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provide individual advice on issues the 

panel addresses. These meetings will 

occur in New York City and nearby 

locations. All of the meetings will be 

announced on the Web site and by a 

Federal Register Notice, and they will 

be open to the public for attendance and 

brief oral comments. 

The focus of the eighth meeting of the 

WTC Expert Panel is to hear comments 

from panel members and the public on 

the External Review Draft entitled, Draft 

Proposed Sampling Program to 

Determine Extent of World Trade Center 

Impacts to the Indoor Environment 

(EPA/600/R–04/169A). The document 

was published in the Federal Register

on October 21, 2004 (69 FR 61838) for 

a 30-day public comment period. The 

document is also available on the panel 

Web site identified earlier at: http://

www.epa.gov/wtc/panel. Written 

comments on the draft sampling 

proposal should be submitted to the 

EPA by November 19, 2004. Please 

follow the detailed instructions as 

provided in the October 21, 2004 

Federal Register Notice for submitting 

written comments. EPA will consider all 

comments in revising the document. At 

the November 15 panel meeting, panel 

members will be asked to provide their 

individual views regarding gaps on 

potential health effects and additional 

health studies that they have identified. 

Further information on meetings of the 

WTC Expert Panel can be found at the 

panel Web site. 

III. How To Get Information on EDOCKET 

EPA has established an official public 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. ORD–2004–0003. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA 

Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West 

Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

The EPA Docket Center Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number 

for the Public Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752; 

facsimile: (202) 566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the appropriate docket 

identification number.

Dated: October 25, 2004. 

Paul Gilman, 

EPA Science Advisor and Assistant 

Administrator for Research and Development.

[FR Doc. 04–24245 Filed 10–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7829–1] 

Proposed Administrative Settlement 

Pursuant to the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’); Pacific Sound Resources 

(PSR); West Seattle, WA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 

42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., as amended, 

notice is hereby given that the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’), the State of Washington 

Department of Natural Resources 

(‘‘DNR’’) and the state of Washington 

(‘‘State’’) have negotiated a proposed 

Administrative Settlement 

(‘‘Agreement’’) pursuant to CERCLA, 

with respect to the Pacific Sound 

Resources (‘‘PSR’’) Superfund Site in 

West Seattle, Washington (‘‘Site’’). 

The Site was listed on the Superfund 

National Priorities List (‘‘NPL’’) in 1994. 

Wood treating operations at the Site 

date from the early 1900s to 1994, under 

successive operators. Hazardous 

substances, primarily wood treating 

chemicals, were released at or from the 

Site. As a result, EPA has undertaken 

response actions under CERCLA, and 

will undertake response actions in the 

future, many of which have been or will 

be funded by PSR as a responsible party 

pursuant to a 1994 PSR Consent Decree. 

Outstanding EPA costs are 

approximately $3.5 million. Projected 

future remedial costs are estimated at 

approximately $8 million for remaining 

sediment remedial action, some or all of 

which may be funded by the PSR 

Decree. EPA estimates that the total 

response costs incurred and to be 

incurred at or in connection with the is 

approximately $45 million. 

The Settling Parties’ liability for the 

Site arises in most significant part from 

releases from three storage tanks on a 

small portion of the Site (approximately 

2.3 acres of filled state-owned aquatic 

lands within the approximately 25-acre 

Site) leased to PSR by DNR. EPA has 

determined that these releases 

contributed a minor portion of the total 

of hazardous substances at the Site. The 

processing areas of the Site, including 

the transfer table pit and wood-treating 

retorts, were and are on PSR property 

and were where most releases occurred. 

DNR also leased submerged aquatic 

lands owned by the State to PSR on 

which PSR floated treated wood 

products which released comparatively 

small amounts of hazardous substances 

to water and sediment in Elliott Bay. 

In September 2002, PSR and the Port 

of Seattle jointly sued the Settling 

Parties and other potentially responsible 

parties in contribution in the Superior 

Court for the State of Washington under 

the Model Toxics Control Act 

(‘‘MTCA’’), RCW 70.105D et seq. In May 

2004, the Settling Parties conditionally 

agreed to settle these MTCA claims for 

$4.75 million to be divided equally 

between the MTCA Plaintiffs. EPA 

stands as the sole beneficiary pursuant 

to the PSR Consent Decree of the 

settlement proceeds which would go to 

PSR. This MTCA claims settlement is 

conditioned on this proposed 

Agreement resolving the outstanding 

CERCLA claims by EPA against the 

Settling Parties. 

By this proposed Agreement, Settling 

Parties shall provide EPA with a 

maximum of 250,000 cubic yards of 

clean sediment (from navigation 

dredging of the Snohomish, Swinomish, 

or other rivers of the state of 

Washington) necessary for the sediment 

remedial action at the Site. Further, EPA 

has designed the sediment remedy for 

the Site to meet a 100-year earthquake 

or other disaster contingency, and has 

agreed that if such remedy failure 

occurs, it will be addressed by EPA 

rather than by an Agency or 

instrumentality of the state. Toward this 

end, DNR shall also provide such 

quantity of clean sediment as EPA may 

require, not to exceed a maximum of 

250,000 cubic yards, to address such a 

remedy failure contingency, subject to 

sediment availability. Settling Parties 

also agree that EPA may install, 

maintain and monitor the remedial 

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action at the Site as EPA deems 

necessary, including the installation and 

maintenance of additional monitoring 

wells beyond those presently on Site. 

DNR and the State shall receive legal 

protection for cleanup liability at the 

Site in the form of a covenant not to sue 

from EPA.

DATES: Comments must be provided by 

November 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Sally Thomas, Remedial 

Project Manager, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

M/S–ECL–110, Seattle, Washington, 

98101, and refer to PSR Superfund Site, 

Proposed Agreement with DNR and the 

state of Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sally Thomas at 206–553–2102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Environmental Protection Agency will 

receive comments relating to the 

proposed Agreement for a period of 

thirty (30) days from the date of this 

publication. 

Copies of the proposed Agreement 

may be examined at the EPA Region 10 

offices at 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, 

Washington, 98101. A Copy of the 

proposed Consent Order may be 

obtained by mail or in person from Ms. 

Thomas at the address listed above.

Dated: October 13, 2004. 

Richard Albright, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.

[FR Doc. 04–24244 Filed 10–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7832–1] 

Proposed Agreement Pursuant to 

Section 122(h)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) for the South Central 

Terminal Site Near Pana, IL

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment on proposed CERCLA section 

122(h)(1) agreement with three prior 

owner/operators regarding partial 

recovery of costs incurred by EPA in 

implementing a removal action to 

address soil contamination, hazardous 

liquids and sludges, and deteriorated 

above-ground storage tanks, piping and 

asbestos insulation at an abandoned oil 

refinery near Pana, Illinois. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i)(1) of CERCLA, notification is 

hereby given of a proposed 

administrative settlement agreement 

regarding partial recovery of costs 

incurred by EPA in implementing a 

removal action at the site of the former 

South Central Terminal oil refinery and 

bulk storage facility near downstate 

Pana, Illinois. EPA proposes to enter 

into this agreement under the authority 

of sections 122(h) and 107 of CERCLA. 

The proposed agreement has been 

executed by three historical owner/

operators of the facility, Growmark, Inc., 

Rosewood Refining, L.L.C., and BiPetro, Inc. (the ‘‘Settling Parties’’). 

Under the proposed agreement, the 

Settling Parties will pay a total of 

$625,000 to reimburse the Superfund for 

part of the $3.16 million incurred by 

EPA in implementing the removal 

action at the facility. For thirty days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, EPA will receive written 

comments relating to the proposed 

agreement. EPA will consider all 

comments received and may decide not 

to enter into the proposed agreement if 

comments disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

agreement is inappropriate, improper or 

inadequate.

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

agreement must be received by EPA on 

or before November 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590, and 

should refer to: In the Matter of South 

Central Terminal, EPA Docket No. V–

W–’04–C–799.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reginald A. Pallesen, Associate 

Regional Counsel, by mail at: U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Regional Counsel (C–14J), 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604–3590, or by phone at: 

(312) 886–0555. A copy of the proposed 

administrative settlement agreement 

may be obtained in person or by mail 

from the EPA’s Region 5 Office of 

Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–

3590. Additional background 

information relating to the settlement is 

available for review at the EPA’s Region 

5 Office of Regional Counsel.

Authority: The Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601–

9675.

Richard C. Karl, 

Director, Superfund Division, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 04–24246 Filed 10–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority 

October 13, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

(PRA) comments should be submitted 

on or before December 28, 2004. If you 

anticipate that you will be submitting 

comments, but find it difficult to do so 

within the period of time allowed by 

this notice, you should advise the 

contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) comments to 

Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554 or via the Internet to JudithB.Herman@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0194. 

Title: Section 74.21, Broadcasting 

Emergency Information. 

Form No.: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection.