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assumes that rates will increase 5%

each year thereafter due to inflation.

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.

Dated: January 8, 1997.

Walter W. Kovalick, Jr.,

Director, Technology Innovation Office, Office

of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.

[FR Doc. 97–2191 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[OPP–00466; FRL–5584–8]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: There will be a 2–day meeting

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food

Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to

review a set of scientific issues being

considered by the Agency in connection

with Standard Operating Procedures for

Peer Reviews, Visual System Toxicity

Testing of Organophosphates, Inhalation

Risk Assessments and the Combining of

Margin of Exposures, Toxicology

Endpoint Selection Process, Common

Mode/Mechanism of Action, and

Aggregate Exposure Methodology

Issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Wednesday and Thursday, March 19

and 20, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Written comments must be received on

or before February 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:

Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, 1700

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

The telephone number for the hotel is:

(703) 920–3230. By mail, submit written

comments (one original and 20 copies)

to: Public Response and Program

Resources Branch, Field Operations

Division (7506C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data also may be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data also will be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket control

number ‘‘OPP–00466.’’ No Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail. Electronic

comments may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated

Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific

Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, Office location,

telephone number, and e-mail address:

Rm. 819B, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202,

telephone: (703) 305–5369/7351, e-mail:

dorsey.larry@epamail.epa.gov.

Copies of EPA documents may be

obtained by contacting: Public Response

and Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; Office location:

Rm. 1132 Bay, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

Telephone: (703) 305–5805.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

member of the public wishing to submit

written comments should contact Larry

C. Dorsey at the address or the

telephone number given above.

Interested persons are permitted to file

written statements before the meeting.

To the extent that time permits and

upon advanced written request to the

Designated Federal Official, interested

persons may be permitted by the Chair

of the Scientific Advisory Panel to

present oral statements at the meeting.

There is no limit on the length of

written comments for consideration by

the Panel, but oral statements before the

Panel are limited to approximately 5

minutes. As oral statements only will be

permitted as time permits, the Agency

urges the public to submit written

comments in lieu of oral presentations.

Persons wishing to make oral and/or

written statements should notify the

Designated Federal Official and submit

20 copies of the summary information

no later than February 24, 1997, to

ensure appropriate consideration by the

Panel.

Information submitted as a comment

in response to this notice may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’

(CBI). Information marked CBI will not

be disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

An edited copy of the comment that

does not contain the CBI material must

be submitted for inclusion in the public

docket. Information not marked

confidential will be included in the

public docket. All comments and

materials received will be made part of

the public record and will be considered

by the Panel.

A public record has been established

for this notice under docket control

number ‘‘OPP–00466’’ (including

comments and data submitted

electronically). A public version of this

record, including printed versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include information claimed as CBI, is

available for inspection from 8:30 a.m.

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in Rm. 1132 Bay of the

Public Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Copies of the Panel’s report of their

recommendations will be available

approximately 15 working days after the

meeting and may be obtained by

contacting the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, at the

address or telephone number given

above.
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Dated: January 14, 1997.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–2189 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[FRL–568–9]

Open Meeting of the Industrial NonHazardous Waste Stakeholders Focus

Group

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting of the

Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste

Stakeholders Focus Group.

SUMMARY: As required by section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), EPA is

giving notice of the third meeting of the

Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Policy

Dialogue Committee, also known as the

Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste

Stakeholders Focus Group. The purpose

of this committee is to advise EPA and

ASTSWMO (the Association of State

and Territorial Solid Waste Management

Officials) in developing voluntary

guidance for the management of

industrial nonhazardous waste in landbased disposal units. The Focus Group

will facilitate the exchange of

information and ideas among the

interested parties relating to the

development of such guidance. The

purpose of the third meeting will be to

continue discussion of issues related to

development of such guidance. The

agenda will include a discussion of

tailoring management practices to risk,

land application, closure and postclosure considerations, corrective

action, run-on/run-off controls,

operating considerations, and air

emission controls. There will be an

opportunity for limited public comment

at the end of each day of the meeting.

The termination date for this committee

has been extended until September 31,

1997, in order to allow the committee to

complete its work fully.

DATES: The committee will meet on

February 19 and 20, 1997, from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. on February 19, and from 8:30

a.m. to 3 p.m. on February 20.

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting

is the Sheraton Washington Hotel, 2660

Woodley Road at Connecticut Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20008. The phone

number is (202) 328–2000. The seating

capacity of the room is approximately

60 people, and seating will be on a firstcome basis. Supporting materials are

available for viewing at Docket # F–96–

INHA–FFFFF in the RCRA Information

Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway

One, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway,

First Floor, Arlington, VA. The RIC is

open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding Federal

holidays. To review docket materials,

the public must 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 $.15/page. For

general information, contact the RCRA

Hotline at 1–800–424–9346 or TDD 1–

800–553–7672 (hearing impaired). In

the Washington metropolitan area, call

703–412–9610 or TDD 703–412–3323.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons needing further information on

the committee should contact Paul

Cassidy, Municipal and Industrial Solid

Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, at

(703) 308–7281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

EPA and ASTSWMBO have formed a

State/EPA Steering Committee to jointly

develop voluntary facility guidance for

the management of industrial

nonhazardous waste in land-based

disposal units. The purpose of the

guidance is to recommend management

practices that are environmentally

sound, that are protective of public

health, and that recognize opportunities

for pollution prevention and waste

minimization. The guidance will

address such topics as appropriate

groundwater monitoring and corrective

action requirements, liner designs, daily

operating requirements, and closure and

post-closure practices.

The State/EPA Steering Committee

has convened this Stakeholders Focus

Group to obtain recommendations from

individuals who are members of a broad

spectrum of public interest groups and

affected industries. All

recommendations from Focus Group

participants will be forwarded to the

State/EPA Steering Committee for

consideration, as the Stakeholders’

Focus Group will not strive for

consensus. The State/EPA Steering

Committee will also provide an

opportunity for public comment on the

draft guidance document.

‘‘Industrial nonhazardous waste’’

under the Federal Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

means waste that is neither municipal

solid waste under RCRA Subtitle D nor

a hazardous waste under RCRA Subtitle

C. Industrial nonhazardous waste

consists primarily of manufacturing

process wastes, including wastewaters

and non-wastewater sludges and solids.

EPA estimates there are 7.6 billion

tons of industrial nonhazardous waste

generated annually in the U.S. and

disposed on-site by approximately

12,000 industrial facilities in surface

impoundments, landfills, land

application units, or waste piles. Most

of this waste is managed in surface

impoundments, which are designed to

hold wastewaters. These wastes, which

include inert materials as well as

materials which may be declared

hazardous at some future date, present

a broad range of risk.

Under RCRA Subtitle D, the states are

responsible for regulating the

management of industrial nonhazardous

waste. State requirements vary widely,

and may include standards for design

and operation, location, monitoring, and

record keeping. This guidance is

intended to complement existing state

programs.

EPA’s role in the management of

industrial nonhazardous waste is very

limited. Under RCRA Subtitle D, EPA

issued minimal criteria prohibiting

‘‘open dumps’’ (40 CFR 257) in 1979.

The states, not EPA, are responsible for

implementing the ‘‘open dumping

criteria,’’ and EPA has no back-up

enforcement role.

Copies of the minutes of all

Stakeholder Focus Group meetings will

be made available through the docket at

the RCRA Information Center, including

minutes of the first two Focus Group

meeting, which were held on April 11–

12, 1996, and September 11–12, 1996.

Participants

The Stakeholders Focus Group

consists of approximately 25 members,

who represent public interest groups,

affected industries, states, and Federal

officials. Following is a list of

representatives from the interested

parties:

Public interest groups—Michael

Gregory, Sierra Club; John Harney,

Citizens Round Table/Pennsylvanians

United to Rescue the Environment;

Richard Lowerre, Henry, Lowerre,

Johnson, Hess & Frederick and David

Wells, University of South Alabama

Medical Center. Industry sectors—Tim

Saylor, International Paper; Chuck

Feerick, Exxon Company USA; Walter

Carey, New Milford Farms/Nestle USA;

Robert Giraud, Dupont Company; Paul

Bork, Dow Chemical Company; Bruce

Steiner, American Iron and Steel

Institute; James Meiers, Indianapolis

Power and Light Company; Andrew

Miles, The Dexter Corporation; Scott

Murto, General Motors Corporation; Lisa

Williams, The Aluminum Association;

Jonathan Greenberg, Browning-Ferris

Industries; and Ed Skernolis, WMX

Technologies, Inc.