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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
ORD­
2005­
0530;
FRL
Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
Application
for
Reference
or
Equivalent
Method
Determination;
EPA
ICR
No.
0559.09
OMB
Control
No.
2080­
0005
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.

ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
PRA)(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),

this
document
announces
that
an
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval.
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection.
The
ICR,
which
is
abstracted
below,
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.

DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
[
insert
date
30
days
after
publication
in
the
Federal
Register
ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
Docket
ID
No.
EPA­
HQ­
ORD­
2005­
0530,

to
(
1)
EPA
online
using
www.
regulations.
gov
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
Office
of
Environmental
Information
(
OEI)
Docket,
oei.
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
28221T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,

Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
OMB
by
mail
to:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,

Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,

NW,
Washington,
DC
20503.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Robert
W.
Vanderpool,
U.
S.
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;
facsimile
number:
919­
541­
1153;
email:
Vanderpool.
Robert@
epa.
gov
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
ICR
to
OMB
for
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review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
On
April
4,
2006
(
71
FR
16771),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments
during
the
comment
period.
Any
additional
comments
on
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.

EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
EPA­
HQ­
ORD­

2005­
0530,
which
is
available
for
online
viewing
at
www.
regulations.
gov,
or
in
person
viewing
at
the
Office
of
Environmental
Information
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA/
DC
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
202­
566­
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Office
of
Environmental
Information
Docket
is
202­
566­
1752.

Use
EPA's
electronic
docket
and
comment
system
at
www.
regulations.
gov,
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
"
docket
search,"
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Please
note
that
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
at
www.
regulations.
gov
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
go
to
www.
regulations.
gov.

Title:
Application
for
Reference
and
Equivalent
Method
Determination
ICR
numbers:
EPA
ICR
No.
0559.09;
OMB
Control
No.
2080­
0005.

ICR
Status:
This
ICR
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
January
30,
2008.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
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is
pending
at
OMB.
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.

The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
in
title
40
of
the
CFR,
after
appearing
in
the
Federal
Register
when
approved,
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9,
are
displayed
either
by
publication
in
the
Federal
Register
or
by
other
appropriate
means,
such
as
on
the
related
collection
instrument
or
form,
if
applicable.
The
display
of
OMB
control
numbers
in
certain
EPA
regulations
is
consolidated
in
40
CFR
part
9.

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
(
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.
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A
response
to
this
collection
of
information
is
voluntary,
but
it
is
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.

Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
341
hours
per
response.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,

or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
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;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements
which
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:
State,
local,
or
tribal
government
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
22
Frequency
of
Response:
annual
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
7,492
hours
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
650,494,
includes
$
132,668
annualized
capital
or
O&
M
costs.

Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
50
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
increase
is
due
to
the
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nature
of
the
proposed
revisions
to
the
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standard
for
particulate
matter.

Dated:
_____________

_____________________________
Sara
Hisel
McCoy,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.

BILLING
CODE
6560­
50
