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(l) NARA—Pacific Region (Laguna

Niguel, CA) is located at 24000 Avila

Rd., 1st Floor East Entrance, Laguna

Niguel, CA (mailing address: PO Box

6719, Laguna Niguel, CA 92607–6719).

The hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The telephone

number is 949–360–6334.

(m) NARA—Pacific Alaska Region

(Seattle) is located at 6125 Sand Point

Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115–7999. The

hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The telephone

number is 206–526–6501.

§ 1253.7 Regional archives.

Most regional archives offer extended

research room hours for microfilm

research only. Information on extended

hours is available from individual

facilities. Regional archives are closed

on Federal holidays. Information on

each regional archives facility is as

follows:

(a) NARA—Northeast Region (Boston)

is located in the Frederick C. Murphy

Federal Center, 380 Trapelo Rd.,

Waltham, MA 02452–6399. The hours

are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday. The telephone number is 781–

647–8100.

(b) NARA—Northeast Region

(Pittsfield, MA) is located at 10 Conte

Drive, Pittsfield, MA 01201–8230. The

hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. The telephone number

is 413–445–6885.

(c) NARA—Northeast Region (New

York City) is located at 201 Varick St.,

New York, NY 10014–4811. The hours

are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday. The telephone number is 212–

337–1300.

(d) NARA—Mid Atlantic Region

(Center City Philadelphia) is located at

900 Market St. Room 1350,

Philadelphia, PA 19107–4292. The

hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday. The telephone number

is 215–597–3000.

(e) NARA—Southeast Region

(Atlanta) is located at 1557 St. Joseph

Ave., East Point, GA 30344–2593. The

hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. The telephone number

is 404–763–7474.

(f) NARA—Great Lakes Region

(Chicago) is located at 7358 S. Pulaski

Rd., Chicago, IL 60629–5898. The hours

are 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through

Friday. The telephone number is 773–

581–7816.

(g) NARA—Central Plains Region

(Kansas City) is located at 2312 E.

Bannister Rd., Kansas City, MO 64131–

3060. The hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The telephone

number is 816–926–6982.

(h) NARA—Southwest Region (Fort

Worth) is located at 501 West Felix St.,

Bldg. 1, Dock 1, Fort Worth, TX (mailing

address: P.O. Box 6216, Fort Worth, TX,

76115–0216). The hours are 8 a.m. to 4

p.m., Monday through Friday. The

telephone number is 817–334–5525.

(i) NARA—Rocky Mountain Region

(Denver) is located at Building 48,

Denver Federal Center, West 6th

Avenue and Kipling Street, Denver, CO

(mailing address: PO Box 25307,

Denver, CO 80225–0307). The hours are

7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday through

Friday. The telephone number is 303–

236–0804.

(j) NARA—Pacific Region (Laguna

Niguel, CA) is located at 24000 Avila

Rd., 1st Floor East Entrance, Laguna

Niguel, CA (mailing address: PO Box

6719, Laguna Niguel, CA 92607–6719).

The hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The telephone

number is 949–360–2641.

(k) NARA—Pacific Region (San

Francisco) is located at 1000

Commodore Dr., San Bruno, CA 94066–

2350. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday. The

telephone number is 650–876–9009.

(l) NARA—Pacific Alaska Region

(Seattle) is located at 6125 Sand Point

Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115–7999. The

hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The telephone

number is 206–526–6501.

(m) NARA—Pacific Alaska Region

(Anchorage) is located at 654 West

Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501–

2145. The hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The telephone

number is 907–271–2443.

Dated: May 3, 2000.

John W. Carlin,

Archivist of the United States.

[FR Doc. 00–11530 Filed 5–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[AD–FRL–6585–6]

RIN 2060–AE86

National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Polyether

Polyols Production; Synthetic Organic

Chemical Manufacturing Industry;

Epoxy Resins Production and NonNylon Polyamides Production; and

Petroleum Refineries

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

amend the National Emission Standards

for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)

for Polyether Polyols Production; the

Synthetic Organic Chemical

Manufacturing Industry (also known as

the Hazardous Organics NESHAP, or

HON); Epoxy Resins Production and

Non-Nylon Polyamides Production; and

Petroleum Refineries.

This action proposes to correct

referencing errors and several equations

which contained printing errors in the

final NESHAP for Polyether Polyols

Production. This action proposes to

amend the description of a process

change and the description of excess

emissions; the requirements pertaining

to submission of a request for extension

of a compliance date; the storage vessel

monitoring requirements; the definition

of the terms epoxide, Polyether polyol,

and Group 2 wastewater stream; the

conditions required during performance

testing for batch process vents; which

compounds are considered to be organic

HAP for the purposes of both the

maintenance wastewater and the

process wastewater requirements; the

information requirements for start-up,

shutdown, and malfunction reports; the

dates on which initial notification

reports are due; and the reporting

requirements for other reports to clarify

those requirements. For all four

NESHAP, the EPA is proposing to

amend the definition of equipment leaks

to add the term ‘‘connectors’’ to the list

of equipment that is subject to the

equipment leak provisions in those

NESHAP.

In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’

section of this Federal Register, we are

making these corrections in a direct

final rule, without prior proposal,

because we view these revisions as

noncontroversial, and we anticipate no

adverse comments. We have explained

our reasons for these corrections in the

preamble to the direct final rule.

If we receive no adverse comments,

we will take no further action on this

proposed rule. If an adverse comment

applies to an amendment, paragraph, or

section of this proposed rule, and that

provision may be addressed separately

from the remainder of the proposed

rule, we will withdraw only those

provisions on which we received

adverse comments. We will publish a

timely withdrawal in the Federal

Register indicating which provisions

will become effective and which

provisions are being withdrawn. If part

or all of the direct final rule in the

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this

Federal Register is withdrawn, all

public comments pertaining to those

provisions will be addressed in a

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subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. We will not institute a

second comment period on that

subsequent final rule. Any parties

interested in commenting must do so at

this time.

DATES: Comments. Written comments

must be received by June 7, 2000, unless

a hearing is requested by May 18, 2000.

If a hearing is requested, written

comments must be received by June 22,

2000.

Public Hearing. If anyone contacts the

EPA requesting to speak at a public

hearing by May 18, 2000, a public

hearing will be held on May 22, 2000.

Comments. Written comments should

be submitted (in duplicate, if possible)

to: Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (6102), Attention

Docket numbers A–90–20, A–92–37, A–

93–48, and/or A–96–38 (see docket

section below), Room M–1500, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

The EPA requests that a separate copy

also be sent to the contact person listed

below.

ADDRESSES: Docket. Docket numbers A–

90–20, A–92–37 (Epoxy Resins

Production and Non-Nylon Polyamides

Production), A–93–48 (Petroleum

Refineries), and A–96–38 (Polyether

Polyols Production) contain supporting

information used in developing the

standards. The dockets are located at the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street SW, Washington, DC

20460, in room M–1500, Waterside Mall

(ground floor), and may be inspected

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

Public Hearing. If a public hearing is

held, it will be held at the EPA’s Office

of Administration Auditorium, Research

Triangle Park, North Carolina at 10:30

a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert E. Rosensteel, Organic Chemicals

Group, Emission Standards Division

(MD–13), Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards, U.S. EPA, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone

number (919) 541–5608, electronic mail

address: rosensteel.bob@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Docket.

The docket is an organized and

complete file of all the information

considered by the EPA in the

development of this rulemaking. The

docket is a dynamic file because

material is added throughout the

rulemaking process. The docketing

system is intended to allow members of

the public and industries involved to

readily identify and locate documents

so that they can effectively participate

in the rulemaking process. Along with

the proposed and promulgated

standards and their preambles, the

contents of the docket will serve as the

record in the case of judicial review.

(See section 307(d)(7)(A)) of the Clean

Air Act.) An index for each docket, as

well as individual items contained

within the dockets, may be obtained by

calling (202) 260-7548 or (202) 260–

7549. A reasonable fee may be charged

for copying docket materials. Docket

indexes are also available by facsimile,

as described on the Office of Air and

Radiation, Docket and Information

Center Website at http://www.epa.gov/

airprogm/oar/docket/faxlist.html.

Public Hearing. Persons interested in

presenting oral testimony or inquiring

as to whether a hearing is to be held

should contact Ms. Maria Noell, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, MD–

13, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,

telephone (919) 541–5607, at least 2

days in advance of the public hearing.

Persons interested in attending the

public hearing must also call Ms. Maria

Noell to verify the time, date, and

location of the hearing. The public

hearing will provide interested parties

the opportunity to present data, views,

or arguments concerning these proposed

amendments.

Comments. Comments and data may

be submitted by electronic mail (e-mail)

to: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file to avoid the use of special

characters and encryption problems and

will also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect version 5.1, 6.1 or Corel 8

file format. All comments and data

submitted in electronic form must note

the docket numbers A–90–20, A–92-37,

A–93–48, and/or A–96–38. No

confidential business information (CBI)

should be submitted by e-mail.

Electronic comments may be filed

online at many Federal Depository

Libraries.

Commenters wishing to submit

proprietary information for

consideration must clearly distinguish

such information from other comments

and clearly label it as CBI. Send

submissions containing such

proprietary information directly to the

following address, and not to the public

docket, to ensure that proprietary

information is not inadvertently placed

in the docket: Attention: Ms. Melva

Toomer, U.S. EPA, OAQPS Document

Control Officer, 411 W. Chapel Hill

Street, Room 944, Durham NC 27711.

The EPA will disclose information

identified as CBI only to the extent

allowed by the procedures set forth in

40 CFR part 2. If no claim of

confidentiality accompanies a

submission when it is received by the

EPA, the information may be made

available to the public without further

notice to the commenter.

World Wide Web. In addition to being

available in the docket, an electronic

copy of this proposed rule is also

available through the World Wide Web

(WWW). Following signature, a copy of

the rule will be posted on the EPA’s

Technology Transfer Network (TTN)

policy and guidance page for newly

proposed or promulgated rules at http:/

/www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg. The TTN at

EPA’s web site provides information

and technology exchange in various

areas of air pollution control. If more

information regarding the TTN is

needed, call the TTN HELP line at (919)

541–5384.

Regulated Entities. Categories and

entities potentially affected by this

proposed rule include:

Category Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) codes

North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes Examples of regulated entities

Industry .......................................... 2865 and 2869 ............................. 325110, 325188, 325192,

325193, 325199, and 325120.

Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry (SOCMI) units

(e.g., producers of benzene, toluene, or any other chemical listed in table 1 of 40 CFR part 63,

subpart F).

Industry .......................................... 2821 .............................................. 325211 .......................................... Epoxy resins and non-nylon polyamide resins.

Industry .......................................... 2911 .............................................. 324110 .......................................... Petroleum refineries.

Industry .......................................... 2843 and 2869 ............................. 325199 and 325613 ..................... Producers of polyether polyols

and polyether mono-ols.

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This table is not intended to be

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide

for readers likely to be interested in the

revisions to the regulations proposed in

this action. To determine whether your

facility is regulated by this action, you

should carefully examine all of the

applicability criteria in 40 CFR part 63,

subparts F, W, CC, and PPP. If you have

any questions regarding the

applicability of these proposed

amendments to a particular entity,

consult the person listed in the

preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section.

What Are the Administrative

Requirements for This Action?

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as

Amended by the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of

1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.

The RFA generally requires an agency

to prepare a regulatory flexibility

analysis of any rule subject to notice

and comment rulemaking requirements

under the Administrative Procedure Act

or any other statute unless the agency

certifies that the rule will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

Small entities include small businesses,

small organizations, and small

governmental jurisdictions.

For purposes of assessing the impact

of this proposed rule on small entities,

small entity is defined as: (1) A small

business that has less than 750

employees and is unaffiliated with a

larger domestic entity; (2) a small

governmental jurisdiction that is a

government of a city, county, town,

school district or special district with a

population of less than 50,000; and (3)

a small organization that is any not-forprofit enterprise which is independently

owned and operated and is not

dominant in its field.

After considering the economic

impacts of this proposed rule on small

entities, I certify that this action will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

We have determined that 7 of the 36

polyether polyol production facilities

are classified as small entities (i.e.,

having fewer than 750 employees). The

EPA determined that none of these

seven small entities will experience an

increase in costs that is greater than one

percent of revenues as a result of this

proposed rule. This does not qualify as

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small businesses.

For information regarding other

administrative requirements for this

action, please see the direct final/final

rule action that is located in the ‘‘Rules

and Regulations’’ section of this Federal

Register publication.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Air pollution control, Hazardous

substances, Intergovernmental relations,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–10419 Filed 5–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 239

[FRL–6586–8]

The Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands;

Tentative Determination of Inadequacy

of the Virgin Islands Municipal Solid

Waste Permit Program; Public

Hearings and Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency .

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Section 4005(c)(1)(B) of the

Resource Conservation Recovery Act

(RCRA), as amended by the Hazardous

and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA)

of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 6945(c)(1)(B) requires

States to develop and implement permit

programs or other systems of prior

approval to ensure that municipal solid

waste landfills (MSWLFs) which may

receive hazardous household waste or

small quantity generator waste will

comply with the revised Federal

MSWLF Criteria (40 CFR Part 258).

RCRA Section 4005(c)(1)(C) requires the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to determine whether States have

adequate ‘‘permit’’ programs for

MSWLFs. For RCRA purposes, pursuant

to Section 6903(31), 42 U.S.C. 6903(31),

the term ‘‘State’’ includes the territory of

the Virgin Islands. To implement these

statutory provisions, EPA promulgated a

State Implementation Final Rule (SIR),

40 CFR Part 239, which provides criteria

and procedures for making adequacy

determinations of State municipal

landfill permit programs.

On October 6, 1993, the U.S. Virgin

Islands applied for a determination of

program adequacy under section

4005(c)(1)(B) of RCRA. Upon review of

the application and certain revisions

thereto, EPA on June 16, 1995,

published a notice of a tentative

determination of adequacy of the Virgin

Islands landfill permit program. The

notice of tentative determination

provided that the Virgin Islands

government had committed to amending

its existing solid waste regulations so as

to conform to federal Part 258 criteria by

May, 1996. Two public hearings were

subsequently held on the MSWLF

application at which EPA received

negative comments concerning the

Bovoni and Anguilla municipal landfills

in the Virgin Islands, which are

operated by the government of the

Virgin Islands. After further review,

EPA requested that the Virgin Islands

document the commitment of sufficient

resources and budget in order to carry

out and sustain improved landfill

operations. Thus, provision of an

adequate program budget and staff

resources, and the promulgation of

revised solid waste regulations needed

to be accomplished.

Since 1995, EPA has worked with

Virgin Islands officials to assist the

government in preparing revised solid

waste regulations and repeatedly has

advised the government of the need to

increase the level of resources for its

MSWLF permit program. However, the

promulgation of revised solid waste

regulations by the Virgin Islands

government, and the provision of

adequate budget and staff resources to

carry out program requirements have

not occurred to date. Accordingly, by

this notice, EPA is now officially

promulgating its tentative

determination, pursuant to Section

4005(c)(1)(C) of RCRA, that the Virgin

Islands municipal landfill permit

program is inadequate to assure

compliance with the federal landfill

criteria.

EPA is providing the public an

opportunity to comment on this action,

and will also hold two public hearings

as described below. If after receipt of

public comments and after public

hearings to be held in the Virgin Islands,

EPA proceeds to a Final Determination

of Inadequacy, EPA will then assume

enforcement authority for the federal

landfill criteria in accordance with

RCRA Section 4005(c)(2). Moreover, the

Virgin Islands will be denied

operational flexibility that is granted

approved states, such as utilizing

alternate daily cover standards or

reducing the frequency of ground water

monitoring. In addition, while in

unapproved status, since the Virgin

Islands is located in a seismic zone, it

will be prohibited from siting a new

landfill or expanding an existing one.

DATES: Written comments on today’s

action must be submitted on or before

July 24, 2000. Although RCRA does not

require EPA to hold a public hearing on