38278 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 20, 2000 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background:

Throughout this document, whenever

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean

EPA. Today’s notice is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 5 sent letters

to the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency on March 24, 2000, and May 31,

2000, stating that both the VOC and

NOx motor vehicle emissions budgets in

the Chicago, Illinois submitted ozone

attainment demonstration for 2007 are

adequate. EPA sent similar letters to the

Indiana Department of Environmental

Management on May 8, 2000, and May

31, 2000. Similar letters were sent to the

Wisconsin Department of Natural

Resources on May 1, 2000, and May 31,

2000.

Before making these findings, we

opened a 30 day public comment period

for the adequacy of mobile source

vehicle emission budgets in the States’

submittals. No comments were received

during this comment period. However,

there were comments received during

the comment period relating to the

proposed conditional approval of the

attainment demonstration SIPs. After

examining those comments, we

determined that several applied to the

adequacy process and while they were

not submitted during the adequacy

comment period, they should be

addressed. We responded to these

comments and issued supplemental

letters to Illinois, Indiana, and

Wisconsin finalizing the adequacy

findings on May 31, 2000. All three

letters found that the VOC and NOx

motor vehicle emissions budgets in the

submitted ozone attainment

demonstrations for 2007 are adequate.

These findings and the response to

comments will also be announced on

EPA’s conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans and establishes

the criteria and procedures for

determining whether or not they do.

Conformity to a SIP means that

transportation activities will not

produce new air quality violations,

worsen existing violations, or delay

timely attainment of the national

ambient air quality standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for transportation

conformity purposes are outlined in 40

CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP motor vehicle emission budgets in

guidance (May 14, 1999 memo titled

‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making our

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Norman Niedergang,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6719–5]

Drinking Water Utilities Team;

Strategic SDWA Compliance Planning

for Small Systems Workshops

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of

Workshops on Strategic SDWA

Compliance Planning for Small

Systems.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a series of one-day workshops on

‘‘Strategic SDWA Compliance Planning

for Small Systems’’ for consulting

engineers, state regulatory agency staff,

and other individuals who provide

advice or assistance to small water

systems. Water system managers and

decision-makers are also encouraged to

attend. The agency is conducting these

workshops in cooperation with the

Association of State Drinking Water

Administrators, American Consulting

Engineers Council, American Water

Works Association, National

Association of Regulatory Utility

Commissioners, National Association of

State Utility Consumer Advocates,

National Association of Water

Companies, National Drinking Water

Clearinghouse, National Rural Water

Association, Rural Community

Assistance Program, and U.S.

Department of Agriculture—Rural

Utilities Service. One workshop will be

offered in each EPA Region. There will

be no teleconferencing available at any

of these workshops.

The purpose of the workshops is to

offer approaches designed to assist

small systems in understanding the full

range of challenges and opportunities

they face in the very near future.

Acknowledging the increasing

regulatory burden to be faced by small

systems, the workshops will cover

issues such as: source water supply and

protection; existing infrastructure repair

and replacement; system organizational

structures; new regulations;

technologies for compliance; and

financial issues. Specific tools and

techniques to assist systems in

identifying and prioritizing strategic

issues and to identify optimum

solutions will also be presented.

Included on the agenda for these

workshops will be:

Strategic Planning in the 21st Century

Internal System Assessment

• Existing Infrastructure

• Technical, Financial, and

Managerial Capacity

Assessing External Challenges

• New Regulations

• Treatment Technology for

regulatory compliance

• Source Water Supply

• Competition

Assessing External Opportunities

• Partnerships

• Source Water Protection

• Resources

• Public Awareness

Identifying Options and Determining

Optimum Solutions

DATES: All workshops will be held from

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The schedule for the

workshops is as follows:

June 27—DoubleTree Riverfront Hotel,

50 Warren Street, Lowell, MA 01852,

Phone #: 978–452–1200; For group

rate, must contact hotel by June 12

June 28—Desmond Hotel and

Conference Center, Albany, NY

12211, 800–448–3500; For group rate,

must contact hotel by June 13

June 29—The Venice Inn, 431 Dual

Highway, Hagerstown, MD 21740,

Phone #: 301–733–0830; For group

rate, must contact hotel by June 15

301–733–0830

July 12—Clarion Hotel, 3601 N. Desert

Drive, Atlanta, GA 30344, Phone #:

404–762–5566; For group rate, must

contact hotel by June 21

July 13—Radisson Hotel Dallas, 1893

West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX

75235, Phone #: 888–588–9846; For

group rate, must contact hotel by June

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July 26—Radisson Hotel Lincolnwood,

4500 W. Touhy Ave., Lincolnwood, IL

60646, Phone #: 847–677–1234; For

group rate, must contact hotel by July

4

July 27—Hilton St. Louis Airport, 10330

Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO

63134, Phone #: 314–426–5500; For

group rate, must contact hotel by July

7

August 15—Holiday Inn Denver

International Airport, 15500 E. 40th

Ave., Denver, CO 80239, Phone #:

303–371–9494; For group rate, must

contact hotel by July 15)

August 16—Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101

Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA

94109, Phone #: 800–622–0855 or

415–776–8200; For group rate, must

contact hotel by July 18

August 17—Radisson Hotel Seattle

Airport, 17001 Pacific Highway, So.,

Seattle, WA 98188, Phone #: 206–

244–6000; For group rate, must

contact hotel by July 16

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for any of the workshops, please

contact the Safe Drinking Water Act

Hotline at 1–800–426–4791. For

additional information, please visit our

web site at http://www.epa.gov/

safewater.html or contact Peter E.

Shanaghan, Team Leader, Drinking

Water Utilities Team, U.S. EPA, Office

of Ground Water and Drinking Water

(4606), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW.,Washington, DC 20460 at 202–260–

5813.

Dated: June 13, 2000.

Janet Pawlukiewicz,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water &

Drinking Water.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1329–DR]

New Mexico; Amendment No. 5 to

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of New

Mexico FEMA–1329–DR, dated May 13,

2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the incident period for

this disaster is closed effective June 9,

2000.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Robert J. Adamcik,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 00–15502 Filed 6–19–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1309–DR]

U.S. Virgin Islands; Amendment No. 3

to Notice of a Major Disaster

Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the U.S. Virgin

Islands (FEMA–1309–DR), dated

November 23, 1999, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated June

9, 2000, the President concurred with

the Director’s recommendation to adjust

the cost sharing arrangements

concerning Federal funds provided

under the authority of the Robert T.

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.),

and the Insular Areas Act (10 U.S.C.

1469a (d) in a letter to James L. Witt,

Director of the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in the

U.S. Virgin Islands, resulting from Hurricane

Lenny on November 16–20, 1999, is of

sufficient severity and magnitude that special

conditions are warranted regarding the cost

sharing arrangements for Federal funds

provided under the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (Stafford Act).

Therefore, I concur with your

recommendation to amend my declaration of

November 23, 1999 to authorize Federal

funds for the Individual and Family Grant,

Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation

Grant Programs at 90 percent of total eligible

costs.

Please notify the Federal Coordinating

Officer of this amendment to my major

disaster declaration.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

James L. Witt,

Director.

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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS

AUTHORITY

Notice of Opportunity to Attend Focus

Group Meeting and/or Submit Written

Comments Regarding the Quality of

the Authority’s Written Decisions and

the Measures for Assessing That

Quality

AGENCY: Federal Labor Relations

Authority.

ACTION: Notice of meeting and request

for comments.

SUMMARY: The decisional component of

the Federal Labor Relations Authority is

evaluating the quality of the Authority’s

written decisions and the measures for

assessing that quality. The Authority

has established an internal Task Force

to conduct this evaluation. The Task

Force proposes to conduct a focus group

meeting to solicit and consider

customers’ views on the quality of

Authority decisions and measurements

of such quality.

DATES: A meeting will be held at 10 a.m.

on July 19, 2000, in Washington, DC.

Written comments must be received on

or before July 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s

Headquarters, 607 14th St. NW.,

Washington, DC 20424, 2nd Floor

Agenda Room. Mail or deliver written

comments to the Office of Case Control,

Federal Labor Relations Authority, 607

14th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20424–0001.