Notice2024-22298
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal)
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Published
September 30, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "Application for Reference and Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal)" (EPA ICR Number 0539-15, 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 11, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79580-79581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22298]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0530; FRL-12298-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget 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 (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 0539-15,
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 December 31, 2024. Public comments were
previously
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requested via the Federal Register on March 11, 2024 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before October 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
ORD-2005-0530, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f607d6b226b606c646a7b4f6a7f6e21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="751a071158111a161e1001351005145b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>, 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, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 919-541-7877; fax number: 919-541-4848; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#590f38373d3c2b29363635770b363b3c2b2d193c2938773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2f4c3ccc6c7d0d2cdcdce8cf0cdc0c7d0d6e2c7d2c38cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through December 31, 2024. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on March 11, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 17463). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 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. 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 53.15 and all applicable
provisions of 40 CFR part 2.
Estimated number of respondents: 22 (total).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 7,492 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $846.791 (per year), which includes $172,692
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total
estimated respondent hour burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. Based on a review of historical BLS indices for 2020
and 2024, cost index factors were used to update the estimate 2024
respondent costs for capital/start-up costs and O&M costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-22298 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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