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 2012_register executive 2014-05-29 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fd014c D09002ee1c7fd025b 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. EPA proposed these changes for public comment on September 23, 2010. The changes adopted in this final rule fall into the following categories: New and revised EPA methods and new and revised methods published by voluntary consensus standard bodies (VCSB), such as ASTM International and the Standard Methods Committee; updated versions of currently approved methods; methods reviewed under the alternate test procedures (ATP) program; clarifications to the process for EPA approval for use of alternate procedures for nationwide and Regional use; minimum quality control requirements to improve consistency across method versions; corrections to previously approved methods; and revisions to sample collection, preservation, and holding time requirements. Finally, EPA makes changes to three effluent guideline regulations. 77 FR 29758 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-18/2012-10210 2012-10210 fr18my12-9 RIN 2040-AF09 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0192 FRL-9664-6 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-18/2012-10210 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-18/html/2012-10210.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-18/pdf/2012-10210.pdf Environmental Protection Test Procedures Incorporation by Reference Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Water Pollution Control Administrative Practice and Procedure Confidential Business Information Hazardous Waste Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category Pulp Paper Paperboard Point Source Category Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category 89 p. 29758 29846 77 FR 29758 Title 40 Part 136 40 CFR Part 136 Title 40 Part 260 40 CFR Part 260 Title 40 Part 423 40 CFR Part 423 Title 40 Part 430 40 CFR Part 430 Title 40 Part 435 40 CFR Part 435 RIN 2040-AF09 Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue RULE 2012-10210 II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2012-06-18 EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0192 FRL-9664-6 6560-50-P 2012-10210 Final rule.

This rule modifies the testing procedures approved for analysis and sampling under the Clean Water Act. EPA proposed these changes for public comment on September 23, 2010. The changes adopted in this final rule fall into the following categories: New and revised EPA methods and new and revised methods published by voluntary consensus standard bodies (VCSB), such as ASTM International and the Standard Methods Committee; updated versions of currently approved methods; methods reviewed under the alternate test procedures (ATP) program; clarifications to the process for EPA approval for use of alternate procedures for nationwide and Regional use; minimum quality control requirements to improve consistency across method versions; corrections to previously approved methods; and revisions to sample collection, preservation, and holding time requirements. Finally, EPA makes changes to three effluent guideline regulations.

This regulation is effective on June 18, 2012. The incorporation by reference of these methods is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on June 18, 2012. For judicial review purposes, this final rule is promulgated as of 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on June 1, 2012 as provided at 40 CFR 23.2 and 23.7. For information regarding the changes to inorganic chemical methods, contact Lemuel Walker, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), USEPA Office of Science and Technology, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, 202-566-1077 (email: walker.lemuel@epa.gov). For information regarding the changes to organic chemical methods, contact Maria Gomez-Taylor, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), USEPA Office of Science and Technology, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, 202-566-1005 (email: gomez-taylor.maria@epa.gov). For information regarding the changes to microbiological and whole effluent toxicity methods, contact Robin Oshiro, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), USEPA Office of Science and Technology, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, 202-566-1075 (email: oshiro.robin@epa.gov). Environmental Protection Test Procedures Incorporation by Reference Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Water Pollution Control Administrative Practice and Procedure Confidential Business Information Hazardous Waste Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category Pulp Paper Paperboard Point Source Category Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants Under Clean Water Act: Analysis and Sampling Procedures , gomez-taylor.maria@epa.gov oshiro.robin@epa.gov walker.lemuel@epa.gov http://water.epa.gov/scitech/methods/cwa/index.cfm http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html http://www.astm.org http://www.regulations.gov http://www.standardmethods.org www.thermoscientific.com Vol. 77, no. 97 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-05-18 continuing daily deposited born digital 342 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-18 P0b002ee1892c50c0 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr18my12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-18/pdf/FR-2012-05-18.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-18/xml/FR-2012-05-18.xml fdlp 29519 29851 DGPO 2014-05-29 2024-06-03 FR-2012-05-18 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-05-18 77 97