47494 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 174 / Tuesday, September 9, 1997 / Notices

Docket # CP96–583, 001, Midcon Texas

Pipeline Operator, Inc.

CAG–35.

Docket # CP97–675, 000, U.S. General

Services Administration

CAG–36.

Omitted

CAG–37.

Docket # CP96–268, 000, Mississippi River

Transmission Corporation

CAG–38.

Docket # CP87–132, 015, Tennessee Gas

Pipeline Company

Other #S CP88–171, 032, Tennessee Gas

Pipeline Company; CP89–629, 033,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

CAG–39.

Docket # CP97–279, 000, Warren

Transportation, Inc.

Other #S CP97–280, 000, Warren

Transportation, Inc.; CP97–281, 000,

Warren Transportation, Inc.

CAG–40.

Docket # CP97–313, 000, Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation

CAG–41.

Docket # CP97–359, 000, National Fuel Gas

Supply Corporation

CAG–42.

Docket # CP97–538, 000, Koch Gateway

Pipeline Company

CAG–43.

Docket # CP96–495, 000, GPM Gas

Corporation versus Continental Natural

Gas, Inc.

CAG–44.

Docket # CP96–577, 000, Plant Owners

versus Continental Natural Gas, Inc.

CAG–45.

Docket # CP97–509, 000, Barnes

Transportation Company, Inc.

CAG–46.

Docket # MG96–14, 001, K N Wattenberg

Transmission, L.L.C.

Hydro Agenda

H–1.

Reserved

Electric Agenda

E–1.

Docket # EL97–36, 000, Southern

California Edison Company

Declaratory order on request for

jurisdictional interpretation concerning sales

through the California Power Exchange.

Oil and Gas Agenda

I. Pipeline Rate Matters

PR–1.

Docket # RP97–369, 000, Public Service

Company of Colorado and Cheyenne

Light Fuel and Power Company

Other #s GP97–3, 000, Amoco Production

Company, Anadarko Petroleum

Corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation and

Oxy USA, Inc., et al.; GP97–4, 000,

Kansas Small Producer Group; GP97–5,

000, Mesa Operating Company

Order on requests for adjustment and

refunds.

II.

Pipeline Certificate Matters

PC–1.

Omitted

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23908 Filed 9–4–97; 5:07 pm]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5890–3]

Establishment of the Children’s Health

Protection Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Establishment of Federal

Advisory Committee.

SUMMARY: As required by section 9(a)(2)

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(5 U.S.C. App.II. section 9(a)(2), we are

giving notice that the Environmental

Protection Agency is establishing the

Children’s Health Protection Advisory

Committee. The purpose of this

balanced, broad-based committee is to

advise the Agency on children’s

environmental health issues as it

develops regulations, guidance and

policies; communicates with the public;

and conducts research.

Copies of the Committee Charter will

be filed with the appropriate

committees of Congress and the Library

of Congress.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons needing further information

should contact Paula R. Goode, Office of

Children’s Health Protection, USEPA (G

50), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC

20460, (202) 260–3356,

goode.paula@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: Children face significant

and unique health threats from a range

of environmental hazards. They are

often more heavily exposed and more

vulnerable than adults to toxins in the

environment, from asthma-exacerbating

air pollution and lead-based paint in

older homes, to treatment-resistant

microbes in drinking water, and to

persistent chemicals that may cause

cancer or induce developmental

changes, or may affect an individual’s

ability to reproduce as a healthy adult.

Children’s developing immune and

nervous systems can be highly

vulnerable to disruption by toxins in the

environment and the consequences may

be lifelong.

The Environmental Protection Agency

has created a new Office of Children’s

Health Protection (OCHP) and its

mission is to make the protection of

children’s health a fundamental goal of

public health and environmental

protection in the United States. This

goal will be achieved by setting strong

standards to protect children’s health,

conducting scientific research to better

understand environmental threats to

children’s health, and by increasing

public education and community

outreach on children’s issues. This

Office will help implement the

President’s Executive Order to Protect

Children from Environmental Health

and Safety Threats, which was signed

on April 21, 1997.

The creation of an advisory committee

on children’s environmental health will

provide the structured environment for

meaningful information exchanges and

consensus building discussions.

The Committee will be composed of

approximately 25 members. OCHP will

ensure that there is a balanced, broadbased representation among the

membership of this advisory committee.

PARTICIPANTS: EPA anticipates that the

committee will include representatives

of public health and health practitioner

communities, academia, State and local

government, other Federal agencies,

environmental and public interest

groups, industry, and the general public.

Dated: September 2, 1997.

E. Ramona Trovato,

Director, Office of Children’s Health

Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–23844 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5889–7]

Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request

for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for

applications.

SUMMARY: This notice provides

information on the availability of the

fiscal year 1998 investigator-initiated

grants program announcements, in

which the areas of research interest,

eligibility and submission requirements,

evaluation criteria, and implementation

schedule are set forth. Grants will be

competitively awarded following peer

review.

DATES: Receipt dates vary depending on

the specific research area within the

solicitation and are listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

National Center for Environmental

Research and Quality Assurance

(8703R), 401 M Street SW., Washington,
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DC 20460, telephone (800) 490–9194.

The complete announcement can be

accessed on the Internet from the EPA

home page: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its

Requests for Applications (RFA) the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) invites research grant

applications in the following areas of

special interest to its mission: (1)

Exploratory Research, (2) Indicators of

Global Climate Change, and (3)

Interindividual Variation in Human

Susceptibility to Environmentallycaused Disease. Applications must be

received as follows: December 16, 1997,

for the human health and environmental

chemistry areas of exploratory research;

February 12, 1998, for Indicators of

Global Climate Change and

Interindividual Variation in Human

Susceptibility to Environmentallycaused Disease; March 12, 1998, for the

physics and environmental engineering

areas of exploratory research; and March

31, 1998, for the environmental biology

area of exploratory research.

The RFAs provide relevant

background information, summarize

EPA’s interest in the topic areas, and

describe the application and review

process.

Contact person for the Exploratory

Research RFA is Clyde Bishop

(bishop.clyde@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6914; for Indicators

of Global Change, Barbara Levinson

(levinson.barbara@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202-564–6911; and for

Interindividual Variation in Human

Susceptibility to Environmentallycaused Disease, David Reese

(reese.david@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6919.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Approved for publication:

Henry L. Longest II,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–23838 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5889–6]

Fellowships for Graduate

Environmental Study

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for

applications.

SUMMARY: This notice provides

information on the availability of the

fiscal year 1998 Science to Achieve

Results (STAR) Fellowships for

Graduate Environmental Study Program

announcement, in which the scientific

disciplines of interest, eligibility and

submission requirements, evaluation

criteria, and implementation schedule

are set forth. Fellowships will be

competitively awarded following peer

review.

DATES: Closing date for receipt of preapplications is November 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

National Center for Environmental

Research and Quality Assurance

(8703R), 401 M Street SW, Washington

DC 20460, telephone (800) 490–9194.

The complete announcement can be

accessed on the Internet from the EPA

home page: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its

announcement for the STAR

Fellowships for Graduate

Environmental Study Program the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

invites fellowship pre-applications the

advance education (masters and

doctoral levels) in 27 fields of study

relevant to environmental science and

policy. Pre-applications must be

received no later than 4:00 p.m. on

November 14, 1997.

The announcement provides relevant

background information, identifies

eligible fields of study, and describes

the application and review process.

The contact person for the STAR

Fellowships Program is

Virginia Broadway

(broadway.virginia@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6923.

Dated: August 29, 1997.

Approved for publication:

Henry L. Longest, II,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–23837 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5890–5]

Notice of Availability of Final Draft

Guidance for Developing Superfund

Memoranda of Agreement (MOA)

Language Concerning State Voluntary

Cleanup Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the document ‘‘Final

Draft Guidance for Developing

Superfund Memoranda of Agreement

(MOA) Language Concerning State

Voluntary Cleanup Programs’’ and the

Agency’s request for stakeholder

comment on both aspects of the

document, i.e., the final draft guidance

and the site screening or designation

process. In this document, the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency is

encouraging its Regions to develop

partnerships with States by negotiating

MOAs that delineate roles and

responsibilities for the cleanup of

hazardous substance sites, such as

Brownfields, that do not pose the type

of risk usually addressed by Federal

Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)

cleanups. These MOAs are designed to

facilitate the expeditious cleanup of

these lower risk sites under State

voluntary cleanup programs. This

document sets out baseline criteria that

EPA will use to evaluate State voluntary

cleanup programs. This evaluation will

be part of the negotiation of an MOA, or

work planning document. As explained

more fully in the draft guidance, for

those sites included within the scope of

the MOA, EPA will not exercise cost

recovery authority and does not

generally anticipate taking removal or

remedial actions under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) at

these sites except under the limited

circumstances detailed in the draft

guidance.

DATES: Written comments must be

postmarked or submitted by hand or

electronically by October 24, 1997. Due

to the previous stakeholder discussions

on this guidance, including the

February 27, 1997 open meeting noticed

in the February 13, 1997 Federal

Register, this comment period is not

expected to be extended, and thus, this

is likely to be the final opportunity for

public comment on this guidance.

ADDRESSES: To submit comments, the

public must send an original and two

copies to Docket Number SFMOA,

located at the Superfund Docket. The

official address is: U.S. EPA, Superfund

Docket (MC5202G), 401 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460. Handdelivered comments should be taken to:

U.S. EPA, Superfund Docket, 1235

Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal

Gateway 1, First Floor, Arlington, VA

22202. (Also, see the section under

‘‘Supplementary Information’’ regarding

the paperless office effort for submitting

public comments.) The Superfund

Docket is open for public inspection and

copying of supporting information from

9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Eastern Time,