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1Cooperating Federal agencies are those Federal

agencies that have written agreements with the EPA

to be co-sponsors of the National Watershed Forum.

waste unless it meets specified

treatment standards described in

subsection 3004(m).

The regulations implementing these

requirements are codified in the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, part

268. EPA requires that facilities

maintain the data outlined in this ICR

so that the Agency can ensure that land

disposed waste meets the treatment

standards. EPA strongly believes that

the recordkeeping requirements are

necessary for the agency to fulfill its

congressional mandate to protect human

health and the environment.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The following

table summarizes the burden associated

with this ICR:

Citation Annual recordkeeping burden Annual reporting burden

§ 268.4 ................................. 1 hour and 10 minutes .................................................... 2 hours and 10 minutes.

§ 268.7(a)(1) ......................... 6 hours and 10 minutes .................................................. n/a.

§ 268.7(a)(2)–(4) .................. n/a ................................................................................... 20 minutes.

§ 268.7(a)(5) ......................... 4 hours and 50 minutes .................................................. n/a.

§ 268.7(a)(6)–(8) .................. 10 minutes ....................................................................... n/a.

§ 268.7(a)(9)–(10) ................ n/a ................................................................................... 40 minutes.

§ 268.7(b)(3)–(6) .................. 3 hours ............................................................................ 33 hours and 30 minutes.

§ 268.7(c)(1) ......................... 40 minutes ....................................................................... n/a.

§ 268.7(d) ............................. 2 hours and 15 minutes .................................................. 10 minutes.

§ 268.7(e) ............................. 10 minutes ....................................................................... 30 minutes.

§ 268.9(d) ............................. 5 minutes ......................................................................... n/a.

§ 268.42 ............................... 1 hour and 30 minutes .................................................... 11 hours.

§ 268.44 ............................... 1 hour and 30 minutes .................................................... 10 hours and 40 minutes.

§ 268.50(a)(2) ....................... 4 hours and 30 minutes .................................................. n/a.

Total .............................. 26 hours .......................................................................... 59 hours.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; develop,

acquire, install, and utilize technology

and systems for the purposes of

collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

James R. Berlow,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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AGENCY

[FRL–6585–8]

Notice of Request for Pre-Proposals To

Convene a National Watershed Forum

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the EPA is soliciting pre-proposals from

organizations interested in convening a

National Watershed Forum and that are

eligible to receive Federal assistance

awards under the Clean Water Act

Section 104(b)(3). Eligible entities under

Clean Water Act Section 104(b)(3)

authority are ‘‘State water pollution

control agencies, interstate agencies,

other public or non-profit private

agencies, institutions, organizations,

and individuals.’’ EPA will award up to

$300,000 to a recipient organization

through a cooperative agreement to

support the recipient organization’s

efforts to convene a National Watershed

Forum.

DATES: Pre-proposals must be received

on or before 5pm Eastern Time on June

1, 2000 to be considered for this Federal

assistance award.

ADDRESSES: Pre-proposals must be

electronically mailed (E-mailed) to

forum.watershed@epa.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Lewicki by telephone at 202–260–

2757 or by E-mail at

forum.watershed@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

What Is the Purpose of This Request for

Pre-Proposals?

EPA is seeking to award a cooperative

agreement to a non-profit organization

or other eligible entity under the Clean

Water Act Section 104(b)(3) to support

the recipient organization’s efforts to

convene a National Watershed Forum

(Forum), preferably in Spring 2001, but

no later than November 17, 2001. EPA

and cooperating Federal agencies 1 will

jointly co-sponsor the Forum with the

recipient organization and, through

participation on a Forum planning

committee, will have substantial

involvement in helping the recipient

organization carry out the project.

This is a request for pre-proposals

from eligible entities who wish to

convene a National Watershed Forum

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2Note that the non-Federal travel support system

must ensure that the recipient organization that

receives the assistance award, rather than the

Federal co-sponsors, makes the decisions on who

receives travel assistance.

and who have a demonstrable

substantive interest in watershed

protection and restoration across the

nation. A detailed work plan and budget

is all that is required at this time. The

organization whose pre-proposal is

selected for the Federal assistance

award (cooperative agreement) will

need to complete an EPA Application

Kit for Assistance, including the Federal

SF–424 form (Application for Federal

Assistance) by June 23, 2000.

What Need Is There for a National

Watershed Forum?

Approximately 40 percent of the

nation’s surveyed waters do not provide

for basic uses such as fishing and

swimming. Over the past several years,

there has been a tremendous increase in

the number of community-oriented,

local watershed protection and

restoration efforts. EPA estimates that

there are more than 4,000 such efforts

nationwide. Citizens are recognizing

that to make further improvements in

the condition of the aquatic resources in

their community, they need to organize

into local watershed groups and seek

collaborative partnerships. These

watershed groups help build public

understanding of the problems in their

watersheds and public will to take

cooperative actions to address the

problems. But, they can not do it alone.

The National Watershed Forum will

help the efforts of diverse watershed

interests by providing opportunities to:

• Investigate barriers to watershed

protection and restoration,

• Investigate future directions and

actions needed to advance watershed

protection and restoration efforts,

• Learn about innovative tools for

watershed protection,

• Explore creative approaches to

watershed protection and restoration,

• Form networks,

• Build partnerships, and

• Establish linkages to and among

regional watershed roundtables.

The Forum will be a highly

interactive and productive event. EPA

anticipates the Forum will engage

approximately 500 delegates,

representing diverse watershed

interests. Working sessions at the Forum

could resemble focus groups, with

participants divided according to their

primary interests (e.g., urban watershed

restoration, source water protection,

storm water management, aquatic

habitat, instream flows).

Regional watershed roundtables

(Roundtables), which are convening

across the country, are building the

momentum for the Forum in two ways.

First, the stakeholder dialogue resulting

from the Roundtables can help the

recipient organization in the

development of the Forum agenda.

Second, the Roundtables have

assembled the diverse watershed

interests in their region (e.g., watershed

associations, private landowners,

conservationists, commercial

enterprises, government agencies, tribes,

and others) from which delegates could

be sent to the Forum to represent their

region’s watershed stakeholders.

The Forum can showcase innovative

tools and approaches for watershed

protection and restoration, stimulate

dialogue and interaction among

watershed groups across the country,

and explore new directions for

cooperative action that will sustain

watersheds into the next century and

beyond.

What Must the Recipient Organization

Accomplish With the Federal Financial

Assistance?

Through a cooperative agreement to

one non-profit organization or other

eligible entity, EPA will award up to

$300,000 to support the investigation,

by diverse watershed stakeholders, of

barriers, and solutions for overcoming

these barriers, to watershed protection

and restoration.

A portion of the $300,000 award will

be dedicated to support travel of nonFederal delegates that would not

otherwise be able to attend the National

Watershed Forum. The recipient

organization is responsible for making

the final decision regarding which nonFederal delegates will receive travel

support. The recipient organization is

encouraged to leverage resources to the

extent possible. The co-sponsoring

Federal agencies expect the recipient

organization to successfully accomplish

the following:

• Cooperate with the Forum planning

committee;

• Share responsibility with the Forum

planning committee for logistical

planning, selection of location and

facilities, speakers, panelists, and

agenda development;

• Design, produce, and disseminate a

report that analyzes and synthesizes the

results of the Roundtables to help

inform the agenda development of the

Forum (each Roundtable has its own

report that summarizes the regional

dialogue);

• Effectively and efficiently convene,

preferably in Spring 2001, but no later

than November 17, 2001 the National

Watershed Forum;

• Design and develop Internet web

page and live Internet broadcasts of the

Forum;

• Summarize the dialogue of the

Forum’s focus groups for presentation at

the Forum and presentation on a Forum

web site;

• Develop and implement a travel

award process for non-Federal

delegates;2

• Develop and summarize

participants’ evaluation of the National

Watershed Forum; and

• Design, produce, and disseminate a

final report that summarizes the

national dialogue of the Forum’s focus

groups.

What Is the Statutory Authority?

The EPA will be awarding a

cooperative agreement to one non-profit

organization or other eligible entity to

support the investigation, by diverse

watershed stakeholders, of barriers, and

solutions for overcoming these barriers,

to watershed protection and restoration

under the authority of Section 104(b)(3)

of the Clean Water Act.

What Information Needs To Be

Included in the Pre-Proposal?

In the preparation of a pre-proposal,

please note that the Government’s intent

is to support the efforts of the recipient

organization and not to obtain services

for its direct use and benefit.

1. Identify name, phone number, FAX

number, postal address, and e-mail

address of the primary contact for your

pre-proposal.

2. Brief description of the

organization, including its experience

related to facilitating dialogue among

diverse interests and its understanding

of watershed protection and restoration

issues across the nation.

3. Description of how this project

benefits the organization’s mission.

4. Brief biographies of organization’s

lead staff for the project.

5. Description of the process that

would be used to convene the National

Watershed Forum (including time line,

outreach, agenda development, methods

for facilitating dialogue, methods for

any additional fund raising, methods for

documenting results of dialogue).

6. Budget summary that identifies

estimated EPA and non-Federal

resources needed for costs associated

with personnel, fringe, contractual

services, travel (including staff travel

and travel scholarships for non-Federal

delegates to the Forum), supplies,

indirect costs, and any other anticipated

costs.

7. Identify any anticipated program

income resulting from this award (e.g.,

registration fees, publications fees) and

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3EPA will receive input on pre-proposals from

cooperating Federal agencies. The responsibility for

the final decision to select a recipient organization

to co-sponsor the Forum, however, rests with EPA.

a description of how you propose this

program income will be used to support

the National Watershed Forum.

8. Describe how you intend to obtain

diverse watershed stakeholder

participation in the planning and

participation in the National Watershed

Forum (e.g., watershed alliances,

environmental and public health

organizations, private land owners,

commercial enterprises, tribes, and

government agencies).

9. Description of how you propose to

select which non-Federal Forum

delegates will receive travel

scholarships.

10. Description of process to be used

to produce a final report that

summarizes dialogue (barriers and new

directions and actions to overcome

these barriers) that are representative of

the full range of viewpoints of all the

delegates at the National Watershed

Forum.

11. Description of the reporting

mechanisms that would be used to track

and report on progress associated with

convening the National Watershed

Forum. Include description of how the

organization plans to measure success.

12. Description of any other relevant

information (e.g., other support that you

may be able to offer) that EPA 3 may

need to evaluate your proposal (see

evaluation criteria below).

13. Description of organization’s past

experience as a grant recipient.

What Are the Pre-Proposal Evaluation

Criteria for Selecting the Recipient

Organization?

• Capacity to design effective,

interactive focus group process among

diverse interests and organizations and

to provide professional, neutral

facilitators in focus group process. 15

points

• Capacity to design, produce, and

disseminate a report that summarizes

Forum dialogue. 10 points

• Capacity to handle non-Federal

planning and logistics of Forum, such as

location and facilities selection, travel

scholarships, materials development

and printing, and agenda development.

15 points

• Demonstrable substantive interest

and experience in watershed planning,

protection and restoration issues across

the entire nation. 10 points

• Capacity to summarize results of

focus groups for presentation at the

Forum and presentation on web site. 5

points

• Ability to design and develop

Internet web page and live Internet

broadcasts. 5 points

• Ability to understand the results of

regional watershed roundtables, and to

design, produce, and disseminate a

report that analyzes and synthesizes the

results of the Roundtables to help

inform the agenda development of the

Forum. 5 points

• Capacity to work closely with

Forum planning committee and

incorporate Forum planning

committee’s input into design and

implementation of Forum. 15 points

• History of successful performance

as a grant or cooperative agreement

recipient. 10 points

• Ability to leverage resources and

minimize overhead. 10 points

Total: 100 points

Pre-Proposal Format: Pre-proposals

must be submitted in Word Perfect 5.1,

5.2, 6, 7, or 8 or in Microsoft Word.

Pre-proposal typeface must be in 12

point font with one inch margins. Preproposals must not exceed 10 pages in

length.

Where To Send Pre-Proposals: Only

pre-proposals that are electronically

mailed (E-mail) will be considered. Email pre-proposals to:

forum.watershed@epa.gov

In the subject heading of your E-mail

submission, state the following,

‘‘FORUM PRE-PROPOSAL.’’

Pre-Proposal Due Date: Pre-proposals

must be received on or before 5pm

Eastern Time on June 1, 2000 to be

considered for this Federal assistance

award.

Expected Date of Notification of

Selection of Recipient Organization:

EPA will select the recipient

organization and notify all organizations

that submitted pre-proposals of its

decision by June 16, 2000. The

organization whose pre-proposal is

selected for the Federal assistance

award (cooperative agreement) will

need to complete an EPA Application

Kit for Assistance, including the Federal

SF–424 form (Application for Federal

Assistance) by June 23, 2000.

Expected Date of Final Award to

Recipient Organization: No later than

September 30, 2000.

Contact Person: Chris Lewicki, EPA

Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and

Watersheds 202–260–2757 phone

For E-mail inquiries:

forum.watershed@epa.gov

In the subject heading of your E-mail

inquiry, state the following, ‘‘FORUM

INQUIRY’’ Please include your phone

number in the E-mail.

web site: http://www.epa.gov/owow

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Robert H. Wayland III,

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and

Watersheds.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6586–2]

Environmental Laboratory Advisory

Board, Meeting Dates and Agenda

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App 2)

notification is hereby given of an open

meeting of the Environmental

Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB).

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

11, 2000, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

(EST).

ADDRESSES: While the meeting will be

conducted by teleconference, the public

is invited to participate in the

teleconference by contacting Jeanne

Hankins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

will discuss the work being conducted

by its subcommittees and any new

issues that may be brought to the

Board’s attention.

The meeting is open to the public and

time will be allotted for public

comment. Written comments are

encouraged and should be directed to

David Friedman; USEPA; 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (8101R);

Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Friedman; Designated Federal

Officer; USEPA; 1300 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW (8101R); Washington, DC

20460. If questions arise, please contact

Mr. Friedman by phone at (202) 564–

6662, by facsimile at (202) 565–2432 or

by email at friedman.david@epa.gov.

Persons desiring to participate, by

telephone, in this meeting, should call

Jeanne Hankins at 919–541–1120.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Peter Durant,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Management, Office of Research and

Development.

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