Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 15, 1995 / Notices 13977

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, (919–541–1058).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA

is publishing today through the

Technology Transfer Network (TTN),

Emission Measurement Technical

Information Center (EMTIC) electronic

bulletin board, Enhanced Monitoring

Menu, thirteen draft example enhanced

monitoring protocols (EMPs) for public

review and comment. These example

protocols have been prepared in

response to needs expressed by state

and local permitting authorities and

industry source owners and operators in

implementing the forthcoming 40 CFR

Part 64, the Enhanced Monitoring Rule,

proposed in the Federal Register,

October 22, 1993 (58 FR 54648).

Comments on the draft EMPs are

requested by April 10, 1995, and may be

sent to Peter Westlin either in hard copy

at the address above or via the TTN

electronic mail.

The draft example EMPs include

specific process, pollutant, and control

device applicability statements,

executive summaries, monitoring

protocol design, and measurement and

calculation procedures to produce data

in units consistent with applicable

emission limits. The EPA intends the

final EMPs to serve as examples upon

which source owners or operators can

design site-specific protocols to include

in operating permit applications. Note

that publication of example EMPs does

not imply automatic approval of any

site-specific EMP described in a permit

application submitted to the relevant

permitting authority; however, for a

permit application for an emission unit

with operating characteristics consistent

with those described in a published

example EMP and including a proposed

site-specific EMP analogous to the

example EMP, the EPA intends that the

EMP can be presumed acceptable.

Presumptive acceptability would not

preclude the need to verify that the

performance of the EMP is consistent

with applicable requirements which

will be described in detail in the final

Part 64 rule scheduled for promulgation

in April 1995. Additional information

on the presumptive acceptability of

example EMPs and the permit

application review process is provided

in the December 28, 1994, Federal

Register notice (59 FR 66844) which

reopened the comment period on the

proposed enhanced monitoring rule for

a limited number of issues. Note that the

comment period ended on February 3,

1995.

The first thirteen example EMPs

represent the first of about 300 that the

Agency anticipates producing over the

next five years to assist in the

implementation of the Enhanced

Monitoring Rule. The Agency is seeking

comments on these draft EMPs

regarding their applicability, technical

merit, and appropriate level of

flexibility. Commenters with additional

supporting data for these or other

example EMPs are encouraged to submit

those data. Comments on the draft EMPs

are requested by April 14, 1995, and

may be sent to Peter Westlin either in

hard copy at the address above or via

the TTN electronic mail. The Agency

will review the comments, consider

changes resulting from the promulgation

of the rule, revise the EMPs as

appropriate, and issue final versions of

the EMPs in the following few months

through the EMTIC electronic bulletin

board, and will announce their

availability through a notice in the

Federal Register.

The thirteen example EMPs are as

follows:

Predictive NOX Emission Monitoring

System for Natural Gas Fired Electric

Utility Boilers: NOX emissions in ng/J

calculated from boiler parameter

measurements.

Fuel Sampling and Sulfur Analysis

for Oil-Fired Electric Utility Boilers: SO2

emissions in ng/J and kg/hr based on

fuel sulfur content, heat content, and

flow rate measurements.

Predictive Effluent Flow Rate

Monitoring System for Fossil Fuel-Fired

Electric Utility Boilers: Total gas exhaust

volume flow rate based on fuel and

boiler operating parameter

measurements, m3/hr.

Record Keeping and Calculation

Procedures for Coating and Inking

Processes that Use Compliance

Coatings: Total VOC emissions

calculated from coating organic content

and use rate measurements.

Continuous NOX Emission Monitoring

System for Stationary Gas Turbines:

Application of a CEMS for NOX

concentration measurements for gas

turbines that do not use water or steam

injection rate for NOX control.

Operation and Maintenance Protocol

for Processes Using Venturi Scrubber

Control for Particulate Matter:

Application of control device operating

parameter measurements and specific

corrective actions applied in

combination and in lieu of direct

particulate emission monitoring.

Operation and Maintenance Protocol

for Processes Using Positive Pressure

Fabric Filters for Particulate Matter

Control: Application of visible

emissions monitoring and specific

corrective actions applied in

combination and in lieu of direct

particulate emission monitoring.

Manual Monitoring of Fuel Gas Sulfur

Content for Process Heaters at

Petroleum Refineries: Twice daily

measurement of fuel H2S content for

fuels with sulfur content less than 20

percent of compliance limit.

Demonstrated Compliance Parameter

Limit Monitoring for Permanent Total

Enclosure and Thermal Incinerator

Used for a Magnetic Tape Coating Line:

Monitoring of incinerator combustion

temperature, enclosure flow rate

differential pressure, and process

operating times as indicators of

compliance operation.

Demonstrated Compliance Parameter

Limit Monitoring for Vented Curing

Oven and Thermal Incinerator Used for

a Metal Coil Coating Line: Monitoring of

incinerator combustion temperature,

curing oven flow rate differential

pressure, and process operating times as

indicators of compliance operation.

Continuous NOX Emission Monitoring

System and Conversion Factor for Nitric

Acid Plants: Application of a CEMS and

site-specific conversion factor to

calculate mg/MG of NOX emissions per

acid production rate.

Continuous SO2 and NOX Emission

Monitoring System for Coal-Fired

Industrial Boilers: Application of a

CEMS and F-factors to calculate ng/J

emission rates.

Generic Continuous Emissions

Monitoring System Protocol: A generally

applicable protocol for applying CEMS

for SOX, NOX, and diluent

measurements to calculate emissions in

units of the applicable standard.

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Steven A. Herman,

Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance.

[FR Doc. 95–6406 Filed 3–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[OPP–00367A; FRL–4942–1]

Dermal Absorption Studies of

Pesticides; Availability of Guideline

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the guideline for Dermal

absorption Studies of Pesticides. This

guideline is part of Subdivision F of the

Pesticide Assessment Guidelines, which

provide guidance for registrants in the

conduct of tests to support registration

of pesticides under the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA). The Agency has made

arrangements for the Dermal Absorption

of Pesticides guideline to be made
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available through the U.S. Department

of Commerce, National Technical

Information Service (NTIS).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the guideline for

Dermal Absorption of Pesticides may be

obtained through the U.S. Department of

Commerce, National Technical

Information Service, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, (703)

487–4650. Orders may be placed by

telephone to the NTIS Order Desk and

charged against a deposit account or

American Express, VISA, or Mastercard,

or sent by mail with check, money

order, or deposit account number. For

rush orders, telephone 1–800–336–4700.

From Virginia, Canada, Mexico, or

International, call (703) 487–4650. The

publication number is PB 95–148615.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert P. Zendzian, Health Effects

Division (7509C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. (703) 305–

5495).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) pesticides

must be tested for a variety of health

effects. Specific data requirements are

codified in 40 CFR part 158. Guidelines

for the conduct of such studies have

been developed by the Office of

Pesticide Programs and are made

available through the National

Technical Information service (NTIS).

The Pesticide Assessment guidelines,

Subdivision F, describe protocols for

performing toxicology and related tests

to support registration of pesticides

under the Federal Food, Drug, and

Cosmetic Act and the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act.

Subdivision F was proposed for

public comment in 1978 and published

in October 1982. At that time the

Agency published criteria for

performing a dermal absorption study

on a pesticide and reserved a line item,

section 85–3, for a guideline on Dermal

Absorption Studies of Pesticides. The

Agency had available a protocol for

dermal absorption studies but did not

consider it ready for publication.

Following 9 years of experience with

studies on the dermal absorption of

pesticides, a proposed guideline for

Dermal Absorption Studies of Pesticides

was made available for public comment

by publication in the Federal Register of

March 13, 1991 and a revised proposed

guideline in the Federal Register of

October 21, 1993. The revised proposed

guideline was presented to the FIFRA

Scientific Advisory Panel on December

15, 1993 at a public meeting. This final

guideline for Dermal Absorption studies

of Pesticides incorporates comments of

the public and the FIFRA Scientific

Advisory Panel. It is specifically

designed to assist in the risk assessment

of pesticide exposure by the dermal

route, following the determination of a

significant toxic effect in toxicology

studies performed by the oral or

inhalation route.

Dated: February 27, 1995.

Stephanie R. Irene,

Acting Director, Health Effects Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–6409 Filed 3–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[FRL–5173–1]

Environmental Statistics

Subcommittee of the National Advisory

Council for Policy and Technology;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Statistics Subcommittee

(of the Environmental Information and

Assessment Committee) of the National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology (NACEPT) will

hold a one and one-half day meeting of

the full Subcommittee.

The Environmental Statistics

Subcommittee was formed to provide

key recommendations and strategic

advice on the statistical products and

activities necessary to enhance the

Agency’s knowledge about

environmental statistics and trends, and

to explore information gaps from the

perspective of the users/producers of

these data products. The meeting is

being held to discuss and offer critical

advice on an information policy

initiative, 305b reports, and the role,

functions, and information needs of a

Federal statistical agency.

Scheduling constraints preclude oral

comments from the public during the

meeting. Written comments can be

submitted by mail, and will be

transmitted to Committee members for

consideration.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on April 3, 1995 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. and April 4, 1995 from 9:00 a.m.

to 1:00 p.m. The meetings will be held

at the Hall of States, 444 North Capitol

Street, NW., Rooms 383–385,

Washington, DC 20011. The hall

telephone number is (202) 624–5490.

This meeting is open to the public. Due

to the limited space, seating at the

meeting will be on a first-come basis.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to: James Morant, Chief,

National Environmental Statistics

Branch, Environmental Statistics and

Information Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail

Code 2163, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTRACT:

James Morant, Designated Federal

Official, Direct Line (202) 260–2266,

General Line (202) 260–2680, Fax (202)

260–4968.

Dated: March 3, 1995.

James Morant,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 95–6408 Filed 3–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[PF–619; FRL–4930–8]

Pesticide Tolerance Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

by EPA of an initial filing of two feed

additive petitions (FAPs), and it

announces one amendment to a

previously published pesticide petition

(PP).

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments to: Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA

22202.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this notice may be claimed

confidential by marking any part or all

of that information as ‘‘Confidential

Business Information’’ (CBI).

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

A copy of the comment that does not

contain CBI must be submitted for

inclusion in the public record.

Information not marked confidential

may be disclosed publicly by EPA

without prior notice. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address

given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Registration Division (7505C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,