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recommendation) because it did not

recommend equal protection to the

Outstandingly Remarkable Values of

several river segments within the study

area and did not fully consider the

broader implications of designation on

other, nearby wilderness and roadless

areas.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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AGENCY

[OPPTS–00226; FRL–5749–6]

Forum on State and Tribal Toxics

Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open

Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Three projects of the Forum

on State and Tribal Toxics Action

(FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to

the public at the time and place listed

below in this notice. The Lead Project

will not be meeting this session. The

public is encouraged to attend the

proceedings as observers. However, in

the interest of time and efficiency, the

meeting is structured to provide

maximum opportunity for state, tribal,

and EPA invited participants to discuss

items on the predetermined agenda. At

the discretion of the chair of the project,

an effort will be made to accommodate

participation by observers attending the

proceedings.

DATES: The three projects will meet

October 20, 1997, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

with a plenary session on Cutting Edge

Initiatives in Pollution Prevention from

8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and on October 21,

1997, from 8 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900

Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal

Official (DFO), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics (7408),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: (202) 260–6904, e-mail:

harrod.darlene@epamail.epa.gov. Any

observer wishing to speak should advise

the DFO at the telephone number or email address listed above no later than

4 p.m. on October 16, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA,

a group of state and tribal toxics

environmental managers, is intended to

foster the exchange of toxics-related

program and enforcement information

among the states/tribes and between the

states/tribes and EPA’s Office of

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic

Substances (OPPTS) and Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

(OECA). FOSTTA currently consists of

the Coordinating Committee and four

issue-specific projects. The projects are

the: (1) Toxics Release Inventory

Project; Pollution Prevention Project; (3)

Chemical Management Project; and (4)

Lead (Pb) Project.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: September 27, 1997.

Susan B. Hazen,

Director, Environmental Assistance Division,

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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AGENCY

[FRL–5902–5]

Proposed Settlement Under Section

122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative settlement and

opportunity for comment.

SUMMARY: The 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 recover all past

response costs incurred by EPA at the

Spruce Street Site in Anchorage, Alaska.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before November 3, 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 the Spruce Street

Site, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. EPA

Docket No. 10–96–0090–CERCLA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward J. Kowalski, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Regional

Counsel, ORC–158, 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, Washington, 98101, (206) 553–

6695; Gina Belt, U.S. Department of

Justice, Environmental & Natural

Resources Division, 801 B Street, #504,

Anchorage, Alaska, 99501–3657, (907)

271–3456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with section 122(i)(1) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i)(1), notice is

hereby given of a proposed

administrative settlement, Agreement

for Payment of Response Costs

(Agreement), concerning the Spruce

Street Site (Site) located in Anchorage,

Alaska. Pursuant to section 104 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9604, EPA

undertook response actions at the Site,

which was an inactive salvage yard of

about two acres. The Agreement

resolves EPA’s claims regarding liability

under section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs

incurred by EPA in connection with the

Site. Subject to review by the public

pursuant to this Notice, the Agreement

has been approved by the United States

Department of Justice. The following are

the parties who have executed the

proposed Agreement: the Municipality

of Anchorage, The State of Alaska, the

Defense Logistics Agency, the Federal

Aviation Administration; the United

States Air Force, and the United States

Army. EPA is entering into this

Agreement under the authority of

section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9622(h)(1).

EPA initiated a time critical removal

action at the Site in October 1991 to

stabilize the wastes located on-site.

Hazardous wastes on-site included

paints, electrical equipment containing

PCBs, soils contaminated with heavy

metals, soils contaminated with PCBs,

chemicals, acids, and caustics. Due to

inclement weather, removal activities by

EPA were suspended and resumed in

June 1992, when EPA sorted on-site

debris and prepared hazardous

materials for removal. In January 1993,

hazardous materials including paints,

electrical equipment containing PCBs,

some contaminated soils and oils were

transported off-site. Two nearby

residences were supplied with bottled

water because of elevated levels of

arsenic in their wells. These two

residences have since been hooked up

to the city water supply. To restrict

access to the Site, the Alaska

Department of Environmental

Conservation erected a fence around the

Site and posted hazardous substance

warning signs. In performing these

response actions, EPA and the State of

Alaska incurred response costs at the

Site. The Agreement requires, inter alia,

that the Municipality of Anchorage
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reimburse EPA’s response costs in the

amount of $302,276.63 plus interest

from October 6, 1994, through December

31, 1996. The federal agencies are

required under the Agreement to

reimburse EPA’s response costs in the

amount of $2,022,928.23 plus interest

from October 6, 1994, through December

31, 1996. Under the Agreement, EPA

will be reimbursed for all of its past

response costs at the Site. The

Agreement provides to the Municipality

of Anchorage and the federal agencies

the contribution protection afforded by

sections 113(f)(2) and 122(h)(4) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2) and

9622(h)(4). The Agreement contains a

reopener section that permits the United

States, in certain situations, to institute

additional proceedings to require that

these defendants perform further

response actions or to reimburse the

United States for additional costs of

response.

EPA will receive written comments

relating to this proposed Agreement for

a period of thirty (30) days from the date

of this publication.

The proposed Agreement may be

obtained in person or by mail from

EPA’s Region 10 Office of Regional

Counsel, ORC–158, 1200 Sixth Avenue,

Seattle, Washington, 98101; the U. S.

Department of Justice, Environmental &

Natural Resources Division, 801 B

Street, #504, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501–

3657. The Administrative Record for the

Spruce Street Site may be examined at

EPA’s Region 10, Hazardous Waste

Division Records Center, 1200 Sixth

Avenue, Washington, 98101, and at the

Alaska Resources Library, U.S. Bureau

of Land Management, 222 West

Seventh, #36, Anchorage, Alaska.

Philip Millam,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of

Test Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s

receipt of test data on Tertiary Amyl

Methyl Ether (TAME) (CAS No. 994–05–

8). These data were submitted pursuant

to an enforceable testing consent

agreement/order issued by EPA under

section 4 of the Toxic Substances

Control Act (TSCA). Publication of this

notice is in compliance with section

4(d) of TSCA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E–543B, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554–1404,

TDD (202) 554–0551; e-mail: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 40

CFR 790.60, all TSCA section 4

enforceable consent agreements/orders

must contain a statement that results of

testing conducted pursuant to testing

enforceable consent agreements/orders

will be announced to the public in

accordance with procedures specified in

section 4(d) of TSCA.

I. Test Data Submissions

Test data for tertiary amyl methyl

ether were submitted by The American

Petroleum Institute pursuant to a TSCA

section 4 enforceable testing consent

agreement/order at 40 CFR 799.5000

and were received by EPA on September

3, 1997. The submission includes four

final reports entitled (1) ‘‘Tertiary Amyl

Methyl Ether (TAME): Pilot Study

(95063) for Metabolism, Distribution,

and Pharmacokinetics in Male F-344

Rats After a Single Nose-Only Inhalation

Exposure,’’ (2) ‘‘Blood Pharmacokinetics

of Tertiary Amy Methyl Ether in Male

and Female F-344 Rats and CD-1 Mice

After Nose-Only Inhalation Exposure,’’

(3) ‘‘Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether

(TAME): Metabolism and Distribution in

Male and Female F-344 Rats and CD-1

Mice After Single or Repeated

Inhalation or Gavage Exposures,’’ and

(4) ‘‘A 13-Week Inhalation Toxicity/

Neurotoxicity Study of Tert-Amyl

Methyl Ether (TAME) in the Rat and

Mouse via Whole-Body Exposures with

a 4-Week Recovery Period.’’ This

chemical is widely seen as a possible

additive in gasoline. EPA has initiated

its review and evaluation process for

this data submission. At this time, the

Agency is unable to provide any

determination as to the completeness of

the submission.

II. Public Record

EPA has established a public record

for this TSCA section 4(d) receipt of

data notice (docket number OPPTS–

44643). This record includes copies of

all studies reported in this notice. The

record is available for inspection from

12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except legal holidays, in the

TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center (also known as the TSCA Public

Docket Office), Rm. B–607 Northeast

Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460. Requests for documents should

be sent in writing to: Environmental

Protection Agency, TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center

(7407), 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460 or fax: (202) 260–5069 or e-mail:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2603.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Test data.

Dated: September 24, 1997.

Charles M. Auer,

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

September 26, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. 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.

Comments are requested concerning;

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility,

the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate, ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected and ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before December 2,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should