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20426, in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214). All such motions or 

protests should be filed on or before the 

comment date. Protests will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

Protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

must file a motion to intervene. Copies 

of these filings are on file with the 

Commission and are available for public 

inspection. This filing may also be 

viewed on the Internet at http:// 

www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (call 

202-208-2222 for assistance). 

David P. Boergers, 

Secre taT. 

[FR Doc. 00-32260 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP01-56-0001 

Transwestern Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Technical Conference 

December 13, 2000. 

In the Commission’s order issued on 

November 22, 2000, the Commission 

directed that a technical conference be 

held to address issues raised by the 

filin 

Tate notice that the technical 

conference will be held on Tuesday, 

January 9,2001, at 10 a.m., in a room 

to be designated at the offices of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

All interested parties and Staff are 

permitted to attend. /\ 

Draft EPA Guidelines for Management 

of OnsitelDecentralized Wastewater 

Systems and Guidance Manual Outline 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The EPA published a 

document in the Federal Register on 

October 6, 2000, concerning a request 

for comments on the draft EPA 

Guidelines for Management of Onsite/ 

Decentralized Wastewater Systems and 

Guidance Manual Outline. With this 

notice, EPA is reopening and extending 

the comment period from December 5, 

2000, to January 19, 2001. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 19, 2001. 

ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted 

online at http://www.epa.gov/owm/ 

smallc/guidelines.htm, emailed to 

decentralized@epa.gov,via U.S. mail to 

Joyce Hudson, US EPA, Office of 

Wastewater Management (4204), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, or faxed to (202) 

564-23 97. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Hudson, 202-564-0657 

Dated: December 8, 2000. 

J. Charles Fox, 

Assistant Administrator for Office of Water. 

[FR Doc. 00-32241 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL-691&7; MM-HQ-2001-0005] 

Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed 

Administrative Settlement, Penalty 

Assessment and Opportunity To 

Comment Regarding Saputo Cheese 

USA, Inc. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has entered into a 

consent agreement with Saputo Cheese 

USA, Inc. to resolve violations of the 

Clean Water Act (“CWA”),and its 

implementing regulations. Saputo 

Cheese USA, Inc. failed to prepare Spill 

Prevention Control and Countermeasure 

(“SPCC”) plans for four facilities where 

they stored diesel oil in above ground 

tanks and failed to prepare and 

implement Storm Water Pollution 

Prevention Plans (“SWPPP”) as required 

by its National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) permit for 

ten facilities. EPA, as authorized by 

CWA section 311(b)(6),33 U.S.C. 

1321(b)(6),and CWA section 309(g),33 

U.S.C. 1319(g)has assessed a civil 

penalty for these violations. The 

Administrator, as required by CWA 

section 311(b)(6)(C),33 U.S.C. 

1321(b)(6)(C),and CWA section 

309(g)(4)(A),33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(4)(A),is 

hereby providing public notice of, and 

an opportunity for interested persons to 

comment on, this consent agreement 

and proposed final order. \ 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

January 18, 2001. 

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to 

the Enforcement & Compliance Docket 

and Information Center (2201A),Docket 

Number EC-2000-013, Office of 

Enforcement and Compliance 

Assurance, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW, Mail Code 2201A, 

Washington, DC 20460. (Comments may 

be submitted on disk in Wordperfect 8.0 

or earlier versions.) Written comments 

may be delivered in person to: 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket 

Information Center, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. 4033, Ariel Rios 

Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. Submit comments 

electronically to docket.oeca@epa.gov. 

Electronic comments may be filed 

online at many Federal Depository 

Libraries. 

The consent agreement, the proposed 

final order, and public comments, if 

any, may be reviewed at the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket 

Information Center, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. 4033, Ariel Rios 

Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. Persons interested in 

reviewing these materials must make 

arrangements in advance by calling the 

docket clerk at 202-564-2614. A 

reasonable fee may be charged by EPA 

for copying docket materials. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

Cavalier, Multimedia Enforcement 

Division (2248-A), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone (202) 564-3271; fax: (202) 

564-9001; e-mail: 

cavalier.beth@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Copies: Electronic copies of 

this document are available from the 

EPA Home Page under the link “Laws 

and Regulations” at the Federal 

Register-Environmental Documents 

entry (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr). 

I. Background 

Saputo Cheese USA, Inc., a cheese 

manufacturing company incorporated in 

the State of Delaware and located at 25 

Tri-State International Office Center, 

Suite 250, Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069 

failed to prepare SPCC plans for four 

facilities. Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. 

disclosed, pursuant to the EPA 

“Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, 

Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of 

Violations’ (“Audit Policy”), 60 FR 

66,706 (December 22, 1995),that it 

failed to prepare SPCC plans for four 

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facilities where it stored diesel oil in 

above ground storage tanks, in violation 

of the CWA section 311(b)(3)and 40 

CFR Part 112, and that it failed to 

prepare and implement SWPPP plans 

for ten facilities, in violation of the 

CWA section 301(a) and 40 CFR Part 

122, and CWA section 402(a) and 40 

CFR Parts 122.1 and 122.26. EPA 

determined that Saputo met the criteria 

set out in the Audit Policy for a 100% 

waiver of the gravity component of the 

penalty. As a result, EPA waived the 

gravity based penalty ($58,825.00)and 

proposed a settlement penalty amount 

of nine thousand and eight hundred 

dollars ($9,800.00). This is the amount 

of the economic benefit gained by 

Saputo, attributable to their delayed 

compliance with the SPCC and NPDESI 

SWPPP regulations. Saputo Cheese 

USA, Inc. has agreed to pay this amount 

in civil penalties. EPA and Saputo 

negotiated and signed an administrative 

consent agreement, following the 

Consolidated Rules of Procedure, 40 

CFR section 22.13, on November 21, 

2000 (In Re: Saputo Cheese USA, Inc., 

Docket No. MM-HQ-2001-005). This 

consent agreement is subject to public 

notice and comment under CWA section 

311(b)(6),33 U.S.C. section 1321(b)(6) 

and CWA section 309(g)(4)(A),33 U.S.C. 

1319( )(4)(Al.

Unfer CWA section 311(b)(6)(A),33 

U.S.C. 1321 (b)(6)(A),any owner, 

operator, or person in charge of a vessel, 

onshore facility, or offshore facility from 

which oil is discharged in violation of 

the CWA section 311(b)(3),33 U.S.C. 

1321(b)(3),or who fails or refuses to 

comply with any regulations that have 

been issued under CWA section 311(j), 

33 U.S.C. 1321(j),may be assessed an 

administrative civil penalty of up to 

$137,500 by EPA. Class I1 proceedings 

under CWA section 311(b)(6)are 

conducted in accordance with 40 CFR 

Part 22. 

Under CWA section 309(g)(l)[A),33 

U.S.C. 1319 (g)(l)(A),any person found 

in violation of any permit condition or 

limitation implementing any of such 

sections in a permit issued under the 

CWA section 402(a), 33 U.S.C. 1342, or 

the CWA section 301(a),33 U.S.C. 

1311(a),may be assessed an 

administrative civil penalty of up to 

$125,000 by EPA. Class I1 proceedings 

under CWA section 309(g)(l)(A)are 

conducted in accordance with 40 CFR 

Part 22. 

The procedures by which the public 

may comment on a proposed Class I1 

penalty order, or participate in a Clean 

Water Act Class I1 penalty proceeding, 

are set forth in 40 CFR 22.45. The 

deadline for submitting public comment 

on this proposed final order is January 

18, 2001. All comments will be 

transferred to the Environmental 

Appeals Board (“EAB”) of EPA for 

consideration. The powers and duties of 

the EAB are outlined in 40 CFR 22.04(a).

Pursuant to CWA section 311(b)(6)(C) 

and CWA section 309(g)(4)(A),EPA will 

not issue an order in this proceeding 

prior to the close of the public comment 

period. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection. 

Dated: December 12, 2000. 

David A. Nielsen, 

Director Multimedia Enforcement Division, 

Office of Enforcement and Compliance 

Assurance. 

[FR Doc. 00-32242 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[Report No. 24571 

Petitions for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceedings 

December 11,2000. 

Petitions for Reconsideration have 

been filed in the Commission’s 

rulemaking proceedings listed in this 

Public Notice and published pursuant to 

47 CFR 1.429(e).The full text of this 

document is available for viewing and 

copying in Room CY-A257,445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC or may be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, ITS, Inc. (202) 857-3800. 

Oppositions to these petitions must be 

filed by January 3,2001. See section 

1.4(b)(l)of the Commission’s rules (47 

CFR 1.4(b)(l)).Replies to an opposition 

must be filed within 10 days after the 

time for filing oppositions have expired.

Subject: Compatibility Between Cable 

and Consumer Electronics Equipment 

(PP Docket No. 00-67).

Number of Petitions Filed: 2. 

Subject: 1998 Biennial Regulatory 

Review 47 CFR part 90-Private Land 

Mobile Radio Services (WT Docket No. 

98-1 82, RM-92 2 2).

Replacement of Part 90 by Part 88 to 

Revise the Private Land Mobile Radio 

Services and Modify the Policies 

Governing Them and Examination of 

the Exclusivity and Frequency

Assignment Policies of the Private Land 

Mobile Services (PR Docket No. 92­

235).

Number of Petitions Filed: 4. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Magalie Roman Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 00-32249 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712-01-M 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice of 

Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

“Government in the Sunshine Act” [5 

U.S.C. 552133, notice is hereby given that 

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation’s Board of Directors will 

meet in open session at 1O:OO a.m. on 

Thursday, December 21, 2000, to 

consider the following matters: 

Summary Agenda: No substantive 

discussion of the following items is 

anticipated. These matters will be 

resolved with a single vote unless a 

member of the Board of Directors 

requests that an item be moved to the 

discussion agenda. 

Disposition of minutes of previous 

Board of Directors; meetings. 

Summary reports, status reports, and 

reports of actions taken pursuant to 

authority delegated by the Board of 

Directors. 

Discussion Agenda : 

Memorandum re: 2001 FDIC Budget. 

Memorandum and resolution re: Final 

Amendments to Part 362-Activities of 

Insured State Banks and Insured 

Savings Associations; Part 337-Unsafe 

and Unsound Banking Practices; and 

Part 303-Filing Procedures and 

Delegations of Authority. 

Memorandum and resolution re: Final 

Amendments-Parts 364 and 308-

Standards for Safeguarding Customer 

Information and Rescission of Year 2000 

Standards for Safety and Soundness. 

The meeting will be held in the Board 

Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC 

Building located at 550-17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC. 

The FDIC will provide attendees with 

auxiliary aids (e.g.,sign language 

interpretation) required for this meeting. 

Those attendees needing such assistance 

should call (202) 416-2089 (Voice); 

(202) 416-2007 (TTY),to make 

necessary arrangements. 

Requests for further information 

concerning the meeting may be directed 

to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Executive 

Secretary of the Corporation, at (202) 

898-6757. 

Dated: December 14, 2000 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 00-32370 Filed 12-15-00; 11:08 

am1 

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