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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AP77 Publication ID: Fall 2009 
Title: ●Revision to Pb Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements 
Abstract: On November 12, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA revised the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for lead and associated monitoring requirements. The finalized monitoring requirements require state and local monitoring agencies to conduct Pb monitoring near Pb sources emitting 1.0 tons per year (tpy) or more and in large urban areas referred to as Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) with a population of 500,000 people or more. In January 2009, EPA received a petition to reconsider the 1.0 tpy emission threshold from the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, the Coalition to End Childhood Poisoning, and Physicians for Social Responsibility requesting EPA reconsider the 1.0 tpy emission threshold. EPA granted the petition to reconsider on July 22, 2009. This action represents the results of the EPA’s reconsideration of the Pb monitoring requirements. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 58   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7403    42 USC 7410    42 USC 7601(a)    42 USC 7611    42 USC 7619   
Legal Deadline:  None

Statement of Need: This action is in response to a petition to reconsider that the Agency received and granted on the Pb monitoring requirements contained in the revision to the Pb NAAQS (73 FR 66964).

Summary of the Legal Basis: Clean Air Act Title I

Alternatives: To be determined.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits: To be determined.

Risks: To be determined.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2009    
Additional Information: SAN No. 5370; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0735
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Local, State 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Information URL: http://epa.gov/air/lead  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Kevin Cavender
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
C304-06,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-2364
Fax:919 541-1903
Email: cavender.kevin@epamail.epa.gov

Lewis Weinstock
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
C304-06,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-3661
Fax:919 541-1903
Email: weinstock.lewis@epamail.epa.gov