Revisions to Lead Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements

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 58 [EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735; FRL-9098-2] RIN 2060-AP77 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The EPA issued a final rule on November 12, 2008, (effective date January 12, 2009) that revised the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for lead and associated monitoring requirements. This action proposes revisions to the monitoring requirements in that final rule pertaining to where state and local monitoring agencies (“monitoring agencies”) would be required to conduct lead monitoring. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 16, 2010. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735 by one of the following methods: http://www.regulations.gov : Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov . Fax: 202-566-9744. Mail: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503. Hand Delivery: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries…