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Ombudsman evaluates these actions
annually and rates each agency’s
responsiveness to small business. If you
wish to comment on actions by
employees of the Coast Guard, call 1–
888–REG–FAIR (1–888–734–3247). The
Coast Guard will not retaliate against
small entities that question or complain
about this rule or any policy or action
of the Coast Guard.
C. Collection of Information
This rule will not call for a new
collection of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501–3520).
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D. Federalism and Indian Tribal
Governments
A rule has implications for federalism
under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct
effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and
the States, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government. We have
analyzed this rule under that Order and
have determined that it is consistent
with the fundamental federalism
principles and preemption requirements
described in Executive Order 13132.
Also, this rule does not have tribal
implications under Executive Order
13175, Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments,
because it does not have a substantial
direct effect on one or more Indian
tribes, on the relationship between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes,
or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes. If you
believe this rule has implications for
federalism or Indian tribes, please
contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
above.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or
more in any one year. Though this rule
will not result in such an expenditure,
we do discuss the effects of this rule
elsewhere in this preamble.
F. Environment
We have analyzed this rule under
Department of Homeland Security
Directive 023–01 and Environmental
Planning COMDTINST 5090.1 (series),
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which guide the Coast Guard in
complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have
determined that this action is one of a
category of actions that do not
individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human
environment. This rule involves a safety
zone that will prohibit entry within the
COTP Maryland-National Capital
Region Zone for six days, as described
in 33 CFR 3.25–15, due to the expected
impact of Hurricane Dorian. It is
categorically excluded from further
review under paragraph L60(c) in Table
3–1 of U.S. Coast Guard Environmental
Planning Implementing Procedures
5090.1.
G. Protest Activities
The Coast Guard respects the First
Amendment rights of protesters.
Protesters are asked to contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to
coordinate protest activities so that your
message can be received without
jeopardizing the safety or security of
people, places or vessels.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation
(water), Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Security measures,
Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33
CFR part 165 as follows:
PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION
AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
1. The authority citation for part 165
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR
1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5;
Department of Homeland Security Delegation
No. 0170.1.
2. Add § 165.T05–0775 to read as
follows:
by the Captain of the Port MarylandNational Capital Region (COTP) to assist
in the enforcement of the safety zone.
(c) Regulations. (1) Under the general
safety zone regulations in subpart C of
this part, you may not enter the safety
zone described in paragraph (a) of this
section unless authorized by the COTP
or the COTP’s designated representative.
All vessels entering the safety zone may
be boarded and examined by the Coast
Guard under existing regulations, prior
to entry, to ensure compliance with the
general safety zone regulations.
(2) Except for vessels already at berth,
mooring, or anchor, all vessels
underway within this safety zone on
September 6, 2019, are to depart the
zone.
(3) To seek permission to enter,
contact the COTP or the COTP’s
representative by telephone number
410–576–2693 or on Marine Band Radio
VHF–FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz).
Those in the safety zone must comply
with all lawful orders or directions
given to them by the COTP or the
COTP’s designated representative.
(4) The Coast Guard vessels enforcing
this section can be contacted on Marine
Band Radio VHF–FM channel 16 (156.8
MHz). Upon being hailed by a U.S.
Coast Guard vessel, or other Federal,
State, or local agency vessel, by siren,
radio, flashing light, or other means, the
operator of a vessel shall proceed as
directed.
(5) The U.S. Coast Guard may be
assisted in the patrol and enforcement
of the zone by Federal, State, and local
agencies.
Dated: September 5, 2019.
Joseph B. Loring,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Maryland-National Capital Region.
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§ 165.T05–0775 Safety Zone for Hurricane
DORIAN; Coast Guard Maryland-National
Capital Region Captain of the Port Zone.
(a) Location. The following area is a
safety zone: All navigable waters of the
Coast Guard Captain of the Port
Maryland-National Capital Region Zone,
as described in 33 CFR 3.25–1.
(b) Definitions. As used in this
section—
Captain of the Port MarylandNational Capital Region means the
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector
Maryland-National Capital Region.
Designated representative means any
Coast Guard commissioned, warrant, or
petty officer who has been authorized
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51, 60, 61, and 63
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0531; FRL–9999–52–
OAR]
Stationary Source Audit Program;
Notification of Availability and Request
for Comments
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of availability,
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is providing notification
that one of the two accredited providers
SUMMARY:
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of audit samples for the stationary
source audit program has ceased
manufacturing samples. The general
provisions require that the owner or
operator of an affected facility required
to conduct performance testing obtain
audit samples if the audit samples are
‘‘commercially available’’ and have
defined ‘‘commercially available’’ to
mean that two or more independent
accredited audit sample providers have
blind audit samples available for
purchase. Since there are no longer two
providers, the requirement to obtain
these audit samples is no longer in
effect until such time as another
independent accredited audit sample
provider has audit samples available for
purchase. The EPA is providing a 90day comment period during which
interested persons may provide
comments on the suspension of the
stationary source audit program and the
effectiveness of the program prior to its
suspension.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before December 10, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2008–0531, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or withdrawn. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or
comment contents located outside of the
primary submission (i.e., on the Web,
Cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
For additional information about the
EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the www.regulations.gov
index. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available (e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by
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statute). Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, EPA/DC, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The 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 Public Reading Room is
(202) 566–1744, and the telephone
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566–
1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ned Shappley, Air Quality Assessment
Division, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail code: E143–02, 109 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709; telephone number:
(919) 541–7903; email: shappley.ned@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On September 13, 2010 (75 FR 55636),
EPA promulgated amendments to the
General Provisions of parts 51, 60, 61,
and 63 to allow accredited audit sample
providers to supply stationary source
audit samples and to require sources to
obtain and use these samples from the
accredited providers instead of from
EPA, as was the practice prior to the
promulgation date.
These amendments included
minimum requirements for the audit
samples, the accredited audit sample
providers (AASP), and the audit sample
provider accreditor (ASPA). The AASP
are the companies that prepare and
distribute the audit samples and the
ASPA is a third-party organization that
accredits and monitors the performance
of the AASP. These organizations were
required to work through a Voluntary
Consensus Standard Body (VCSB) 1
using the consensus process to develop
criteria documents that describe how
they will function and meet the EPA
regulatory criteria listed in this rule.
The AASPs were required to be
accredited by an ASPA according to a
technical criteria document developed
by a VCSB and these technical criteria
document had to meet EPA regulations.
These amendments also included
language that outlined the
1 The Federal Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–119 defines a VCSB as one having the
following attributes: (i) Openness; (ii) balance of
interest; (iii) due process; (iv) an appeals process;
and (v) consensus, which is general agreement, but
not necessarily unanimity, and includes a process
for attempting to resolve objections by interested
parties.
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responsibilities of the regulated source
owner or operator to acquire and use an
audit sample for all testing conducted to
determine compliance with an air
emission limit under the subject parts
and specified that the requirement
applies only if there are commercially
available audit samples for the test
method used during the compliance
testing. By clarifying the audit sample
requirement and expanding audit
sample availability through multiple
providers, EPA believed that more
audits would be conducted for
compliance tests and the overall quality
of the data used for determining
compliance would improve.
II. Public Comment on the Suspension
of the SSAP Program
The EPA suspended the SSAP
program effective May 28, 2019, when
we were notified by one of the two
AASP that they would no longer be
supplying audit samples. Since we
require that audit samples are
‘‘commercially available’’ and have
defined ‘‘commercially available’’ to
mean that two or more independent
AASP have blind audit samples
available for purchase, EPA was
obligated to suspend the program and
provide notification on our website
(https://www.epa.gov/emc). The EPA is
seeking comment on whether we should
continue the SSAP as currently defined
in the General Provisions to 40 CFR
parts 51, 60, 61, and 63. EPA is also
seeking comment regarding if we should
redefine ‘‘commercially available’’ as it
applies to the number of AASPs which
have audit samples available for
purchase. The comment period for this
action is 90 days from September 11,
2019.
III. Public Comment on the
Effectiveness of the SSAP Program
Since the privatization of the EPA
SSAP, approximately 20,000 audit
samples have been ordered and
analyzed with an effective passing rate
of 97 percent for all methods in which
audit samples are available. EPA is
requesting comment on effectiveness of
the SSAP and whether it has improved
the quality of data produced by
performance testing. In addition, EPA is
seeking comment on whether EPA
should consider revisions to the SSAP
program to make it a more effective tool
for evaluating quality of a performance
test. As indicated previously, the
comment period for this action is 90
days from September 11, 2019.
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Dated: August 20, 2019.
Richard A. Wayland,
Director, Air Quality Assessment Division.
Kate
Gregory, Air and Radiation Division,
EPA, Region 8, Mailcode 8ARD–IO,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado, 80202–1129, (303) 312–6175,
gregory.kate@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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AGENCY
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ means the EPA.
40 CFR Part 52
I. Background
[EPA–R08–OAR–2019–0177; FRL–9999–34–
Region 8]
States are required to submit a
progress report in the form of a SIP
revision for the first implementation
period that evaluates progress towards
the RPGs for each mandatory Class I
Federal area 1 (Class I area) within the
state and for each Class I area outside
the state which may be affected by
emissions from within the state (40 CFR
51.308(g)). In addition, the provisions of
40 CFR 51.308(h) require states to
submit, at the same time as the 40 CFR
51.308(g) progress report, a
determination of the adequacy of the
state’s existing regional haze plan. The
first progress report is due 5 years after
submittal of the initial regional haze
plan. Colorado submitted the initial
regional haze SIP on May 25, 2011 and
EPA approved the SIP on December 31,
2012.2
On May 2, 2016, Colorado submitted
its Progress Report which, among other
things, detailed the progress made in the
first period toward implementation of
the long-term strategy outlined in the
State’s regional haze plan; the visibility
improvement measured at the twelve
Class I areas within Colorado and a
determination of the adequacy of the
State’s existing regional haze plan.
In a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) published on July 17, 2019 (84
FR 34083), the EPA proposed to approve
Colorado’s Progress Report. The details
of Colorado’s submission and the
rationale for the EPA’s actions are
explained in the NPRM. The EPA did
not receive any public comments on the
NPRM.
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Colorado;
Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report
State Implementation Plan
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is finalizing approval of
a State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the State of
Colorado through the Colorado
Department of Public Health and
Environment (CDPHE) on May 2, 2016.
Colorado’s May 2, 2016 SIP revision
(Progress Report) addresses
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA
or Act) and the EPA’s rules that require
each state to submit periodic reports
describing progress towards reasonable
progress goals (RPGs) established for
regional haze and a determination of the
adequacy of the state’s existing SIP
addressing regional haze (regional haze
plan). The EPA is finalizing approval of
Colorado’s determination that the
State’s regional haze plan is adequate to
meet these RPGs for the first
implementation period through 2018
and requires no substantive revision at
this time.
DATES: This rule is effective on October
11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–R08–OAR–2019–0177. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov website.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
e.g., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available through https://
www.regulations.gov, or please contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section for
additional availability information.
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II. Final Action
EPA is finalizing without revisions its
proposed approval of Colorado’s May 2,
2016 Progress Report as meeting the
applicable regional haze requirements
set forth in 40 CFR 51.308(g) and (h).
1 Areas designated as mandatory Class I Federal
areas consist of national parks exceeding 6,000
acres, wilderness areas and national memorial parks
exceeding 5,000 acres, and all international parks
that were in existence on August 7, 1977 (42 U.S.C.
7472(a)). These areas are listed at 40 CFR part 81,
subpart D.
2 77 FR 76871 (December 31, 2012), codified at 40
CFR 52.320(c)(108)(i)(C) and (c)(124).
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III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, the EPA’s role is to
approve state choices, provided that
they meet the criteria of the Clean Air
Act. Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82
FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory
action because SIP approvals are
exempted under Executive Order 12866;
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, described in
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA; and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where EPA or an
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40 CFR Parts 51, 60, 61, and 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531; FRL-9999-52-OAR]
Stationary Source Audit Program; Notification of Availability and
Request for Comments
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of availability, request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing
notification that one of the two accredited providers
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of audit samples for the stationary source audit program has ceased
manufacturing samples. The general provisions require that the owner or
operator of an affected facility required to conduct performance
testing obtain audit samples if the audit samples are ``commercially
available'' and have defined ``commercially available'' to mean that
two or more independent accredited audit sample providers have blind
audit samples available for purchase. Since there are no longer two
providers, the requirement to obtain these audit samples is no longer
in effect until such time as another independent accredited audit
sample provider has audit samples available for purchase. The EPA is
providing a 90-day comment period during which interested persons may
provide comments on the suspension of the stationary source audit
program and the effectiveness of the program prior to its suspension.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 10, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0531, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the Web,
Cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
For additional information about the EPA's public docket, visit the
EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available (e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute). Certain other material,
such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center, EPA/DC, WJC West Building,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The 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 Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air
Docket is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ned Shappley, Air Quality
Assessment Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: E143-
02, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709;
telephone number: (919) 541-7903; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On September 13, 2010 (75 FR 55636), EPA promulgated amendments to
the General Provisions of parts 51, 60, 61, and 63 to allow accredited
audit sample providers to supply stationary source audit samples and to
require sources to obtain and use these samples from the accredited
providers instead of from EPA, as was the practice prior to the
promulgation date.
These amendments included minimum requirements for the audit
samples, the accredited audit sample providers (AASP), and the audit
sample provider accreditor (ASPA). The AASP are the companies that
prepare and distribute the audit samples and the ASPA is a third-party
organization that accredits and monitors the performance of the AASP.
These organizations were required to work through a Voluntary Consensus
Standard Body (VCSB) \1\ using the consensus process to develop
criteria documents that describe how they will function and meet the
EPA regulatory criteria listed in this rule. The AASPs were required to
be accredited by an ASPA according to a technical criteria document
developed by a VCSB and these technical criteria document had to meet
EPA regulations.
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\1\ The Federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-119
defines a VCSB as one having the following attributes: (i) Openness;
(ii) balance of interest; (iii) due process; (iv) an appeals
process; and (v) consensus, which is general agreement, but not
necessarily unanimity, and includes a process for attempting to
resolve objections by interested parties.
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These amendments also included language that outlined the
responsibilities of the regulated source owner or operator to acquire
and use an audit sample for all testing conducted to determine
compliance with an air emission limit under the subject parts and
specified that the requirement applies only if there are commercially
available audit samples for the test method used during the compliance
testing. By clarifying the audit sample requirement and expanding audit
sample availability through multiple providers, EPA believed that more
audits would be conducted for compliance tests and the overall quality
of the data used for determining compliance would improve.
II. Public Comment on the Suspension of the SSAP Program
The EPA suspended the SSAP program effective May 28, 2019, when we
were notified by one of the two AASP that they would no longer be
supplying audit samples. Since we require that audit samples are
``commercially available'' and have defined ``commercially available''
to mean that two or more independent AASP have blind audit samples
available for purchase, EPA was obligated to suspend the program and
provide notification on our website (https://www.epa.gov/emc). The EPA
is seeking comment on whether we should continue the SSAP as currently
defined in the General Provisions to 40 CFR parts 51, 60, 61, and 63.
EPA is also seeking comment regarding if we should redefine
``commercially available'' as it applies to the number of AASPs which
have audit samples available for purchase. The comment period for this
action is 90 days from September 11, 2019.
III. Public Comment on the Effectiveness of the SSAP Program
Since the privatization of the EPA SSAP, approximately 20,000 audit
samples have been ordered and analyzed with an effective passing rate
of 97 percent for all methods in which audit samples are available. EPA
is requesting comment on effectiveness of the SSAP and whether it has
improved the quality of data produced by performance testing. In
addition, EPA is seeking comment on whether EPA should consider
revisions to the SSAP program to make it a more effective tool for
evaluating quality of a performance test. As indicated previously, the
comment period for this action is 90 days from September 11, 2019.
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Dated: August 20, 2019.
Richard A. Wayland,
Director, Air Quality Assessment Division.
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