dated November 3, 

2014, January 5, 2015 and January 7, 

2015. On January 13, 2015, EPA 

partially approved New York’s 

submittal of the 303(d) list, and 

disapproved New York’s decision to 

exclude Jones Inlet/Jones Bay from the 

2014 list. EPA is soliciting public 

comment on the addition of this water 

to the State’s list, as required by 40 CFR 

130.7(d)(2). 

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

et seq. 

Dated: January 26, 2015. 

Judith A. Enck, 

Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 2. 

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Meetings of the Small Community 

Advisory Subcommittee and the Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; announcement of 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Small Community 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will 

meet via teleconference on Tuesday, 

March 10, 2015, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. 

(EST). The Subcommittee will discuss 

an EPA Rural Strategy and other small 

community issues. This is an open 

meeting. Individuals or organizations 

wishing to address the Subcommittee 

meeting will be allowed a maximum of 

five minutes to present their point of 

view on issues pertaining to small 

communities. 

The Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC) will meet via 

teleconference on Tuesday, March 10, 

2015, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (EST). The 

Committee meeting will focus on the 

Small Community Advisory 

Subcommittee’s action on an EPA Rural 

Strategy and other LGAC Workgroup 

actions such as a Water Infrastructure 

and Resiliency Finance Center, and 

other LGAC actions. 

These are open meetings, and all 

interested persons are invited to 

participate. The Subcommittee will hear 

comments from the public on Tuesday, 

March 10, 2015, 1:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 

(EST) and the Committee will hear 

comments from the public 2:15 p.m.– 

2:30 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, March 10, 

2015. Individuals or organizations 

wishing to address the Subcommittee or 

the Committee will be allowed a 

maximum of five minutes to present 

their point of view. Also, written 

comments should be submitted 

electronically to eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Please contact the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the number listed 

below to schedule a time on the agenda. 

Time will be allotted on a first-come 

first-serve basis, and the total period for 

comments may be extended if the 

number of requests for appearances 

requires it. 

ADDRESSES: The Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee and Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

meetings will meet via teleconference. 

Meeting summaries will be available 

after the meeting online at 

www.epa.gov/ocir/scas_lgac/lgac_

index.htm and can be obtained by 

written request to the DFO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Local Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) and Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS), contact 

Frances Eargle, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Information on Services for Those 

with Disabilities: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Frances 

Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

request it 10 days prior to the meeting, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: February 10, 2015. 

Frances Eargle, 

Designated Federal Officer. Local Government 

Advisory Committee. 

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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 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has made under and in support of New 

Source Performance Standards (NSPS), 

the National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), 


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and the Consolidated Federal Air Rule 

under the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 2014. 

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 60 and 

63, state, local, and tribal agencies, and 

the EPA Regional Offices responsible for 

implementation and enforcement of 

regulations under 40 CFR parts 60 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/

approalt.html. 

II. Background 

Broadly applicable alternative test 

method approval decisions made by the 

EPA in 2014 under the NSPS, 40 CFR 

part 60 and the NESHAP, 40 CFR part 

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). A 

similar authority is granted in 40 CFR 

part 65 under section 65.158(a)(2). 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 www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html before electing to 

employ it. As per section 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 publish a notice 

annually that summarizes approvals for 

broadly applicable alternative test 

methods. 

This notice comprises a summary of 

four such approval documents posted to 

our Technology Transfer Network from 

January 1, 2014, through December 31, 

2014. 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 

Table 1 serves only as a brief summary 

of the broadly applicable alternative test 

methods. 

This notice also acknowledges two 

broadly applicable test method 

approvals that we retracted in 2014. 

Broadly applicable alternative test 

method approvals referred to as ALT– 

061 and ALT–087 issued on September 

22, 2009, and July 27, 2011, 

respectively, were withdrawn. In the 

Federal Register notices dated February 

22, 2010, and February 15, 2012, we 

announced the approvals of the use of 

single-point sampling at the centroid of 

the exhaust when sampling gaseous 

emissions and diluent gases from 

federally regulated engines. However, 

based on comments that we received (on 

the proposed rule titled, ‘‘Revisions to 

Test Methods and Testing Regulations,’’ 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 9, 2012) from the Alaska 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation in a letter dated March 9, 

2012, we no longer believe that this 

alternative is appropriate for broad 

applicability. Therefore, we have 

withdrawn broadly applicable 

alternative approvals, ALT–061 and 

ALT–087. Please refer to the withdrawal 

memo on EPA’s Web site at http://

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

details regarding our decision to 

withdraw ALT–061 and ALT–087. 

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 8, 2015. 

Stephen D. Page, 

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards. 


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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 60 AND 63 POSTED BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND DECEMBER 2014 

Alternative method 

decision letter/memo 

number 

As an alternative or modification 

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

ALT–105 .................. Method 25A—Determination of Total 

Gaseous Organic Concentration 

Using a Flame Ionization Analyzer 

or Method 25B—Determination of 

Total Gaseous Organic Concentration Using a Nondispersive Infrared 

Analyzer.

Sources subject to 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart BBBBBB; 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart R, and 40 CFR part 60, subpart XX.

Produce and use vendor certified calibration gases that meet the following 

requirements: prepared in accordance with ISO 6142; analyzed in accordance with ISO 6143; filled at 

ISO 17025 accredited laboratories; 

and have a total expanded uncertainty of less than 1% (relative) with 

caveats stipulated in the agency’s 

approval letter dated May 12, 2014. 

ALT–106 .................. Method 18—Measurement of Gaseous 

Organic Compound Emissions by 

Gas Chromatography or Method 

25A—Determination of Total Gaseous Organic Concentration Using a 

Flame Ionization Analyzer.

Spark ignition internal combustion engines subject to 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart JJJJ.

Use an alternative testing approach 

using GC to separate and measure 

methane and ethane, followed by 

GC back-flush procedures to measure NMEOC in post-combustion 

emissions with caveats stipulated in 

the agency’s approval letter dated 

June 6, 2014. 

ALT–107 .................. Test methods to demonstrate initial 

and annual compliance with CO 

testing requirements prescribed in 

paragraph 63.6630(e) of 40 CFR 

part 63, subpart ZZZZ.

Stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines subject to 40 CFR 

part 63, subpart ZZZZ—National 

Emissions Standards for Hazardous 

Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines.

Use a certified and quality assured CO 

and O2 CEMS that meet the criteria 

specified in the agency’s approval 

letter dated November 20, 2013. 

ALT–108 .................. The minimum sample volume requirement of 30 dscf when using Method 

29—Determination of Metals Emissions from Stationary Sources.

Sources subject to 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart EEEEEEE, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants: Gold Mine Ore Processing and Production Area Source 

Category.

Use a 2-hour minimum sampling time 

in lieu of a 30 dscf minimum sample 

volume when Method 29 is applied. 

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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Federal Advisory Committee Act; 

Downloadable Security Technology 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the first meeting of the Federal 

Communications Commission’s (FCC or 

Commission) Downloadable Security 

Technology Advisory Committee 

(DSTAC) has been rescheduled for 

February 23, 2015 at the Commission 

headquarters in Washington, DC. 

DATES: February 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Room TW–C305 

(Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on this 

proceeding, contact Brendan Murray, 

Brendan.Murray@fcc.gov, of the Media 

Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418–1573 

or Nancy Murphy, Nancy.Murphy@

fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, (202) 418– 

1043. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The meeting will be held on February 

23, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

in the Commission Meeting Room of the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room TW–C305, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

The DSTAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee that will ‘‘identify, report, 

and recommend performance objectives, 

technical capabilities, and technical 

standards of a not unduly burdensome, 

uniform, and technology- and platformneutral software-based downloadable 

security system.’’ On December 8, 2014, 

the FCC, pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, established 

the charter for the DSTAC. 

The meeting on February 23, 2015, 

will be the first meeting of the DSTAC. 

The meeting was initially set to be held 

on February 17, 2015, but was cancelled 

because of closure of the Federal 

Government due to snow. At the 

meeting, the Committee will discuss (i) 

the scope of the report that it will 

deliver to the Commission, (ii) the 

ultimate goals of interested parties with 

respect to navigation device conditional 

access and content security, (iii) 

recommended working groups and the 

tasks for which they will be responsible, 

and (iv) any other topics related to the 

DSTAC’s work that may arise. 

The Commission will provide audio 

and/or video coverage of the meeting 

over the Internet from the FCC’s Web 

page at http://www.fcc.gov/live. The 

public may submit written comments 

before the meeting to Brendan Murray, 

DSTAC Designated Federal Officer, by 

email to DSTAC@fcc.gov or by U.S. 

Postal Service Mail to 445 12th Street 

SW., Room 4–A726, Washington, DC 

20554. 

Open captioning will be provided for 

this event. Other reasonable 

accommodations for people with 

disabilities are available upon request. 

Requests for such accommodations 

should be submitted via email to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

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