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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AD71 Publication ID: Spring 2007 
Title: Test Procedures: New and Updated Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act 
Abstract: This regulatory action would amend the "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants" under 40 CFR part 136 and the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations under 40 CFR part 141 to approve new and updated EPA methods for wastewater, ambient water quality, and drinking water, including new and updated versions of methods from voluntary consensus standards bodies and other organizations. These methods are used to comply with monitoring requirements in the wastewater, ambient water quality, and/or drinking water programs, as authorized under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. The proposal included new methods for metals, such as Method 200.8 (which utilizes ICP/MS); new methods for chemical pollutants (e.g., Method 245.7); and updated methods for chemical pollutants (e.g., Methods 300.1 and 200.7), including methods from voluntary consensus standards bodies and from other external organizations submitted under EPA's alternate test procedure program. The new and updated methods include methods from organizations such as the American Society for Testing and Materials, International Standard Methods, and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists-International. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122    40 CFR 136    40 CFR 141   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314    33 USC 1361(a)    42 USC 300f    42 USC 300g-1    42 USC 300j-4    42 USC 300j-9(a)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  04/06/2004  69 FR 18166   
NODA  02/16/2005  70 FR 7909   
Final Action  03/12/2007  72 FR 11199   
Additional Information: SAN No. 4540; EPA publication information: NPRM - www.epa.gov/fedrgst/EPA-WATER/2004/April/Day-06/w6427.html; This action incorporates the following analytical methods that had previously been tracked independently: 1. RIN 2040-AC95, SAN 3155--Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase I; 2. RIN 2040-AD12, SAN 4089--Test Procedures for the Analysis of Miscellaneous Metals, Anions, and Volatile Organics Under the Clean Water Act, Phase II; and 3. RIN 2040-AD52, SAN 4377--Test Procedures for the Analysis of Mercury Under the Clean Water Act (Method 245.7). EPA Docket information: OW-2003-0070
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/  
Agency Contact:
Meghan Hessenauer
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4303T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1040
Fax:202 566-1053
Email: hessenauer.meghan@epamail.epa.gov

Marion Kelly
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4303T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1045
Fax:202 566-1053
Email: Kelly.Marion@epamail.epa.gov