Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 116 / Thursday, June 15, 2000 / Notices 37549

The Center is open from noon to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The telephone number of the

Center is (202) 260–7099.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. Be

sure to identify the appropriate docket

control number (i.e., ‘‘OEI–100000’’) in

your correspondence.

1. By mail. Submit written comments

to: Document Control Office (7407),

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics (OPPT), Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Ariel Rios Building,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: OPPT Document

Control Office (DCO) in East Tower Rm.

G–099, Waterside Mall, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC. The DCO is open from

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

telephone number for the DCO is: (202)

260–7093.

3. Electronically. Submit your

comments electronically by e-mail to:

‘‘oppt.ncic@epa.gov.’’ Please note that

you should 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 and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number OEI–100000.

Electronic comments on this document

may also be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

D. How Should I Handle CBI

Information that I Want to Submit to the

Agency?

You may claim information that you

submit 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. A copy of the comment

that does not contain CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public

record. Information not marked

confidential will be included in the

public docket by EPA without prior

notice. If you have any questions about

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI,

please consult with the person

identified in the ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT’’ section.

II. Background Information

A. What is the Purpose of this Notice?

The purpose of this notice is to make

available for comment a draft document

titled ‘‘Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Act—

Section 313: Guidance for Reporting for

the Dioxin and Dioxin-like Compounds

Category.’’ The category of dioxin and

dioxin-like compounds was added to

the EPCRA section 313 list of toxic

chemicals as part of a final rule that

lowered the reporting thresholds for

certain PBT chemicals (64 FR 58666,

October 29, 1999) (FRL–6389–11). EPA

would like to receive comments on the

technical contents of the guidance

document particularly on the methods

of estimating releases and other waste

management quantities for dioxin and

dioxin-like compounds. Unit I.B.

contains information on how to get

copies of the draft guidance document.

Through this notice EPA is also

requesting the participation of

interested stakeholders on a workgroup

to assist in the preparation of the final

guidance document for the dioxin and

dioxin-like compounds category.

Stakeholders interested in participating

on the workgroup should contact the

person identified in the ‘‘FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT’’

section by July 17, 2000. Whether or not

you participate on the workgroup, your

comments will be considered in

preparing the final guidance document.

In addition, this notice also requests

comments on whether interested

stakeholders wish to participate on a

workgroup to develop guidance

documents for the other PBT chemicals.

These other guidance documents would

cover the following chemicals: aldrin,

chlordane, heptachlor,

hexachlorobenzene, isodrin, mercury,

mercury compounds, methoxychlor,

octachlorostyrene, pendimethalin,

pentachlorobenzene, polychlorinated

biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic

compounds (PACs),

tetrabromobisphenol A, toxaphene, and

trifuralin. At this point EPA anticipates

developing individual guidance

documents for the PACs category and

for mercury/mercury compounds and

another guidance document to cover the

other PBT chemicals. Whether or not

workgroups are formed for these other

guidance documents, EPA will issue

drafts of the guidance documents for

public review and comment. If you are

interested in participating on a

workgroup for the development of these

other guidance documents, please

contact the person identified in the

‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT’’ section by July 17, 2000.

B. How Will the Interested Stakeholder

Workgroups Function?

All interested parties are welcome to

participate on the workgroups. The

workgroups will not revisit any issues

raised during the rulemaking process or

the determinations contained in the

final rule. The workgroups will deal

only with guidance on how to report

given the requirements of the final rule.

The workgroups will make

recommendations on the contents of the

guidance documents, and then EPA will

issue draft final documents and provide

them to interested stakeholders for final

comment. EPA will then review the

final comments and issue the final

guidance documents. The workgroup for

the dioxin and dioxin-like compounds

category will be formed and have its

first meeting after the end of the

comment period for this notice to allow

time for the processing of any comments

received. Whether or not workgroups

are formed to develop guidance

documents for the other PBT chemicals,

a separate Federal Register notice will

be issued to obtain comments on the

other PBT chemical draft guidance

documents. This type of process for

developing guidance documents is

similar to the processes that EPA has

used for the development of guidance

documents for other regulations.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Community right-to-know, Hazardous

substances, Intergovernmental relations,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Superfund.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Margaret N. Schneider,

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator,

Office of Environmental Information.

[FR Doc. 00–14871 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6715–6]

San Fernando Valley, Pollock

Superfund Site; Proposed Notice of

Administrative Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986

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(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,

notice is hereby given that a proposed

Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue

associated with the San Fernando

Valley Pollock Superfund was executed

by EPA on April 7, 2000. The proposed

Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue

would resolve certain potential claims

of the United States under sections 106

and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and

9607, against San Fernando Road

Holdings, LLC. (the ‘‘Purchaser’’). The

Purchaser has acquired certain real

property located at 3332–3340, 3360,

3368, 3370, 3380, 3424 and 3550 San

Fernando Road in the City of Los

Angeles, California (‘‘the Property’’).

The Property consists of approximately

21.48 acres, which is improved with

eight industrial warehouse buildings.

The proposed settlement would require

the Purchaser to pay EPA a one-time

payment of $ 200,000, and to conduct

cleanup activities at the Property under

the direction of the Regional Water

Quality Control Board—Los Angeles

Region.

For thirty (30) calendar days

following the date of publication of this

notice, EPA will receive written

comments relating to the proposed

settlement. EPA’s response to any

comments received will be available for

public inspection at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 17, 2000.

Availability

The proposed Agreement and

Covenant Not to Sue and additional

background documentation relating to

the settlement are available for public

inspection at the U.S. EPA, Region IX,

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

CA, 94105. A copy of the proposed

settlement may be obtained from Marie

M. Rongone, Senior Counsel (ORC–3),

Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA, 94105. Comments should

reference ‘‘San Fernando Road

Holdings, LLC Agreement and Covenant

Not to Sue, San Fernando Valley

Pollock Superfund Site,’’ and ‘‘Docket

No. 2000–04’’ and should be addressed

to Ms. Rongone at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marie M. Rongone, Senior Counsel

(ORC–3), Office of Regional Counsel,

U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; E-mail:

rongone.marie@epamail.epa.gov; Phone:

(415) 744–1313; Facsimile (415) 744–

1041.

Dated: May 9, 2000.

Keith Takata,

Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA,

Region IX.

[FR Doc. 00–15025 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–42198C; FRL–6494–5]

1,1,2-Trichloroethane (TCE); Final

Enforceable Consent Agreement and

Testing Consent Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under section 4 of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA

has issued a testing consent order

(Order) that incorporates an enforceable

consent agreement (ECA) with The Dow

Chemical Company; Vulcan Materials

Company; Occidental Chemical

Corporation; Oxy Vinyls, LP; Georgia

Gulf Corporation; Westlake Chemical

Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.;

Borden Chemicals & Plastics Operating

Limited Partnership; and Formosa

Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (‘‘the

Companies’’). The Companies have

agreed to perform toxicity testing and

physiologically based pharmacokinetics

(PBPK) and mechanistic (MECH) testing

that is intended to satisfy the

toxicological data needs identified in a

proposed test rule for acute toxicity,

subchronic toxicity, developmental

toxicity, reproductive toxicity,

neurotoxicity, carcinogenicity, in vivo

cytogenetics, and immunotoxicity

effects of 1,1,2-trichloroethane (TCE).

This notice announces the ECA and

Order for TCE and summarizes the

terms of the ECA.

DATES: The effective date of the ECA

and Order is June 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Barbara

Cunningham, Director, Office of

Program Management and Evaluation,

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics (7401), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address:

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

For specific information contact: John

Schaeffer, Chemical Control Division

(7405), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (202) 260–8130; fax: (202)260–

1096; e-mail address: ccd.citb@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces the ECA and Order for

TCE and summarizes the terms of the

ECA.

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

The ECA and Order announced in this

notice only affect those companies that

signed the ECA for TCE: The Dow

Chemical Company; Vulcan Materials

Company; Occidental Chemical

Corporation; Oxy Vinyls, LP; Georgia

Gulf Corporation; Westlake Chemical

Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.;

Borden Chemicals & Plastics Operating

Limited Partnership; and Formosa

Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. The

Companies are members of the HAP

Task Force, which is an association of

manufacturers of TCE. However, as a

result of the ECA and Order, EPA has

initiated a rulemaking in the Federal

Register of December 23, 1997 (62 FR

67036) (FRL–5762–9) under TSCA

section 12(b)(1) which, when finalized,

will require all persons who export or

intend to export TCE to comply with the

Agency’s export notification regulations

at 40 CFR part 707, subpart D.

B. 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/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPPTS–42198C. 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 Confidential

Business Information (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