4760 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 1997 / Notices

ERP No. F–BLM–K65179–AZ Morenci

Land Exchange, Implementation,

Exchange of Federal Lands for Private

Lands, Safford District, Greenlee,

Graham, Cochise and Pima Counties,

AZ.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–BLM–K67034–NV

Talapoosa Gold Mine Project,

Construction and Operation, Plan of

Operations Approval, Special-UsePermit and COE Section 404 Permit

Issuance, Silver Springs, Lyon County,

NV.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–BLM–K67036–NV Mule

Canyon Surface Gold Mine

Development, Operation and

Reclamation and Associate Facilities,

Plan of Operation Approval, Battle

Mountain District, Lander and Eureka

Counties, NV.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–DOE–A09827–00

Programmatic EIS—Storage and

Disposition of Weapon-Usable Fissile

Materials, Implementation, Storage of

all Plutonium and Highly Enriched

Uranium and the Disposition of Surplus

Plutonium, Sites Considered: Hanford

Site, Idaho National Engineering Lab.,

Nevada Test Site, Oak Ridge

Reservation, Pantex Plant and Savannah

River Site.

Summary: EPA’s previous concerns

have been resolved, therefore EPA had

no objection to the proposed action. ERP

No. F–FHW–K40214–CA Alternatives to

Replacement of the Embarcadero

Freeway and the Terminal Separator

Structure, (Formerly CA–480)

Implementation, Permit Approvals and

Funding, San Francisco County, CA.

Summary: ERP No. F–NPS–K61126–

AZ Tumacacori National Historical

Park, General Management Plan (GMP),

Implementation, Santa Cruz County,

AZ.

Summary: Review of the final EIS was

not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–NPS–K61142–CA

Manzanar National Historic Site (NHS),

General Management Plan,

Implementation, Inyo County, CA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–NPS–L65229–AK Brooks

River Area Development, Use and

Management Plan, Implementation,

Katmai National Park, AK.

Summary: ERP No. F–NPS–L65264–

WA Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration

Implemention Project, Olympic

National Park, Clallam County, WA.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the preferred alternative as described in

the EIS.

ERP No. F–USA–G11029–AR Disposal

of Chemical Agents and Munitions

Stored at Pine Bluff Arsenal,

Construction and Operation, Approval

of Permits, Jefferson County, AR.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the selection of the preferred alternative.

No formal comment letter was sent to

the preparing agency.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 97–2460 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5682–7]

Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot

Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of

Weyerhaeuser Project XL final project

agreement and related documents.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

signing of the Project XL Final Project

Agreement (FPA) for Weyerhaeuser

Company’s Flint River Kraft pulp mill

in Oglethorpe, Georgia.

DATES: The FPA was signed on 17

January 1997.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the

Final Project Agreement, Fact Sheet, or

Question and Answer Document,

contact: Michelle Glenn; US EPA;

Weyerhaeuser Project XL Regional Lead;

100 Alabama Street (Waste Division,

10th Floor); Atlanta, Georgia 30303, or

L. Nancy Birnbaum; US EPA;

Weyerhaeuser Project XL Headquarters

Lead; 401 M Street, SW (2129);

Washington, DC 20460. These

documents are also available via the

internet as the following location:

‘‘http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL’’.

Questions to EPA regarding the

documents can be directed to Michelle

Glenn at (404) 562–8674 or L. Nancy

Birnbaum at (202) 260–2601.

To be included on the Weyerhaeuser

Project XL mailing list to receive

information about future public

meetings, XL progress reports, and other

mailings from Weyerhaeuser on the XL

project, contact: Janet McElmurray;

Weyerhaeuser Company; c/o Project XL;

PO Box 238; Oglethorpe, GA 31068. Ms.

McElmurray can also be reached by

telephone at (912) 472–5230.

Environmental Protection Agency;

3202 Mall; 401 M Street, S.W.; Mail

Code 2129; Washington, DC 20460. The

telephone number for the Division is

(202) 260–5754. The facsimile number

is (202) 401–6637. Additional

information on Project XL, including

documents referenced in this notice,

other EPA policy documents related to

Project XL, regional XL contacts,

application information, and

descriptions of existing XL projects and

proposals, is available via the internet at

‘‘http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL’’ and

via an automated fax-on-demand menu

at (202) 260–8590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle Glenn; US EPA; Weyerhaeuser

Project XL Regional Lead; 100 Alabama

Street (Waste Division, 10th Floor);

Atlanta, Georgia 30303; (404) 562–8674,

or L. Nancy Birnbaum; US EPA;

Weyerhaeuser Project XL Headquarters

Lead; 401 M Street, SW (2129);

Washington, DC 20460; (202) 260–2601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FPA

is a voluntary agreement developed

collaboratively by Weyerhaeuser Flint

River, local community members, and

state and federal regulators. Project XL,

announced in the Federal Register on

May 23, 1995 (FRL–5197–9), gives

regulated sources the flexibility to

develop alternative strategies that will

replace or modify specific regulatory

requirements on the condition that they

produce greater environmental benefits.

EPA has set a goal of implementing a

total of fifty projects undertaken in full

partnership with the states.

Through the FPA, Weyerhaeuser has

agreed to implement a range of

pollution prevention and other

environmental protection measures that

will have superior environmental and

related benefits. Weyerhaeuser will

study methods to reduce bleach plant

flow by fifty percent, enhance

timberlands management programs,

incorporate ISO 14001 standards into

the upgrade of the plant’s

environmental management system,

implement improved energy

conservation, reduce solid waste

generation by half, improve water

quality discharged to the river, and

decrease raw water demand.

Weyerhaeuser will also conduct a

variety of feasibility studies to further

reduce the environmental impact of the

mill, and share lessons learned with all

parties to the FPA and stakeholders.
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Weyerhaeuser has requested that

flexibility be granted in meeting

reporting and testing requirements

associated with a number of regulatory

programs as well as some of the

requirements of the Clean Air Act and

the proposed EPA cluster rules.

Emission and discharge testing will

continue. Weyerhaeuser proposed,

however, that routine reporting of such

testing be replaced with mid-year and

end-of-year compliance reports. All

records of testing and results will be

available upon request. Reporting not

covered by the agreement will continue.

Enforcement mechanisms now available

to the State and EPA will remain in

place.

Weyerhaeuser has also requested a

dual emission cap system which would

give the facility the flexibility to make

process changes or add equipment

while providing a strong incentive to

maintain or lower overall facility air

emissions. The flexibility of the dual

cap system should allow the facility to

fully utilize several previously

permitted units without triggering

permitting requirements for otherwise

minor changes in the plant.

When the rule requiring the use of

maximum available control technology

(MACT) for the pulp and paper industry

is promulgated (this is currently

proposed as part of EPA’s cluster rule),

the parties to the FPA will perform an

assessment to quantify the reductions in

hazardous air pollutants required of the

facility under the rule. The FPA

contemplates that Weyerhaeuser will be

given the flexibility to demonstrate that

the required reductions of hazardous air

pollutants can be achieved through the

use of innovative pollution prevention

and engineering approaches instead of

prescribed end-of-pipe controls.

Weyerhaeuser would be permitted to

use existing voluntary actions at nonMACT, non-regulated emission sources

as well as future reductions at nonMACT sources for compliance purposes.

Because the MACT rule is not yet final,

there is some uncertainty regarding the

type of flexibility that Weyerhaeuser

will request. However, the FPA

contemplates additional or alternative

enforceable mechanisms as appropriate,

and commits the parties to engage in

good faith discussions of the necessity,

feasibility, nature, and form of these

mechanisms.

After careful consideration of the

benefits offered by the project, balanced

against the flexibility granted to

Weyerhaeuser, EPA believes that the

actions described in the FPA meet the

criteria for an XL project.

Dated: January 24, 1997.

Jon Kessler,

Director, Emerging Sectors and Strategies

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–2463 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[FRL–5682–8]

Cancellation of Common Sense

Initiative Council, Automobile

Manufacturing Sector Subcommittee

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of open

meeting of the Public Advisory

Common Sense Initiative Council,

Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is given that the

Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee of the Common Sense

Initiative Council meeting scheduled for

February 6, 1997, in Washington, D.C.

has been cancelled.

CANCELLATION OF OPEN MEETING NOTICE:

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency, has

cancelled an open meeting of the

Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee which was scheduled for

Thursday, February 6, 997.

Project development is not ready for

subcommittee dialogue and decisions;

therefore, the February meeting has

been cancelled. A late March meeting

will be scheduled. Once the plans for

this meeting have been finalized, a

notice will be published.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For more

information about the cancellation of

this meeting, please contact either Alan

W. Powell, Designated Federal Officer

(DFO), at EPA, Region 4, by telephone

on (404)-562–9045, by fax on (404) 562–

9068 or by mail at 100 Alabama Street,

S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303; or Keith

Mason, Alternate DFO, at EPA on (202)

260–1360.

Dated: January 27, 1997.

Prudence Goforth,

Designated Federal Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–2462 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[OPP–00467; FRL–5586–9]

State FIFRA Issues Research and

Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water

Quality and Pesticide Disposal

Working Committee; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues

Research and Evaluation Group

(SFIREG) Water Quality and Pesticide

Disposal Committee will hold a 2–day

meeting, February 3 and 4, 1997. This

notice announces the location and times

for the meeting and sets forth the

tentative agenda topics.The meeting is

open to the public.

DATES: The SFIREG Working Committee

on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal

will meet on Monday, February 3, 1997,

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and

Tuesday, February 4, 1997, from 8:30

a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:

the Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army-Navy

Drive, Crystal City-Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Office of Pesticide

Programs (7506C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: Rm. 1101B,

Crystal Mall #2; 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Crystal City-Arlington, VA,

(703) 305–5306; (fax)(703) 308–3259; email: Lyon.elaine@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

tentative agenda of the SFIREG

Committee on Water Quality and

Pesticide Disposal includes the

following:

1. Tribal management plans.

2. Water monitoring needs - EPA/

NASA workshop.

3. Definition of solid waste and

hazardous waste.

4. Biodegradable coating for atrazine

(tentative).

5. Pesticide use statistics gathered by

USDA.

6. USDA Ag research service and

status of evaluation of best management

practices (BMPs).

7. Surface water survey.

8. State management plan comment

summary.

9. Funding for state management

plans.

10. State management plan rule

review process.

11. Reports from committee members.

12. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.