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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]

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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]

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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.

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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

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United States, for the transfer of title to

property at the Solar Paints & Varnishes

Superfund Site to Ralos, LLC. Ralos, in

turn, will lease the property to Excel

Connection, Inc. and Marshall Erecting,

Inc. The owner of all three companies

is Mr. Joseph Marshall. These

companies and Mr. Marshall are all

Settling Respondents under the PPA.

In return for a covenant not to sue and

contribution protection from USEPA,

the Settling Respondents will continue

to participate in the Wisconsin

Department of Natural Resources

(‘‘WDNR’’) Voluntary Clean-Up Program

for further investigation and

remediation of any remaining

contamination at the Site, and

redevelopment of the Site. The

proposed PPA has been executed by the

Settling Respondents, and has been

submitted to the Attorney General for

approval. USEPA today is proposing to

execute the PPA because it achieves a

benefit for the community where the

Site is located by encouraging the reuse

or redevelopment of property at which

fear of Superfund liability may have

been a barrier, thereby fulfilling

USEPA’s Brownfields policies and

goals. The Site is not on the National

Priorities List. No further response

activities by USEPA are anticipated at

the Site at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed PPA

must be received on or before July 17,

2000.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed PPA

is available for review at USEPA, Region

5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604. Please contact Kevin C.

Chow at (312) 353–6181 prior to visiting

the Region 5 office. Comments on the

proposed PPA should be addressed to

Kevin C. Chow, Office of Regional

Counsel (C–14J), USEPA, Region 5, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin C. Chow, Office of Regional

Counsel, at (312) 353–6181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Site is

located at 5375 South Ninth Street,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is about

6.23 acres in size. Solar Paints

manufactured paint at the facility until

May 1995, when it filed for bankruptcy.

Solar Paints retained title to the

property. Upon ending operations, Solar

Paints left behind paint, paint

ingredients, varnishes, and solvents

containing hazardous substances

throughout the Site.

Because of these conditions, USEPA

determined that the Site posed an

imminent and substantial endangerment

to human health and environment, and

undertook at emergency removal action.

USEPA concluded the clean-up on

December 8, 1995, and perfected a lien

for its response costs in February 1996.

Upon acquiring title to Site property,

the Settling Respondents will

investigate and remediate any remaining

hazardous substances under the

WDNR’s Voluntary Clean-Up Program,

and redevelop the property in order to

locate their equipment moving and wire

harness assembly businesses there,

thereby returning an abandoned

Superfund site to productive use and

creating jobs.

Under the proposed PPA, USEPA

covenants not to sue and provides

contribution protection to the Settling

Respondents as consideration for these

clean-up and redevelopment activities.

Additionally, upon the Settling

Respondents’ performance of their

obligations under the PPA, USEPA will

remove its lien on property acquired by

the Settling Respondents. A 30-day

period, beginning on the date of

publication of this notice, is open for

comments on the proposed Prospective

Purchaser Agreement.

Doug Ballotti,

Acting Director, Superfund Division, United

States Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5.

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Proposed Settlement Under Section

122(g) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act;

Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative settlement and

opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is proposing

to enter into an administrative

settlement to resolve claims under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’).

Notice is being published to inform the

public of the proposed settlement and of

the opportunity to comment. The

settlement is intended to resolve past

and estimated future liabilities of one de

minimis party for costs incurred, or to

be incurred, by EPA at the Tulalip

Landfill Superfund Site in Marysville,

Washington.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before July 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Docket Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 10, ORC–158, 1200 Sixth

Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and

should refer to In Re Tulalip Landfill

Superfund Site, Marysville,

Washington, U.S. EPA Docket No.

CERCLA–10–99–0197.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth McKenna, Office of Regional

Counsel (ORC–158), 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, Washington 98101, (206) 553–

0016.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with Section 122(i)(1) of

CERCLA, notice is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement

concerning the Tulalip Landfill

hazardous waste site located on Ebey

Island between Steamboat Slough and

Ebey Slough in the Snohomish River

delta system between Everett and

Marysville, Washington. The Site was

listed on the National Priorities List

(‘‘NPL’’) on April 25, 1995. 60 FR 20350

(April 25, 1995). Subject to review by

the public pursuant to this Notice, the

agreement has been approved by the

United States Department of Justice. The

party who has executed the proposed

Administrative Order on Consent is

Marco Seattle, Inc.

The EPA is entering into this

agreement under the authority of

sections 122(g), 106 and 107 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g), 9606 and

9607. Section 122(g) authorizes

settlements with de minimis parties to

allow them to resolve their liabilities at

Superfund sites without incurring

substantial transaction costs. Under this

authority, the agreement proposes to

settle with a party in the Tulalip

Landfill case who is responsible for less

than 0.6% of the volume of hazardous

substances at the site.

In February and March 1988, EPA

contractor Ecology & Environment, Inc.

(‘‘E&E’’) performed a site inspection of

the landfill for NPL evaluation. The

inspection revealed groundwater

contamination with unacceptably high

levels of arsenic, barium, cadmium,

chromium, lead, mercury, and silver.

Water samples taken in the wetlands

adjacent to the site showed exceedences

of marine chronic criteria for cadmium,

chromium, and lead, as well as

exceedences in marine acute criteria for

copper, nickel, and zinc. In addition, a

variety of metals were found in on-site

pools and leachate. The study

concluded that contamination was

migrating off site. On July 29, 1991, EPA

proposed adding the Tulalip Landfill to