[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39250-39251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16694]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0050, FRL-9173-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Implementation of Ambient Air
Protocol Gas Verification Program; EPA ICR No. 2375.01, OMB Control
Number 2060-NEW
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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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 for a new 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 August 9,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0050, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Air
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 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: Mr. Michael Papp, Air Quality
Assessment Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code C304-06, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-2408; fax: 919-541-1903; e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 2, 2010 (40 FR 9407), 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-OAR-2010-0050 which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8:30 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 Air Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://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 http://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Implementation of Ambient Air Protocol Gas Verification
Program.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2375.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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 and 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: This ICR includes ambient air monitoring data reporting
and recordkeeping activities associated with the 40 CFR part 58,
appendix A, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance Quality Assurance
Regulations. These data and information are collected by state, local,
and tribal air quality management agencies and reported to the EPA.
The EPA Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program's quality assurance
requirements in 40 CFR part 58, appendix A, require: ``2.6 Gaseous and
Flow Rate Audit Standards. Gaseous pollutant concentration standards
(permeation devices or cylinders of compressed gas) used to obtain test
concentrations for CO, SO2, NO, and NO2 must be
traceable to either a National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) Traceable Reference Material (NTRM), NIST Standard Reference
Materials (SRM), and Netherlands Measurement Institute (NMI) Primary
Reference Materials (valid as covered by Joint Declaration of
Equivalence) or a NIST-certified Gas Manufacturer's Internal Standard
(GMIS), certified in accordance with one of the procedures given in
reference 4 of this appendix. Vendors advertising certification with
the procedures provided in reference 4 of this appendix and
distributing gases as ``EPA Protocol Gas'' must participate in the EPA
Protocol Gas Verification Program or not use ``EPA'' in any form of
advertising.''
These requirements give assurance to end users that all specialty
gas producers selling EPA Protocol Gases are participants in a program
that provides an independent assessment of the accuracy of their gases'
certified concentrations. In 2010, EPA will develop an Ambient Air
Protocol Gas Verification Program (AA-PGVP) that will provide end users
with information about participating producers and verification
results.
Each year, EPA will attempt to compare gas cylinders from every
specialty gas producer being used by ambient air monitoring
organizations. EPA Regions 2 and 7 have agreed to provide analytical
services for verification of 40 cylinders/lab or 80 cylinders total/
year. Cylinders will be verified at a pre-determined time each quarter.
In order to make the appropriate selection, EPA needs to know what
specialty gas producers are being used by the monitoring organizations.
Therefore, EPA needs information from each primary quality assurance
organization every year on specialty gas producers being used and
whether the monitoring organization would like to participate in the
verification for the upcoming calendar year.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20
minutes 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
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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: These data and information are
collected by State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 211.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 70.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,582 in labor costs.
Dated: July 1, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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