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8956 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 33 / Thursday, February 19, 2015 / Proposed Rules ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OW–2014–0797, by one of the following cannot read your comment due to AGENCY methods: technical difficulties and cannot contact • www.regulations.gov: Follow the you for clarification, EPA may not be 40 CFR Part 136 on-line instructions for submitting able to consider your comment. comments. Electronic files should avoid the use of [EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0797; FRL–9920–55– • Email: [email protected], special characters, any form of OW] Attention Docket ID number EPA–HQ– encryption, and be free of any defects or OW–2014–0797. viruses. RIN 2040–AF48 • Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Docket: All documents in the docket Protection Agency, Mail code: 4203M, Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule are listed in the www.regulations.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., for the Analysis of Effluent index. Although listed in the index, Washington, DC 20460. 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The new set of the comment includes information FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: proposed changes described in this claimed to be Confidential Business Adrian Hanley, Engineering and notice include revisions to current EPA Information (CBI) or other information Analysis Division (4303T), Office of methods and new and/or revised whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Water, Environmental Protection methods published by voluntary Do not submit information that you Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., consider to be CBI or otherwise consensus standard bodies, such as Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone: protected through www.regulations.gov ASTM International and the Standard 202–564–1564; email: hanley.adrian@ or email. The www.regulations.gov Web Methods Committee. EPA also proposes epa.gov. site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, to approve certain methods reviewed which means EPA will not know your SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: under the alternate test procedures identity or contact information unless program and clarify the procedures for Table of Contents you provide it in the body of your EPA approval of nationwide and limited comment. If you send an email I. General Information use alternate test procedures. Further, comment directly to EPA without going II. Overview EPA proposes amendments to the through www.regulations.gov your email III. Statutory Authority procedure for determination of the address will be automatically captured IV. Purpose and Summary of Proposed method detection limit to address Rule and included as part of the comment V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews laboratory contamination and to better that is placed in the public docket and account for intra-laboratory variability. made available on the Internet. If you I. General Information DATES: Comments on this proposed rule submit an electronic comment, EPA A. Does this Action apply to me? must be received on or before April 20, recommends that you include your 2015. name and other contact information in Entities potentially affected by the ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, the body of your comment and with any requirements of this proposed action identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA include: Category Examples of potentially affected entities State, Territorial, and Indian Tribal States, territories, and tribes authorized to administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Governments. (NPDES) permitting program; states, territories, and tribes providing certification under CWA section 401; state, territorial, and tribal owned facilities that must conduct monitoring to comply with NPDES per- mits. Industry ........................................... Facilities that must conduct monitoring to comply with NPDES permits. Municipalities ................................... Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) or other municipality owned facilities that must conduct moni- toring to comply with NPDES permits. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:39 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\19FEP2.SGM 19FEP2 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS2 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 33 / Thursday, February 19, 2015 / Proposed Rules 8957 This table is not exhaustive, but rather II. Overview in other parts (e.g., 40 CFR Chapter I, provides a guide for readers regarding Subchapters N and O). entities likely to be affected by this This preamble describes the reasons IV. Purpose and Summary of Proposed action. This table lists types of entities for the proposed rule; the legal authority Rule that EPA is now aware of that could for the proposed rule; a summary of the potentially be affected by this action. proposed changes and clarifications; The CWA requires EPA to promulgate Other types of entities not listed in the and explanation of the abbreviations test procedures (analytical methods) for table could also be affected. To and acronyms used in this document. In analyses required in NPDES permit determine whether your facility is addition, this preamble solicits applications and for reports required affected by this action, you should comment and data from the public. under NPDES permits. EPA codifies carefully examine the applicability Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in these approved test procedures at 40 language at 40 CFR 122.1 (NPDES the Preamble and Proposed Rule Text CFR part 136. EPA regions, as well as purpose and scope), 40 CFR 136.1 authorized states, territories and tribes (NPDES permits and CWA) and 40 CFR AA: Atomic Absorption issue NPDES permits. These permits 403.1 (pretreatment standards purpose ADMI: American Dye Manufacturers Institute must include conditions designed to and applicability). If you have questions ASTM: ASTM International ensure compliance with the technology- regarding the applicability of this action ATP: Alternate Test Procedure based and water quality-based CAS: Chemical Abstract Services to a particular entity, consult the requirements of the CWA, including in CFR: Code of Federal Regulations many cases, restrictions on the quantity appropriate person listed in the CWA: Clean Water Act preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION EPA: Environmental Protection Agency of specific pollutants that can be CONTACT section. FLAA: Flame Atomic Absorption discharged as well as pollutant Spectroscopy measurement and reporting B. What should I consider as I prepare GC: Gas Chromatograph requirements. Often, entities have a my comments for EPA? ICP/AES: Inductively Coupled Plasma— choice in deciding which approved test 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI Atomic Emission Spectroscopy procedure they will use for a specific to EPA through www.regulations.gov or ICP/MS: Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass pollutant because EPA has approved the email. Clearly mark the part or all of the Spectrometry use of more than one.1 information that you claim to be CBI. LCS: Laboratory Control Sample The procedures for the analysis of MS: Mass Spectrometry pollutants required by CWA section For CBI information in a disk that you MS/MSD: Matrix Spike/Matrix Spike mail to EPA, mark the outside of the Duplicate 304(h) are a central element of the disk as CBI and then identify NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge NPDES permit program. Examples of electronically within the disk the Elimination System where these EPA analytical methods specific information that is claimed as POTW: Publicly Owned Treatment Works must be used include, among others, the CBI. In addition to one complete