[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20124]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6848-6]


Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring 
Reference and Equivalent Methods; Receipt of Application for a 
Reference or Equivalent Method Determination

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that 
it has received an application for a reference or equivalent method 
determination from Grimm Technologies, Incorporated (Douglasville, 
Georgia) for Grimm Technologies' ENVIROcheck Model 107 PM10 
air monitoring method.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Gemmill, Human Exposure and 
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD-46), National Exposure Research 
Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. 
Phone: (919) 541-1516, email: [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 an application to determine if a new monitoring method for 
PM10 should be designated by the Administrator of the EPA as 
a reference or equivalent method under 40 CFR part 53.
    An application from Grimm Technologies, Incorporated, 9110 Charlton 
Place, Douglasville, Georgia was received on April 10, 2000, for a 
reference or equivalent method determination for Grimm Technologies' 
ENVIROcheck Model 107 PM10 air monitoring analyzer.
    If, after appropriate technical study, the Administrator determines 
that this method should be designated as a reference or equivalent 
method, 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. 00-20124 Filed 8-8-00; 8:45 am]
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