44684 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 163 / Friday, August 22, 1997 / Notices

TABLE 4.—VOC LIMITS FOR MARINE COATINGS

Coating category

VOC limits a,b

Grams/liter

coating (minus

water and exempt compounds)

Grams/liter solids c

t≥4.5°C t<4.5°C d

General use .................................................................................................................................. 340 571 728

Specialty:

Air flask .......................................................................................................................... 340 571 728

Antenna .......................................................................................................................... 530 1,439

Antifoulant ...................................................................................................................... 400 765 971

Heat resistant ................................................................................................................. 420 841 1,069

High-gloss ...................................................................................................................... 420 841 1,069

High-temperature ........................................................................................................... 500 1,237 1,597

Inorganic zinc high-build ................................................................................................ 340 571 728

Military exterior ............................................................................................................... 340 571 728

Mist ................................................................................................................................. 610 2,235

Navigational aids ............................................................................................................ 550 1,597

Nonskid .......................................................................................................................... 340 571 728

Nuclear ........................................................................................................................... 420 841 1,069

Organic zinc ................................................................................................................... 360 630 802

Pretreatment wash primer ............................................................................................. 780 11,095

Repair and maint. of thermoplastics .............................................................................. 550 1,597

Rubber camouflage ........................................................................................................ 340 571 728

Sealant for thermal spray aluminum .............................................................................. 610 2,235

Special marking ............................................................................................................. 490 1,178

Specialty interior ............................................................................................................ 340 571 728

Tack coat ....................................................................................................................... 610 2,235

Undersea weapons systems .......................................................................................... 340 571 728

Weld-through precon. primer ......................................................................................... 650 2,885

aThe limits are expressed in two sets of equivalent units. Either set of limits may be used to demonstrate compliance.

bTo convert from g/l to lb/gal, multiply by (3.785 l/gal.)(1/453.6 lb/g) or 1/120. For compliance purposes, metric units define the standards.

cVOC limits expressed in units of mass of VOC per volume of solids were derived from the VOC limits expressed in units of mass of VOC per

volume of coating assuming the coatings contain no water or exempt compounds and that the volumes of all components with a coating are additive. dThese limits apply during cold-weather time periods (i.e., temperatures below 4.5 °C). Cold-weather allowances are not given to coatings in

categories that permit less than 40 percent solids (nonvolatiles) content by volume. Such coatings are subject to the same limits regardless of

weather.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–22363 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Issuance of PSD Permit to

Port Townsend Paper Corporation,

Port Townsend, Washington

Notice is hereby given that on June

18, 1997, the Environmental Protection

Agency and Washington Department of

Ecology issued a prevention of

significant deterioration (PSD) permit to

the Port Townsend Paper Corporation to

construct a 245 mmBTU/hour package

boiler in Port Townsend, Washington.

The PSD permit has been issued

under 40 CFR 52.21 subject to certain

conditions specified in the permit. The

final permit decision shall become

effective 30 days after September 22,

1997 unless review is requested under

40 CFR 124.19. Petition for review of

this final PSD permit decision must be

filed on or before September 22, 1997 in

accordance with 40 CFR 124.19.

Copies of the PSD permit and

administrative record are available for

public inspection upon request at the

following location: Washington

Department of Ecology, 300 Desmond

Drive, Lacy, Washington 98504.

Dated: August 11, 1997.

Anita Frankel,

Director, Office of Air Quality.

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Interpretation of New Drinking Water

Requirements Relating to Lead Free

Plumbing Fittings and Fixtures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Section 1417(a)(3) of the Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as

amended makes it unlawful for any

person to introduce into commerce after

August 6, 1998 any pipe, or any pipe or

plumbing fitting or fixture that is not

lead free. In section 1417(e) as added by

the 1996 SDWA Amendments, Congress

directed EPA to provide assistance for

the development of voluntary standards

and testing protocols for the leaching of

lead from new plumbing fittings and

fixtures relating to drinking water. This

notice confirms EPA’s position that

performance standards for the leaching

of lead from new plumbing fittings and

fixtures have been established, as

directed by the SDWA.

The SDWA requires that, if a

voluntary standard for the leaching of

lead from new plumbing fittings and

fixtures is not established by August

1997, then EPA must promulgate

regulations setting a performance based

standard for lead leaching from such

components. The National Sanitation

Foundation (NSF) established a

voluntary standard, NSF Standard 61,

section 9, governing the leaching of lead
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from new plumbing fittings and fixtures

in September 1994. EPA participated in

the development of the NSF Standard

because the Agency felt that, rather than

promulgating a regulation, limiting the

amount of lead leaching from brass and

other alloys into drinking water would

be best achieved through a voluntary

standard, which is fully protective on a

health basis and technologically

achievable by industry in a reasonable

period of time. In the Agency’s view,

NSF Standard 61, section 9 satisfies the

requirement of section 1417(e), that a

voluntary standard be established. Thus,

the obligation to issue regulations is not

triggered. See S. Rep. 104–169 ‘‘104th

Cong.), at 95.’’ Copies of NSF Standard

61, and the listings of products meeting

this standard may be obtained from NSF

International, 3475 Plymouth Road, PO

Box 130140, Ann Arbor, MI 48113–

0140. The telephone number is 313–

769–8010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peter Lassovszky, Office of Ground

Water and Drinking Water (4607), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, SW., Washington, DC. For

further information, call the U.S. EPA

Safe Drinking Water Hotline between

8:30 am and 5 pm Eastern Time,

Monday through Friday excluding

Federal holidays, by telephoning tollfree 1–800–426–4791 nationwide.

Dated: August 13, 1997.

Robert Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.

[FR Doc. 97–22360 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed August 11,

1997 Through August 15, 1997 Pursuant

to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970313, FINAL EIS, AFS, UT,

Sheepherder Hill Sanitation Salvage

Sale, Management of Selected

Vegetation Stands, Implementation,

Uinta National Forest, Spanish Fork

District, Nebo Management Area, Utah

County, UT, Due: September 22, 1997,

Contact: Mark Sensibaugh (801) 623–

2735.

EIS No. 970314, DRAFT EIS, BLM,

WY, Powder River (WYW136142) and

Thundercloud (WYW136458) Coal

Lease Applications, Federal Coal

Leasing, Campbell and Converse

Counties, WY, Due: October 28, 1997,

Contact: Nancy Doelger (307) 261–7627.

EIS No. 970315, FINAL EIS, FHW,

PA, Kittanning By-Pass/PA–6028,

Section 015 Extension of the Allegheny

Valley Expressway, existing Allegheny

Valley Expressway to the Traffic Route

28/66 and Traffic Route 85 Intersection,

Funding and COE Section 404 and EPA

NPDES Permits Issuance, Armstrong

County, PA, Due: September 22, 1997,

Contact: Ronald W. Carmichael (717)

782–2222.

EIS No. 970316, FINAL EIS, NPS,

WA, OR, ID, MT, WA, ID, MT, Nez

Perce National Historical Park and Big

Hole National Battlefield General

Management Plan, Implementation,

Asotin and Okanogan Counties, WA;

Wallowa County, OR; Idaho, Lewis, Nez

Perce, Clearwater and Clank Counties,

ID; and Blaine, Yellowstone and

Beaverhead Counties, MT, Due:

September 22, 1997, Contact: Frank

Walker (208) 843–2261.

EIS No. 970317, DRAFT EIS, FHW,

CA, I–880 Interchange at Dixon Landing

Road Reconstruction Improvements,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

Fremont, Milpitas, Alameda and Santa

Clara Counties, CA, Due: October 7,

1997, Contact: John R. Schultz (916)

498–5041.

EIS No. 970318, FINAL EIS, NPS, NB,

SD, NB, SD, Missouri/Niobrara/Verdigre

Creek National Recreational Rivers

General Management Plan,

Implementation, Gregory, Charles Mix

and Bon Homme Counties, SD and Knox

and Boyd Counties, NB, Due: September

22, 1997, Contact: Warren Hill (402)

336–3970.

EIS No. 970319, SECOND DRAFT EIS

(T, FAA, NY, Terminal Doppler Weather

Radar (TDWR) Installation and

Operation, Serve the John F. Kennedy

International Airports (JFK) and La

Guardia (LFA), Site Specific, Air Station

Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, King

County, NY, Due: October 10, 1997,

Contact: Jerome Schwartz (202) 267–

9841.

EIS No. 970320, FINAL EIS, COE, CA,

Magpie Creek Channel Section 205

Flood Control Investigation Project,

Improvements, Implementation,

National Economic Development Plan

and Levee Plan, NPDES Permit

Issuance, McCellan Air Force Base, City

of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA,

Due: September 22, 1997, Contact:

Joseph Broadhead (916) 264–7622.

EIS No. 970321, DRAFT EIS, GSA,

CA, United States Border Facility,

Tecate Port of Entry (POE) Realignment

and Expansion, NPDES Permit, City of

Tecate, San Diego County, CA, Due:

October 06, 1997, Contact: Rosanna

Nieto (415) 522–3490.

EIS No. 970322, FINAL EIS, FHW,

AZ, Pima Freeway—Loop 101,

Construction, I–17 and Scottsdale Road,

Funding, NPDES and COE Section 404

Permits, Maricopa County, AZ, Due:

September 22, 1997, Contact: Kenneth

Davis (602) 379–3646.

EIS No. 970323, DRAFT EIS, UAF,

WI, Hardwood Air-to-Surface Gunnery

Range Expansion and Associated

Airspace Actions, Military Operation

Areas (MOA), WI, Due: November 21,

1997, Contact: Harry A. Knudsen (301)

836–8143.

EIS No. 970324, FINAL EIS, NAS, AL,

CA, MS, Engine Technology Support,

Implementation, With Emphases on

Liquid Oxygen and Kerosene, Advanced

Space Transportation Program, Test

Sites: Marshall Space Flight Center

(MSFC) in Huntsville, AL; Stennis

Space Center (SSC) near Bay St. Louis,

MS and Phillips Laboratory, Edward Air

Force Base, CA, Due: September 22,

1997, Contact: Carsten Goff (202) 358–

0007.

EIS No. 970325, FINAL EIS, UAF, CO,

KS, WY, NM, NB, Colorado Airspace

Initiative, Modifications to the National

Airspace System, such as the F–16

Aircraft and Aircrews of the 140th Wing

of the Colorado Air National Guard, also

existing Military Operations Areas

(MOAs) and Military Training Routes

(MTRs), CO, NM, KS, NB and WY, Due:

September 22, 1997, Contact: Harry A.

Knudsen (301) 836–8143.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970312, FINAL EIS, FAA, NC,

ADOPTION—Camp Lejeune Marine

Corps Base Camp, Expansion and

Realignment for Additional Training

Needs, Implementation, Onslow

County, NC, Due: September 29, 1997,

Contact: Mary Summer (202) 267–9183.

Published FR—08–15–97—Due Date

correction.

Dated: August 19, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 97–22400 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

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prepared July 28, 1997 Through August