37972 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 118 / Monday, June 19, 2000 / Notices

February 4, 2000; one comment was

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record-keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 1.8 hours per

response. 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 agency. This includes the

time needed to review 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

owners and managers of buildings of

50,000 sq. ft.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,796.

Frequency of Response: This is a one

time action.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,078 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

and O&M Cost Burden: $0.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1917.01 in

any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Office of Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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National Advisory Council on

Environmental Policy and Technology;

Notice of Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

The Charter for the Environmental

Protection Agency’s National Advisory

Council for Environmental Policy and

Technology (NACEPT) will be renewed

for an additional two-year period, as a

necessary committee which is in the

public interest, in accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App

9(c). The purpose of NACEPT is to

provide advice and recommendations to

the Administrator of EPA on issues

associated with environmental

management and policy.

It is determined that NACEPT is in

the public interest in connection with

the performance of duties imposed on

the Agency by law.

Inquiries may be directed to

Gwendolyn Whitt, U.S. EPA, (mail code

1601–A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

Dated: March 28, 2000.

Gordon Schisler,

Acting Director, Office of Cooperative

Environmental Management.

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Proposed Prospective Purchaser

Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act for the Vacant Lot Site; North

Chicago, Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment on proposed prospective

purchaser agreement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

9601 et seq., and the authority of the

Attorney General of the United States to

compromise and settle claims of the

United States as delegated, notice is

hereby given of a proposed prospective

purchaser agreement concerning the

Vacant Lot site at the northeast corner

of Commonwealth Avenue and Martin

Luther King Drive, North Chicago,

Illinois. The agreement, in conjunction

with an agreement with the present

property owners, requires that the

purchase price of $35,000 be paid to the

Hazardous Substance Superfund. The

agreement includes a covenant not to

sue BREMS Realty, L.L.C., which would

purchase the property, and EMCO

Chemical Distributors, Inc., which

would lease the property, under

sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a), and

contribution protection for BREMS

Realty, L.L.C. and EMCO Chemical

Distributors, Inc. under section 113(f)(2)

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2).

For thirty days following the date of

publication of this notice, the EPA will

receive written comments relating to

this proposed agreement. EPA will

consider all comments received and

may decide not to enter this proposed

agreement if comments disclose facts or

considerations which indicate that the

proposed agreement is inappropriate,

improper or inadequate.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

agreement must be received by EPA on

or before July 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois, 60604–3590, and

should refer to: In the Matter of Vacant

Lot Site, North Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

EPA Docket No. V–W–00C–93.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Krueger, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Regional

Counsel, C–14J, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–

3590, (312) 886–0562.

A copy of the proposed administrative

settlement agreement may be obtained

in person or by mail from the EPA’s

Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604–3590. Additional

background information relating to the

settlement is available for review at the

EPA’s Region 5 Office of Regional

Counsel.

Authority: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601–

9675.

Bruce Sypniewski,

Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region

5.

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