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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; Methods Update

Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.

 [Federal Register: January 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 10)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3526-3527]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 136, 141, and 143

[FRL-6918-1]
RIN 2040-AD59


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; Methods
Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing action on a methods update rule that approves
revised versions of test procedures (i.e., analytical methods) for the
determination of chemical, radiological, and microbiological pollutants
and contaminants in wastewater and drinking water. The revisions
concern methods published by one or more of the following
organizations: American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), United
States Geological Survey (USGS), United States Department of Energy
(DOE), American Public Health Association (APHA), American Water Works
Association (AWWA), and Water Environment Federation (WEF). Previously
approved versions of the methods remain approved. This rule will give
the analytical community a larger selection of analytical methods.
Today's action also corrects typographical errors and updates
references where appropriate.

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DATES: Written comments must be received by March 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments either by mail or
electronically. Send comments to the Methods Update Comment Clerk (W-
99-21), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, MC-4101,
Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Submit electronic comments to OW-Docket@epa.gov. Please submit copies
of any references cited in your comments. EPA would appreciate an
original and 3 copies of your comments and enclosures (including
references).
    This Federal Register document is also available on the Internet
at: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. The record for this rulemaking has
been established under docket number W-99-21. Supporting documents
(including references and methods cited in this notice) are available
for review at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket,
East Tower Basement, Room EB57, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC
20460. For access to the docket materials, call 202/260-3027 on Monday
through Friday, excluding Federal holidays, between 9 a.m. and 3:30
p.m. Eastern Daylight Standard Time for an appointment.
    Copies of final methods published by ASTM are available for a
nominal cost through American Society for Testing and Materials, 100
Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. Copies of final
methods published by USGS are available for a nominal cost through the
United States Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Information
Services, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0425. Copies of
final methods published by DOE are available for a nominal cost through
the Environmental Measurements Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy,
376 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014-3621. Copies of Standard Methods
are available for a nominal cost from the American Public Health
Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding wastewater
methods contact Dr. Maria Gomez-Taylor, Engineering and Analysis
Division (4303), USEPA Office of Science and Technology, Ariel Rios
Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460 (e-mail:
Gomez-Taylor.Maria@epa.gov). For information regarding drinking water
methods contact Dr. Richard Reding, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268 (e-
mail: Reding.Richard@epa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are proposing to approve revisions to the
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; Methods Update.
Elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Agency is promulgating this
rule as a direct final rule without prior proposal because we view
these as non-controversial revisions and do not expect adverse
comments. We want to allow immediate use of the methods for compliance
monitoring, and believe that it is in the public interest to do so. For
further information, please see the information provided in the direct
final rule which is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of
this Federal Register publication.
    If EPA does not receive adverse comment, we will not take further
action on this proposal. If we receive adverse comment, we will
withdraw the direct final rule (or the distinct amendment, paragraph,
or section to which comments apply) and it (they) will not take effect.
We will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on
the proposed rule. We will not institute a second comment period on
this action. Any parties interested in making comments must do so at
this time. For the various statutes and executive orders that require
findings for rulemaking, EPA incorporates the findings from the direct
final rulemaking into this companion notice for the purpose of
providing public notice and opportunity for comment.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 136

    Environmental protection, Analytical methods, Incorporation by
reference, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Water pollution
control.

40 CFR Part 141

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Incorporation by reference,
Indian-lands, Intergovernmental relations, Radiation protection,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Water supply.

40 CFR Part 143

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Incorporation by reference,
Indian-lands, Water supply.

    Dated: December 11, 2000.
Carol M. Browner,
Administrator.
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