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EPA is also amending other sections of the Acid Rain Program continuous emission monitoring system regulations by adding and clarifying certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements, removing the provisions pertaining to mercury monitoring and reporting, removing certain requirements associated with a class-approved alternative monitoring system, disallowing the use of a particular quality assurance option in EPA Reference Method 7E, adding two incorporation by references that were inadvertently left out of the January 24, 2008 final rule, adding two new definitions, revising certain compliance dates, and clarifying the language and applicability of certain provisions.","action":"Final rule; Reconsideration.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2011/03/28/2011-6216.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":72,"title":40},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":75,"title":40}],"citation":"76 FR 17288","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":["https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/C1-2011-6216"],"dates":"This final rule is effective on April 27, 2011. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of April 27, 2011.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0837","FRL-9280-9"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2011-6216","effective_on":"2011-04-27","end_page":17325,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2011/03/28/2011-6216.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/03/28/2011-6216/protocol-gas-verification-program-and-minimum-competency-requirements-for-air-emission-testing","images":{"ER28MR11.000":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.000/ER28MR11.000_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.000/ER28MR11.000_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.000/ER28MR11.000_original_size.png"},"ER28MR11.001":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.001/ER28MR11.001_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.001/ER28MR11.001_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.001/ER28MR11.001_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"ER28MR11.000":{"large":{"identifier":"ER28MR11.000","content_type":"image/png","size":23192,"width":822,"sha":"346f88a142c3968e41f1b5211b9adf7b","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.000/ER28MR11.000_large.png","height":498},"medium":{"identifier":"ER28MR11.000","content_type":"image/png","size":9969,"width":444,"sha":"189820cb404dbf88f382a87ff425bab1","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.000/ER28MR11.000_medium.png","height":269},"original_size":{"identifier":"ER28MR11.000","content_type":"image/png","size":37993,"width":3356,"sha":"6f95104322c19eeae3d98a04fc174ffe","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.000/ER28MR11.000_original_size.png","height":2034}},"ER28MR11.001":{"large":{"identifier":"ER28MR11.001","content_type":"image/png","size":144034,"width":822,"sha":"6fce76815cbcdefa8add5fffa88a3a68","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.001/ER28MR11.001_large.png","height":1287},"medium":{"identifier":"ER28MR11.001","content_type":"image/png","size":44893,"width":391,"sha":"d86b86348a20e80446b1ca2628375093","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.001/ER28MR11.001_medium.png","height":613},"original_size":{"identifier":"ER28MR11.001","content_type":"image/png","size":219813,"width":2956,"sha":"e924f119bcc57cae9c647a90410d726d","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER28MR11.001/ER28MR11.001_original_size.png","height":4629}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2011-6216?publication_date=2011-03-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2011-03-28/2011-6216/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":38,"page_views":{"count":1298,"last_updated":"2026-07-26 14:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-03-28/pdf/2011-6216.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2011-03-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2011/03/28/2011-6216.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2060-AQ06":{"issue":"201104","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AQ06/amendments-to-the-protocol-gas-verification-program-and-minimum-competency-requirements-for-air-emis","title":"Amendments to the Protocol Gas Verification Program, and Minimum Competency Requirements for Air Emission Testing","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201104&RIN=2060-AQ06&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["2060-AQ06"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-04-16T08:04:29Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":17288,"subtype":null,"title":"Protocol Gas Verification Program and Minimum Competency Requirements for Air Emission Testing","toc_doc":"Protocol Gas Verification Program and Minimum Competency Requirements for Air Emission Testing","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Acid rain","Administrative practice and procedure","Air pollution control","Carbon dioxide","Electric utilities","Environmental protection","Incorporation by reference","Intergovernmental relations","Nitrogen oxides","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Sulfur oxides"],"type":"Rule","volume":76}