Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/07/01/2014-15385/proposed-information-collection-request-comment-request-application-for-reference-and-equivalent
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Federal Register :: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal)
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal)
EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0530
FRL-9913-06-ORD
Supporting Statement: Application for Reference and Equivalent...
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;...
Information Collection Request (ICR): Application for...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), “Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal)” (EPA ICR No. 0559.12, OMB Control No. 2080-0005) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 2014. 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.
Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0530, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to ord-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Robert W. Vanderpool, Environmental Protection Agency, Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Process Modeling Research Branch, Mail Drop D205-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-7877; fax number: 919-541-1153; email address: Vanderpool.Robert@epa.gov
Abstract: To determine compliance with the NAAQS, State air monitoring agencies are required to use, in their air quality monitoring networks, air monitoring methods that have been Start Printed Page 37310formally designated by the EPA as either reference or equivalent methods under EPA regulations at 40 CFR Part 53. A manufacturer or seller of an air monitoring method (e.g. an air monitoring sampler or analyzer) that seeks to obtain such EPA designation of one of its products must carry out prescribed tests of the method. The test results and other information must then be submitted to the EPA in the form of an application for a reference or equivalent method determination in accordance with 40 CFR Part 53. The EPA uses this information, under the provisions of Part 53, to determine whether the particular method should be designated as either a reference or equivalent method. After a method is designated, the applicant must also maintain records of the names and mailing addresses of all ultimate purchasers of all analyzers or samplers sold as designated methods under the method designation. If the method designated is a method for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and coarse particulate matter (PM10-2.5), the applicant must also submit a checklist signed by an ISO-certified auditor to indicate that the samplers or analyzers sold as part of the designated method are manufactured in an ISO 9001-registered facility. Also, an applicant must submit a minor application to seek approval for any proposed modifications to previously designated methods.
Form Numbers: None
Respondents/affected entities: Private manufacturers, states.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain the benefit of EPA designation under 40 CFR Part 53. Submission of some information that is claimed by the applicant to be confidential business information may be necessary to make a reference or equivalent method determination. The confidentiality of any submitted information identified as confidential business information by the applicant will be protected in full accordance with 40 CFR Part 53.15 and all applicable provisions of 40 CFR Part 2.
Total estimated burden: 7,492 hours
Total estimated cost: $650,494 (per year), includes $132,668, annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
[FR Doc. 2014-15385 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]