53626 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 199 / Wednesday, October 15, 1997 / Notices

Registration (OMB Control No. 2070–

0122, EPA No. 1503.03) which is

abstracted below, has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and expected cost and

burden; where appropriate, it includes

the actual data collection instrument. A

Federal Register notice requesting

public comment on the renewal of this

ICR published on June 27, 1997 (62 FR

34744). EPA did not receive any

comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before November 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer by phone on EPA,

(202) 260–2740. Please refer to OMB No.

2070–0122 or EPA ICR No. 1503.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Data Acquisition for Pesticide

Registration.

ICR No.: OMB Control No. 2070–0122;

EPA ICR No. 1503.03.

Expiration Date: November 30, 1997.

Request: This is a request for an

extension of a currently approved

information collection activity.

Affected Entities: Registrants of

Pesticide Products

Abstract: The Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency)

is responsible for the regulation of

pesticides under the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA). Applicants for pesticide

registration must provide EPA with the

data needed to assess whether the

registration of a pesticide would cause

unreasonable adverse effects on human

health or the environment, and EPA has

authority under FIFRA to require

registrants to provide additional data to

maintain an existing registration.

When the need for additional data

arises, OPP issues a Data Call-In Notice

(DCI) under the authority of FIFRA

section 3(c)(2)(B) to affected registrants.

Data supporting pesticide inert

ingredients may also be called in, based

on OPP’s policy statement on inert

ingredients in pesticide products (52 FR

13305, April 22, 1987, and revised on

November 22, 1989 (54 FR 48314). A

need for additional data may arise from

changes in the Agency’s general data

requirements, from the discovery of

deficiencies in previously submitted

data, or from the discovery of specific

attributes of the pesticide or its

ingredients.

Two types of DCIs are conducted

under this information collection

activity. The first type of DCI consists of

data requirements for pesticide products

containing selected inert ingredients.

The second type of DCI addresses

specific data requirements for pesticide

active ingredients.

Burden Statement: The annual

respondent burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average

6,938 hours per response. This estimate

includes the time needed for: planning

activities, creating information,

gathering information, processing,

compiling, and reviewing information

for accuracy, recording, disclosing or

displaying the information, and storing,

filing, and maintaining the data. The

DCI program contains exemptions for

small businesses, and does not impose

any third party notification activities.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Parties

affected by this information collection

are registrants of pesticide products.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 30.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 208,132 hours.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion

as needed by the Agency.

No person is required to respond to a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. The OMB control numbers for

EPA’s regulations, in addition to their

initial display in the Federal Register

appear at 40 CFR part 9.

You may provide additional

comments regarding the burden

estimate, or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the following addresses. Please refer to

EPA No. 1503.03 and OMB Control No.

2070–0122 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: October 8, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division

[FR Doc. 97–27270 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FR–5909–8]

Proposed Settlement Agreement,

Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement;

request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended

(Act), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby

given of a proposed partial consent

decree, which was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

District of Columbia by the United

States Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) on September 30, 1997, to address

a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club. This

lawsuit, which was filed pursuant to

section 304(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C.

7604(a), addresses, among other things,

EPA’s alleged failure to meet a

mandatory deadline under section

112(n)(1)(B) of the Act, 42 U.S.C.

7412(n)(1)(B), which concerns a study of

mercury emissions. The proposed

partial consent decree provides, in part,

that ‘‘[n]o later than December 19, 1997,

the Administrator shall sign a letter

transmitting to Congress the study

described by CAA section 112(n)(1)(B),

42 U.S.C. 7412(n)(1)(B). With five

business days thereafter, EPA shall

deliver to Congress such letter and

study.’’

For a period of thirty (30) days

following the date of publication of this

document, the Agency will receive

written comments relating to the

proposed partial consent decree from

persons who were not named as parties

or intervenors to the litigation in

question. EPA or the Department of

Justice may withdraw or withhold

consent to the proposed partial consent

decree if the comments disclose facts or

considerations that indicate that such

consent is inappropriate, improper,

inadequate, or inconsistent with the

requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or

the Department of Justice determine,

following the comment period, that

consent is inappropriate, the final

partial consent decree will establish a

deadline for specific actions under

section 112(n)(1)(B) of the Act.

A copy of the proposed partial

consent decree was lodged with the

Clerk of the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia on

September 30, 1997. Copies are also

available from Phyllis J. Cochran, Air

and Radiation Division (2344), Office of

General Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260–7606.

Written comments should be sent to

Patrick S. Chang at the address above

and must be submitted on or before

November 14, 1997.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 199 / Wednesday, October 15, 1997 / Notices 53627

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Scott C. Fulton,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–27258 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5909–4]

A Public Meeting on the Effluent

Limitations Guidelines and Standards

for the Metal Products and Machinery

(MP&M) Industrial Category

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Office of Water (OW) is

conducting a public meeting in order to

inform all interested parties of the

current status of the Metal Products and

Machinery (MP&M) Effluent Guideline.

The EPA intends to propose effluent

limitations guidelines and standards for

the MP&M industrial category in

October of 2000. The meeting is

intended to be a forum in which EPA

can report on the status of the

rulemaking and interested parties can

provide information and ideas to the

Agency on key technical, economic, and

implementation issues.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on Wednesday, November 5, 1997, from

8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the EPA auditorium at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, S.W., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Geil, Engineering and Analysis

Division (4303), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street

SW, Washington, DC 20460. Telephone

(202) 260–9817, fax (202) 260–7185 or

by e-mail at geil.steve@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is

developing proposed effluent

limitations guidelines and standards for

the Metal Products and Machinery Point

Source Category under authority of the

Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

The MP&M Category includes facilities

that manufacture, rebuild, and maintain

finished metal parts, products, or

machines.

The public meeting will include a

discussion of the current status of the

regulation including the combination of

the two phases, the on-going data

gathering efforts including sampling

activities and questionnaire responses,

and other general issues. The meeting

will not be recorded by a reporter or

transcribed for inclusion in the record

for the MP&M rulemaking.

Documents relating to the topics

mentioned above and a more detailed

agenda will be available at the meeting.

For those unable to attend the meeting,

a document summary will be available

following the meeting and can be

obtained by an e-mail or telephone

request to Steven Geil at the previously

mentioned address.

Jim Hanlon,

Acting Director, Office of Science and

Technology.

[FR Doc. 97–27267 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5908–9]

Amendment to Notice of Proposed

Administrative Settlement Pursuant to

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; add names to the list of

settling parties.

SUMMARY: The September 22, 1997,

notice concerning the proposed

settlement at the Marco of Iota

Superfund Site in Iota, Louisiana (62 FR

49514) included a list of settling parties.

Three federal de micromis parties who

settled pursuant to the ‘‘Superfund

Administrative Reforms’’ (at no cost to

the parties) were inadvertently excluded

from the list.

The excluded settlers are:

United States Department of Defense/

Department of the Air Force

United States Department of Interior/

Golden Spike National Historic Site

United States Department of Justice/

Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal

Prison Ind., Inc.

Any comments regarding the

additional parties must be submitted on

or before October 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl

Bolden, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,

Texas, 75202–2733 at (214) 665–6713.

October 3, 1997.

Jerry Clifford,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–27268 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5909–3]

South Bay Asbestos Superfund Site;

Notice of Proposed Administrative

Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (CERCLA),

42 U.S.C. 9600 et seq., notice is hereby

given that on September 30, 1997, the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) and the United States

Department of Justice (DOJ) executed

two proposed Prospective Purchaser

Agreements pertaining to property

transactions within the South Bay

Asbestos Superfund Site. The

Purchasers plan to acquire parcels,

totaling 24.5 acres, within the South Bay

Asbestos Superfund Site, located in San

Jose, California. The Parcels will be

developed for office, research, light

industrial, commercial service, and

restaurant uses.

There are two Prospective Purchaser

Agreements because the property is

divided into an East and West Parcel

and each parcel has different lenders.

The proposed Agreements will resolve

certain potential claims of the United

States under section 106 and 107 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and

section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal

Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C 6973, against

Lincoln Property Company No. 2233

(East Parcel Agreement) and Lincoln

237 Associates (West Parcel Agreement).

Lincoln Property Company No. 2233

and Lincoln 237 Associates are jointly

referenced as (the Purchasers). The

proposed settlement will require the

Purchasers to make a one-time payment

of $125,000 for the East Parcel

Agreement and $75,000 for the West

Parcel Agreement. Payments will be

made to the EPA Hazardous Substance

Superfund. In addition, any disturbance

of soils on the East Parcel must comply

with the Soil Management Plan (SMP),

attached as exhibit 3 to the East Parcel

Agreement.

For thirty (30) calendar days

following the date of publication of this

document, EPA will rece0ive written

comments relating to this proposed

settlement. EPA’s response to any

comments received will be available for

public inspection at the U.S.