United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2007_register executive 2010-09-22 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c80b55d1 D09002ee1c80b572d United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule modifies the testing procedures approved for analysis and sampling under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA proposed these changes for public comment on August 18, 2003 and April 6, 2004. The Clean Water Act changes adopted in this final rule fall into the following categories: new vendor-developed methods as well as EPA and voluntary consensus standard bodies (VCSB) methods, updated versions of currently approved methods, revisions to method modification and analytical requirements, withdrawal of certain outdated methods, and changes to sample collection, preservation, and holding time requirements. This rule also changes regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act that establish drinking water sampling and analysis procedures. The changes include approval of vendor-developed methods, new EPA and VCSB methods, updated VCSB methods, and approval of a modification to the test kit used with Syngenta Method AG-625 that restricts its use in certain circumstances. The addition of new and updated methods to the wastewater and drinking water regulations provides increased flexibility to the regulated community and laboratories in the selection of analytical methods. 72 FR 11200 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-03-12/07-1073 07-1073 fr12mr07-14 RIN 2040-AD71 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0070 FRL-8203-8 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-03-12/07-1073 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-03-12/html/07-1073.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-03-12/pdf/07-1073.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Confidential Business Information Environmental Protection Hazardous Substances Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Water Pollution Control Incorporation by Reference Chemicals Indians-Lands Intergovernmental Relations Radiation Protection Water Supply Paper and Paper Products Industry Waste Treatment and Disposal Packaging and Containers Pesticides and Pests Coil Coating Industry 50 p. 11200 11249 72 FR 11200 Title 40 Part 122 40 CFR Part 122 Title 40 Part 136 40 CFR Part 136 Title 40 Part 141 40 CFR Part 141 Title 40 Part 143 40 CFR Part 143 Title 40 Part 430 40 CFR Part 430 Title 40 Part 455 40 CFR Part 455 Title 40 Part 465 40 CFR Part 465 RIN 2040-AD71 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act; National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; and National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations; Analysis and Sampling Procedures; Federal Register Vol. 72, Issue RULE 07-1073 III ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2007-04-11 EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0070 FRL-8203-8 6560-50-P 07-1073 Final rule.

This rule modifies the testing procedures approved for analysis and sampling under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA proposed these changes for public comment on August 18, 2003 and April 6, 2004. The Clean Water Act changes adopted in this final rule fall into the following categories: new vendor-developed methods as well as EPA and voluntary consensus standard bodies (VCSB) methods, updated versions of currently approved methods, revisions to method modification and analytical requirements, withdrawal of certain outdated methods, and changes to sample collection, preservation, and holding time requirements. This rule also changes regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act that establish drinking water sampling and analysis procedures. The changes include approval of vendor-developed methods, new EPA and VCSB methods, updated VCSB methods, and approval of a modification to the test kit used with Syngenta Method AG-625 that restricts its use in certain circumstances. The addition of new and updated methods to the wastewater and drinking water regulations provides increased flexibility to the regulated community and laboratories in the selection of analytical methods.

This regulation is effective April 11, 2007. The incorporation by reference of these methods is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on April 11, 2007. For judicial review purposes, this final rule is promulgated as of 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on March 26, 2007 as provided at 40 CFR 23.2 and 23.7. For information regarding the changes to wastewater regulations, contact Meghan Hessenauer, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), USEPA Office of Science and Technology, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 202-566-1040 (e-mail: hessenauer.meghan@epa.gov). For information regarding the changes to drinking water regulations, contact Patricia Snyder Fair, Technical Support Center (MS 140), USEPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, 513-569- 7937 (e-mail: fair.pat@epa.gov). Administrative Practice and Procedure Confidential Business Information Environmental Protection Hazardous Substances Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Water Pollution Control Incorporation by Reference Chemicals Indians-Lands Intergovernmental Relations Radiation Protection Water Supply Paper and Paper Products Industry Waste Treatment and Disposal Packaging and Containers Pesticides and Pests Coil Coating Industry Water supply: National primary and secondary drinking water regulations Analysis and sampling procedures, fair.pat@epa.gov hessenauer.meghan@epa.gov http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html http://www.astm.org http://www.epa.gov/safetwater/methods/met300.pdf http://www.epa.gov/safewater/methods/pdfs/met300.pdf http://www.epa.gov/safewater/methods/sourcalt.html http://www.regulations.gov http://www.standardmethods.org Vol. 72, no. 47 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2007-03-12 continuing daily deposited born digital 412 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-03-12 P0b002ee18094c601 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr12mr07 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-03-12 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-03-12/pdf/FR-2007-03-12.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-03-12/xml/FR-2007-03-12.xml fdlp 10883 11281 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-05 FR-2007-03-12 machine generated eng FR FR-2007-03-12 72 47