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acres more than another alternative

assessed in the DEIS, and the DEIS did

not clearly indicate which action

alternative is the least environmentally

damaging to aquatic resources under

Clean Water Act Section 404. EPA also

expressed concerns regarding how the

site was geochemically characterized

and offered recommendations for

facility design and additional

monitoring.

ERP No. D-DOA-G31002-TX Rating

LO, Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties

Water Conservation Plan, Renovation

and Installation, Funding, Medina Lake,

Bexar, Medina and Atascosa Counties,

TX.

Sumary: EPA had no objection to the

selection of the lead agency’s preferred

alternative as described in the draft EIS.

ERP No. D-DOE-C06013-NY Rating

LO, Disposal of the Defueled S3G and

D1G Prototype Reactor Plants,

Implementation, Located at the Knolls

Atomic Power Laboratory Kesselring

Site near West Milton, Saratoga County,

NY.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the action as proposed.

ERP No. D–IBR–K28018–CA Rating

EC2, Central Valley Project, Municipal

and Industrial Water Supply Contracts,

Sacramento County Water Agency and

San Juan Water District, City of Folsom,

Sacramento County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns with the

identified additional adverse

cumulative impacts of the proposed

new water supply diversions, and urged

selection of diversion points on the

Sacramento River below the confluence

with the American River or as far

downstream on the American River as

feasible.

EPA expressed support for water

conservation, water pricing strategies,

water reclamation, conjunctive use, and

other demand reduction measures as

means to achieving additional water

supply. EPA suggested a more

aggressive water conservation approach

as part of the proposed action,

integration of other demand reduction

measures, and continued pursuit of

conservation alternatives (e.g. metering,

water reclamation), whether or not new

contract water is provided.

ERP No. D–ICC–G53007–LA Rating

EC2, Kansas City Southern Railway

(KCS) Construction and Operation to

Connect the Geismar Industrial Area to

KCS’ Mainline near Sorrento,

Construction Exemption Approval,

Ascension Parish, LA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns for the lead

agency’s preferred alternative and

requests additional information,

environmental justice alternatives

analysis, and cumulative impacts

assessment.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–FHW–E40759–AL

Birmingham Northern Beltline Project,

Construction, I–59/20 west to I–59

northeast in the City of Birmingham,

Funding and Possible COE Section 404

Permit, Jefferson County, AL.

Summary: EPA’s review revealed that

all alternatives will have major impacts

on environmental resources in the

highway corridor. EPA recommends

that the shortest alternative, ‘‘D’’, be

reconsidered with modification.

ERP No. F–FHW–J40212–CO CO–82

Highway Transportation Project,

Improvements to ‘‘Entrance to Aspen’’,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

City of Aspen, Pitkin County, CO.

Summary: EPA’s review has not

identified any potential environmental

impacts requiring substantive changes

to the Preferred Alternative.

ERP No. F–FTA–C40137–NY Wassaic

Extension Project, Expand Metro-North,

Funding and Right-of-Way, Dutchess

and Litchfield Counties, NY.

Summary: EPA believed that the

proposed project would not result in

significant adverse environmental

impacts, and therefore, has no

objections to its implementation.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5910–5]

Common Sense Initiative Council

(CSIC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory

CSI Council Meeting, and the CSI

Petroleum Refining and Printing Sector

Subcommittee Meetings; open meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–

463, notice is hereby given that the CSI

Council Meeting and the CSI Petroleum

Refining and Printing Sector

Subcommittees of the Common Sense

Initiative Council will meet on the dates

and times described below. All meetings

are open to the public. Seating at all

three meetings will be on a first-come

basis and limited time will be provided

for public comment. For further

information concerning specific

meetings, please contact the individuals

listed with the three announcements

below.

(1) Common Sense Initiative Council

Meeting—November 3 and 4, 1997

The Common Sense Initiative Council

will hold an open meeting on Monday,

November 3, 1997 from 1:00 p.m. EST

to 6:00 p.m. EST, and on Tuesday,

November 4, 1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00

p.m. EST. The meeting will be held at

the George Washington University Club

and Conference Center, 800 21st Street,

N. W., Washington, D.C. 20062,

telephone (202) 994–6611.

The Council Agenda will focus on a

variety of topics including: A report

from the Reinventing Environment

Information (REI) Council workgroup on

the Agency’s draft Implementation Plan;

an update on the Center for

Environmental Information and

Statistics; a request for approval of the

Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee’s

Strategic Goals 2000 Program;

presentation of the Print Sector

Subcommittee’s Comprehensive

Strategy for an Alternative Multi-Media

Flexible Permit System; an Agency

report on the status of the Iron and

Steel, Auto, and Metal Finishing Sector

Subcommittees’ recommendations that

were approved and forwarded to EPA at

the July Council meeting; Sector

Guidance and a strategic approach and

work plan for the Council; as well as

documentation of the Computer and

Electronics Sector Subcommittee’s

Consolidated Uniform Report on the

Environment (CURE) Stakeholder Needs

Assessment, and the final white paper

on Consensus Decision-making

Principles and Applications in CSI.

For further information concerning

this Common Sense Initiative Council

meeting, contact Kathleen Bailey, DFO

on (202) 260–7417, or E-mail:

bailey.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov.

(2) Petroleum Refining Sector

Subcommittee Meeting—November 4–5,

1997

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency will

hold an open meeting of the Common

Sense Initiative (CSI) Petroleum

Refining Sector Subcommittee on

November 4 and 5, 1997. Work Group

meetings will be held from 9:00 a.m.

EST to 12:00 noon EST on Tuesday,

November 4. The full Subcommittee

will meet from approximately 2:00 p.m.

EST until 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday,

November 4, and from approximately

8:00 a.m. EST until 4:00 p.m. EST on

Wednesday, November 5. The meeting
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will be held at the Madison Hotel, 15th

and M Streets, NW, Washington, DC

20005. The hotel telephone number is

202–862–1600.

The Subcommittee meeting agenda

includes a discussion of compliance

issues for the petroleum refining

industry, a presentation on accidents

and worker safety issues, and an update

on the status of the One Stop Reporting

and Public Access Project and the

Equipment Leaks Project. The

Subcommittee also plans to discuss

potential new project ideas. A public

comment period has been scheduled

from approximately 2:00 p.m. EST until

3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday,

November 5, 1997.

For further information concerning

this meeting of the Petroleum Refining

Sector Subcommittee, please contact

either Craig Weeks, Designated Federal

Officer (DFO), at US EPA Region 6

(6EN), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX

75202–2733, by telephone at 214–665–

7505 or E-mail at

weeks.craig@epamail.epa.gov or Steve

Souders, Alternate DFO, at US EPA by

mail (5306W), 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460, by telephone at

703–308–8431 or E-mail at

souders.steve@epamail.epa.gov.

(3) Printing Sector Subcommittee—

November 6, 1997

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency will

hold an open meeting of the Printing

Sector Subcommittee on Thursday,

November 6, 1997, from approximately

1:00 p.m. EST until 4:00 p.m. EST. The

New York City Education Project Team

(NYCEP) and the Alternative MultiMedia Flexible Permit Project Team

(MFP) will hold meetings the previous

day, Wednesday, November 5, 1997,

from approximately 9:00 a.m. EST until

5:00 p.m. EST, and if needed on

November 6 from 1:30 p.m. EST to 3:30

p.m. EST. The Meetings will be held at

the Washington National Airport Hilton,

located at 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway

in Crystal City, VA, Telephone number

(703) 418–6800.

The Printing Sector Subcommittee

will hear reports from its two project

teams, the Alternative Multi media

Flexible Permit Project Team and the

New York City Education Project Team.

The Alternative Multi media Flexible

Permit Project Team will report on its

presentation to the Common Sense

Initiative Council planned for November

4. This team is approaching the final

stages of crafting an alternative permit

system that leads to reduced emissions,

greater operational flexibility, enhanced

public involvement, and lower

transaction costs. The New York City

Education Project Team will report on

progress implementing its model

outreach program. NYCEP coordinates

state and local technical assistance

providers and community interest

groups as partners in promoting

environmentally sound printing

practices to neighborhood printers.

For further information concerning

meeting times and agenda of this

Printing Sector Subcommittee meeting,

please contact either Frank Finamore,

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at

EPA, by telephone on (202) 564–7039,

or Mick Kulik, Alternate DFO, at EPA

Region 3 in Philadelphia, PA on (215)

566–5337.

Inspection of Subcommittee Documents

Documents relating to the above

Sector Subcommittee announcements,

will be publicly available at the

meeting. Thereafter, these documents,

together with the official minutes for the

meetings, will be available for public

inspection in room 2821M of EPA

Headquarters, Common Sense Initiative

Staff, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460, telephone number 202–260–

7417. Common Sense Initiative

information can be accessed

electronically on our web site at

http.//www.epa.gov/commonsense.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

Kathleen Bailey,

Designated Federal Officer.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5910–4]

Notice of Proposed Purchaser

Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act

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. 9601–9675, notice is hereby

given that a proposed purchaser

agreement (Purchaser Agreement)

associated with the Kane and Lombard

Superfund Site in Baltimore, Maryland

was executed by the Environmental

Protection Agency and the Department

of Justice and is now subject to public

comment, after which the United States

may modify or withdraw its consent if

comments received disclose facts or

considerations which indicate that the

Purchaser Agreement is inappropriate,

improper, or inadequate. The Purchaser

Agreement would resolve certain

potential EPA claims under section 107

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against

Double Eagle Enterprises, Inc.

(Purchaser). The settlement would

require the Purchaser to, among other

things, pay $1500.00 within thirty (30)

days of the effective date of the

Purchaser Agreement to the EPA

Hazardous Substances Superfund and

abide by certain land use restrictions

intended to protect the integrity of

surface and subsurface structures

installed by EPA in accordance with a

CERCLA Record of Decision issued by

EPA in September 1987.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this document, the

Agency will receive written comments

relating to the proposed Purchaser

Agreement. The Agency’s response to

any comments received will be available

for public inspection at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, PA 19107.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before November 17, 1997.

Availability

The proposed Purchaser Agreement

and additional background information

relating to the proposed Purchaser

Agreement are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA

19107. A copy of the proposed

Purchaser Agreement may be obtained

from Suzanne Canning, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Regional Docket Clerk (3RC00), 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA

19107. Comments should reference the

‘‘Kane and Lombard Superfund Site

Prospective Purchaser Agreement’’ and

‘‘EPA Docket No. III–97–82-DC,’’ and

should be forwarded to Suzanne

Canning at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew S. Goldman (3RC21), Sr.

Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA

19107, Phone: (215) 566–2487.