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laboratory, test dates, test personnel and

test procedures followed, engine

families tested, data to support

additional engine family coverage, if

applicable, VIN’s, vehicle and engine

mileage and/or age as applicable, fuel

specifications, conversion system part

numbers and calibrations, durability

procedures followed including all

durability data and all calculations and

engineering analyses performed to

determine compliance with the above

requirements.

e. In order to meet the requirements

of this policy, any installation of a

conversion system designed and tested

in accordance with the above shall be

done in accordance with the applicable

part numbers/calibrations installed on

the vehicle or engine that was tested,

completed in accordance with

manufacturer’s specifications and/or

instructions and the conversion system

label affixed to the vehicle or engine.

The system shall only be installed on a

vehicle or engine of the same engine

family as that tested or as permitted

under paragraph 3.b.(4) above.

f. In support of an appropriate

installation, the installer should retain

records of each vehicle or engine

converted in accordance with the above,

including the VIN, make and year of

each vehicle or engine so modified, the

name of the installer, the date of

installation and a copy of the

manufacturer’s or marketer’s/

distributor’s representation that the

conversion system has been

demonstrated on that engine family to

meet the requirements of this policy.

g. In support of any marketer’s or

distributor’s compliance with the

requirements of this policy, such parties

should retain records of each conversion

system sold or distributed, copies of the

representation from the manufacturer

that the system meets this policy and

records of sales to others including the

name of the purchasers, part numbers,

dates of sales and the numbers of

systems sold.

h. Colorado has indicated that it will

revise its administrative procedures

under Colorado Regulation No. 14 to

require that conversion system

manufacturers conduct testing in

accordance with option 3 of this

Addendum in order to receive a

Colorado Letter of Certification.

Consequently, until December 31, 1998,

EPA will not consider as tampering the

sale and installation of a conversion

system in Colorado pursuant to a

Colorado Letter of Certification issued

after the above-referenced

administrative procedure revisions have

been made by Colorado, provided

testing in support of the Letter of

Certification is done in accordance with

option 3 of this Addendum and is

completed by March 31, 1998.

D. Conclusion. EPA believes that the

maximum degree of assurance that

vehicles or engines modified to operate

on alternative fuels will meet emissions

standards throughout their useful life

can only be achieved through full

certification demonstration in

accordance with 40 CFR Parts 86 or 88.

However, the cost and time associated

with such a demonstration may be

prohibitive for some conversion system

manufacturers in the short term and

may not provide sufficient equipment

for fleets currently subject to various

alternative fuel mandates to comply

with those mandates. In addition, EPA

will be attempting to implement various

procedures to streamline federal

certification for alternative fuel vehicles

and on-highway engines, but it is likely

that implementation of those procedures

will take some time. In the interim, the

procedures and requirements outlined

in option 3 above should allow

alternative fuel conversion systems to be

developed and evaluated more quickly

and at less cost, while providing a

reasonable assurance that emissions will

not be deteriorated. After December 31,

1998, manufacturers, marketers and

installers must utilize equipment which

meets the requirements of option 1 or

option 2 above to be covered by the nontampering policy of Memo 1A.

EPA will be reviewing Memo 1A more

thoroughly in the near future to

determine if additional changes are

required for other vehicle or engine

modifications, parts or systems. Any

questions regarding this interim policy

should be directed to the Mobile Source

Enforcement Branch at (202) 564–2255.

Bruce C. Buckheit,

Director, Air Enforcement Division, Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5914–1]

Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot

Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of signing of OSi Project

XL Final Project Agreement.

SUMMARY: EPA, the West Virginia

Department of Environmental

Protection, and OSi Specialties, Inc. (a

subsidiary of Witco Corporation) signed

a proposed Project XL Final Project

Agreement (FPA) for OSi in Sistersville,

West Virginia. The FPA is a voluntary

agreement developed collaboratively by

OSi, stakeholders, and state and federal

regulators. The availability of the draft

FPA and related documents was

announced in the Federal Register on

June 27, 1997 (FRL–5849–5). 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.

Under the FPA, OSi will install an

incinerator and route the process vents

from its polyether methyl capper

production unit to that incinerator for

control of organic air emissions. OSi

estimates this will reduce the facility’s

organic air emissions by about 309,000

pounds per year for substantially lower

cost than compliance with regulations

to be deferred under the Project. In

addition, OSi will recover and reuse an

estimated 500,000 pounds per year of

methanol that would otherwise be

disposed of through the facility’s on-site

wastewater treatment system and would

divert about 50,000 pounds per year of

organic air emissions from the

wastewater treatment unit to the

incinerator. This will result in a

reduction in sludge generation from

OSi’s wastewater of 815,000 pounds per

year. Lastly, OSi will conduct a waste

minimization/pollution prevention

(WMPP) study which is expected to

result in additional reductions in waste

generated at the facility. As an incentive

for OSi to take these environmentally

beneficial actions, EPA has agreed to

propose for public comment and

promulgate (subject to review of public

comment) regulations deferring the

application, to the facility’s two

hazardous waste surface

impoundments, of subpart CC of 40 CFR

parts 264 and 265 which was

promulgated under the authority of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA subpart CC). Also, the West

Virginia Department of Environmental

Protection (WVDEP) has agreed to enter

into a consent order with OSi to defer

application of the state equivalent of

RCRA subpart CC to the surface

impoundments. Subsequently, WVDEP

has agreed to propose and promulgate

(subject to review of public comment

and legislative approval) regulations

incorporating EPA’s deferral of RCRA

subpart CC by reference. In addition,

EPA has agreed to propose and
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promulgate (subject to review of public

comment) regulations deferring the

application of proposed Clean Air Act

subpart YYY volatile organic compound

emission standards for OSi’s wastewater

collection and treatment system (40 CFR

part 60, subpart YYY) (CAA subpart

YYY) for each WMPP opportunity that

the agency determines meets the criteria

set forth in the FPA, if CAA subpart

YYY applies to that activity. WVDEP

has also agreed to enter into a consent

order with OSi to defer application of

CAA subpart YYY to the extent that it

is directly enforceable by WVDEP.

Subsequently, WVDEP has agreed to

propose and promulgate (subject to

review of public comment and

legislative approval) regulations

incorporating EPA’s deferral of CAA

subpart YYY by reference. The CAA

subpart YYY relief involves a deferral of

subpart YYY if OSi begins recovery of

CAA subpart YYY substances as a result

of its waste minimization efforts and if

the final CAA subpart YYY regulations

apply to such activities. This deferral

would be granted only if there is no

resulting emissions increase from the

facility’s wastewater system or if organic

air emissions increases from all YYY

deferrals do not exceed 15,000 pounds

per year (about 5 percent of the Project’s

expected air emission reductions).

These deferrals will last until the

required compliance date of the national

emission standards for hazardous air

pollutants from miscellaneous organic

processes (the ‘‘MON’’). It is expected

that the MON will require installation of

process vent controls similar to the

control for the polyether methyl capper

unit process vent emissions to be

implemented under the Project. As a

result, the Project will be reevaluated at

that time to determine whether

additional environmental benefits

provided by the Project warrant the

continuation of the regulatory flexibility

granted by the Project. If continuation is

warranted, then the FPA and other

appropriate documents (e.g., permits,

regulations, orders, etc.) will be

amended as necessary. If EPA or

WVDEP does not determine that

continuation of the Project is warranted,

the Project will end on the required

compliance date of the MON.

DATES: The FPA was signed on October

17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

obtain a copy of the Final Project

Agreement or other information about

the Project, contact: Cheryl Atkinson,

U.S. EPA, Region III, 841 Chestnut

Street (3HW70), Philadelphia, PA

19107, or L. Nancy Birnbaum, U.S. EPA,

401 M Street, SW, Room 3134CY Mall

(2129), Washington, DC 20460.

Information on the Project is also

available via the Internet at the

following location: ‘‘http://

www.epa.gov/ProjectXL’’. In addition,

public files on the Project are located at

both the local Sistersville library and

EPA Region III in Philadelphia.

Questions to EPA regarding the Project

can be directed to Cheryl Atkinson at

(215) 566–3392 or L. Nancy Birnbaum at

(202) 260–2601. To be included on the

OSi Project XL mailing list to receive

information about future public

meetings, XL progress reports and other

mailings from OSi on the XL Project,

contact: Okey Tucker, OSi Specialties,

Inc., Witco Corporation OrganoSilicones

Group, 1500 South State Route 2,

Friendly, WV 26146. Mr. Tucker can

also be reached by telephone at (304)

652–8131. For information on all other

aspects of the XL Program contact

Christopher Knopes at the following

address: Emerging Sectors and

Strategies Division; United States

Environmental Protection Agency; 3202

Mall; 401 M Street, SW; 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.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Nancy Birnbaum,

Acting Director, Emerging Sectors and

Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 97–28372 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

October 20, 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 (a)

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;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) 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 26,

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

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–0789.

Title: Modified Alternative Plan, CC

Docket No. 90–571, Order (1997

Suspension Order).

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 36

respondents.

Estimated Time Per Response: 13

hours per response (avg.).

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

one-time requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 468 total

annual burden hours for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Needs and Uses: Title IV of the

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

(‘‘ADA’’) requires each common carrier

providing voice transmission services to

provide Telecommunications Relay

Services (‘‘TRS’’) throughout the area it