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might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under

the ‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

To access information about the

Committee to Advise on Reassessment

and Transition (CARAT), go directly to

the Home Page for EPA’s Office of

Pesticide Programs at http://

www.epa.gov/pesticides/carat/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–00657. The official record is

available in the Docket for inspection

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday -

Friday, excluding Federal holidays, in

the Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Office of

Pesticide Programs, USEPA, Crystal

Mall 2 (CM #2), 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Rm. 119, Arlington, VA

22202, telephone number (703) 305–

5805.

C. How and to Whom do I Submit

Nominations?

You may submit nominations through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–00657 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit your nominations

to: Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, 7502-C, Office of

Pesticide Programs, Office of

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic

Substances (OPPTS), US Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your nominations to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch, Office of

Pesticide Programs, OPPTS,

Environmental Protection Agency, CM

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Rm.

119, Arlington, VA 22202. The Docket is

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The telephone number for the

Docket is (703) 305–5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your nominations electronically by email to: fehrenbach.margie@epa.gov, or

you can submit a computer disk by mail

as described in this unit. Do not submit

any information electronically that you

consider to be Confidential Business

Information. Electronic nominations

must be submitted as an ASCII file

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form of encryption.

Nominations will also be accepted on

standard disks in WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or

ASCII file format. All nominations in

electronic form must be identified by

docket control number OPP–00657.

II. Background

FQPA, Public Law 104–170 was

passed in 1996 to strengthen the

nation’s system for regulating pesticides

on food. CARAT is preceded by the

Tolerance Reassessment Advisory

Committee (TRAC), a previous joint

advisory committee which existed from

April 1998 through October 1999 in

response to Vice President Gore’s

request for EPA and USDA to work

together to ensure smooth

implementation of the Food Quality

Protection Act. Consistent with the

important principles established by the

Vice President in April 1998, EPA and

USDA will work together and guide

their implementation efforts by:

applying sound science to all decisions;

making our regulatory process

transparent; providing appropriate

reasonable transition mechanisms that

will reduce risk but not jeopardize our

nation’s agriculture and its farm

communities; and consulting with

interested constituencies.

CARAT is co-chaired by EPA Acting

Deputy Administrator Michael McCabe

and USDA Deputy Secretary Richard

Rominger. Among its objectives will be

such issues as: Identifying opportunities

for reasonable transition and strategic

pest management planning for

agriculture and public health uses of

pesticides; providing advice to promote

sound science and transparency in the

scientific risk assessments necessary to

implement the FQPA, including

tolerance reassessment and pesticide

reregistration; and assuring appropriate

priority is given to risk management

strategies for the pesticides that are most

likely to lead to exposures to children.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Agriculture, Chemicals, Food,

Pesticides, Tolerance Reassessment and

Pests.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

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Montrose Superfund Site and Palos

Verde Site, Notice of Disclosure of

Contractor Information That May

Contain Confidential Business

Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of disclosure.

SUMMARY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) regulations provide that

EPA may, in special circumstances,

disclose business information, including

confidential business information, ‘‘to

the extent ordered by a Federal Court.’’

40 CFR 2.209(d). EPA is currently

engaged in litigation with the

Potentially Responsible Parties (‘‘PRPs’’)

in connection with the Montrose

Superfund Site and the Palos Verdes

Shelf Site in California. EPA intends to

release to these parties documentation

of EPA’s past costs at the Montrose

Superfund Site and the Palos Verdes

Shelf Site. In accordance with EPA

regulations, EPA has entered into a

Stipulation and Protective Order with

the PRPs in which the PRPs have

stipulated that the documents released

to them may contain CBI, and have

agreed to specified procedures to

maintain the confidentiality of such

information. See 58 FR 460. EPA hereby

gives notice to the following parties that

EPA intends to disclose information in

EPA’s possession that may be

confidential business information,

under the protection of the abovementioned Stipulation and Protective

Order:

(1) Any subcontractor or temporary

firm which has performed work for any

the following contractors under the any

of the following contracts or interagency agreements:

CH2M Hill (68–W9–0031); DynCorp/

Viar & Company, Inc. (68–01–6702); ICF

Technology, Inc. (68–D1–0135 & 68–01–

7456); Lockheed Environmental

Systems & Tech. (68–C0–0050); Ecology

and Environment (68–W0–0037); Tech

Law, Inc. (68–W0–001); Camp, Dresser

& McKee (68–W9–6939); Roy F. Weston

(68–01–6669); Alliance/GCA (68–01–

6769); Jacobs Engineering (68–01–7351);

Planning Research Corp./Tetra Tech EM

Inc. (68–W9–0009); Armstrong Data

Services, Inc.(68–W5–0024); LabatAnderson Incorporated (68–W4–0028 &

68–W9–0052); Science Application

International Corp. (68–W4–0021); U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers (DW96955411,

DW96955287 & DW96955258); U.S.

Dept. of Commerce (NOAA); U.S. Dept.

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of Agriculture (DW12955106); U.S.

Coast Guard (DW69955202); and U.S.

Dept. of Health and Human Services

(ATSDR):

(2) Other business entities that have

done business with the above-listed

contractors and who may have been

listed in conflict of interest disclosures:

(3) Unsuccessful offerors to any of the

above-mentioned contracts, including,

but not limited to: Tetra Tech, Inc.; ICF

Kaiser Engineers, Inc.; Roy F. Weston,

Inc.; Jaffe, Trutanich, Scatena & Blum;

PRC-EMI (Planning Research

Corporation—Environmental

Management, Inc.); Dalston Consulting,

Inc.; Resource Applications, Inc.; and

URS Consultants; and Bechtel

Environmental, Inc.

AVAILABILITY: A copy of the Stipulation

and Protective Order will be provided to

the public upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth A. La Blanc, Assistant

Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region IX,

75 Hawthorne St., ORC–3 San

Francisco, CA 94105; lablanc.elizabeth@

epamail.epa.gov; phone (415) 744–1364.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

Elizabeth La Blanc,

Assistant Regional Counsel, Region IX.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information, (202)

564–7167 or www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements

Filed May 1, 2000 through May 5, 2000

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 000134, Draft EIS, NPS, NJ,

Maurice National Scenic and

Recreational River (NS&RR)

Comprehensive Management Plan,

Implementation, Atlantic and

Cumberland Counties, NJ, Due: June

26, 2000, Contact: Mary Vaura (215)

597–9175.

EIS No. 000135, Draft Supplement, NPS,

MS, Natchez Trace Parkway,

Construction of Section 3X Southern

Terminus, Adam Counties, MS, Due:

July 12, 2000, Contact: Wendall

Simpson (601) 680–4005.

EIS No. 000136, Final EIS, FHW, OH,

Meigs–124–21.16 Transportation

Corridor, Relocating existing OH–124

and US 33, Meigs County, OH, Due:

June 12, 2000, Contact: Timothy M.

Hill (614) 644–0377.

EIS No. 000137, Final Supplement,

NOA, Fishery Management Plan

(FMP), Regulatory Impact Review,

Snapper-Grouper Complex, South

Atlantic Region , Due: June 12, 2000,

Contact: Dr. William Hogarth (727)

570–5305.

EIS No. 000138, Final EIS, AFS, CA,

Pendola Fire Restoration Project,

Implementation, Tahoe National

Forest, Downieville Ranger District,

Yuba County, CA, Due: June 12, 2000,

Contact: Dennis Stevens (530) 478–

6253.

Dated: May 9, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared April 24, 2000 through April

28, 2000 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under section

309 of the Clean Air Act and section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–BOP–K80041–CA Rating

EC2, Lassen County Federal

Correctional Institution (FCI),

Construction and Operation, To House

Median-Security Inmates and Federal

Prison Camp, Possible Site is Southwest

Site, Lassen County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed concern

that potential air, water and waste

impacts from prison industry were not

fully disclosed. EPA requested that next

document provide additional

information on the above issues and

building design.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–J65297–MT Bull

Lake Estates Road Access Project,

Implementation, Easement Grant

Permit, Kootenai National Forest, Three

Rivers Rangers District, Lincoln County,

MT.

Summary: While EPA did not object

to the statutorily mandated road access,

it did express environmental concerns

regarding potential secondary project

impacts to water quality, fisheries, and

wildlife.

ERP No. F–TPT–K61147–CA Presidio

of San Francisco General Management

Plan, Implementation, New

Development and Uses within the

Letterman Complex, Golden Gate

National Recreation Area, City and

County of San Francisco, CA.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: May 9, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement for the Meramec River

Enhancement and Wetlands Protection

Project

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document advises the

public that the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency intends to develop a

Draft Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement (DSEIS). The DSEIS

will update a 1979 FEIS in order to reevaluate the Federal actions relating to

a proposed regionalization of

wastewater treatment services within

the Meramec River Basin in Missouri.

The DSEIS will assist EPA in identifying

and documenting the existing baseline

environmental conditions in the project

area, forecasting reasonably expected

development within the basin, and

analyzing alternatives with which to

fulfill the wastewater treatment needs of

the Meramec Basin. This assessment

will be subsequently used to determine

the environmental consequences of the

proposed project and the significance of

those consequences. The associated

actions are: (1) Provision of grant

funding to MSD for the construction of

a Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant;

(2) Identifying all required Federal

permits, licences and entitlements.

This document is being furnished

pursuant to the Council on