37780 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 117 / Friday, June 16, 2000 / Notices

Tennessee Feasibility Study, Flood

Control and Drainage Improvements,

Marshall, Benton and Tippah

Counties, MS and Shelby, Fayette and

Harderman, TN, Due: July 31, 2000,

Contact: Richard Hite (901) 544–0706.

EIS No. 000185, DRAFT EIS, AFS, WV,

Fernow Experimental Forest,

Implementation of New Research

Studies, Monongahela National Forest

Land and Resource Management Plan,

Tucker County, WV, Due: July 31,

2000, Contact: Mary Beth Adams

(304) 478–2000.

EIS No. 000186, REVISED DRAFT EIS,

COE, CA, Delta Wetlands Project,

Construction and Operation Revised

Information for the Water Storage

Project on Four Islands in the

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,

Approval of Permits, San Joaquin and

Contra Costa Counties, CA, Due: July

31, 2000, Contact: Mike Finan (916)

557–5324.

EIS No. 000187, FINAL SUPPLEMENT,

NOA, Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish and

Sharks, Highly Migratory Species

Fishery Management Plan, Due: July

17, 2000, Contact: Rebecca Lent (202)

482–5181.

EIS No. 000188, FINAL EIS, NPS, WA,

Whitman Mission National Historic

Site, General Management Plan,

Development Concept Plan,

Implementation, Walla Walla County,

WA, Due: July 17, 2000, Contact:

Francis T. Darby (509) 522–6360.

Dated: June 13, 2000

Ken Mittelholtz,

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 00–15303 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6708–9]

Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot

Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Project XL Proposed Final Project

Agreement: International Business

Machines Corporation Copper

Metallization Project.

SUMMARY: EPA is requesting comments

on a proposed Project XL Final Project

Agreement (FPA) for the International

Business Machines Corporation,

(hereafter ‘‘IBM’’) semiconductor

manufacturing facility in Essex

Junction, VT. The FPA is a voluntary

agreement developed collaboratively by

IBM, the Vermont Department of

Environmental Conservation, EPA and

interested stakeholders. Project XL,

announced in the Federal Register on

May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282), gives

regulated entities the flexibility to

develop alternative strategies that will

replace or modify specific regulatory or

procedural requirements on the

condition that they produce greater

environmental benefits. EPA has set a

goal of implementing fifty XL projects

undertaken in full partnership with the

states.

In the draft FPA, IBM proposes to

determine whether the wastewater

treatment sludge resulting from a new,

innovative copper metallization process

should continue to be designated a

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) hazardous waste (F006).

IBM’s innovative copper metallization

process is used to create electrical

interconnections between device levels

for new semiconductor technologies and

replaces the Aluminum Chemical Vapor

Deposition process used in previous

generation semiconductor device

technologies. Under current RCRA

regulations, sludges or solids created

from the treatment of wastewaters

which include rinsewaters generated

from an electroplating process carry the

F006 listing (40 CFR 261.31). This

process results in the generation of

copper plating rinsewaters, which when

introduced to the other process

wastewaters generated at the facility,

generates sludge that is regulated under

RCRA as F006 hazardous waste. EPA

currently considers IBM’s process a

traditional ‘‘electroplating’’ process for

purposes of RCRA and therefore subject

to its regulations.

It appears that this classification

artificially inflates IBM’s figures for

hazardous waste generation, while at

the same time not providing any

additional environmental protection,

and adding paperwork and reporting

requirements. In addition, it appears

that the source documents for the F006

listing focused on much different

industrial processes than IBM’s copper

metallization process. Finally, and

perhaps most importantly, the

chemicals used in IBM’s process do not

contain the heavy metals or cyanides

listed in appendix VII of 40 CFR part

261 which are the focus of the original

F006 listing. IBM has also conducted

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching

Procedure (TCLP) analysis of the

rinsewater sludge that demonstrates that

the sludge is not hazardous per the

RCRA toxicity characteristic

requirements (see 40 CFR 261.24).

IBM has proposed that EPA exempt

this copper metallization process for

semiconductor manufacture from the

F006 definition through a site-specific

rulemaking and that this be done

through the Project XL process. EPA is

proposing the site-specific rule for the

IBM semiconductor manufacturing

facility in Essex Junction, VT in this

issue of the Federal Register. Project XL

was chosen as the vehicle for this

project because IBM is asking EPA to

review its entire copper metallization

process and not just analyze the

resultant wastewater sludge. This novel

approach will possibly provide the

Agency with a new methodology for

evaluating the applicability of its

regulations to specific activities. This

paradigm shift will allow the Agency

appropriate flexibility to ensure that

necessary environmental standards

continue to be met while providing a

means to adapt their regulatory

framework to a changing industrial

landscape.

DATES: The period for submission of

comments ends on July 17, 2000.

ADDRESSEES: All comments on the

proposed Final Project Agreement

should be sent to: John Moskal, EPA

New England, 1 Congress Street (SPP),

Boston, MA 02114, or Chad Carbone,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Room 1027WT (1802), 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,

DC 20460. Comments may also be faxed

to Mr. Moskal (617) 918–1810, or Mr.

Carbone (202) 260–1812. Comments

may also be received via electronic mail

sent to: moskal.john@epa.gov or

carbone.chad@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

obtain a copy of the proposed Final

Project Agreement, Test Plan or Fact

Sheet, contact: John Moskal, EPA New

England, 1 Congress Street (SPP),

Boston, MA 02114 or Chad Carbone,

Room 1027WT (1802) U.S. EPA, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,

DC 20460. The FPA and related

documents are also available via the

Internet at the following location: http:/

/www.epa.gov/ProjectXL. Questions to

EPA regarding the documents can be

directed to John Moskal at (617) 918–

1826 or Chad Carbone at (202) 260–

4296. For information on all other

aspects of the XL Program contact

Christopher Knopes at the following

address: Office of Policy, Economics

and Innovation, United States

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 1029WT

(Mail Code 1802), Washington, DC

20460. Additional information on

Project XL, including documents

referenced in this notice, other EPA

policy documents related to Project XL,

regional XL contacts, application

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information, and descriptions of

existing XL projects and proposals, is

available via the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/projectxl/inter/page1.htm.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Elizabeth A. Shaw,

Deputy Associate Administrator,, Office of

Policy and Reinvention.

[FR Doc. 00–15155 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6718–3]

Notice of Public Meeting of the

National Environmental Education

Advisory Council

Notice is hereby given that the

National Environmental Education

Advisory Council, established under

section 9 of the National Environmental

Education Act of 1990 (the Act), will

hold a public meeting on June 29 and

30, 2000. The meeting will take place at

the Mansion on O Street, 2020 O Street,

NW, Washington, DC from 9 am to 5 pm

on Thursday, June 29 and Friday, June

30. The purpose of this meeting is to

provide the Council with an

opportunity to advise EPA’s Office of

Communications, Education and Media

Relations (OCEMR) and the Office of

Environmental Education (OEE) on its

implementation of the Act. Members of

the public are invited to attend and to

submit written comments to EPA

following the meeting.

For additional information regarding

the Council’s upcoming meeting, please

contact Ginger Keho, Office of

Environmental Education (1704), Office

of Communications, Education and

Media Relations, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 or

call (202) 260–4129.

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Ginger Keho,

Designated Federal Official, National

Environmental Education Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 00–15301 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

OPP–00665; FRL–6593–3

State FIFRA Issues Research and

Evaluation Group (SFIREG); Notice of

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues

Research and Evaluation Group

(SFIREG) will hold a 2–day meeting,

beginning on June 26, 2000 and ending

on June 27, 2000. This notice announces

the location and times for the meeting

and sets forth the tentative agenda

topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Monday, June 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 5

p.m. and: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 from

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive,

Arlington,—Crystal City, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive

Secretary, P.O. Box 1249, Hardwick, VT

05843–1249; (802) 472–6956; fax: (802)

472–6957; e-mail address:

aapco@plainfield.bypass.com or Georgia

A. McDuffie, Field and External Affairs

Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20405: (703) 605–0195;

fax number: (703) 308–1850; e-mail

address: McDuffie.Georgia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general, but all parties interested in

SFIREG’s information exchange

relationship with EPA regarding

important issues related to human

health, environmental exposure to

pesticides, and insight into the EPA’s

decision-making process are invited and

encouraged to attend the meetings and

participate as appropriate.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of This

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

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/. You may also

obtain electronic copies of the minutes,

and certain other related documents that

might be available electronically from

the Association of American Pesticide

Control Officials (AAPCO) Internet

Home Page at

http:aapco.ceris.purdue.edu/doc/

index.html. To access this document, on

the Home Page select ‘‘SFIREG’’

Meetings.

2. By mail. Philip H. Gray, SFIREG

Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 1249,

Hardwick, VT 05843–1249.

III. Purpose of Meeting

Tentative Agenda:

1. Reregistration comments on

approach to 15 year reregistration cycle.

2. Phosphine labeling initiative.

3. Prescription pesticide use is this a

new direction for reregistration

decisions?

4. Mandatory versus Advisory label

language PR Notice describe responses

to comments.

5. Update on Inspector Credentials

Initiative.

6. CTAG—activities and workshops.

7. Worker Protection Standard: agency

activities.

8. Keep out of Reach of Children.

9. Regional reports.

10. Committee reports and

introduction of issue papers.

11. LifeLine presentation.

12. SFIREG issue paper status report.

13. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Jay Ellenberger,

Director, Field and External Affairs Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–15379 Filed 6–14–00; 1:17 pm]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6714–9]

Proposed Prospective Purchaser

Agreement Under CERCLA for the

Solar Paints & Varnishes Superfund

Site

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘USEPA’’).

ACTION: Proposal of CERCLA

Prospective Purchaser Agreement for

the Solar Paints & Varnishes Superfund

Site.

SUMMARY: USEPA is proposing to

execute a Prospective Purchaser

Agreement (‘‘PPA’’) under authority of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601

et seq., as amended, and under the

inherent authority of the Attorney

General of the United States to

compromise and settle claims of the