[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26557]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6454-9]


Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring 
Reference and Equivalent Methods; Receipt of Applications for Reference 
and Equivalent Method Determinations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that 
it has received an application for a reference method determination 
from the DKK Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) for DKK Corporation's Model 
GFS-112E SO2 air monitoring method. Three applications have 
also been received by the EPA for equivalent method determinations from 
Environnement S. A. (Paris, France) for its SANOA open path monitoring 
methods for O3, SO2, and NO2.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank F. McElroy, Human Exposure and 
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD-46), National Exposure Research 
Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. 
Phone: (919) 541-2622, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon application and in accordance with 
regulations at 40 CFR Part 53, the EPA examines various methods for 
monitoring the concentrations of certain pollutants in the ambient air. 
Methods that are determined to meet specific requirements for adequacy 
are designated as either reference or equivalent methods, thereby 
permitting their use under 40 CFR Part 58 by States and other agencies 
for determining attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards. As required by Part 53, this notice is to announce that EPA 
has received four applications to determine if four new continuous 
monitoring methods should be designated by the Administrator of the EPA 
as reference or equivalent methods under 40 CFR Part 53.
    An application from DKK Corporation, 4-13-14 Kichijoji Kitamachi, 
Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan was received on June 21, 1999, for a 
reference method determination for DKK Corporation's Model GFS-112E 
SO2 air monitoring analyzer. Applications from Environnement 
S. A., 111 Boulevard Robespierre, 78304 Poissy, France were received on 
February 17, 1999, June 28, 1999, and July 23, 1999, for equivalent 
method determinations for its SANOA Multigas Longpath Air Quality 
Monitoring System for monitoring O3, SO2, and 
NO2, respectively.
    If, after appropriate technical study, the Administrator determines 
that any or all of these methods should be designated as reference or 
equivalent methods, as appropriate, notice thereof will be published in 
a subsequent issue of the Federal Register.
Norine E. Noonan,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-26557 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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