We, the EPA, are taking direct final action to remove an amendment published as part of a final rule entitled "Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions" on October 17, 2000 (65 FR 61744). We are removing this provision because it inadvertently established substantive new requirements for facilities that are subject to the New Source Performance Standards requiring the installation of continuous opacity monitors on effluent streams, although the amendments were explicitly intended to be minor in nature and not substantive.