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CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15 are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 320 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose and provide information 

either 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. 

All existing ways will have to adjust to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements that have 

subsequently changed; 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: 

Owners and operators of hospital/ 

medical/infectious waste incinerators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

72. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, annually and 

semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

69,067. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$5,705,702, which is comprised of 

$5,575,702 in labor costs, $130,000 in 

operation and maintenance (O&M) 

costs, and no capital/startup costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the labor hours in this ICR 

compared to the previous ICR. This is 

due to two considerations. First, the 

regulations have not changed over the 

past three years and are not anticipated 

to change over the next three years. 

Secondly, the current growth rate for the 

industry is very low, negative or 

nonexistent, so there is no significant 

change in the overall burden. 

Dated: June 8, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–14010 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8919–2] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of a 

New Equivalent Method 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of the designation of a 

new equivalent method for monitoring 

ambient air quality. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has designated, in accordance 

with 40 CFR Part 53, a new equivalent 

method for measuring concentrations of 

PM10–2.5 in the ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surender Kaushik, Human Exposure 

and Atmospheric Sciences Division 

(MD–D205–03), National Exposure 

Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. Phone: (919) 541–5691, email: 

Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR 

Part 53, the EPA evaluates various 

methods for monitoring the 

concentrations of those ambient air 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set 

forth in 40 CFR Part 50. Monitoring 

methods that are determined to meet 

specific requirements for adequacy are 

designated by the EPA as either 

reference methods or equivalent 

methods (as applicable), thereby 

permitting their use under 40 CFR Part 

58 by States and other agencies for 

determining compliance with the 

NAAQSs. 

The EPA hereby announces the 

designation of a new equivalent method 

for measuring concentrations of PM10–2.5

in the ambient air. This designation is 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

part 53, as amended on October 17, 

2006 (71 FR 61271). 

The new PM10–2.5 equivalent method 

utilizes a pair of FEM samplers (EQPM– 

0308–170), one configured to measure 

PM2.5 and the other to measure PM10.

This automated monitoring method 

utilizes a measurement principle based 

on sample collection by filtration and 

analysis by beta-ray attenuation. The 

newly designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQPM–0709–185, ‘‘Met One Instruments 

BAM–1020 PM10–2.5 Measurement System,’’ 

consisting of 2 BAM–1020 monitors, the first 

of which (PM2.5 measurement) is configured 

as a PM2.5 FEM (EQPM–0308–170). The 

second BAM–1020 monitor (PM10

measurement) is configurable as a PM2.5 FEM 

(EQPM–0308–170), but set to monitor PM10. 

The BAM–1020 monitors are collocated to 

within 1–4 meters of one another. The BAM– 

1020 performing the PM2.5 measurement is 

equipped with Met One Instruments, Inc. P/ 

N BX–Coarse interface board and accessories; 

the units are interconnected to provide 

concurrent sampling and to report PM10–2.5

concentrations directly to the user. Both 

units are operated in accordance with BAM– 

1020 PM–Coarse Addendum Rev. 5–5 or later 

and the BAM–1020 Operations Manual Rev. 

D or later. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for this candidate 

method was received by the EPA on 

January 22, 2009. The monitor is 

commercially available from the 

applicant, Met One Instruments, Inc., 

1600 Washington Blvd., Grants Pass, OR 

97526. 

Test analyzers representative of this 

method have been tested in accordance 

with the applicable test procedures 

specified in 40 CFR part 53 (as amended 

on October 17, 2006). After reviewing 

the results of those tests and other 

information submitted by the applicant 

in the application, EPA has determined, 

in accordance with part 53, that this 

method should be designated as an 

equivalent method. The information 

submitted by the applicant will be kept 

on file, either at EPA’s National 

Exposure Research Laboratory, Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 or 

in an approved archive storage facility, 

and will be available for inspection 

(with advance notice) to the extent 

consistent with 40 CFR Part 2 (EPA’s 

regulations implementing the Freedom 

of Information Act). 

As a designated equivalent method, 

this method 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, this method must be 

used in strict accordance with the 

operation or instruction manual 

associated with the method and subject 

to any specifications and limitations 

(e.g., configuration or operational 

settings) specified in the applicable 

designated method description (see the 

identification of the method 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 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, 


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December, 2008 (available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/qabook.html). 

Vendor modifications of a designated 

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 (Modifications of 

Methods by Users) of Appendix C to 40 

CFR Part 58. 

In general, a method designation 

applies to any sampler or analyzer 

which is identical to the sampler or 

analyzer described in the application for 

designation. In some cases, similar 

samplers or analyzers manufactured 

prior to the designation may be 

upgraded or converted (e.g., by minor 

modification or by substitution of the 

approved operation or instruction 

manual) so as to be identical to the 

designated method and thus achieve 

designated status. The manufacturer 

should be consulted to determine the 

feasibility of such upgrading or 

conversion. 

Part 53 requires that sellers of 

designated reference or equivalent 

method analyzers or samplers comply 

with certain conditions. These 

conditions are specified in 40 CFR 53.9. 

Aside from occasional breakdowns or 

malfunctions, consistent or repeated 

noncompliance with any of these 

conditions 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 this new equivalent 

method 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 method should be 

directed to the applicant. 

Jewel F. Morris, 

Acting Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. E9–14022 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8918–6] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition for Objection to 

Federal Operating Permit for CITGO 

Refining and Chemicals Company L.P. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that the EPA Administrator has 

responded to a citizen petition asking 

EPA to object to the CITGO Refining and 

Chemicals Company L.P. (CITGO) 

operating permit issued by the Texas 

Commission on Environmental Quality. 

Specifically, the Administrator has 

partially granted and partially denied 

the petition submitted by 

Environmental Integrity Project, the 

Refinery Reform Campaign, Citizens for 

Environmental Justice, and Suzie 

Canales (Petitioners), to object to the 

title V operating permit for CITGO to 

operate the West Plant at its refinery in 

Corpus Christi, Texas. 

Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the 

Clean Air Act (Act), the petitioner may 

seek judicial review of those portions of 

the petition which EPA denied in the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit. Any petition for 

review shall be filed within 60 days 

from the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register, pursuant to section 

307 of the Act. 

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of 

the final order, the petition, and other 

supporting information at EPA Region 6, 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 

2733. EPA requests that if at all 

possible, you contact the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section to view copies of the 

final order, petition, and other 

supporting information. If you wish to 

examine these documents, you should 

make an appointment at least 24 hours 

before visiting day. The final order is 

also available electronically at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/

air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/citgo_

corpuschristi_west_response2007.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bonnie Braganza, Air Permits Section, 

Multimedia Planning and Permitting 

Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, 

telephone (214) 665–7340, or e-mail at 

braganza.bonnie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review, 

and, as appropriate, object to operating 

permits proposed by State permitting 

authorities under Title V of the Act. 

Section 505(b)(2) of the Act authorizes 

any person to petition the EPA 

Administrator within 60 days after the 

expiration of this review period to 

object to title V operating permits if EPA 

has not done so. Petitions must be based 

only on objections to the permit that 

were raised with reasonable specificity 

during the public comment period 

provided by the State, unless the 

petitioner demonstrates that it was 

impracticable to raise these issues 

during the comment period or the 

grounds for the issues arose after this 

period. 

On March 30, 2007, EPA received a 

petition from the Petitioners requesting 

that EPA object to the issuance of the 

title V operating permit to CITGO for the 

operation of the West Plant at its 

refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. First, 

the petitioners claim that the permit’s 

monitoring requirements are not 

adequate to ensure compliance with all 

emission limitations and other 

substantive Act requirements. 

Second, the Petitioners claim that the 

permit’s use of incorporation by 

reference for emission limitations and 

standards violates title V of the Act and 

its implementing regulations at 40 CFR 

part 70 and renders the permit 

practically unenforceable. Further, the 

Petitioners claim that (1) the permit 

should include the emission rate tables 

located in underlying permits; (2) the 

Applicable Requirements Summary of 

the permit must reference a State 

administrative enforcement order, and 

the permit should explicitly state the 

provisions of the order as terms of the 

permit; and (3) the permit must 

explicitly incorporate a federal consent 

decree, and the permit should 

specifically state the emission 

limitations and monitoring 

requirements of the consent decree as 

terms of the permit. 

On May 28, 2009, the Administrator 

issued an order partially granting and 

partially denying the petition. The order 

explains the reasons behind EPA’s 

conclusion to partially grant and 

partially deny the petition for objection. 

Dated: June 5, 2009. 

Lawrence E. Starfield, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E9–14016 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8918–7] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition for Objection to 

Federal Operating Permit for The 

Premcor Refining Group, Inc. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that the EPA Administrator has 

responded to a citizen petition asking 

EPA to object to the Premcor Refining 


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