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genuinely in dispute that are relevant 

and material to a decision and that a 

trial-type hearing is necessary for a full 

and true disclosure of the facts. 

If an additional procedure is 

scheduled, notice will be provided to all 

parties. If no party requests additional 

procedures, a final opinion and order 

may be issued based on the official 

record, including the application and 

responses filed by parties pursuant to 

this notice, in accordance with 10 CFR 

590.316. 

A copy of FSGC's application is 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Office of Fuels Programs Dociket 

Room, 3F-056, at the above address. The 

docket room is open between the hours 

of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Issued in Washington, DC, January 31. 

1990. 

Clifford P. Tomaszewski, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fuels 

Programs, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 90-2978 Filed 2-7-80; 8:45 am) 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL-3721-S] 

Superfund Response Action 

Contractor Indemnification 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: On October 31,1989, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

issued a proposed guidance document to 

implement section 119 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by 

the Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 

9619). Today, the Agency is announcing 

a public meeting, the purpose of which is 

to receive oral comments from the 

public. Also, the Agency is extending 

the current deadline of February 2,1990, 

for submission of written comments. The 

Agency will now accept written 

comments no later than seven days 

following the date of the public meeting. 

This is the second time that the deadline 

has been extended. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on February 20,1990, from 8:30 a.m. to 

no later than 11:30 a.m. Written 

comments will be accepted no later than 

February 27,1990. 

AOORBS8E8: The meeting will be held in 

the EPA Education Center Auditorium, 

401M St., SW., Washington. DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tom Gillis, (202)475-6771. 

Mary A. Cade, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Solid Waste and Emergency Response. 

[FR Doc. 90-2971 Filed 2-7-90; 8:45 am) 

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[FRL-3722-1] 

Relative Risk Reduction Strategies 

Committee; Two Risk Reduction 

Subcommittee Open Meetings 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92-463, notice is hereby given of a public 

meeting of the Risk Reduction 

Subcommittee of the Relative Risk 

Reduction Strategies Committee 

(RRRSC). The Subcommittee will meet 

on Friday, March 2,1990 and Monday, 

April 2,1990. The meeting March 2nd 

will be at the Hyatt Hotel, Crystal City, 

2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 22202 between 8:30 a.m. 

and 3 p.m. The April 2nd meeting will be 

at the Howard Johnson's National 

Airport Hotel, 2650 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 between 

8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

PURPOSE: The purpose of this meeting is 

to discuss environmental risk reduction 

strategies based, in part, on an 

evaluation of EPA's 1987 report 

"Unfinished Business", to develop a 

methodology for developing new 

strategies, and to follow up on previous 

meetings. For further information 

concerning this project, please refer to 

the notices contained in 54 FR 35386, 

August 25,1989, and 54 FR 38282, 

September 15,1989. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public wishing further 

information concerning the 

Subcommittee or the meeting should 

contact Dr. Richard Cothern, Designated 

Federal Official, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (A-101F), 401M 

Street SW.. Washington, DC 20460, (202) 

382-2552 or (FTS) 382-2552. FAX (202) 

475-9693. Seating at the meeting is on a 

first come basis. 

Dated: February 1,1990. 

Donald G. Barnes, 

Director, Science Advisory Board. 

(FR Doc 90-2968 Filed 2-7-9ftft45 am]T"X ~X\ 

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[FRLOpen Meetings of the Negotiated 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee for 

Volatile Organic Chemical Equipment 

Leaks 

As required by section 9(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L 92-463), we are giving notice of open 

meetings of the Advisory Committee to 

negotiate a rule to control fugitive 

emissions of toxic volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs) from chemical 

equipment leaks. 

The next meeting will be held on 

February 22,1990 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., and on February 23.1990 from 9:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Bristol Hotel, 2430 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW„ Washington, 

DC, (202) 955-6400. The purpose of the 

meeting is to continue to address 

substantive issues such as: leak 

definition, conceptual approach and 

scope of the standard, emission factors 

and approaches to assessing the cost of 

the standard. 

The Agency intends to expand the 

scope of this and other rules that are 

planned for adoption within the first two 

years after passage of CAA revisions. 

The scope will go beyond the 13 source 

categories originally discussed in the 

negotiation, and is now planned to 

include all categories of SOCMI sources 

that produce, and possibly all that use 

(as raw materials or intermediates) 

chemicals in the CAA list (e.g., the 

current list of 191). Although organic 

chemical processes (e.g., benzene/ 

toluene/xylene units) located in 

refineries or on refinery property would 

be affected, the Agency does not plan at 

this time, to include petroleum refinery 

processes among the source categories 

affected by this initial phase of rules. 

The March meeting is scheduled for 

March 27 and 28,1990 at the Pickett 

Suite Hotel (Guest Quarters). Research 

Triangle Park, NC. The April meeting is 

scheduled for April 25-26 at the 

Conservation Foundation, 1250 Twentyfourth St. NW., Washington, DC. 

Persons needing further information 

on substantive aspects of the rule should 

call Robert Ajax, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, U.S. EPA, (919) 

541-5579. Persons needing further 

information on committee arrangements 

or procedures should contact Deborah 

Dalton, Regulatory Negotiation Project, 

U.S. EPA, (202) 382-5495 or the 

Committee's facilitator, Philip Harter, 

(202) 887-1033. 
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Federal Register / y o l . 55, No , 2 7 , Th „ rsHa v Fo ^ _ fl ^ f ^. ^ 

Dated: February 2.1990. 

Paul Lapaley, 

Director, Information and Regulatory Systems 

Division, Office of Policy. Planning and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 90-2370 Filed 2-7-90; 8:45 am) 

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[OP?-130324 TF.L 3710-11 

Receipt of App!iC2tis,*, for Emergency 

Exemption; Solicitation of Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTIC*: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Tennessee 

Department of Agriculture (hereafter 

referred to as "Applicant") to use the 

postex.crgent herbicide Accent, 2-

[[[[(4,6U'rnethoxy-2-pyriinidinyl)amino 

carbonyiaminosulfonyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-

pyridine carboxamide. If the Agency 

could not support the use of Accent 

under the section 18 program, the 

Applicant requests the Agency to 

determine whether the use of Beacon, 3-

[4,6-Bis(difluorcmethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-

yl]-l-(2-methoxycarbonylphenylsulfonyl) urea, could then be 

supported for use as an emergency 

exemption. The purpose of the request is 

to treat 300,000 acres of field corn to 

control Johnsongrass. EPA, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, is 

required to issue a notice of receipt and 

solicit public comment before making 

the decision whether to grant this 

exemption. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before February 23,1990. 

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written 

comments, bearing the identification 

notation "OPP-180824" should be 

submitted by mail to: Public Docket and 

Freedom of Information Section, Field 

Operations Division (H75C6C), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

In person, bring comments to: Rm. 236, 

GM# 2,1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 

Information submitted in any 

comment concerning this notice may be 

claimed confidential by marking any 

part or all of that information as 

"Confidential Business Information." 

Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain Confidential Business 

Information must be provided by the 

submitter for inclusion in the public 

record. Information r.ot marked 

confidential may be disclosed publicly 

by EPA without prior notice. All written 

comments filed pursuant to this notice 

will be available for public inspection in 

Rm. 236, Crystal Mall No. 2.1921 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 

fro*;1. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

By mail: Robert Forrest. Registration 

Division' (H7505C), Office of Pesticide 

Proarams, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

Office location and telephone number: 

Rm. 718, Crystal Mail 2.1921 Jefferson 

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. (703-

557-1806). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

(7 U.S.C. 136p), the Administrator may, 

at his discretion, exempt a State agency 

from any registration provision of FIFRA 

if he determines that emergency 

conditions exist which require such 

exemption. 

The Applicant has requested the 

Administrator to issue a specific 

exemption for the use of Accent, 2-

[[[[(4,6-Dimethoxy-2-pyrimidJnyl)amino 

caibonylaminosulfonyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-

pyridine-carboxamide, or beacon, 3-[4,8-

Bix-(difluoromethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-l-

(2-methoxy carbonyl-phenylsulfonyl) 

urea. 

Information in accordance with 40 

CFR part 166 was submitted as part of 

tiiis request. Accent and Beacon are not 

currently registered in the United States. 

Both chemicals are structurally similar. 

The Applicant states that although 

preemergent herbicides provide early 

season weed control, they do not 

provide season-long wend control. 

Thiocarbamate herbicides are 

commonly used on corn for 

Johnsongrass control. However, the 

Applicant states that continued use of 

these herbicides will result in a build up 

of micro-organisms in the soil that break 

down these herbicides. Furthermore, 

cultivation is no longer an acceptable 

means of control due to soil loss through 

erosion. 

The Applicant states that 

Johnsongrass is one of the toughest 

weeds to control in any field crop. It is 

particularly tough to control in corn 

because under normal conditions corn 

grows taller than Johnsongrass, meaning 

that over-the-top applications of 

herbicides are impractical. Johnsongrass 

not only acts as a competitor for 

moisture and soil nutrients but as host 

for a number of pathogens, one being 

maize dwarf mosaic virus complex. 

Most fields are affected with this 

disease which can cause an annual 

average loss of 12 bushels per acre. 

If the Agency cannot support the use 

of Accent under the section 18 program, 

bie Applicant requests the Agency to 

determine whether the use of Beacon 

can then be supported for use as an 

emergency exemption. The Applicant 

proposes to make a maximum of two 

amplications of the product Accent or 

Beacon to approximately, 300.000 acres. 

The maximum application rate 

requested is 1 lb. of the product Accent 

per acre per crop, or 0.76 oz of the 

product Beacon per acre per crcp. 

According to the Applicant, an 

emergency situation exists because 

there are presently no registered 

postemergent herbicides available that 

will control the infestation of 

Johnsongrass in an efficacious and cost 

effective manner. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on this application. The 

regulations governing section 18 require 

publication of a notice in the Federal 

Register of receipt of an application for 

a specific exemption proposing use of a 

new chemical (i.e. an active ingredient 

not contained in any currently registered 

pesticide). The regulations also provide 

for the opportunity for public comment. 

Accordingly, interested persons may 

submit written views on this subject to 

the Program Management and Support 

Division at the address given above. 

The Agency will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining whether 

to issue this emergency exemption 

request. 

Dated: January 19,1990. 

Anne E. Lindsay, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 90-2969 Filed 2-7-90; 8:45 am) 

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

[FEMA-851-DR] 

Amendment to Notice of a Major 

Disaster Declaration; Florida 

January 31,1990. 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster for the State of 

Florida (FEMA-851-DR), dated January 

15,1990, and related determinations.