Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 1997 / Notices 54847

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27912 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. OA96–203–001]

Western Resources Inc.; Notice of

Filing

October 16, 1997.

Take notice that on August 15, 1997,

Western Resources Inc., tendered for

filing its compliance filing in the abovereferenced docket.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

October 27, 1997. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27919 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–400117; FRL–5750–6]

Public Meetings on the Toxics Release

Inventory Reporting Form

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: EPA will hold approximately

nine public meetings over the next year

to solicit comments relating to the

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting

form, Form R. The purpose of the

meetings is to obtain comments from

stakeholders on ways to improve the

type of right-to-know information

available to communities and to help

streamline right-to-know reporting to

ease the paperwork burden for

businesses affected by the requirements.

This notice announces three upcoming

meetings. Additional meeting dates will

be announced in future Federal Register

notices.

DATES: The meetings will take place:

1. Thursday, November 13, 1997, 1

p.m. to 4 p.m., U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, East Tower, Rm.

542, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC.

Register to speak by 5 p.m., Friday,

November 7, 1997.

2. Tuesday, November 18, 1997, 9

a.m. to 12 p.m., U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Marianas Conference

Room, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco,

CA. Register to speak by 5 p.m.,

Thursday, November 13, 1997.

3. Thursday, November 20, 1997, 9

a.m. to 12 p.m., U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 325 (3rd floor),

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL.

Register to speak by 5 p.m., Friday,

November 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

sent in triplicate to: OPPT Document

Control Officer (7407), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Room G–099, East Tower,

Washington, DC 20460. Each comment

must bear the docket control number

‘‘OPPTS–400117.’’

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppt.

ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under Unit II. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

All comments which contain

information claimed as CBI must be

clearly marked as such. Three sanitized

copies of any comments containing

information claimed as CBI must also be

submitted and will be placed in the

public record. Persons submitting

information on any portion of which

they believe is entitled to treatment as

CBI by EPA must assert a business

confidentiality claim in accordance with

40 CFR 2.203(b) for each such portion.

This claim must be made at the time

that the information is submitted to

EPA. If a submitter does not assert a

confidentiality claim at the time of

submission, EPA will consider this as a

waiver of any confidentiality claim and

the information may be made available

to the public by EPA without further

notice to the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle Price, (Mail Stop 7408),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Telephone: (202) 260–3372; Fax

number: (202) 401–8142; e-mail:

price.michelle@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

EPA will hold approximately nine

public meetings over the next year to

solicit comments relating to the Toxics

Release Inventory (TRI) reporting form,

Form R. The purpose of the meetings is

to obtain comments from stakeholders

on ways to improve the type of right-toknow information available to

communities and to help streamline

right-to-know reporting to ease the

paperwork burden for businesses

affected by the requirements. Topics for

comment include the following: format

of the Form R; nomenclature used in the

Form R; opportunities for burden

reduction in both the Form R and the

Form A; additional clarification of the

elements in the Form R; and EPA’s

presentation of the data in public

information documents.

The sections of the Form R that EPA

would like specific comment on are

sections 5, 6 and 8. In section 5, there

have been a number of issues raised

over the years with regard to the

definition of ‘‘release,’’ particularly with

respect to Class I underground injection

wells and RCRA Subtitle C landfills.

Several commenters believe that EPA’s

interpretation of the EPCRA definition

of ‘‘release’’ will lead to the

misperception that a reported EPCRA

section 313 ‘‘release’’ necessarily results

in an actual exposure of people or the

environment to a toxic chemical. The

Agency would like to hear suggestions

on ways to collect and disseminate the

data that are consistent with the

Agency’s interpretation of the EPCRA

definition of ‘‘release’’ and would

address the concerns raised regarding

public misperception.

There have also been a number of

issues raised with regard to the

reporting of toxic chemicals in wastes in

section 8 of the Form R. Section 8

collects information on waste managed

at the facility whether or not the waste

was generated at the reporting facility.

Some individuals are concerned about

public misperception of the data in

section 8 because of the focus on the

amount of waste managed at the facility,

not waste generated. EPA would like

comments on ways to change section 8

of the Form R which would continue to

allow the user to assess wastes managed

by the facility but would minimize the

perception that the wastes reported in

section 8 were generated by the

reporting facility.

On any of the above issues, EPA

would like to receive specific comments