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SUMMARY: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about potential

exceedences of the threshold of concern

(TOC) in five subwatersheds in the

analysis area, and recommended that

additional road obliterations be added

to the project plan.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–BLM–K67044–CA Soledad

Mountain Open Pit Leap Leach Gold

Mine Project, Construction and

Operation, Plan-of-Operations

Approval, Mojave, Kern County, CA.

SUMMARY: EPA continued to have

environmental concerns and

recommended that BLM assure against

significant impacts to local air quaility

from possible aggregate loading and

hauling operations. EPA also

recommended that the Record of

Decision include specific actions for the

Mitigation and Monitoring Program.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed November 3,

1997 Through November 7, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970429, Draft Supplement, NPS,

CA, Yosemite Valley Comprehensive

Implementation Plan, General

Management Plan, Yosemite National

Park, Mariposa, Madera and

Tuolumne Counties, CA, Due: January

13, 1998, Contact: Alan Schmierer

(415) 427–1441.

EIS No. 970430, Draft EIS, AFS, OR,

Crown Pacific Limited Partnership

Land Exchange Project,

Implementation, Consolidate Land

Ownership and Enhance Future

Resource, Deschutes, Fremont and

Winema National Forests, Deschutes,

Jefferson, Klamath and Lake Counties,

OR, Due: January 9, 1998, Contact:

Kathy Farrell (541) 383–5571.

EIS No. 970431, Final EIS, FHW, NY,

Stutson Street BIN–3317120 Over

Genesee River (PIN 4751.05.121),

from the Interchange of the Lake

Ontario State Parkway and Latta Road

to Lake Shore Boulevard, COE Section

10 and 404 Permit, and Coast Guard

Bridge Permits, in the City of

Rochester, Town of Greece and

Irondequoit, Monroe County, NY,

Due: December 15, 1997, Contact:

Harold J. Brown (518) 431–4127.

EIS No. 970432, Final EIS, AFS, ID,

Middle Fork Analysis Area

Management Plan, Implementation,

Nez Perce National Forest, Selway

Ranger District, Idaho County, ID,

Due: December 15, 1997, Contact:

Jerome A. Bird (208) 926–4258.

EIS No. 970433, Final EIS, FHW, PA, US

202 Section 700 Corridor,

Improvements, from PA 63 in

Montgomeryville to the PA–611

Bypass in Doylestown Township,

COE Section 404 Permit and Right-ofWay, Montgomery and Bucks

Counties, PA , Due: December 31,

1997, Contact: Ronald W. Carmichael

(717) 221–3461.

EIS No. 970434, Draft EIS, COE, FL,

Sunny Isles (North Miami) Proposed

Modification to Segment of the Dade

County Beach Erosion Control and

Hurricane Protection Project, Dade

County, FL, Due: December 29, 1997,

Contact: Kenneth Dugger (904) 232–

1686.

EIS No. 970435, Final EIS, FRC, MS,

Destin Natural Gas Pipeline Project,

Construction and Operation, Six

Major Interstate Pipelines in the Gulf

of Mexico, Southern Natural Gas, COE

Section 10 and 404 Permits, Right-ofWay and Special-Use Permits, MS,

Due: December 15, 1997, Contact:

Paul McKee (202) 208–1088.

EIS No. 970436, Draft EIS, EDA, PA,

Lackawanna

County New Business Park,

Development and Operation, Funding

Support from Economic Development

Administration (EDA) under Title I,

Site Lies Within Moosic Mountain

Range, Straddling Jessup and

Olyphant Boroughs, Lackawanna

County, PA, Due: December 29, 1997,

Contact: Edward L. Hummel (215)

597–6767.

EIS No. 970437, FINAL EIS, FHW, WI,

WI-TH–29 (Wisconsin Corridors 2020

Project) Improvements, Linking I–94

in eastern Dunn to WI-TH–29/CTH J

Interchange in south-central

Chippewa, Funding and COE 404

Permit, Dunn and Chippewa

Counties, WI, Due: December 15,

1997, Contact: Johnny M. Gerbitz

(608) 829–7500.

EIS No. 970438, Draft EIS, COE, CA,

Unocal Avila Beach Cleanup Project,

Petroleum Hydrocarbon

Contamination, Approval and

Implementation, US Army COE

Section 10 and 404 Permits Issuance,

San Luis Obispo County, CA, Due:

December 29, 1997, Contact: Tiffany

Welch (805) 641–2935.

EIS No. 970439, Draft EIS, IBR, CA,

Programmatic EIS—Central Valley

Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) of

1992 Implementation, Central Valley,

Trinity, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa

Clara and San Benito Counties, CA,

Due: February 06, 1998, Contact: Alan

Candlish (916) 978–5190.

EIS No. 970440, Draft Supplement, SCS,

WV, North Fork Hughes River

Watershed Project, New Information

Concerning Zebra Mussels

Assessment and Recreational Benefits

Update, Ritchie County, WV, Due:

December 29, 1997, Contact: Lynn

Shutts (Ext 167) (304) 291–4152.

EIS No. 970441, Final EIS, AFS, OR,

Kalmiopsis Wilderness, Approval for

Motorized Vehicular Access to the

Private Property within the Chetco

River Drainage, Special-Use-Permit

Issuance, Illinois Valley Ranger

District, Siskiyou National Forest,

Curry County, OR, Due: December 15,

1997, Contact: Don McLennan (541)

592–2166.

EIS No. 970442, Draft EIS, USN, CA,

Hunters Point (Former) Naval

Shipyard Disposal and Reuse,

Implementation, City of San

Francisco, San Francisco County, CA,

Due: December 29, 1997, Contact:

Mary Doyle (650) 244–3024.

EIS No. 970443, Final EIS, COE, AZ,

Tucson Drainage Area Arizona,

Implementation, Reduce Flooding,

City of Tucson, Pima County, AZ,

Due: December 15, 1997, Contact:

William Butler (213) 452–3845.

EIS No. 970444, Final Supplement,

NOA, Snapper Grouper Fishery,

Amendment 8 to the Fishery

Management Plan, Regulatory Impact

Review, South Atlantic Region, Due:

December 15, 1997, Contact: Rolland

A. Schmitter (301) 713–2239.

EIS No. 970445, Draft EIS, NPS, CA,

Backcounty and Wilderness

Management Plan, General

Management Plan Amendment,

Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside

and San Bernardino Counties, CA,

Due: December 29, 1997, Contact:

Alan Schmierer (415) 427–1441.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970426, Draft EIS, AFS, KY,

Daniel Boone National Forest OffHighway Vehicle (OHV) Management

Policy, Modification, Several

Counties, KY, Due: January 09, 1998,

Contact: Kevin Lawrence (606) 745–

3100.

Published FR—11–07–97—Due Date

correction.
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Dated: November 10, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request

for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency

ACTION: Notice of request for

applications.

SUMMARY: This notice provides

information on the availability of the

fiscal year 1998 investigator-initiated

grants program announcements, in

which the areas of research interest,

eligibility and submission requirements,

evaluation criteria, and implementation

schedule are set forth. Grants will be

competitively awarded following peer

review.

DATES: Receipt dates vary depending on

the specific research area within the

solicitation and are listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

National Center for Environmental

Research and Quality Assurance

(8703R), 401 M Street SW, Washington

DC 20460, telephone (800) 490–9194.

The complete announcement can be

accessed on the Internet from the EPA

home page: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its

Requests for Applications (RFA) the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) invites research grant

applications in the following areas of

special interest to its mission: (1)

Ecological Indicators, (2) Drinking

Water, (3) Air Pollution Chemistry and

Physics, (4) Urban Air Toxics, (5) Health

Effects and Exposures to Particulate

Matter and Associated Air Pollutants,

and (6) Decision-making and Valuation

for Environmental Policy (joint with the

National Science Foundation).

Applications must be received as

follows: January 15, 1998, for topic (6);

January 29, 1998, for topics (3) and (5);

February 12, 1998, for topic (4); and

February 26, 1998 for topics (1) and (2).

The RFAs provide relevant

background information, summarize

EPA’s interest in the topic areas, and

describe the application and review

process.

Contact person for the Ecological

Indicators RFA is Barbara Levinson

(levinson.barbara@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564-6911; for Drinking

Water, William Stelz

(stelz.william@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6834; for Air

Pollution Chemistry and Physics, Urban

Air Toxics, and Health Effects and

exposures to Particulate Matter and

Associated Air Pollutants is Deran

Pashayan

(pashayan.deran@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–564–6913; and for

Decision-making and Valuation for

Environmental Policy is Deborah

Hanlon

(hanlon.deborah@epamail.epa.gov),

telephone 202–5646836.

Dated: November 3, 1997.

Approved for publication:

S. A. Lingle,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

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Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico

Watershed Nutrient Task Force

Meeting

The U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Announces the Following

Meeting

Name: First Meeting of the Mississippi

River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient

Task Force.

Time and Date: 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.,

December 4, 1997.

Place: Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee

Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22209,

telephone 703/524–6400.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The room accommodates

approximately 150 people.

Purpose: A Task Force consisting of

Federal, State, and Tribal members, will lead

an effort to coordinate and support nutrient

management and hypoxia related activities in

the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico

watersheds.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include: eutrophication of large areas of the

Gulf of Mexico associated with drainage of

the Mississippi River Basin; economic and

ecological effects of recurring periods of low

dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) in the Gulf of

Mexico; and coordination of activities to

reduce the size, severity, and duration of this

phenomenon. The public will be afforded an

opportunity to provide comments on these

issues. Anyone interested in speaking should

contact the person listed below prior to the

meeting.

Contact Person for More Information: Dr.

Mary Belefski, U.S. EPA, Assessment and

Watershed Protection Division (AWPD), 401

M Street, S.W. (4503F), Washington, D.C.

20460, telephone 202/260–7061; Internet:

belefski.mary@epamail.epa.gov.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

Dana Minerva,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Water.

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Announcement and Notice of

Availability of the General Policy on

Superfund Ability to Pay

Determinations

SUMMARY: As part of EPA’s continuing

commitment to foster fairness in the

enforcement process, the Agency is

issuing this policy to explain what is

necessary for an acceptable ability to

pay (ATP) settlement in Superfund

cases. It is EPA’s intent to balance the

need for settling environmental liability

equitably without jeopardizing the

viability of a business or creating an

undue financial hardship for either

businesses or individuals. The main text

of the policy document addresses

general issues that apply to the ATP

process and ATP settlements. The

policy document also contains two

appendices that address issues specific

to making ATP determinations for

individuals and businesses. The policy

document establishes an ‘‘undue

financial hardship’’ standard for

determining a party’s ability to pay its

share of Superfund cleanup costs, and

uses a two-part analysis to determine

what is an acceptable ATP settlement

amount. The first part of the analysis,

called the ‘‘balance sheet phase,’’ looks

at the assets, liabilities, and owners’

equity of the ATP Candidate, calculating

the amount of money available from

excess cash, the sale of assets that are

not ordinary and necessary, borrowing

against assets, and owners’ equity. The

second part of the analysis, called the

‘‘income and cash flow statement

phase,’’ looks at the income and

expenses of the party and generally

calculates ‘‘available income’’ for a

Superfund settlement over a five-year

period. In calculating ‘‘available

income,’’ the analysis takes into account

‘‘increased future needs’’ (i.e., ordinary

and necessary expenses that will be

incurred by the ATP Candidate that

have not been incurred in the past or

that were incurred previously but which

are expected to be significantly greater

than in the past).