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Commission’s Public Reference Room

located at 888 First Street, NE, Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371.

Anyone may file comments on the

DEA. The public, federal and state

resource agencies are encouraged to

provide comments. All comments must

be filed within 30 days of the date of

this notice shown above. Send an

original and eight copies of all

comments marked with the project

number P–2232–393 to : The Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. If you have any questions

regarding this notice, please call Brian

Romanek at (202) 219–3076.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15885 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6721–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; 2001 Hazardous

Waste Report (Biennial Report),

Notification of Regulated Waste

Activity, and RCRA Part A Permit

Application Information Collection

Requests

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB): 2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report), 976.08, OMB Control Number

2050–0024, expiration date November

30, 2000. EPA is planning to submit

modifications to the Notification of

Regulated Waste Activity ICR, 261.12,

OMB Control Number 2050–0028,

expiration date 12/31/02; and the RCRA

Part A Permit Application ICR, 262.09,

OMB Control Number 2050–0034,

expiration data 10/31/02. Before

submitting this ICR and the ICR

modifications to OMB for review and

approval, EPA is requesting comment

on the issues described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an

original and two copies of their

comments referencing docket number

F–2000–B3IP–FFFFF to: (1) If using

regular U.S. Postal Service mail: RCRA

Docket Information Center, Office of

Solid Waste (5305G), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters (EPA, HQ), Ariel Rios

Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0002, or

(2) if using special delivery, such as

overnight express service: RCRA Docket

Information Center (RIC), Crystal

Gateway One, 1235 Jefferson Davis

Highway, First Floor, Arlington, VA

22202. Comments may also be

submitted electronically through the

Internet to: rcra-docket@epa.gov.

Comments in electronic format should

also be identified by the docket number

F–2000–B3IP–FFFFF and must be

submitted as an ASCII file, avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

Commenters should not submit

electronically any confidential business

information (CBI). An original and two

copies of CBI must be submitted under

separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document

Control Officer, Office of Solid Waste

(5305W), U.S. EPA, Ariel Rios Building,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20460–0002.

Public comments and supporting

materials are available for viewing in

the RCRA Information Center (RIC),

located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor,

1235 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The RIC is open from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays. To review

docket materials, it is recommended

that the public make an appointment by

calling 703–603–9230. The public may

copy a maximum of 100 pages from any

regulatory docket at no charge.

Additional copies cost $0.15/page. The

index and some supporting materials

are available electronically.

The official record for this action will

be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA

will transfer all comments received

electronically into paper form and place

them in the official record, which will

also include all comments submitted

directly in writing. EPA will not

immediately reply electronically to

commenters other than to seek

clarification of electronic comments that

may be garbled in transmission or

during conversion to paper form.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information, contact the RCRA

Hotline at 800–424–9346 or TDD 800–

553–7672 (hearing impaired). In the

Washington, DC, metropolitan area, call

703–412–9810 or TDD 703–412–3323.

For detailed information, contact Robert

Burchard, Office of Solid Waste, 5302W,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0002; phone number 703–308–8450, fax:

703–308–8433, Internet:

burchard.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities affected by

this action are those which generate and

treat, store, and dispose of hazardous

waste.

Title: 2001 Hazardous Waste Report

(Biennial Report), 976.08, OMB Control

Number 2050–0024, expiration date

November 30, 2000.

Abstract: Generators of hazardous

waste and owners/operators of

hazardous waste facilities must

complete, under the authority of RCRA

sections 3002 and 3004, a biennial

report on the amount of waste generated

in the United States, a description of the

waste, and how it was managed.

EPA uses this information to

understand the population of the

regulated community, to expand its

database of information for rulemakings,

and for monitoring compliance with

regulatory requirements.

Title: Notification of Regulated Waste

Activity, 262.12, OMB Control Number

2050–0028, expires 12/31/02.

Abstract: Persons who generate,

transport, treat, store, or dispose of

hazardous waste and all persons who

store recyclable materials prior to

recycling them are required to notify

EPA of their hazardous waste activities

using this form.

EPA uses this information to

understand the population of the

regulated community and to obtain the

information necessary to provide

facilities with a RCRA ID.

Title: RCRA Part A Permit

Application, 262.09, OMB Control

Number 2050–0034, expires 10/31/02.

Abstract: RCRA requires anyone who

owns or operates a facility where

hazardous waste is treated, stored or

disposed to have a RCRA hazardous

waste permit issued by EPA. The part A

is the first of two parts of the permit

application.

EPA may not conduct or sponsor, and

a person is not required to respond to,

a collection of information unless it

displays a valid OMB control number.

OMB control numbers for EPA are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

EPA would like comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the performance of the functions of

EPA;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the our

estimate of the burden the proposed

collection of information will impose;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

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(iv) See how we can minimize the

burden the proposed collection of

information will impose, such as

through electronic collection

techniques.

Detailed Discussion of Planned Changes

to the 2001 Biennial Report, the

Notification of Regulated Waste

Activity, and the RCRA Part A Permit

Application

I. Background to Today’s Planned

Changes

In response to the concerns raised

over the years about a lack of a

comprehensive strategy in the way

EPA’s Office of Solid Waste (OSW)

collects hazardous waste information,

the WIN/Informed Initiative was created

by the states and OSW to develop and

implement a solution. WIN stands for

Waste Information Needs, and is the

OSW portion of the project. Informed

stands for Information Needed for

Making Environmental Decisions, and is

the state portion of the project.

The objective of this Initiative is to

assess the information needs of the

hazardous waste program, assess the

way information is managed, and make

recommendations for improvement.

WIN/Informed also has been tasked

with making the changes that will

improve the collection, quality, use, and

management of hazardous waste

information, and to make that

information more available to states,

EPA, Tribes, and the public.

Today’s Federal Register notice

presents a set of recommendations from

WIN/Informed. These recommendations

affect the Hazardous Waste Report

(Biennial Report), the Notification of

Regulated Waste Activity (Notification),

and the RCRA Part A Permit

Application (part A). These ICRs are

being modified at the same time because

the changes we are recommending

complement each other. The changes to

the Biennial Report will be

implemented (with the one exception

discussed below) in 2001. The changes

in the Notification and part A forms will

be implemented the next time their ICRs

are renewed (in 2002).

Today’s notice summarizes the WIN/

Informed recommendations. They are

presented fully in a background

document available on the Internet. The

Internet site addresses is: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm

II. Detailed Recommendations

(1) Standardizing Site Identification

Information

Background: Information about a site

and the hazardous waste activities

taking place there is used by regulators

for waste activity and compliance

monitoring, for program planning, to

provide technical assistance, and to

analyze waste minimization activities.

This information is currently being

collected on three different forms, each

with its own instructions and

definitions. This sometimes gives

regulators conflicting information about

the same site, and is burdensome for

respondents.

Basic site information is collected

from all RCRA-regulated facilities on the

Notification form. Generators and

Treatment, Storage, and Disposal

Facilities(TSDFs) report site information

on the Biennial Report Identification

and Certification (IC) form. Facilities

that treat, store or dispose of hazardous

waste submit site information on the

part A.

Recommendation: We plan to

standardize the RCRA site identification

information that is collected on the

three forms. This means that the site

identification information prepared for

one form will be the exact same site

identification information asked for on

the other two forms. Once a facility has

submitted this information once, the

facility can just attach a copy of the

previous submittal (with any changes)

when facility identification information

is requested again.

We plan to include as part of the site

identification data elements the North

American Industrial Classification

System (NAICS) codes, which have

replaced the Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) codes. Additionally,

we will also ask about mixed waste and

universal waste activity at the facility,

and whether the facility imports waste.

A chart showing the information we

will ask for as part of the standardized

RCRA site identification is available on

the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/

epaoswer/hazwaste/data/brs01/icr.htm.

The chart is in the file: ‘‘2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report), Part A Permit Application, and

Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

Information Collection Request.’’

Detailed discussion of this

recommendation is found in

Recommendations 7, 8, and 9 of the

Internet document.

(2) Obtain for the EPA National

Database Information on Generators, as

Defined by Both RCRA and State

Definitions

Background: The following

discussion concerns how states will

report data, and does not change

respondents’ reporting obligations. The

federal rules in 40 CFR parts 261 and

262 establish three categories of

hazardous waste generator: Large

Quantity Generators (LQGs), Small

Quantity Generators (SQGs), and

Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity

Generators (CESQGs). A site’s RCRA

generator status is based on the volume

of hazardous waste generated, and/or

accumulated during any month of the

year. Both LQGs and SQGs must notify

the implementing agency of their

activities and obtain an EPA

identification number. CESGQs are

exempt from these two requirements, as

well as many of the other hazardous

waste requirements. RCRA section 3009

requires state hazardous waste rules to

be at least as stringent as federal rules,

but it also allows state rules to be

broader in scope and more stringent

than the federal rules. For example, a

state:

• May impose regulatory obligations

for LQGs on facilities generating less

than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste

in a month, (this is more stringent than

the federal rules).

• May regulate wastes not regulated

by the federal rules (this is broader in

scope).

• May require CESQGs to obtain an

EPA identification number (this is

broader in scope).

States need to know the regulatory

status of a generator as defined by their

rules. However, since states have

different definitions of generators, it is

more useful for EPA to use the federal

definition when performing analyses of

data from multiple states.

Recommendation: States will report

to EPA their total generator universe, as

defined by their state rules. They will

also, to the best of their abilities, report

to EPA their total generator universe as

defined by RCRA. This will provide the

following benefits:

• Including the state-defined

generators in the RCRA national

database will provide a more complete

picture of the number of waste

generators in the country being

regulated.

• With both sets of generators in the

national database, the concerns

regarding different generator universe

numbers (EPA versus state numbers)

will be resolved.

• EPA inspectors will be able to better

determine which regulations (state or

EPA) apply to a generator they are

inspecting.

There will be no changes to the part

A or Biennial Report forms.

Planned Biennial Report instructions

revisions are on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm.

See the file: ‘‘2001 Hazardous Waste

Report (Biennial Report), Part A Permit

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Application, and Notification of

Regulated Waste Activity Information

Collection Request.’’ Detailed

discussion of this recommendation is

found in Recommendation 6 of the

Internet document.

(3) Tracking Hazardous Waste Exports

Background: Generators exporting

hazardous waste must notify EPA of

their intent to export their waste and

submit an annual report about the waste

they exported. EPA maintains a separate

database for this information, called the

Hazardous Waste Export Data System.

Recommendation: We plan to

integrate data in the Hazardous Waste

Export Data System into the national

RCRA information system. This would

eliminate the need to collect export data

through the Biennial Report. The

Biennial Report instructions will be

changed to tell respondents that they

should not be reporting exports as part

of their Biennial Report submissions,

reducing duplication and confusion.

Planned Biennial Report instructions

revisions are on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm. See the file: ‘‘2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report), Part A Permit Application, and

Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

Information Collection Request.’’

Detailed discussion of this

recommendation is found in

Recommendation 13 of the Internet

document.

(4) Tracking Hazardous Waste Imports

Background: A person who imports

hazardous waste from a foreign country

into the United States is, for regulatory

purposes, the generator of the waste.

Currently, there is no way to

differentiate imported waste from waste

generated in the receiving state. This

makes waste generation totals for the

state artificially high.

EPA and the states need to be able to

determine whether hazardous waste is

generated domestically or from a foreign

source to obtain accurate generation

totals and accurate import totals.

Recommendation: We plan to revise

the Biennial Report instructions so that

importers of hazardous waste will use a

specific code to identify imported

wastes.

Planned Biennial Report instructions

revisions are on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm. See the file: ‘‘2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report), Part A Permit Application, and

Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

Information Collection Request.’’

Detailed discussion of this

recommendation is found in

Recommendation 14 of the Internet

document.

(5) Clarify Types of Hazardous Wastes

To Be Reported on the Biennial Report

Background: Interim status and

permitted treatment, storage and

disposal facilities report hazardous

waste received from off-site, wastes

accumulated onsite, wastes managed

on-site, and shipments of hazardous

waste off-site.

Large quantity generators report the

hazardous waste that are generated,

accumulated, and subsequently

managed on-site or shipped off-site.

One complication to this reporting

system is that 40 CFR parts 260 to 273

exempt specific hazardous wastes and

distinct hazardous waste management

processes from regulation. When these

exemptions were crafted, the issue of

whether the wastes involved should be

reported in the Biennial Report was not

addressed. This created uncertainty as

to whether the wastes should be

reported. EPA has provided guidance,

but there has still been confusion about

the issue. We are providing clarification

in today’s notice. We will consider

comments on our position, and will

issue more definitive guidance in the

instructions for the 2001 Biennial

Report.

Recommendation: The exemptions in

40 CFR parts 260 to 273 have their own

regulatory histories and backgrounds,

and as mentioned above, EPA often did

not clarify whether the waste should be

reported in the Biennial Report when

the exemption was created. EPA, in

consultation with a number of states

and other stakeholders, considered

various approaches to defining which

wastes should be reported. We

concluded that the simplest approach is

to change the Biennial Report

instructions to clarify that generators

should report only the hazardous wastes

which count toward the determination

of their generator status. See 40 CFR

261.5(c) and (d).

A list of the specific exemptions is on

the Internet site listed below. Examples

include hazardous waste that is a

specified recyclable material such as

ethyl alcohol or scrap metal and

hazardous wastes that are recycled onsite without prior storage or

accumulation. If you are not sure

whether your waste is exempt, check

with your state. (Individual states may

require reporting of items that the EPA

has considered exempt, so it is

important to check with your state.)

TSDFs should report hazardous waste

received from off-site, the management

of the hazardous waste while on-site,

and the shipments of hazardous waste

off-site. In general, if a waste comes in

to the TSDF accompanied by the

Hazardous Waste Manifest, it is subject

to the Biennial Report.

Planned Biennial Report instructions

revisions are on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm. See the file: ‘‘2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report), Part A Permit Application, and

Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

Information Collection Request.’’

Detailed discussion of this

recommendation is found in

Recommendation 15 of the Internet

document.

(6) Streamline Biennial Report Source,

Origin, Form, and Management Codes

Background: A review of the

information needs identified by WIN/

Informed suggests that the existing

Biennial Report Source, Origin, Form

and Management codes could be

streamlined to improve the usefulness

of the information we receive. We plan

to:

• Consolidate, regroup, and merge

current Source codes with the current

Origin codes.

• Revise Form codes so that there

would be 47 codes instead of 89.

• Eliminate overlap between

Management Method and Form codes.

Each is discussed below.

A. Combine Source and Origin Code

There is significant complexity in the

way the existing Biennial Report Source

and Origin codes are defined. This is a

result of the overlap in the coverage of

the two coding structures, and it has led

to data quality and consistency

problems.

Recommendation: The current Source

codes will be consolidated, regrouped,

and merged with the Origin codes to

provide a simpler coding structure. This

approach should allow for more

meaningful and consistent responses

and reduce some of the reporting

burden. This scheme will reduce the

number of choices from 60 to 30 and the

groups from 7 to 6. The planned coding

structure is available on the Internet site

listed below.

B. Simplify Form Codes

The physical form of a generated

waste is collected on the Biennial

Report using 89 specific codes in 9 highlevel groups. This is the most elaborate

of the Biennial Reporting coding

structures, and the most difficult for

respondents to use, and for information

users to analyze.

Recommendation: The new Form

codes we are considering combine

similar existing codes, using the

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information included in the waste code

descriptions to reduce the complexity

and overlap of information between the

two. This new coding system maintains

the level of information needed by EPA

and the states. Wastes will be better

described and categorized. This will

decrease confusion for the reporters.

The table providing the planned

coding structure is available on the

Internet site listed below. The number

of Form codes is reduced from 89 to 47,

with 7 high level groups. In some cases,

there is not an exact translation from the

old Form codes to the new ones, but for

most, there is a path to ensure

continuity for trend analysis.

C. Revise Management Method Codes to

Eliminate Overlap

The current Management Method

coding structure both duplicates and

conflicts with the current Form codes.

For example, there are five distinct

Management Method codes for waste

incineration, depending on the physical

form of the waste being incinerated.

This leads to such reporting anomalies

as a waste of the physical form B201

(concentrated solvent-water solution)

being managed by system M043

(incineration—solids).

Recommendation: The existing

Management Method coding structure

will be revised to eliminate overlap with

the Form codes. This revised coding

structure is based in part on analysis of

the frequency and perceived accuracy

with which different Management

method codes were reported in the 1995

BRS data. The impact of the Land

Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment

codes was also considered in

establishing this list. This reduces the

detailed list from 65 to 28 and the highlevel groups from 14 to 4. We believe

this recommendation will result in

increased data accuracy and quality

through reduced variation in response,

and will decrease burden. A table with

revised codes is available on the

Internet site listed below.

Planned Biennial Report instructions

revisions are on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm. See the file: ‘‘2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report), Part A Permit Application, and

Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

Information Collection Request.’’

Detailed discussion of this

recommendation is found in

Recommendation 16 of the Internet

document.

(7) Removal of Data Elements From the

Biennial Report

WIN/Informed recommended the

elimination of a number of Biennial

Report data elements. They are: Point of

Measurement, Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC), and Off-site

availability, and for the 2003 cycle,

Radioactive Mixed Waste.

A. Point of Measurement

The Point of Measurement on the

Generation and Management (GM) form

consists of four codes showing whether

the waste being reported was mixed

with other wastes prior to being

measured. WIN/Informed identified no

significant need for this information.

Additionally, because the Point of

Measurement is confusing to

respondents, the data we receive is often

of questionable quality. Thus, we plan

to eliminate it.

B. Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC)

Since we are proposing to add the

North American Industrial

Classification System (NAICS) codes

(the replacement for the SIC codes) to

the new RCRA Site Identification form,

we plan to remove the SIC from the GM

form.

C. Off-Site Availability

This code shows whether an off-site

facility is a commercially-available

TSDF, or if it is only permitted to accept

wastes from firms owned by the same

company. WIN/Informed did not find

any need for this information, so we

plan on eliminating it.

D. RCRA Radioactive Mixed Waste

The Biennial Report asks whether the

waste being reported is a RCRA

Radioactive Mixed Waste. WIN/

Informed did not find a significant

national need for this information.

However, we learned that some existing

EPA compliance agreements with

federal facilities require this data for

compliance monitoring. We determined

that it would be disruptive to drop the

requirement since it was being used in

these limited areas. So, it will continue

to be collected for the 2001 Biennial

Report cycle. At this time, however, we

are planning to remove it starting with

the 2003 Biennial Report, as long as the

compliance agreement information

needs are able to be satisfied by another

source of information.

Planned Biennial Report instructions

revisions are on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm.

See the file: ‘‘2001 Hazardous Waste

Report (Biennial Report), Part A Permit

Application, and Notification of

Regulated Waste Activity Information

Collection Request.’’ Detailed

discussion of this recommendation is

found in Recommendation 17 of the

Internet document.

(8) Make the Source Code on the

Biennial Report Mandatory

Currently, the Source Code is a data

element on the Biennial Report that is

voluntary to complete. We plan to make

it mandatory to complete.

WIN/Informed identified a number of

information needs that are met by the

Source Code. Regulators need to be able

to distinguish among the following

types of hazardous wastes:

—Ongoing generation from production

and service processes

—Residuals from on-site management

—One-time or sporadic generation (for

example, discarding off-specification

or out-of-date chemicals, process

equipment change-out, lagoon dragout)

—Generated by spills or accidental

releases

—Generated by remediation of past

contamination (this includes

Superfund or state cleanups, RCRA

closure or corrective action)

Within each of the categories,

participants in WIN/Informed identified

a need for detailed information on the

specific industrial or waste management

processes generating the wastes. With

this recommendation, regulators will be

dbetter able to target inspections.

Planned Biennial Report instructions

revisions are on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

brs01/icr.htm. See the file: ‘‘2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report), Part A Permit Application, and

Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

Information Collection Request.’’

Detailed discussion of this

recommendation is found in

Recommendation 25 of the Internet

document.

III. Burden Statement

The following is an estimate of the

total annual cost and hour burden to the

regulated community for the changes

described in this notice:

• Biennial Report currently: 164,303

hours and $24,723. Biennial Report with

proposed changes: 158,027 hours and

$24,671.

• Notification currently: 100,137

hours and $130,725. New RCRA Site ID

form: 83,298 hours and $130,725.

• Part A currently: 945 hours and

$424. Part A with changes: 893 hours

and $424.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal or implementing agency. This

includes the time needed to review

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instructions; develop, acquire, install,

and utilize technology and systems for

the purposes of collecting, validating,

and verifying information, processing

and maintaining information, and

disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with

any previously applicable instructions

and requirements; train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information. EPA estimates

that the changes discussed today, when

implemented, will reduce burden by

23,000 hours and an insignificant

number of dollars.

Dated: June 14, 2000.

Elizabeth Cotsworth,

Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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[ER–FRL–6608–4]

Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency:

Office of Federal Activities, General

Information (202) 564–7167

www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa.

Weekly Receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements

Filed June 12, 2000 through June 16,

2000

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 000189, Draft EIS, FHW, IL,

MO, Chicago-St. Louis High-Speed Rail

Project, Improvement from Chicago to

St. Louis to enhance the Passenger

Transportation Network, NPDES Permit

and COE Section 404 Permit, Cook,

Will, Kankakee Grundy, Livington,

McLean, Sangemon, Macoupin, Jersey,

Madison and St. Louis Counties, IL and

St. Louis County, MO, Due: August 07,

2000, Contact: Jon Paul-Kohler (217)

492–4988.

EIS No. 000190, Final EIS, FRC, CA,

Potter Valley Project Proposed

Changes in Minimum Flow

Requirements, License Amendment,

(FERC Project No. 77–110), Lake and

Mendocino Counties, CA, Due: July

24, 2000, Contact: John M. Mudre

(202) 219–1208.

EIS No. 000191, Final EIS, DOE, CA,

MT, UT, WY, ID, OR, WA,

Transmission System Vegetation

Management Program,

Implementation, Managing

Vegetation, Site Specific, Right-ofWay Grant, CA, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA

and WY, Due: July 24, 2000, Contact:

Stacy Mason (503) 230–5455.

EIS No. 000192, Draft EIS, NPS, FL, Dry

Tortugas National Park General

Management Plan, Implementation,

Monroe County, FL, Due: August 07,

2000, Contact: Richard Ring (305)

242–7710.

EIS No. 200193, Draft Supplement, COE,

CA, Guadalupe River Flood Control

and Adjacent Streams Investigation,

Proposed Modifications to the

Guadalupe River Project, Downtown

San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA,

Due: August 09, 2000, Contact: Nina

Bicknese (916) 557–7948.

EIS No. 000194, DRAFT EIS, NRC, UT,

Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians

Reservation Project, Construction and

Operation of Independent Spent Fuel

Storage Installation and Related

Transportation Facilities, Permits and

Approvals, Tooele County, UT, Due:

September 21, 2000, Contact: Scott C.

Flanders (301) 415–1172.

EIS No. 000195, Draft EIS, AFS, AK,

Madan Timber Sale, Implementation,

Tongass National Forest, Wrangell

Ranger District, COE Section 404

Permit and NPDES Permit, AK, Due:

August 15, 2000, Contact: Richard

Cozby (907) 874–2323.

EIS No. 000196, Draft EIS, NPS, MN,

Voyageurs National Park General

Management, Visitor Use and

Facilities Plans, Implementation,

Koochiching and St. Louis Counties,

MN, Due: August 23, 2000, Contact:

Kathleen Przybylski (219) 283–9821.

EIS No. 000197, Final EIS, FHW, TX,

Loop 1 Extension Project, From Farmto-Market Road FM–734 (Palmer

Lander) to I–35, Funding, Travis and

Williamson Counties, TX, Due: July

24, 2000, Contact: Walter Waidelich

(512) 916–5988.

EIS No. 000198, Draft EIS, FTA, WA,

Sound Transit, Lakewood-to-Tacoma

Commuter Rail and WA–512 Park and

Ride Expansion, Construction and

Operation, Central Puget Sound

Regional Transit Authority, City of

Tacoma and City of Lakewood, WA,

Due: August 12, 2000, Contact: Helen

Knoll (206) 220–7954.

EIS No. 000199, Final EIS, COE, FL,

Programmatic EIS—Rock Mining—

Freshwater Lakebelt Plan, Limestone

Mining Permit, Section 404 Permit,

Implementation, Miami-Dade County,

FL , Due: July 24, 2000, Contact:

William Porter (904) 232–2259.

EIS No. 000200, Final EIS, BLM, ID, Dry

Valley Mine—South Extension

Project, Construction of two New

Open Pit Mine, Special-Use-Permit,

COE Section 404 Permit, Public and

Private Land Used, Caribou County,

ID, Due: July 24, 2000, Contact: Jeff

Cundick (208) 478–6354. The US

Army National Guard Bureau and the

US Air Force are Joint Lead Agencies

for the above project.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 000130, Draft EIS, FHW, MO,

New Mississippi River Crossing,

Relocated I–70 and I–64 Connector,

Funding, COE Section 404 and 10

Permits and NPDES Permit, St. Louis

County, MO, Due: July 31, 2000,

Contact: Ronald C. Marshall (217)

492–4600.

Revision of FR notice published on

05/12/2000: CEQ Comment Date has

been Extended from 06/20/2000 to 07/

31/2000.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 00–15978 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6608–5]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167. An explanation of the

ratings assigned to draft environmental

impact statements (EISs) was published

in FR dated April 14, 2000 (65 FR

20157).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–L65353–ID Rating

EC2, Lakeface-Lamb Fuel Reduction

Project, To Reduce the Risk of Lethal

Fires within a Wildland/Urban

Interface, Implementation, Idaho

Panhandle National Forests, Priest Lake

Ranger District, Bonner County, ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about the

potential adverse impacts to water

quality from sediment. EPA

recommends that the selected

alternative in the final EIS address ATV

use and demonstrate that adequate

funding will be allocated to maintain

redeveloped roads to environmental and

safety standards.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65354–ID Rating

EO2, Iron Honey Resource Area Project,