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purchase nonrefundable transportation

tickets or accommodation reservations.

The training courses will be held on

the following dates. To find out the

times and specific locations of the

training cources, call the person and

telephone number listed under ‘‘FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

Dates Location

September 17

and 18, 1997.

Region 1— Boston, MA

September 23

and 24, 1997.

Region 8— Denver, CO

September 25

and 26, 1997.

Region 10—Seattle, WA

October 7 and 8,

1997.

Region 3—Philadelphia,

PA

October 15 and

16, 1997.

Region 4—Atlanta, GA

October 21 and

22, 1997.

Region 6—Dallas, TX

October 28 and

29, 1997.

Region 9—San Francisco,

CA

November 4 and

5, 1997.

Region 7—Kansas City,

KS

November 12 and

13, 1997.

Region 2—New York City,

NY

November 18 and

19, 1997.

Region 5—Chicago, IL

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Community right-to-know, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements, Toxic

chemicals.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

William H. Sanders, III,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5885–3]

Proposed Settlement Under Section

122(g) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act;

Tulalip Landfill Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative settlement and

opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is proposing

to enter into an administrative

settlement to resolve claims under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’).

Notice is being published to inform the

public of the proposed settlement and of

the opportunity to comment. The

settlement is intended to resolve past

and estimated future liabilities of 8 de

minimis parties for costs incurred, or to

be incurred, by EPA at the Tulalip

Landfill Superfund Site in Marysville,

Washington.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before September 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Docket Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 10, ORC–158, 1200 Sixth

Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and

should refer to In Re Tulalip Landfill

Superfund Site, Marysville,

Washington, U.S. EPA Docket No. 10–

97–0034–CERCLA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth McKenna, Office of Regional

Counsel (ORC–158), 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, Washington 98101, (206) 553–

0016.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with section 122(i)(1) of

CERCLA, notice is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement

concerning the Tulalip Landfill

hazardous waste site located on Ebey

Island between Steamboat Slough and

Ebey Slough in the Snohomish River

delta system between Everett and

Marysville, Washington. The Site was

listed on the National Priorities List

(‘‘NPL’’) on April 25, 1995. 60 FR 20350

(April 25, 1995). Subject to review by

the public pursuant to this document,

the agreement has been approved by the

United States Department of Justice.

Below are listed the 8 parties who have

executed the proposed Administrative

Order on Consent.

Associated Grocers, Inc./Thriftway

Stores, Inc.; General Disposal

Corporation; Goodwill Industries; Kaiser

Gypsum Company, Inc.; R.M. Halffman

Trucking; The Boeing Company;

Safeway Inc.; Washington Iron Works

(Ederer, Inc.).

The EPA is entering into this

agreement under the authority of

sections of 122(g), 106 and 107 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g), 9606 and

9607. Section 122(g) authorizes

settlements with de minimis parties to

allow them to resolve their liabilities at

Superfund sites without incurring

substantial transaction costs. Under this

authority, the agreement proposes to

settle with parties in the Tulalip

Landfill case who each are responsible

for less than 1.0% of the volume of

hazardous substances at the site.

General Disposal Corporation’s volume

is greater than 1.0%, but it is shared

with a potentially responsible party for

the site who is not a party to this

agreement.

In February and March 1988, EPA

contractor Ecology & Environment, Inc.

(‘‘E&E’’) performed a site inspection of

the landfill for NPL evaluation. The

inspection revealed groundwater

contamination with unacceptably high

levels of arsenic, barium, cadmium,

chromium, lead, mercury, and silver.

Water samples taken in the wetlands

adjacent to the site showed exceedences

of marine chronic criteria for cadmium,

chromium, and lead, as well as

exceedences in marine acute criteria for

copper, nickel, and zinc. In addition, a

variety of metals were found in on-site

pools and leachate. The study

concluded that contamination was

migrating off site. On July 29, 1991, EPA

proposed adding the Tulalip Landfill to

the NPL, and on April 25, 1995, with

the support of the Governor of the State

of Washington and the Tulalip Tribes of

Washington, EPA published the final

rule adding the Site to the NPL.

EPA is performing a Remedial

Investigation (‘‘RI’’) and Feasibility

Study (‘‘FS’’) in two parts pursuant to

an Administrative Order on Consent

with several potentially responsible

parties. The first part, which has been

completed, evaluated various

containment alternatives for the landfill

source area, which includes

approximately 147 acres in which waste

was deposited. The second part

evaluates the off-source areas, which

include the wetlands and tidal channels

that surround the landfill source area.

On March 1, 1996, EPA issued a Record

of Decision that selected an interim

remedial action for the source area. The

selected interim remedy requires

installation of an engineered, lowpermeability cover over the source area

of the landfill, at an estimated cost of

$25.1 million.

The proposed settlement requires

each settling party to pay a fixed sum

of money based on their volumetric

share. The total amount that may be

recovered from the proposed settlement

is $1,624,406.42. The amount paid will

be deposited in the Tulalip Landfill

Special Account within the EPA

Hazardous Substances Superfund to be

used for the cover over the source area

at the landfill. Upon full payment, each

settling party will receive a release from

further civil or administrative liabilities

for the Site and statutory contribution

protection under section 122(g)(5), 42

U.S.C. 9622(g)(5).

EPA will receive written comments

relating to this proposed settlement for
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a period of thirty (30) days from the date

of this publication.

The proposed agreement may be

obtained from Cindy Colgate, Office of

Environmental Cleanup (ECL–113),

1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98101, (206) 553–1815. The

Administrative Record for this

settlement may be examined at the

EPA’s Region 10 office located at 1200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98101, by contacting Bob Phillips,

Superfund Records Manager, Office of

Environmental Cleanup (ECL–110),

1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98101, (206) 553–6699.

Authority: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and

Liability Act, as amended, 41 U.S.C. 9601–

9675.

Charles E. Findley,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5885–2]

33 U.S.C. 1319(g); Clean Water Act

Class II: Proposed Administrative

Penalty Assessment and Opportunity

To Comment Regarding the City of

Hillsboro, KS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative penalty assessment and

opportunity to comment regarding the

City of Hillsboro, Kansas.

SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of

opportunity to comment on the

proposed assessment.

Under 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), EPA is

authorized to issue orders assessing

civil penalties for various violations of

the Act. EPA may issue such orders after

filing a Complaint commencing either a

Class I or Class II penalty proceeding.

EPA provides public notice of the

proposed assessment pursuant to 33

U.S.C. 1319(g)(4)(A).

Class II proceedings are conducted

under EPA’s Consolidated Rules of

Practice Governing the Administrative

Assessment of Civil Penalties and the

Revocation or Suspension of Permits, 40

CFR part 22. The procedures by which

the public may submit written comment

on a proposed Class II order or

participate in a Class II proceeding, and

the procedures by which a respondent

may request a hearing, are set forth in

the Consolidated Rules. The deadline

for submitting public comment on a

proposed Class II order is thirty (30)

days after issuance of this public notice.

On May 9, 1997, EPA commenced the

following Class II proceeding for the

assessment of penalties by filing with

the Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551–

7630, the following Complaint: In the

Matter of The City of Hillsboro, CWA

Docket No. VII–97–W–0013.

The Complaint proposes to assess a

penalty of Two Thousand One Hundred

and Sixty-five dollars ($2,165) against

The City of Hillsboro for the failure to

comply with the applicable

recordkeeping, monitoring, vector

attraction reduction and pathogen

density requirements of section 405 of

the Clean Water Act, and the regulations

promulgated pursuant thereto and set

forth at 40 CFR part 503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing to receive a copy of

EPA’s Consolidated Rules, review the

Complaint or other documents filed in

this proceeding, comment upon the

proposed penalty assessment, or

otherwise participate in the proceeding

should contact the Regional Hearing

Clerk identified above.

The administrative record for the

proceeding is located in the EPA

Regional Office at the address stated

above, and the file will be open for

public inspection during normal

business hours. All information

submitted by The City of Hillsboro is

available as part of the administrative

record, subject to provisions of law

restricting public disclosure of

confidential information. In order to

provide opportunity for public

comment, EPA will issue no final order

assessing a penalty in this proceeding

prior to thirty (30) days from the date of

this notice.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

William Rice,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

August 25, 1996.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 96–511. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

control number. Not withstanding any

other provisions of law, no person shall

be subject to any penalty for failing to

comply with a collection of information

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act

(PRA) that does not display a valid

control number. Questions concerning

the OMB control numbers and

expiration dates should be directed to

Judy Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–0214.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0779.

Expiration Date: 8/31/2000.

Title: Amendment to Part 90 of the

Commission’s Rules to Provide for Use

of the 220–222 MHz Band by the Private

Land Mobile Radio Service, PR 89–552.

Form No.: N/A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 112,450

annual hours; average 1–50 hours per

respondent; 27,062 respondents.

Description: The Third Report and

Order (Third R&O) adopts rules to

govern the future operation and

licensing of the 220–222 MHz band (220

MHz service). In establishing this new

licensing plan, the Commission’s goal is

to establish a flexible regulatory

framework that will allow for the

efficient licensing of the 220 MHz

service, eliminate unnecessary

regulatory burdens, and enhance the

competitive potential of the 220 MHz

service in the mobile service

marketplace. However, as with any

licensing and operational plan for a

radio service, a certain number of

regulatory burdens are necessary.

The various information reporting and

verification requirements, and the

requirement that licensees coordinate

and provide written consent,

concurrence or agreement with other

licensees will be used by the

Commission to verify licensee

compliance with Commission rules and

regulation and to ensure that licensees

continue to fulfill their statutory

responsibilities in accordance with the

Communications Act of 1934. Such

information has been used in the past

and will continue to be used to

minimize interference, verify that

applicants are legally, technically, and

financially qualified to hold licenses,

and to determine compliance with

Commission Rules.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0481.

Expiration Date: 8/31/2000.

Title: Application for Renewal of

Private Radio Station License.

Form No.: FCC 452R.