37370 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 115 / Wednesday, June 14, 2000 / Notices

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Clarence O. Lewis, III,

Acting Director, Environmental Assistance

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 00–15163 Filed 6–12–00; 2:22 pm]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6716–3]

Notice of Superfund Recycling Equity

Act Stakeholders Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will hold a public

meeting to examine whether or not to

issue guidance dealing with prospective

(i.e., post-enactment) recycling

transactions covered by the Superfund

Recycling Equity Act (SREA). To

address this question, EPA will hear

views on whether such guidance is

needed, what type of guidance might be

needed, and what the content of any

such guidance should be. More

specifically, attendees will be given an

opportunity to share their views with

EPA on the issue of what constitutes

‘‘reasonable care’’ as contemplated by

sections 127(c)(5), (6) of the SREA.

Accordingly, EPA is seeking relevant

factual information on standard

practices in the recycling industry,

quantity and quality of publicly

available environmental compliance

information, and information useful to

the agency and industry to implement

the reasonable care standard

contemplated in the SREA. This notice

identifies a contact person for

registration, and includes information

on the topic, place, date and time of the

meeting.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on July 17, 2000, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. If

you would like to attend the meeting,

you must notify the Agency by July 10,

2000. Any written comments you wish

to submit, whether or not you attend the

meeting, must be submitted as set forth

below and before July 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held at U.S. EPA Headquarters, Ariel

Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W. (entrance on 12th Street

N.W.), in the NETI Conference Room

No. 6226, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sherry Green, Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Site Remediation

Enforcement, Subject: Recycling

Meeting, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Mailcode 2272A, Washington, DC

20460, 202–564–4303, Fax 202–564–

0461, or e-mail: green.sherry@epa.gov.

Registration: there is no registration fee

for this public meeting, but, to assure

room capacity for all those attending,

notice of your intention to attend must

be received by July 10, 2000. Due to

possible limitations on space in the

meeting room, up to two participants

per organization is requested, unless

special arrangements are made with the

Agency in advance of the meeting. All

interested persons may give notice of

their intention to attend via email to:

green.sherry@epa.gov, Subject:

Recycling Meeting, Fax 202–564–0461,

or regular mail to the address noted

above, and should provide the following

information: Name, Affiliation (if

applicable), Address, Phone, Fax, and

Email address (if available). All timely

comments, both oral and written, will

be considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Superfund Recycling Equity Act

(SREA) was enacted on November 29,

1999, amending the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act (CERCLA) 42 U.S.C.

§ 9601 et seq. SREA may also in some

uses be referenced as the ‘‘D.C.

Appropriations Act 2000, § 6001,’’ the

‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act for

FY 2000, § 6001,’’ or P.L. 106–113,

Section 6001, and is codified at 42

U.S.C. § 9627. The purpose of this

meeting is to listen to the views of all

concerned on the issues raised by the

SREA pertaining to post-enactment

transactions, in particular, the issue of

the reasonable care standard under

sections 127(c)(5), (6) of the Act.

Accordingly, the questions listed below

have been provided to serve as the

framework for the dialogue and

information exchange at the meeting on

July 17, 2000. To assure adequate time

for all participants, oral remarks will be

limited to seven minutes per individual

or organization. Oral remarks may be

supplemented with a written statement.

All written statements (whether you

plan to attend the meeting or not) must

be received in electronic format by EPA

by July 10, 2000 (seven days before the

meeting). Written statements will be

made available for public access at

www.epa.gov/oeca/osre/recycle.html,

once received by EPA. We encourage all

persons planning to attend the meeting

to read as many of these statements as

have been posted before attending the

meeting since it will inform the group

dialogue. Copies of written statements

are likely to be too voluminous to be

provided by EPA at the meeting, so

please bring your own copies if you

intend to refer to them during the

meeting. Following the presentations, if

time permits, EPA will invite group

discussion of the issues raised to further

assist it in considering the questions to

be addressed.

II. Questions To Be Addressed at the

Public Meeting

(1) How does a generator of scrap

material currently exercise reasonable

care in determining whether a

consuming facility has been in

compliance with substantive provisions

of Federal, State or local environmental

laws?

(2) What factors does a generator of

scrap material currently take into

account when evaluating the

compliance status of a consuming

facility?

(3) What prevailing industrial

practices are used when assessing a

facility’s compliance status?

(4) How much inquiry does a

generator of scrap material generally

believe is needed to be reasonably

comfortable that it has sufficient

information to make a decision about a

consuming facility’s compliance status?

(5) As part of the assessment of what

constitutes sufficient information, how

much weight should standard industrial

practices or prior business relationships

with a particular facility or company be

given in determining an individual

consuming facility’s behavior and

compliance status?

(6) How do the criteria contained in

section 127(c)(6) regarding ‘‘reasonable

care’’ shape or direct the type of inquiry

that is necessary to determine that a

consuming facility is in compliance

with substantive provisions of Federal,

State or local environmental laws?

(7) Under what circumstances should

site visits be required?

(8) What compliance information is

available from state and local

authorities? From other authorities?

(9) How often/frequently should

generators be required to re-check the

compliance status of consuming

facilities?

(10) Under what circumstances is it

appropriate/sufficient to rely on a

consuming facility’s checklist or selfcertification to satisfy the ‘‘reasonable

care’’ standard?

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Barry Breen,

Office Director, Office of Site Remediation

Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 00–15029 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 115 / Wednesday, June 14, 2000 / Notices 37371

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34228; FRL–6593–4]

Organophosphate Pesticide;

Availability of Revised Risk

Assessments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notices announces the

availability of the revised risk

assessments and related documents for

one organophosphate pesticide,

dircrotophos. In addition, this notice

starts a 60-day public participation

period during which the public is

encouraged to submit risk management

ideas or proposals. These actions are in

response to a joint initiative between

EPA and the Department of Agriculture

(USDA) to increase transparency in the

tolerance reassessment process for

organophosphate pesticides.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number OPP–34228 must be

received by EPA on or before August 14,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit III. of the

‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.’’

To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–34228 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Angulo, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 308–8004; email address: angulo.karen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general, nevertheless, a wide range of

stakeholders will be interested in

obtaining the revised risk assessments

and submitting risk management

comments on dicrotophos, including

environmental, human health, and

agricultural advocates; the chemical

industry; pesticide users; and members

of the public interested in the use of

pesticides on food. As such, the Agency

has not attempted to specifically

describe all the entities potentially

affected by this action. If you have any

questions regarding the applicability of

this action to a particular entity, consult

the person listed under ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document or Other Related Documents?

A. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document and

other related documents 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

organophosphate pesticides and obtain

electronic copies of the revised risk

assessments and related documents

mentioned in this notice, you can also

go directly to the Home Page for the

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) at

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/.

B. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–34228. The official record consists

of the documents specifically referenced

in this action, any public comments

received during an applicable comment

period, and other information related to

this action, including any information

claimed as CBI. This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in Rm. 119,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

III. How Can I Respond to this Action?

A. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–34228 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

comments to: Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch, Information

Resources and Services Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is open from

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305–

5805.

3. Electronically. Submit electronic

comments by e-mail to: ‘‘oppdocket@epa.gov,’’ or you can submit a

computer disk as described in this unit.

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file, avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on standard computer

disks in WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII

file format. All comments in electronic

form must be identified by the docket

control number OPP–34228. Electronic

comments may also be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

B. How Should I Handle CBI

Information that I Want to Submit to the

Agency?

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. You may claim information that

you submit to EPA in response to this

document as CBI by marking any part or

all of that information as CBI.

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

In addition to one complete version of

the comment that includes any

information claimed as CBI, a copy of

the comment that does not contain the

information claimed as CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public

version of the official record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public version

of the official record without prior

notice. If you have any questions about

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI,

please consult the person listed under

‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.’’

IV. What Action is EPA Taking in this

Notice?

EPA is making available for public

viewing the revised risk assessments

and related documents for one

organophosphate pesticide, dicrotophos.

These documents have been developed

as part of the pilot public participation

process that EPA and USDA are now