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How  To   Use  .  .  .
    This brochure is a guide to the procedures used by the Environmental Protection
    Agency to evaluate and issue national approval of measurement methods to be used
    in the regulatory programs administered by the Agency. The guide is designed to help
    the user expeditiously identify the organization and individual within EPA to contact
    to obtain timely review of a new method. Since regulatory programs are often known
    by.different names (e.g., CERCLA, Superfund, Contract Laboratory Program), the user
    should first refer to the Regulatory Program  Index and  the Table of Contents on the
    inside of the back cover to identify the correct section of this brochure to refer to. Those
    characteristics of the regulatory approval process that are common to a number of
    programs are described  in Appendix A. A glossary of abbreviations used in this
    brochure is presented in Appendix B.

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      Monitoring Program
                            Air Quality
 Applicable Regulations
 Applications Submitted To
                40 CFR 50; 40 CFR 53
                Director, AREAL (MD-75)
                U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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Key Contacts
Technical
                       Regulatory
Ambient) Frank McElroy, AREAL (919) 541-2622
Source) Gilbert Wood OAQPS (919) 541-5544
                Ambient) Frank McElroy, AREAL (919) 541-2622
                Source) Gilbert Wood OAQPS (919) 541-5544
Approximate Processing Time
               6 months

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           Drinking Water
40 CFR 141.21, 22,23,24, 25,27,30,40,74, 89
            4- ,
Director, EMSL
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 W. Martin Luther King Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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(7} Nationwide promulgation of roetftod proceeds as  ;
(Chemical) Nancy Ulmer, EMSL-CI (513) 569-7453
(Biological) Paul Berger, OGWDW
(202) 2603039
Pool Berger, OGWDW (202) 260-3039
18 months

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               Pesticides
40 CFR 158.3
Director, Registration Division
Office of Pesticide Programs (7505C)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
Don Marlow, OPP (703) 308-3198
Harvey Hundley, OPP (301) 504-8187
Aubry DuPuy, OPP (601) 688-3212
Method Validation Time: 2-3 months per method

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         Hazardous Waste
40 CFR 260—270
Chief, Methods Section
Office of Solid Waste (OS-331)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC, 20460
(Inorganic) Kim Kirkland, OSW (202) 26O6722
(Organic) Barry Lesnik, OSW (202) 260-7459
(Sampling) OIlie Fordham, OSW (202) 2604778
Kim Kirkland, OSW (202) 2604722
"Test Method
2 years

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             Mobile Sources
40CFR  86.1205—1544
Director, Certification Division
Office of Mobile Sources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ann Arbor, Ml 48105
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 (For certification and test procedure approval) Tom Ball, (OMSCD)
 (313)668-4280

 (For test procedure regulatory development issues) John Anderson,
 (QMS- RDSD) (313) 6684496

 OMS advisory circulars available through the Certification Division,
 Compliance Programs Branch—contact: Clarice Reed, (313) 668-
 4266

 National Vehicle and Fuels Emissions Laboratory Operating/Test
 Procedures and Equipment/Procedures Change available through
 Engineering Operations Division—contact: Dan Danyko (313) 668-
 4498                      	

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                Radon
RMP Quality Assurance Coordinator (RQAC)
Office of Radiation Programs (6604J)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
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 (Radon) Phillip Jalbert, ORP/OAR (202) 233-9431

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  Chief, Analytical Operations Branch
  Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (5204G)
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20460
 (703)603-8818

(Inorganic) Mike Hurd, (703) 603-8836

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                 Toxics
40 CFR 700-766
Chief, Technical Programs Branch
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (TS798)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
 Cindy Stroup, OPPT (202) 260-3889
 None

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  Underground Storage Tank
40 CFR 280.281
 Josh Baylson, OUST (703) 308-8874

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       Waste & Storm  Water
 40 CFR Sections 122, 136.4,136.5
 Director, EMSL
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr.
 Cincinnati, OH 45268
 *Application submitted to state/regional permitting authority.
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 Nancy Ulmer, EMSL-CI (513) 569-7453
 Jim Lichtenberg, EMSL-CI (513) 569-7306
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                  Appendix A
         Regulatory Approval Process
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    1. Method and Federal Register Notice  of  Proposed
       Rulemaking (NPRM)  proposing that the Agencywill
       approve the method is  submitted to  Agency Work
       Group for technical review. The Work Group consists
       of staff level experts representing a cross section of EPA
       offices and laboratories.

   2. After Work Group approval,  Method  and NPRM is
      subm,ttedtoRegulatorySteeringCommittee.TheRegulatory
      Steering Committee consists of representatives from each
      tKAAss.stantAdministratorshipandistasked with reviewing
      proposed actions for cross^edia impact  and, where
      necessary, resolving remaining issues.

   3. After approval by Steering Committee,  or  through
     Work Group closure,  package is submitted  for Red
     Border review. Red Border is the formal mechanism by
     which senior management (Assistant Administrators
     and General Council) review and approve regulatory
     packages before they are presented to the Administrator
     They resolve issues not resolved at the Steering Committee
     stage.

  4. Prior to  submittal to the Administrator, all proposed
    regulations are submitted to the White House Office of
    Management and Budget (OMB) for review.

 5. After OMB approval, proposed regulation is sent to the
    Administrator for approval.

 6. Onceapproved, NPRM is published in Federal Register
   with request for public comment.

 7. After comment  period,  EPA  evaluates  comments
   prepares final method and Federal Register notice, and
   submits them to the Work Group.

8. Final Method and Notice of Promulgation (i.e., Notice
   ot Rulemaking) are subjected to steps 2 through 5.

9. After the Notice is signed by the Administrator and the
   Notice of Rulemaking  is published  in the  Federal
   Reg.ster, the Method becomes officially approved

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Appendix B
                                                             Contents
EAL	Atmospheric Research and
            Exposure Assessment Laboratory
R	Code of Federal Regulations
3	Contract Laboratory Program
iSL-CI	Environmental Monitoring
            Systems Laboratory—Cincinnati,
            OH
iSL-LV	Environmental Monitoring
            Support Laboratory—Las Vegas,
            NV
\	U.S. Environmental Protection
            Agency
 	Federal Register
'RM	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
:RR  	Office of Emergency and
            Remedial Response
3WDW	Office of Ground Water and
            Drinking Water
V\B	Office of Management and
            Budget
v\S	Office of Mobile Sources
'P	Office ofvPesticide Programs
>PT	Office of Pollution Prevention and
            Toxics
IP	Office of Radiation Programs
5W	Office of Solid Waste
JST	Office of Underground Storage
            Tanks
P	Radon Proficiency Program
^P	Radon Measurement Proficiency
                                   Air Quality	2
                                   Drinking Water	3
                                   Hazardous Waste	4
                                   Mobile Sources	5
                                   Pesticides	6
                                   Radon	7
                                   Superfund	8
                                   Toxics	9
                                   Underground Storage Tank	10
                                   Waste & Storm Water	11
                                   Appendix A: Regulatory Approval Process ... 12
                                   Appendix B: Abbreviations	This page
                                   Regulatory Program Index	This page
                                                     Index
                                    Program               Heading
                                    CAA	Air
                                                            Mobile sources
                                                            Radiation
                                    CERCLA	Superfund
                                    CWA	Waste Water
                                    Drinking Water	Drinking Water
                                    Effluent Guidelines	Waste Water
                                    FIFRA	Pesticides
                                    LUST	Underground Storage
                                                            Tank
                                    NESHAPS	Air
                                    NPDES	Waste Water
                                    Pretreatment Standards	Waste Water
                                    RCRA	Hazardous Waste
                                    SDWA	Drinking Water
                                    Storm Water Program	Waste Water
                                    TSCA	Toxics

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