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On November 16, 2007 (72 FR 64611),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
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Title: Worker Protection Standard
Training and Notification.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1759.05,
OMB Control No. 2070–0148.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on May 31, 2008. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
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required to respond to, a collection of
information, unless it displays a
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Abstract: EPA is responsible for the
regulation of pesticides under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The Worker
Protection Standard (WPS), codified at
40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
part 170, established requirements to
protect agricultural workers and
pesticide handlers from hazards of
pesticides used on farms, on forests, in
nurseries and in greenhouses. 40 CFR
part 170 contains the standard and
workplace practices, which are designed
to reduce or eliminate exposure to
pesticides and establish procedures for
responding to exposure-related
emergencies. The practices include
prohibitions against applying pesticides
in a way that would cause exposure to
workers and others; a waiting period
before workers can return to areas
treated with pesticides (restricted entry
interval); basic safety training (and
voluntary training verification) and
posting of information about pesticide
hazards, as well as pesticide application
information; arrangements for the
supply of soap, water, and towels in
case of pesticide exposure; and
provisions for emergency assistance.
The training verification program
facilitates compliance with the training
requirements by providing a voluntary
method for employers to verify that the
required safety information has been
provided to workers and handlers.
This renewal ICR estimates the third
party response burden from complying
with the Worker Protection Standard
requirements. Information is exchanged
between agricultural employers and
employees at farm, forest, nursery and
greenhouse establishments to ensure
worker safety. No information is
collected by the Agency under this ICR.
Responses to this ICR are mandatory.
The authority for this information
collection is provided under section 25
of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 170.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 0.15 hours (about
9 minutes) per response, ranging from
two minutes to 45 minutes for the
various types of responses. 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
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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:
Agricultural employers, including
employers in farms as well as nursery,
forestry, and greenhouse establishments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,245,393.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,776,131
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$76,574,607, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The total
estimated annual respondent burden for
this ICR renewal is 1,776,131 hours, a
reduction of 517,233 from the 2,293,364
total estimated burden hours in the
currently-approved ICR. This change is
an adjustment and is the result of a
correction to the estimated annual
number of treatment-specific worker
and handler notification events, both
oral and posted. Although EPA had
correctly explained the method of
calculating the number of notifications
in previous versions of this ICR, the
figures presented in the supporting
statement’s corresponding tables that
were used to tally the overall burden
were inconsistent with EPA’s
explanation. EPA has clarified its
explanation in the supporting statement.
Dated: May 9, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Office of Research and Development;
Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and
Equivalent Methods: Designation of a
New Reference Method
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection
Agency.
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Notice of the designation of a
new reference method for monitoring
ambient air quality.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has designated, in accordance
with 40 CFR part 53, on a new reference
method for measuring concentrations of
nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the ambient
air.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Hunike, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–
D205–03), National Exposure Research
Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711. Phone:
(919) 541–3737, e-mail:
Hunike.Elizabeth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with regulations at 40 CFR
part 53, the EPA evaluates various
methods for monitoring the
concentrations of those ambient air
pollutants for which EPA has
established National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set
forth in 40 CFR part 50. Monitoring
methods that are determined to meet
specific requirements for adequacy are
designated by the EPA as either
reference methods or equivalent
methods (as applicable), thereby
permitting their use under 40 CFR part
58 by States and other agencies for
determining attainment of the NAAQSs.
The EPA hereby announces the
designation of a new reference method
for measuring concentrations of NO2 in
the ambient air. This designation is
made under the provisions of 40 CFR
part 53, as amended on December 18,
2006 (71 FR 61271).
The new reference method for NO2 is
an automated method (analyzer) that
utilizes the measurement principle (gas
phase chemiluminescence) and the
calibration procedure specified in
Appendix F of 40 CFR part 50. The
newly designated NO2 reference method
is identified as follows:
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RFNA–0508–171, ‘‘DKK–TOA Corporation
Model GLN–314E Nitrogen Oxides
Analyzer,’’ operated at any temperature in
the range of 20 °C to 30 °C, on any of the
following measurement ranges: 0–0.100 ppm,
0–0.200 ppm, 0–0.500 ppm.
An application for a reference method
determination for the candidate method
was received by the EPA on December
13, 2007. The sampler is commercially
available from the applicant, DKK–TOA
Corporation, 29–10, 1-Chome,
Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
169–8648, Japan (https://
www.toadkk.co.jp).
A test analyzer representative of this
method has been tested in accordance
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with the applicable test procedures
specified in 40 CFR part 53 (as amended
on December 18, 2006). After reviewing
the results of those tests and other
information submitted by the applicant
in the application, EPA has determined,
in accordance with part 53, that this
method should be designated as a
reference method. The information
submitted by the applicant in the
application will be kept on file, either
at EPA’s National Exposure Research
Laboratory, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711 or in an approved
archive storage facility, and will be
available for inspection (with advance
notice) to the extent consistent with 40
CFR part 2 (EPA’s regulations
implementing the Freedom of
Information Act).
As a designated reference method,
this method is acceptable for use by
states and other air monitoring agencies
under the requirements of 40 CFR part
58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance.
For such purposes, the method must be
used in strict accordance with the
operation or instruction manual
associated with the method and subject
to any specifications and limitations
(e.g., configuration or operational
settings) specified in the applicable
designation method description (see the
identifications of the method above).
Use of the method should also be in
general accordance with the guidance
and recommendations of applicable
sections of the ‘‘Quality Assurance
Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems, Volume I,’’ EPA/
600/R–94/038a and ‘‘Quality Assurance
Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems, Volume II, part
1,’’ EPA–454/R–98–004 (available at
https://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/
qabook.html). Vendor modifications of a
designated reference method used for
purposes of part 58 are permitted only
with prior approval of the EPA, as
provided in part 53. Provisions
concerning modification of such
methods by users are specified under
Section 2.8 (Modifications of Methods
by Users) of Appendix C to 40 CFR part
58.
In general, a method designation
applies to any sampler or analyzer
which is identical to the sampler or
analyzer described in the application for
designation. In some cases, similar
samplers or analyzers manufactured
prior to the designation may be
upgraded or converted (e.g., by minor
modification or by substitution of the
approved operation or instruction
manual) so as to be identical to the
designated method and thus achieve
designated status. The manufacturer
should be consulted to determine the
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feasibility of such upgrading or
conversion.
Part 53 requires that sellers of
designated reference or equivalent
method analyzers or samplers comply
with certain conditions. These
conditions are specified in 40 CFR 53.9
and are summarized below:
(a) A copy of the approved operation
or instruction manual must accompany
the sampler or analyzer when it is
delivered to the ultimate purchaser.
(b) The sampler or analyzer must not
generate any unreasonable hazard to
operators or to the environment.
(c) The sampler or analyzer must
function within the limits of the
applicable performance specifications
given in 40 CFR parts 50 and 53 for at
least one year after delivery when
maintained and operated in accordance
with the operation or instruction
manual.
(d) Any sampler or analyzer offered
for sale as part of a reference or
equivalent method must bear a label or
sticker indicating that it has been
designated as part of a reference or
equivalent method in accordance with
part 53 and showing its designated
method identification number.
(e) If such an analyzer has two or
more selectable ranges, the label or
sticker must be placed in close
proximity to the range selector and
indicate which range or ranges have
been included in the reference or
equivalent method designation.
(f) An applicant who offers samplers
or analyzers for sale as part of a
reference or equivalent method is
required to maintain a list of ultimate
purchasers of such samplers or
analyzers and to notify them within 30
days if a reference or equivalent method
designation applicable to the method
has been canceled or if adjustment of
the sampler or analyzer is necessary
under 40 CFR 53.11(b) to avoid a
cancellation.
(g) An applicant who modifies a
sampler or analyzer previously
designated as part of a reference or
equivalent method is not permitted to
sell the sampler or analyzer (as
modified) as part of a reference or
equivalent method (although it may be
sold without such representation), nor
to attach a designation label or sticker
to the sampler or analyzer (as modified)
under the provisions described above,
until the applicant has received notice
under 40 CFR part 53.14(c) that the
original designation or a new
designation applies to the method as
modified, or until the applicant has
applied for and received notice under
40 CFR 53.8(b) of a new reference or
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equivalent method determination for the
sampler or analyzer as modified.
Aside from occasional breakdowns or
malfunctions, consistent or repeated
noncompliance with any of these
conditions should be reported to:
Director, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–
E205–01), National Exposure Research
Laboratory, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711.
Designation of this new reference
method is intended to assist the States
in establishing and operating their air
quality surveillance systems under 40
CFR part 58. Questions concerning the
commercial availability or technical
aspects of the method should be
directed to the applicant.
Jewel F. Morris,
Acting Director, National Exposure Research
Laboratory.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8567–3]
Dated: May 8, 2008.
M. Frances Eargle,
Designated Federal Officer, Local Government
Advisory Committee.
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Meeting of the Local Government
Advisory Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The Local Government
Advisory Committee (LGAC) and the
Small Community Advisory
Subcommittee (SCAS) will meet on June
11–12th, 2008 in Seattle, Washington.
The Committee and Subcommittee will
be meet at The Red Lion Hotel, located
at 1415 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA. The
focus areas of the meeting(s) will be:
climate change, green buildings,
watersheds and coastline issues, small
communities issues, military issues, and
other environmental issues potentially
affecting local governments.
This is an open meeting and all
interested persons are invited to attend.
The Committee will hear comments
from the public between 11:30 a.m. and
12 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
Each individual or organization wishing
to address the LGAC meeting will be
allowed a maximum of five minutes to
present their point of view. Also,
written comments may be submitted
electronically to
Eargle.Frances@epa.gov. Please contact
the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at
the number listed below to schedule
agenda time. Time will be allotted on a
first come, first serve basis, and the total
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period for comments may be extended,
if the number of requests for
appearances require it.
ADDRESSES: The LGAC meeting will be
held at The Red Lions Hotel, located at
1415 5th Avenue, June 11–12.
The Committee’s and Subcommittee’s
Meeting Summaries will be available
after the meeting online at https://
www.epa.gov/ocir/scas and can be
obtained by written request to the DFO.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frances Eargle, DFO for the Local
Government Advisory Committee
(LGAC), at (202) 564–3115 or e-mail at
Eargle.Frances@epa.gov. For those
interested in participating in the Small
Community Subcommittee meeting,
contact Javier Araujo at (202) 564–2642
or by e-mail at Araujo.Javier@epa.gov.
Information on Services for Those
With Disabilities: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Frances
Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or
Eargle.Frances@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
request it 10 days prior to the meeting,
to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8567–6]
Meeting of the National Drinking Water
Advisory Council—Notice of Public
Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under Section 10(a)(2) of
Public Law 92–423, ‘‘The Federal
Advisory Committee Act,’’ notice is
hereby given of a meeting of the
National Drinking Water Advisory
Council (NDWAC), established under
the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). The
Council will consider various issues
associated with drinking water and
adaptation to climate change, including
information about the EPA Office of
Water’s draft National Water Program
Strategy: Response to Climate Change.
The Council will receive updates about
several on-going projects including the
third Contaminant Candidate List, the
Aircraft Drinking Water Rule, and the
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Total Coliform Rule/Distribution System
Federal Advisory Committee. EPA will
also consult with the Council on the
upcoming rule-making for the geologic
sequestration of carbon dioxide.
The Council meeting will be
held on June 3, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., and June 4, 2008, from 8:30
a.m. to noon, Mountain time.
DATES:
The meeting will be held in
Tucson, Arizona. Information about the
location will be made available in the
near future on EPA’s Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/safewater/ndwac/.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who would like
to attend the meeting, present an oral
statement, or submit a written
statement, should contact Veronica
Blette, by e-mail at:
blette.veronica@epa.gov, by phone, 202–
564–4094, or by regular mail at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water (MC 4601M), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
The
meeting is open to the public. The
Council encourages the public’s input
and will allocate one hour (3:30 p.m.–
4:30 p.m.) on June 3, 2008, for this
purpose. Oral statements will be limited
to five minutes. It is preferred that only
one person present the statement on
behalf of a group or organization. To
ensure adequate time for public
involvement, individuals or
organizations interested in presenting
an oral statement should notify
Veronica Blette by telephone at 202–
564–4094 no later than May 23, 2008.
Any person who wishes to file a written
statement can do so before or after a
Council meeting. Written statements
received by May 23, 2008, will be
distributed to all members of the
Council before any final discussion or
vote is completed. Any statements
received after May 23, 2008, will
become part of the permanent meeting
file and will be forwarded to the
Council members for their information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
For information on access or services
for individuals with disabilities, please
contact Veronica Blette at 202–564–
4094 or by e-mail at
blette.veronica@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Veronica Blette, preferably at
least 10 days prior to the meeting to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring
Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of a New Reference Method
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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ACTION: Notice of the designation of a new reference method for
monitoring ambient air quality.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has designated, in accordance with 40 CFR part 53, on a
new reference method for measuring concentrations of nitrogen dioxide
(NO2) in the ambient air.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Hunike, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD-D205-03), National Exposure Research
Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711.
Phone: (919) 541-3737, e-mail: Hunike.Elizabeth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with regulations at 40 CFR
part 53, the EPA evaluates various methods for monitoring the
concentrations of those ambient air pollutants for which EPA has
established National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set
forth in 40 CFR part 50. Monitoring methods that are determined to meet
specific requirements for adequacy are designated by the EPA as either
reference methods or equivalent methods (as applicable), thereby
permitting their use under 40 CFR part 58 by States and other agencies
for determining attainment of the NAAQSs.
The EPA hereby announces the designation of a new reference method
for measuring concentrations of NO2 in the ambient air. This
designation is made under the provisions of 40 CFR part 53, as amended
on December 18, 2006 (71 FR 61271).
The new reference method for NO2 is an automated method
(analyzer) that utilizes the measurement principle (gas phase
chemiluminescence) and the calibration procedure specified in Appendix
F of 40 CFR part 50. The newly designated NO2 reference
method is identified as follows:
RFNA-0508-171, ``DKK-TOA Corporation Model GLN-314E Nitrogen
Oxides Analyzer,'' operated at any temperature in the range of 20
[deg]C to 30 [deg]C, on any of the following measurement ranges: 0-
0.100 ppm, 0-0.200 ppm, 0-0.500 ppm.
An application for a reference method determination for the
candidate method was received by the EPA on December 13, 2007. The
sampler is commercially available from the applicant, DKK-TOA
Corporation, 29-10, 1-Chome, Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8648,
Japan (https://www.toadkk.co.jp).
A test analyzer representative of this method has been tested in
accordance with the applicable test procedures specified in 40 CFR part
53 (as amended on December 18, 2006). After reviewing the results of
those tests and other information submitted by the applicant in the
application, EPA has determined, in accordance with part 53, that this
method should be designated as a reference method. The information
submitted by the applicant in the application will be kept on file,
either at EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 or in an approved archive storage
facility, and will be available for inspection (with advance notice) to
the extent consistent with 40 CFR part 2 (EPA's regulations
implementing the Freedom of Information Act).
As a designated reference method, this method is acceptable for use
by states and other air monitoring agencies under the requirements of
40 CFR part 58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. For such purposes,
the method must be used in strict accordance with the operation or
instruction manual associated with the method and subject to any
specifications and limitations (e.g., configuration or operational
settings) specified in the applicable designation method description
(see the identifications of the method above).
Use of the method should also be in general accordance with the
guidance and recommendations of applicable sections of the ``Quality
Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems, Volume I,''
EPA/600/R-94/038a and ``Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems, Volume II, part 1,'' EPA-454/R-98-004 (available
at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/qabook.html). Vendor modifications of a
designated reference method used for purposes of part 58 are permitted
only with prior approval of the EPA, as provided in part 53. Provisions
concerning modification of such methods by users are specified under
Section 2.8 (Modifications of Methods by Users) of Appendix C to 40 CFR
part 58.
In general, a method designation applies to any sampler or analyzer
which is identical to the sampler or analyzer described in the
application for designation. In some cases, similar samplers or
analyzers manufactured prior to the designation may be upgraded or
converted (e.g., by minor modification or by substitution of the
approved operation or instruction manual) so as to be identical to the
designated method and thus achieve designated status. The manufacturer
should be consulted to determine the feasibility of such upgrading or
conversion.
Part 53 requires that sellers of designated reference or equivalent
method analyzers or samplers comply with certain conditions. These
conditions are specified in 40 CFR 53.9 and are summarized below:
(a) A copy of the approved operation or instruction manual must
accompany the sampler or analyzer when it is delivered to the ultimate
purchaser.
(b) The sampler or analyzer must not generate any unreasonable
hazard to operators or to the environment.
(c) The sampler or analyzer must function within the limits of the
applicable performance specifications given in 40 CFR parts 50 and 53
for at least one year after delivery when maintained and operated in
accordance with the operation or instruction manual.
(d) Any sampler or analyzer offered for sale as part of a reference
or equivalent method must bear a label or sticker indicating that it
has been designated as part of a reference or equivalent method in
accordance with part 53 and showing its designated method
identification number.
(e) If such an analyzer has two or more selectable ranges, the
label or sticker must be placed in close proximity to the range
selector and indicate which range or ranges have been included in the
reference or equivalent method designation.
(f) An applicant who offers samplers or analyzers for sale as part
of a reference or equivalent method is required to maintain a list of
ultimate purchasers of such samplers or analyzers and to notify them
within 30 days if a reference or equivalent method designation
applicable to the method has been canceled or if adjustment of the
sampler or analyzer is necessary under 40 CFR 53.11(b) to avoid a
cancellation.
(g) An applicant who modifies a sampler or analyzer previously
designated as part of a reference or equivalent method is not permitted
to sell the sampler or analyzer (as modified) as part of a reference or
equivalent method (although it may be sold without such
representation), nor to attach a designation label or sticker to the
sampler or analyzer (as modified) under the provisions described above,
until the applicant has received notice under 40 CFR part 53.14(c) that
the original designation or a new designation applies to the method as
modified, or until the applicant has applied for and received notice
under 40 CFR 53.8(b) of a new reference or
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equivalent method determination for the sampler or analyzer as
modified.
Aside from occasional breakdowns or malfunctions, consistent or
repeated noncompliance with any of these conditions should be reported
to: Director, Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD-
E205-01), National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711.
Designation of this new reference method is intended to assist the
States in establishing and operating their air quality surveillance
systems under 40 CFR part 58. Questions concerning the commercial
availability or technical aspects of the method should be directed to
the applicant.
Jewel F. Morris,
Acting Director, National Exposure Research Laboratory.
[FR Doc. E8-11155 Filed 5-16-08; 8:45 am]
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