97-31576. Compliance Assurance Monitoring

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31576]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 64, 70, and 71

[FRL-5928-5]
RIN 2060-AD18


Compliance Assurance Monitoring

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; availability of guidance document.

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SUMMARY: On October 22, 1997 (62 FR 54900), EPA published a final 
Compliance Assurance Monitoring Rule (CAM). The final rule preamble 
described a Guidance Development Process in which the Agency would 
develop non-prescriptive examples of the types of monitoring that can 
be used to satisfy part 64 for various types of control devices and 
emissions units. In order to provide an opportunity for source owners 
or operators and other interested parties to submit suggestions, review 
drafts and generally clarify the part 64 requirements, a Draft CAM 
Technical Guidance Document is now available. The Agency emphasizes 
that the development of example monitoring approaches in this guidance 
document is intended to assist both regulated industry and permitting 
authorities to streamline permit review in those instances where a 
source owner or operator proposes monitoring based on one of the 
examples. These examples should not be considered as an implied 
limitation on the owner or operator's ability to propose a different 
approach that the owner or operator can demonstrate satisfies the part 
64 requirements or on the permitting authority's authority to require 
additional monitoring. A final CAM Technical Guidance Document should 
be available by the end of March 1998.

DATES: Comments on the Draft CAM Technical Guidance Document should be 
received no later than January 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Dan Bivins, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, MD-19, 
RTP, NC 27711, or to: [e-mail]
    The Draft CAM Technical Guidance Document is available on U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's EMTIC Homepage on the Technology 
Transfer Network (via the Internet at ``http://ttnwww.rtpnc.epa.gov/
html/emticwww/index.htm'', 24 hours a day, 7 days a week , except 
Monday, 8-12 a.m. EST).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Bivins at [phone].
Henry C. Thomas,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-31576 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]
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