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Other Nonutility Generators (including

Independent Power Producers) without

a designated franchised service area,

and which do not file forms listed in the

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18,

Part 141.’’ For the purposes of this

screener questionnaire EPA has defined

other nonutility generators to include

independent power producers (IPP)

which are wholesale electricity

producers other than qualifying

facilities under Public Utility Regulatory

Policy Act (PURPA), that are

unaffiliated with franchised utilities in

the area in which the IPP’s are selling

power and that lack significant

marketing power. IPPs do not possess

transmission facilities and do not sell

power in any retail service territory

where they have a franchise.

Finally, EPA will maintain a

temporary, no-charge telephone number

that survey recipients may call to obtain

assistance in completing the data

collection surveys. EPA believes that the

no-charge telephone number will greatly

reduce burden by helping recipients to

answer specific questions within the

context of their individual operations.

Dated: September 3, 1997.

Tudor T. Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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AGENCY

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Open Meeting of the Industrial NonHazardous Waste Stakeholders Focus

Group

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

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 fifth 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 non-hazardous waste in

landfills, waste piles, surface

impoundments, and land application

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 fifth meeting will be to

continue discussion of issues related to

the development of such guidance.

Issues to be discussed include land

application, corrective action, potential

air emission risk tools/controls, and

additional ground-water modeling/risk

results (i.e., leachate concentration

threshold values for the Tier I national

approach and the user interface screens

associated with the Tier II location

adjustment approach). In addition, time

will be set aside on the agenda to

receive Focus Group comments on

additional chapters that have been

previously discussed within the Focus

Group. There will also be a short

presentation of the CD–ROM being

developed as part of this project. The

CD–ROM will be the electronic version

of the voluntary guidance being

developed. There will be an opportunity

for limited public comment at the end

of each day of the meeting.

DATES: The committee will meet on

October 8 and 9, 1997, from 9:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. on October 8, and from 8:30

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on October 9.

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting

is the Hotel Washington, 515 15th

Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004.

The phone number is 202–638–5900.

The seating capacity of the room is

approximately 60 people, and seating

will be on a first-come basis. Supporting

materials are available for viewing at

Docket #F–96–INHA–FFFFF in RCRA

Information Center (RIC), located at

Crystal Gateway One, 1235 Jefferson

Davis Highway, First Floor, Arlington,

VA. The RIC is open from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 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. The material to be discussed

at the October Focus Group meeting will

be available for viewing in the above

docket on and after September 24, 1997.

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 to

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 ASTSWMO 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 document is to provide a

guide to facility managers so that they

can provide safe industrial waste

management. The guidance document

will address such topics as appropriate

controls for ground-water protection,

liner designs, air emissions, run-on/runoff, public participation, daily operating

practices, monitoring and corrective

action, and closure and post-closure

considerations.

The State/EPA Steering Committee

has convened this Stakeholders Focus

Group to obtain recommendations from

individuals who are member 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

considerations, 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.

Copies of the minutes of all

Stakeholders Focus Group meetings will

be made available through the docket at

the RCRA Information Center, including

minutes of the previous four Focus

Group meetings, which were held on

April 11–12, 1996, September 11–12,

1996, February 19–20, 1997, and May

20–21, 1997.

Dated: September l, 1997.

Matthew Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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Proposed Administrative Order on

Consent; Denver Radium—Operable

Unit VIII Site, Denver County, CO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (U.S. EPA).

ACTION: Proposed section 122 (g)(4) and

(h)(1) settlement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirements of section 122(g)(4) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

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Act, as amended (CERCLA), notice is

hereby given of a proposed settlement

agreement under section 122(g)(4) and

(h)(1) concerning the Denver Radium/

Operable Unit VIII Site in Denver

County, Colorado (the Site). The

proposed Administrative Order on

Consent (AOC) requires a potentially

responsible party (PRP), Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company, to pay a total of $75,000 to

resolve its liability to the U.S. EPA

related to response actions taken or to

be taken at the Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before October 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Wendy Silver, (8ENF–L),

Legal Enforcement Program Attorney,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado 80202–2466, and

should refer to: In the Matter of: Denver

Radium/Operable Unit VIII Site

Administrative Settlement Agreement

No. CERCLA VIII–97–70.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rebecca Thomas (8EPR–SR), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado, 80202–2466, (303)

312–6552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

section 122(g)(4) and (h)(1)

Administrative Order on Consent

Settlement: in accordance with section

122(g)(4) and (h)(1) of CERCLA, notice

is hereby given that the terms of an

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)

for a Settlement Agreement have been

agreed to by the settling parties.

By the terms of the proposed AOC,

the settling party will pay $75,000 to the

EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund.

In exchange for payment, U.S. EPA will

provide the settling party a covenant not

to sue for liability under sections 106

and 107(a) of CERCLA.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company is the owner of the

railroad right-of-way. The Respondent

represents, and for the purposes of the

settlement agreement, EPA accepts, that

the Respondent’s involvement with the

Site is limited to ownership of the

approximately 4.3 acre railroad right-ofway from 1887 until the present. The

respondent did not conduct or permit

the generation, storage, treatment, or

disposal of any hazardous substance at

Operable Unit VIII, and did not

contribute to the release or threat of

release of a hazardous substance at

Operable Unit VIII through any act or

omission. The amount that the settling

party will pay was determined by

allocating a percentage of response costs

for the Denver Radium/Operable Unit

VIII Site. All clean-up work on the

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company property was

completed by August 1993.

Approximately, 5% of the volume of

Operable Unit VIII contamination and

.8% of sitewide contamination was

found on the property owned by the

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (formerly Atchison,

Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad

Company). The Denver Radium

Operable Unit VIII costs were calculated

based on cost documentation and cost

allocation performed by Region VIII’s

Cost Recovery staff.

U.S. EPA will receive, for a period of

thirty (30) days from the date of this

publication, comments relating to the

proposed administrative settlement

agreement.

A copy of the proposed AOC may be

obtained in person or by mail from

Sharon Abendschan, Enforcement

Specialist (ENF–T), Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999

18th Street, Suite 500, Denver,

Colorado, 80202–2466, (303) 312–6957.

Additional background information

relating to the administrative settlement

agreement is available for review at the

Superfund Records Center at the above

address.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

Martin Hestmark,

Acting Assistant Regional Administrator,

Office of Enforcement, Compliance and

Environmental Justice.

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Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed

Administrative Penalty Assessment

and Opportunity To Comment

Regarding Wallace W. Stone, Lake of

the Ozarks, MO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative penalty assessment and

opportunity to comment regarding

Wallace W. Stone, Lake of the Ozarks,

Missouri.

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 August 11, 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 Wallace W. Stone,

CWA Docket No. VII–97–W–0024.

The Complaint proposes a penalty of

Forty Thousand Five Hundred Eighteen

($40,518) Dollars for discharging

pollutants into waters of the United

States without a permit as required by

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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 Wallace W. Stone 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: September 4, 1997.

William Rice,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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