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)' ^ * ' v - . ;'; * ;.i, -* n:v 38970 ^S^^Cionaa^:/Sigusf 1,1994./ .Notices',. gBR^ ^plpJtUiJLr ttiJlralDtgWord PejfBCtV&fionB.I^* Letters requesting the solicitation __ I must Substitute nisi Revtoed ailt n SsoM^lRegulationsaOiCFRepO^ Multiple-yr ;* identify the SCAP number, DE-SC21- Substitute First Revised Sheet No.-t30^^ ^# cooperative-agreement awards are . 94MC3U73.. Substitute First Revised Sheet Nokl30Si1^'^ anticipated and vdl^cohsist of a 3-pHase ' Randolphs Keeling, V f^hrtih1*8 5?* W $?L >enbrt.havli^ irtqtelestiinatedperiod of; Acting Director, Acquisition andAssistance SubstituteOngmal Sheet No. performance oTsixfy (60) months. AL:/, Division; Morgantown Energy Technology. determination Wifi Wniadewhether,dr^ Center.^, -- . . 1FR Doc. 94-18668 Filed 7-29^4; 8:45 ami buImo cooe ' Substitute FiretRayised Sheet No. 1804,^ auosunue rust Kevtsea sneer Na jSOipC^^^-|?j?,^*^?lj?^^^^??%M.C^*f^^?iV''iVAdvis0.fyiRegafdiltg Availability Of 8ft Substitute First Revlsed sheet No iMEfe ^ 1 Improved Artiestoa Bulk Sample SubstituteFirtt Revised $^.n<U8<w%| **p^ilysls Test Method; Supplementary SubsUtute First Revised Sheet Na 1809^* **" at International Standards ,nfo,,natfon ^ Bu|k Sample Collection Substitute First Revised Sheet No/ 1819J Organization (ISO) conditions. Substitute First Revised Sheet No. i81t'j*i|?^^y/'' minimum! befeefbssShaarererreetpquiirireemmeerrititis 35' / and Analysis v. .-^, * . - Substitute First Revised Sheet Na l8tJ:v<r">KS< '~ Dercent-forTihie1--bevinni-m--?---n-h^a*s e and'?- AGENCY: Environmental Protection . of advisory. Substitute First Revised Sheet No' Substitute Fb$t Revised Sheet 41 percept of the totaFestimated cost for SUMMARY: This notice announces the ' Substitute First Rmfaed Sheet N6.2001 yW^the completion ofall phases. Tn'x^vl^;';4.' availability of an improved asbestos Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. ^7001^ addition, the applicant must be in the' bulk sample analysis test method for use Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 2701j y:^' .businesapffinal assembly, testing, and ' with bulk samples collected for ' Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 2702S>^ marketingofeompiete gas turbines.;!/' ! identification of asbestos-containing "nr v?0- PATES: Thesollcitatfoh will be Issued bn materials under the Asbestos Hazard " Emergency Response Act (AHERA) Substitute Second Reviser) Sheet Na 2706 *?'.' due date 60days after issuance. > SObstitute First Revised Sheet No. .2707/TOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: .; ' 'Substitute Original Sheet No. 2708 :&*~r** "Beverly J. Harness,`1-07,'OJS: regulations ana the asbestos National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). Supplementary Substitute First Revised Sheet Nb. 3600-Department ofEnergy, Morgantown " information on The collection of bulk Substitute Fifst Revised Sheet Na 3608 -Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box ! samples and analysis of these samples . Substitute First Revised Sheet Na 4100 / Substitute First Revised Sheet No..4209, !v':y n8o8n0n, Mo^jantown, West Virgin^ 26507-. Substitute First Revised Sheet Na 4300 j ' S880^ TeleP"- (30^ 291-4089, by the improved method is also . provided., " SubsUtute First Revised Sheet No! 4400. Procurement RequestNo. 21- ` ` FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 440l'>`/V 9^MC31173.000/"'<f ;'' / .... * Susan B. Hazen, Director,, ' ' SubsUtute First Revised Sheet No. 4500 !/u: /. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The > Environmental Assistance Division Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 4501 ,,-! "" objective of iht soiledtation is-to join-, (7408), OfSce of Pollution Prevention First Revised Sheet No. 4900. -;;;; y the DOE with industry in research and and Toxics, Environmental Protection I00?^ i: :.1, development activities that will lead to Second Substitute Fust Remsed Sheet Na ' ^nunereial implementation of ATS. ; '52004 ' The successful offerorfs) will be tasked |FR Doc. 94-18610 Filed 7-29-94; 8:45 anil with (1) developing the core engine of WLUNO cone the ATS including design, manufacture, Agency, 401M St, SW., Washington, DC 20460, Telephone: (202-554-1404), TDD; 554-0551. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA recently developed an improved test and/testing of full-scale engine method entitled "Method for the components; (2) developing integrated Morgantown Energy Technology' ' subsystem components; (3) performing Center, Financial Assistance Award; system testing and.providing/, t: (Solicitation Announcement); ' - ^ ` information forpermitting; and (4) - Determination of Asbestos in Bulk Building Materials'' (EPA/600/R-93/ 116). Copies of the test method are available by telephoning the National AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy . ,. construction, installation, and testing of (DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology the full-scale ATS. A separate Federal Center. C - ", Register notice will be issued for ' " ACTION: Solicitation available notice. " solicitation number DE-SC2194MC31176 for research UOed "'Utility . SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of. Zv. !f'. Advanced Rubins Systems (ATS) Technical Information Service (NTIS) at (800)553-6847. The NTIS identifier for the test method is PB93-218576. The test method provides clarifications and improvements to the 1982 EPA "Interim Method for the * Energy is announcing, its intent to i^nie ; Technology^Readiness Testing and Pre- Determination ofAsbestos in Bulk . solicitation number DE-SC21-;>.;;; ^,>> Cfommercialltoihonstration''. Only * ' Insulation Samples" (as found in 40 94MC31173, for cooperative agreement written requests, for tire solicitation will CFR part 763 Appendix A to Subpart F). proposals for work entitled "Industrial ^be honored. The solicitation package Specifically, use of the improved DO 074184 CONFIDENTIAL Federal Register / Vol. 59, No. 146 / Monday, August 1, 1894 / Notices 38971 method can provide more precise 1 percent) reconsider whether these v .^ -thii current notice, in the January S. . analytical results especially at low materials may have thin asbestos fibers. - 1994 NESHAP Federal Register notice. asbestos concentrations, enhanced LEAs should also consider whether 'Ui? and in the.improved analytical method analysis of floor tiles which may contain other materials sampled previously may' to avoid potential violation ofthe thin asbestos fibers below the limits of contain multiple layers, whether each of .asbestos NESHAP. resolution of the polarized light these layers was analyzed separately, All previous positive results (asbestos microscope (PLM), and clearer and whether results were reported "present fn greater than 1 percent) are instruction on the analysis of bulk separately by layer. (Note: Forpurposes acceptable regardless ofthe EPA method materials, particularly where multiple of this analysis, drywsllo* gypsum . '-fay which they were sampled or layers are present. board is considered a single-layered: . analyzed; For AHERA and NESHAP The 1982 method is limited in that it material.) LEAs are encouraged to _ il( ^purposes, materials may always be does not provide guidance Cor analyzing determine Gram sampling and analysis - ^assumed to he asbestos-containing in materials that contain thin [<0.25 records whethermulti-layered systems Vlieu ufsampling and analysis. T - micrometers! asbestos fibers. As a consequence, floor tiles which were were sampled and analyzed separately. :>'" EPA is in the midst of preparing a (A system is an integrated group at ,r,,, ' guidance bulletin to assist LEAs in analyzed according to the 1382 method and for whichnegativa results were reported may actually contain undetected asbestos. At this time EPA . building components which form a unit, ' implementing dm recommendations .. Le., a wall system composed of a >-'- ..discussed in this notice. The guidance browncoat layer as wellas other plaster .will be available in summer 1994. To layers.) Although there is no,f . j.-^^'obtain a-single copy ofthe bulletin, you does not have data to support modification ofthe AHERA must send a written request for the - identification of other materials which requirements at this time and results -"Asbestos Sampling Bulletin" and an may have thin fibers. ... obtained by following the1982 protocol' -9% inch by-12 inch self-addressed and The improved method addresses the thin fiber limitation ofthe 1982 method by providing directions for using and the AHERA sampling rules meet the ..stamped envelope (atleast $0.75 in AHERA lefpl requirements,!! may be ''rjostage applied tathe envelope) to: pmAnnt fa, T.FlAc tn iwuiut tlwt itliw - ^TSCA Assistance Information Service, transmission electron microscopy - _ nH mnlK-lflyflmJ mirtwtiih with Environmental Assistance Division 1 (TEM). The test method includes improved procedures, for reducing . matrices so that fibers may be made available Cor microscopic analysis. The improved method also directs laboratories to analyze the individual strata or layers and report a single result for each layer. The 1982 method . provided that, the analytical result for a multi-layered sample with discrete previously negative results tabs ~ ;.'; /.{7408)1 Office ofPollution Prevention Mhattncjimtaining nr Twamplii unit \ andToxics, Environmental Protection analyze them by the 1993 EPA Test ; ''/Agency, 40TM St, SW., Washington, . Method. ", ' ~Z:J"`%DC 20460: Requests for the bulletin that This approach ould be consld^d ^areiiotac^panied by the rein for the following circumstances: (1) : addressed anrfstamped envelope will Floor tiles wldch may contain thin .,7 A4,^ot^honored. Multiple copies are not fibTM. nA iuKif-K ^ available. Copies will be distributed the 1982FLM method andfooiKlnntto^.^y ^ ^F^^y described ,, ; strata be reported as one result across all ha ashagtns^vwUalntag; anri()matBrjU layers. Because tha 1982 wmthnH such as hard wall and acoustical: plaster, j'Datei JulyZi, 1994. '. ` allowed tberesult to be reported one C stuca? *her similar mufti-i^er*d;-^ _n__u__m___ber1_,__m____u_liltt.i-Vla_y___e__r__e___d\ s_ amp*les wih*icih smtiaaftaenraialalsiWorosvyrsiatemmesuwilhnircUhlwsenrennMot ...r^JZsdsta'ntAd* mr ln>istm' tar'. Office o. fPrevention. may contain asbestos in a single layer , analyzed and reported by Substances. may have been reported by laboratories (discrete strata). LEAs are remindedThat . tor o^ 'aa-18665 Filed 7-29-94; &45 am) as nonasbestos-containing^ The - ;They are improved method directs laboratories to with__ - ' v ws analyze and report a result for . __ individual layers. Thn^ more than one'. "materials. Although building- ll result will he reported for multi-layered operators are not requiredb&yy^ IC> "" * samples, and amuhi-layered sample . 1 asbestos NESHAP to ctdle^Kdkrr^^s., .^iAScAtctfvivnitwi s Under (0MB Review which previously was determined to be.samples ofbuilding ......................;.: nonasbestos-containing may now have ^disturbance^ they are resgO! /AGENCY: Ebviroomental Protection' layers which will be classified as knowing whether asbesttopss?fscdhiidned'^AgBhcy (EPA).f. V: asbestos-containing based on the In the building produd_ OI|en^*'I^"J^ presence ofasbestos in greater than 1 percent. - ' - ~ : identification ofasbesto>scoOaBtetagtrmtmaayy- -^b^__':_-._i:_-_._`v__'_be obtained only by samplmgahd;:^ -i^/^TA^ltiy*4uiAlDtWfVv--Tlhh crwomnnplliiaanncrae wwiitthh tfthHdeb In fight ofthe availability ofthe ' analyzing thn'inataTtal FPAbBcv-^'trt;v-^.Paperwork. Reduction Act (PRA) (44 improved method, EPA recommends provided guidance on Bdw jo samp*le^ >^LIE.CL 35Qletseq.).thisnotice - that local education agencies (LEAs) use and interpret analytical results for ^^wnouncK the Office ofManagement the improved method In place ofthe multi-layered samples farthe ashestos ^and Budget's (QMB) responses to 1982 procedures as found in 40 CFR NESHAP in the Federal KegfstecnoticBV;^Agepcy PRA clearance'requests, part 763 Appendix A to Subpart F. EPA ofJanuary 5.1934 (59 FR.542J; Before-t^FOR FURTHBt OtFORMATVOH COKTACT: has made the determination that the lin^artaHngnr*tv*tio wbtAl^tgptf-^ - Vi^ .^bindy PMTTnM-pmzjZgn_274n. improved method is more capable of < trippar orftfwtiw MTv^UtAPTWiiitrarrifirilc V producing accurate results than the it that rPA^ -TV? ' ' ItCTtoTIOttr *- -1982 protocol .and thus serves as a ' 'v resampling muM-layeredirai^ri^^^^^^QMiBitomonsra to^AgSncV PRA ;' preferred substitute method. Further, whirh havgfitwin Baiml taf-- 'xr/.fif?}' EPA recommends that LEAs which have TinnaAe^M^rmtafiring fiu^HERAi ' - ' -- g uesI,ttss 1 .ow. V': '"'f- DO 0741S5 CONFTDFNTTAl.