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List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 922

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procedure, Coastal zone, Education,

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resources, Penalties, Recreation and

recreation areas, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Research.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Ted Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

Accordingly, for the reasons set forth

above, 15 CFR Part 922, Subpart H, is

proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 922, SUBPART H—THE GULF

OF THE FARALLONES NATIONAL

MARINE SANCTUARY

1. The authority citation for Part 922

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431et seq.

2. Section 922.18 is amended by

adding the following definition, in the

appropriate alphabetical order.

§ 922.81 Definitions.

* * * * *

Motorized personal watercraft means

a vessel which uses an inboard motor

powering a water jet pump as its

primary source of motive power and

which is designed to be operated by a

person sitting, standing, or kneeling on

the vessel, rather than the conventional

manner of sitting or standing inside the

vessel.

3. Section 922.82 is amended by

adding new paragraph (a)(7) as follows:

§ 922.82 Prohibited or otherwise regulated

activities.

(a) * * *

(7) Operation of motorized personal

watercraft, except for the operation of

motorized personal watercraft for

emergency search and rescue mission or

law enforcement operations (other than

routine training activities) carried out by

National Park Service, U.S. Coast Guard,

Fire or Police Departments or other

Federal, State or local jurisdictions.

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[MN60–01–7285b; FRL–6703–2]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Minnesota

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: We are proposing to approve

a site specific revision to the Minnesota

particulate matter (PM) State

Implementation Plan (SIP) for LTV Steel

Mining Company, formerly known as

Erie Mining Company, located in St.

Louis County, Minnesota. In its

submittal, the State has requested that

we remove the Stipulation Agreement

for Erie Mining Company from the

Minnesota SIP. In the final rules section

of this Federal Register, we are

conditionally approving the SIP revision

as a direct final rule without prior

proposal, because we view this as a

noncontroversial revision amendment

and anticipate no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for the approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to this rule, no further activity

is contemplated in relation to this

proposed rule. If we receive adverse

comments, the direct final rule will be

withdrawn and all public comments

received will be addressed in a

subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. We will not institute a

second comment period on this action.

Any parties interested in commenting

on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received by

June 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to: Carlton T. Nash, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air

Programs Branch (AR–18J), EPA Region

5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604–3590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christos Panos, Regulation Development

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J),

EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson

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Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,

(312) 353–8328

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information, see the Direct

Final rule which is located in the Rules

section of this Federal Register. Copies

of the request and the EPA’s analysis are

available for inspection at the above

address. (Please telephone Christos

Panos at (312) 353–8328 before visiting

the Region 5 Office.)

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: April 27, 2000.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6702–5]

National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency

Plan; National Priorities List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to delete the

Schofield Army Barracks site from the

National Priorities List.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Region 9 announces the

intent to delete the Schofield Army

Barracks site (‘‘the site’’) from the

National Priorities List (NPL) and

requests public comment on this

proposed action. The NPL constitutes

appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which

is the National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

(NCP), which EPA promulgated

pursuant to section 105 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended.

EPA and the State of Hawaii Department

of Health have determined that the

remedial action for the site has been

successfully executed.

DATES: Comments concerning the

proposed deletion of the Site from the

NPL may be submitted on or before June

21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

to: Mark Ripperda, USEPA Region 9, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105, Mail Code SFD–8–3.

Comprehensive information on this

site is available through the Region 9

public docket which is available for

viewing by appointment only.

Appointments for copies of the

background information from the

Regional public docket should be

directed to the EPA Region 9 docket

office at the following address:

Superfund Records Center, USEPA

Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105.

The deletion docket is also available

at the following locations on Oahu:

Wahiawa Public Library, 820 California

Avenue, Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786; and

Directorate of Public Works,

Environmental Division, Bldg 105, 3rd

Floor, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Ripperda, USEPA Region 9, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105, Mail Code SFD–8–3; phone (415)

744–2408.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

III. Deletion Procedures

IV. Basis of Intended Site Deletion

I. Introduction

The U.S. EPA Region IX announces its

intent to delete the Schofield Army

Barracks site in Honolulu County,

Hawaii, from the National Priorities List

(NPL) and requests public comment on

this proposed action. The NPL

constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part

300 which is the National Oil and

Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA

promulgated pursuant to section 105 of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended.

EPA identifies sites that appear to

present a significant risk to public

health, welfare, or the environment and

maintains the NPL as the list of these

sites. EPA and the State of Hawaii

Department of Health have determined

that the remedial action for the site has

been successfully executed.

EPA will accept comments on the

proposal to delete this site for thirty (30)

days after publication of this document

in the Federal Register.

Section II of this document explains

the criteria for deleting sites from the

NPL. Section III discusses the

procedures EPA is using for this action.

Section IV discusses the Schofield Army

Barracks site and explains how the site

meets the deletion criteria.

II. NPL Deletion Criteria

Section 300.425(e)(1) of the NCP

provides that releases may be deleted

from, or recategorized on the NPL where

no further response is appropriate. In

making a determination to delete a

release from the NPL, EPA shall

consider, in consultation with the

appropriate State, whether any of the

following criteria have been met:

(i) Responsible parties or other

persons have implemented all

appropriate response actions required;

or

(ii) All appropriate Fund-financed

responses under CERCLA have been

implemented, and no further response

action by responsible parties is

appropriate; or

(iii) The Remedial Investigation has

shown that the release poses no

significant threat to public health or the

environment and, therefore, remedial

measures are not appropriate.

Even if a site is deleted from the NPL,

where hazardous substances, pollutants,

or contaminants remain at the site above

levels that allow for unlimited use and

unrestricted exposure, EPA’s policy is

that a subsequent review of the site will

be conducted at least every five years

after the initiation of the remedial action

at the site to ensure that the site remains

protective of public health and the

environment. If new information

becomes available which indicates a

need for further action, EPA may initiate

additional remedial actions. Whenever

there is a significant release from a site

deleted from the NPL, the site may be

restored to the NPL without application

of the Hazard Ranking System.

In the case of Schofield Army

Barracks, the selected remedy is

protective of human health and the

environment. The Army will maintain

the landfill cover and the water

treatment system, and will perform

long-term groundwater monitoring. The

first five-year review will be conducted

by EPA, the State of Hawaii Department

of Health (HDOH), and the Army in the

year 2002. Reviews will be conducted

every five years thereafter.

III. Deletion Procedure

The following procedures were used

for the intended deletion of this site: (1)

All appropriate response under CERCLA

has been implemented and no further

action by EPA or the Army is

appropriate; (2) HDOH has concurred

with the proposed deletion decision; (3)

a notice has been published in the local

newspapers and has been distributed to

appropriate federal, state, and local

officials and other interested parties

announcing the commencement of a 30-

day public comment period on EPA’s

Notice of Intent to Delete; and (4) all

relevant documents have been made

available in the local site information

repositories.

Deletion of the site from the NPL does

not itself create, alter, or revoke any

individual’s rights or obligations. The

NPL is designed primarily for