Notice2021-13944
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal)
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June 30, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (EPA ICR Number 0559.14, OMB Control Number 2080-0005) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 20, 2021. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 12, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34736-34737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13944]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0530; FRL-10025-75-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Application for Reference and Equivalent
Method Determination (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Application for Reference and
Equivalent Method Determination (EPA ICR Number 0559.14, OMB Control
Number 2080-0005) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved
through June 20, 2021. Public comments were previously requested via
the Federal Register on February 12, 2021 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
ORD-2005-0530 online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's
policy is that all comments received will be included in the public
docket without change including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to
be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert W. Vanderpool, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Methods and Characterization Division, Air
Quality Branch, Mail Drop D205-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: 919-541-7877; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abfdcac5cfced9dbc4c4c785f9c4c9ced9dfebcedbca85ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ec8fff0fafbeceef1f1f2b0ccf1fcfbeceadefbeeffb0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room
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3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional information about
EPA's public docket, visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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 formally
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
(PM<INF>2.5</INF>) and coarse particulate matter (PM<INF>10-2.5</INF>),
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.
Estimated number of respondents; 22.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 7492 (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $746,029 (per year), includes $152,152
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-13944 Filed 6-29-21; 8:45 am]
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