Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures; Notice of Data Availability

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 136 [EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0192; FRL-9504-2] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of data availability. SUMMARY: On September 23, 2010, EPA proposed to approve a number of new and revised test procedures ( i.e., analytical methods) for measuring pollutants under the Clean Water Act. Today's notice announces the availability of new data on an analytical method for the measurement of oil and grease that EPA described in the earlier notice but did not propose to approve it for use. This notice discusses how EPA is considering revising its proposed regulatory requirements for this method. EPA is soliciting comment only on EPA's consideration of this method. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 13, 2012. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-2010-0192, by one of the following methods: http://www.regulations.gov : Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. Email: OW-docket@epamail.epa.gov Attention Docket ID No. OW-2010-0192. Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: EPA Water Center, EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. OW-2010-0192. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Di…