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in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15.

The Federal Register notice required

under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on June 18,

1997 (62 FR 33068); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 62 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide information to or

for a Federal agency. This includes the

time needed to review instructions;

develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purposes

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities: New

and existing bulk gasoline terminals and

pipeline breakout stations

Estimated Number of Respondents:

263.

Frequency of Response: 2 plus on

occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

32,575 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $850,500.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1659.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0325 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

(or E-Mail

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov)

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–29291 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–00219; FRL–5734–8]

Grants to Assist States in

Implementing a Lead-based Paint

Accreditation and Certification

Program After Passing Enabling

Legislation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA); solicitation of applications for

financial assistance.

SUMMARY: EPA has entered into a

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), and

has entered into an interagency

agreement, with HUD to administer the

remaining funds authorized under

section 1011(g) of Title X of the Housing

and Community Development Act of

1992. EPA will award grants from these

funds under its authority in section

404(g) of the Toxics Substances Control

Act (TSCA). This notice announces the

availability of $3,548,910 to provide

financial assistance to States for

purposes of establishing training,

accreditation, and certification programs

for professionals engaged in lead-based

paint activities listed under section 402

of TSCA, as promulgated on August 29,

1996. These grants are restricted to

States seeking assistance in establishing

a State training, accreditation, and

certification program after passing

enabling legislation. Although there is

no deadline in submitting an

application, applicants should note that

the funds are limited to $3,548,910.

These funds will be awarded to States,

Territories and the District of Columbia

on a first-come first-served basis.

Agency receipt of the application will

be logged by recording the date and

hour of the day that the appropriate EPA

Regional Office receives the application.

Applications must be sent by certified

mail, return receipt requested.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information, contact: Susan B.

Hazen, Director, Environmental

Assistance Division (7408), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm

E-543B, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460, (202) 554–1404, TDD: (202) 554–

0551, e-mail: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov. For technical

information, contact the appropriate

Regional Primary Lead Contact person

listed in Unit IX. of this document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title X of

the Housing and Community

Development Act of 1992, otherwise

known as the Residential Lead-based

Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992,

authorized the Secretary of the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development to provide grants of up to

$200,000 to State governments to

develop the capacity to carry out the

requirements of section 105(b)(16) of the

Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable

Housing Act and to carry out activities

under this section. Section 1011(g) of

Title X set aside $3,000,000 for each

fiscal year of 1993 and 1994 for the

purpose of establishing State training,

certification, or accreditation programs

that meet the requirements of section

402 of the Toxic Substances Control Act

(TSCA) once the State has enacted

enabling legislation. HUD identified this

money as Category II grants and

announced the availability of the first

year of the $3,000,000 set aside in the

Federal Register of June 4, 1993 (58 FR

31848).

HUD had originally estimated that

between 15 and 18 grants would be

awarded with the FY93 funds. Under

that grant cycle, HUD awarded only

$2,451,090 to the following 13 States:

Arkansas, California, Connecticut,

Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,

Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio,

Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia.

The resulting balance of $548,910 from

FY93 combined with $3,000,000

appropriated by Congress in FY94,

provides for the total of $3,548,910 in

grant dollars to be awarded by EPA

under this notification.

Approximately 18 grants of up to

$200,000 each will be awarded. Any

State that has previously received a

Category II Grant from the Department

of Housing and Urban Development

(HUD) is not eligible to apply for these

funds. These States include: Arkansas,

California, Connecticut, Louisiana,

Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,

Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode

Island, Vermont, and Virginia. States

that have passed enabling legislation

prior to August 29, 1996 may apply after

they meet the program elements listed

under Appendix E of HUD’s Notice of

Funding Availability document (58 FR

31848, June 4, 1993.) States that passed

enabling legislation after August 29,

1996 must, at a minimum, meet the

requirements set forth under the TSCA

section 402 final rule which was

published on that date.
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I. Eligibility

1. Eligible applicants. Eligible

applicants are the governments of all

remaining 37 States that have not

already received a grant under this

program from HUD, the District of

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the

Canal Zone, American Samoa, the

Northern Mariana Islands, and any other

territory or possession of the United

States that has passed enabling

legislation for a State certification

program, and that have a currently

approved consolidated plan. States will

become eligible to apply for Stage One

of these grants upon enactment of State

certification legislation.

Awards shall be made on a first-come

first-served basis in the order of the date

an acceptable application is received by

the appropriate EPA Regional Office

until the money is exhausted. In the

event of a tie between two or more

States competing for the last grant

money to be awarded, the State which

passed acceptable legislation first by

date will receive the funds.

2. Eligible activities—a. All necessary

and reasonable costs that directly

support the purpose of a Category II

Grant will be considered by EPA in the

applicant’s Stage-One proposal plan and

budget. Funds may be used for start-up

expenses such as salaries, renting space,

and supplies. The funds may also be

used for start-up capital expenditures

such as office furniture or equipment.

However, purchase or rehabilitation of

real property is not an eligible activity.

Capital acquisitions occurring under

this grant shall become and remain the

property of the grantee, subject to the

limitations of 40 CFR part 31.

b. At least 90 percent of the grant sum

shall be for the use of the State agency

established or designated to implement

the State certification program. The

remainder may be used by any other

part of the administrative costs of the

grant (see Unit X. of this document for

a full definition of administrative costs)

applicable to this grant program.

c. EPA reserves the right, in

negotiating the grant agreement, to

delete budget items that, in its

judgement, are not necessary for the

direct support of program purposes, and

to request the grantee to redirect the

deleted sums to other acceptable

purposes or make a corresponding

reduction in the grant request.

3. Limitations on use of assistance.

The Grant shall be used solely for the

purpose described in the applicant’s

approved implementation plan and the

budget, including any changes that may

be negotiated and adopted in the grant

agreement.

4. Threshold requirements-applicant’s

matching contribution. At a minimum,

the applicant shall provide a matching

contribution of at least 10 percent of the

requested grant sum. That contribution

may be in cash or in-kind. In-kind

contributions shall be given a monetary

value.

II. Purpose and Authority

Section 1021 of Title X of the Housing

and Community Development Act of

1992 amended TSCA to add Title IV.

TSCA Title IV, at section 404(g),

provides authority for EPA to award

these grants. However, because the

funds for these grants were originally

appropriated to HUD for award

pursuant to HUD’s section 1011(g) grant

authority, EPA will impose the statutory

restrictions relating to 1011(g) grants,

such as the 10 percent match

requirement of section 1011(h); the 10

percent limit on administrative

expenses imposed by section 1011(j);

and the section 1011(n) prohibition on

award more than 2 years after the

promulgation of section 402 regulations

unless the State has an authorized

program.

These grants are intended to assist

applicant State governments seeking

EPA authorization under Title IV of

TSCA to develop and carry out State

Training, Accreditation and

Certification Programs, once States have

enacted enabling legislation. To achieve

authorization under Title IV, programs

must: (1) Be as protective of human

health and the environment as the

federal program established under

TSCA Title IV sections 402 (as

promulgated in final on August 29,

1996) or 406, or both, and (2) provide

adequate enforcement.

Just as many building inspection

departments are wholly or partially selfsupporting from permits and license

fees, it is expected that State lead-based

paint certification programs, under

TSCA section 402 - 404 rules, can

become at least partially self-supporting.

During the startup of such efforts,

however, there may be a period before

potential revenues achieve expected

levels. These grants are intended to help

States bridge that gap, by providing the

initial seed money for the

implementation and staffing of a

certification program.

III. Background

1. Policy. The purpose of this program

is to implement a national strategy, as

defined in the Residential Lead-Based

Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992

(Title X), to build the infrastructure

necessary to eliminate lead-based paint

hazards in all housing as widely and

expeditiously as possible. Lead-based

paint hazard-reduction activities present

potentially substantial hazards to

workers and supervisors, occupants and

neighboring residents (particularly

children under the age of 6 and

pregnant women), and inspectors and

others who must visit the site during the

course of work. If improperly carried

out, the work may result in substantially

greater exposure to hazards than

previously existed; therefore, this work

should be performed only by thoroughly

trained and licensed or certified

workers, supervisors, contractors,

inspectors and risk assessors. To meet

this need, EPA promulgated the final

TSCA Title IV, section 402 rule on

August 29, 1996 to establish Model

State Programs that set minimum

standards for a qualified and properly

trained workforce to assist in the

prevention, detection and elimination of

hazards associated with lead-based

paint. This rule helps ensure that

individuals and firms conducting leadbased paint activities in target housing

and child-occupied facilities will do so

in a way that safeguards the

environment and protects the health of

building occupants, especially children

under the age of 6.

Traditionally, States and local

governments have provided oversight

and protection for the public against the

general hazards of construction and

chemical hazards. It is thus the Federal

government’s policy to draw upon this

State source of knowledge and expertise

in providing the needed oversight and

protection for the public against the

hazards of lead-based paint and the

work of reducing those hazards.

2. Development of EPA requirements.

To assure safe and effective performance

of the work, Congress required that

performance of lead-hazard testing and

lead-hazard reduction activities under

this Grant program shall be performed

by certified contractors, supervisors,

workers, inspectors and risk assessors.

Sections 402 and 404 of TSCA Title IV

were promulgated in final on August 29,

1996, establishing the requirements of a

Model State Program that contains

certification and accreditation

requirements, and regulations on

certification. Subpart Q of the 402 Rule

provides a description of the minimum

basic elements that need to be included

in State legislation. Under section

1011(n) of Title X, any State that does

not have an EPA-approved certification

program by August 31, 1998, will not

receive further funding through these

grants.
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For further information on this

subject, including technical assistance,

interested States may contact their EPA

Regional Lead Coordinator. A list of

current Regional Lead Contacts can be

found in Unit IX. of this document.

3. Deadline for State enabling

legislation. There are no time

limitations associated with these grant

funds; rather, the grant program will

cease when the funds are exhausted.

States, however, are reminded that they

have until August 31, 1998, to receive

EPA authorization or the Agency will

begin to administer and enforce the

regulations in any non-authorized State.

IV. Allocation Amounts

This Grant program is making

available $3,548,910 for approximately

18 grants, not to exceed $200,000 each.

V. Selection Criteria and Process

1. Generally. For many States, the

enactment of an acceptable certification

program and the implementation of an

acceptable agency plan will be several

months to a year or more after the

publication of this document.

Publication of detailed regulations

applicable to the State program are

likely to take up to an additional 6

months. For these reasons, this grants

program has been divided into two

stages to ease the application burden on

interested States. Stage One, described

in paragraph 2 of this unit, will be the

initial application for a grant, after

satisfactory enabling legislation has

been signed into State law. That

application will include the text of the

State legislation, a program

implementation plan, a budget, and a

request for one-half of the total grant

sum shown in the budget. Stage Two,

described in paragraph 3 of this unit,

includes the text of promulgated

regulations, detailing the functions of

the Agency, and a request for the

balance of the grant sum. If requested,

EPA will provide technical assistance to

an applicant or grantee on legislation,

regulations, the implementation plan, or

budget elements, before funding either

Stage One or Stage Two.

2. Stage One. A State that was not

previously awarded a HUD Category II

grant may file a formal grant application

at any time after an enabling statute, or

amendment to the existing legislation, is

signed into law, but not sooner. States

that have existing enabling legislation

may file a formal Stage One Grant

application at any time. Upon

acceptance by EPA of the statutory

language, the implementation plan, and

the budget, the State will receive onehalf its total grant sum requested in its

application. States that passed enabling

legislation prior to promulgation of the

TSCA Title IV section 402 final rule

(August 29, 1996) will be eligible to

apply for Stage One grant funding, even

though their enabling legislation may

not be consistent with the TSCA Title IV

section 402 requirements. These States,

however, do need to meet the program

elements discussed in Appendix E of

HUD’s Notification of Funding

Availability document published in the

June 4, 1993 Federal Register. EPA does

not want to withhold partial funding

from States that enacted their enabling

legislation more rapidly than EPA could

promulgate its rule. However, States in

this situation will be ineligible for Stage

Two funding under this grant program

until they pass additional legislation

consistent with TSCA section 402

requirements. The application shall

include:

a. The text of the statute.

b. An implementation plan that

establishes or designates an agency, or

agencies, to carry out the training and

certification functions, and to

promulgate or revise the detailed

regulations, if necessary, including:

(i) A proposed schedule for regulation

development, if applicable.

(ii) The plan to address potential

conflicts in overall State program design

if enabling statutes are significantly

prescriptive.

(iii) Delineation of agency

responsibilities.

(iv) Key contacts.

c. A proposed budget.

3. Stage Two. States that have filed an

acceptable application under Stage One

may file either the enabling regulations

or the amended regulations, and request

the final half of the grant sum at any

time.

VI. EPA Review of the Applications

EPA will provide a prompt response

to the State applicant at each stage of

the application cycle. If the grant is

disapproved, EPA will provide

comments on why the application is not

acceptable. The State may then resubmit

a new application for reconsideration

with a new corresponding receipt date.

Upon completion of the review and

acceptance of a Stage One application,

EPA will schedule an appointment for

negotiating and signing of the Grant

Agreement. Upon completion of the

review and acceptance of a Stage Two

request for funds, EPA will make the

balance of the grant sum available to the

grantee.

Approval of a State’s Stage One or

Stage Two application under this

program does not equate to Federal

approval of the State’s Certification

Program: approval of this grant only

constitutes approval for funding. TSCA

section 404 lists the procedure for the

approval of State programs.

VII. Application Requirements

1. Contents. To be considered for

funding, a Stage One application shall,

at a minimum, include the following

forms and certifications which are

contained in EPA’s ‘‘Application Kit for

Assistance’’:

• Standard Form 424 (Application

for Federal Assistance).

• EPA Form 5700-48 (Procurement

Certification).

• Drug-Free Workplace Certification.

• Debarment and Suspension

Certification.

• Disclosure of Lobbying Activities.

• A return mailing address.

• A copy of the enacted or amended

State legislation.

• A detailed implementation plan

including staffing for carrying out the

implementation described in this

document.

• A detailed line-item budget with

sufficient information to clearly justify

costs. The budget shall be by task and

subtask.

• The application shall be in

compliance with Federal civil rights

laws and requirements.

• The application shall include

assurances of nondiscrimination on the

basis of age or handicap, in compliance

with the Age discrimination Act of

1975, section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973, and all regulations issued

pursuant to these authorities.

2. Environmental review. The

activities to be supported under this

grant program do not involve physical

intervention at any real properties, and

therefore do not require an

environmental review. However, the use

of these grants to assist in the purchase

of equipment for use in a building in

special flood hazard area can only be

undertaken where the community

participates in the National Flood

Insurance Program and flood insurance

is purchased in accordance with the

applicable regulations (44 CFR parts 59

through 79), or less than a year has

passed since FEMA notification

regarding these hazards; and flood

insurance on the property is obtained in

accordance with section 102(a) of the

Flood Disaster Protection Act (42 U.S.C.

4012a(a)). Applicants are responsible for

assuring that flood insurance is obtained

and maintained for the appropriate

amount and term, unless the property is

covered by a FEMA-approved State

policy of self-insurance.
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VIII. Reports

Grantees shall submit quarterly

progress reports to their EPA Regional

Office’s Lead Contact that reflect the

grantee’s expenditures and technical

progress to date, compared with the

original plan, and a narrative describing

important events and problems

encountered during the period.

IX. Application Procedures and

Schedule

Applications must be submitted to the

appropriate EPA regional office in

duplicate; one copy to the regional lead

program branch and the other to the

regional grants management branch.

Early consultations are recommended

between prospective applicants and

their EPA regional offices. Because

TSCA section 404(g) grants will be

administered at the regional level, these

consultations can be critical to the

ultimate success of a State’s project or

program. Work programs are to be

negotiated between applicants and their

EPA regional offices to ensure that both

EPA and State priorities can be

addressed. Any application from a State,

Territory, or the District of Columbia

without an authorized program must

demonstrate how the proposed activities

will lead to that State’s pursuit of

authorization. Also, any applicant

proposing the collection of

environmentally related measurements

or data generation must adequately

address the requirements of 40 CFR

31.45 relating to quality assurance/

quality control.

For more information about this

financial assistance program, or for

technical assistance in preparing an

application for funding, interested

parties should contact the Regional

Primary Lead Contact person in the

appropriate EPA regional office. The

mailing addresses and contact telephone

numbers for these offices are listed

below.

Region I: (Connecticut, Massachusetts,

Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, Vermont), JFK Federal

Building, One Congress St., Boston,

MA 02203. Telephone: (617) 565–

3836 (Jim Bryson)

Region II: (New York, New Jersey,

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), Building

5, SDPTSB, 2890 Woodbridge Ave.,

Edison, NJ 08837–3679. Telephone:

(908) 321–6671 (Lou Bevilacqua)

Region III: (Delaware, Maryland,

Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,

District of Columbia), 841 Chestnut

Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Telephone: (215) 566–2084 (Gerallyn

Valls)

Region IV: (Alabama, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Mississippi, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee),

100 Alabama St., SW, Atlanta, GA

30303. Telephone: (404) 562–8998

(Rose Anne Rudd)

Region V: (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,

Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin), SP-14J,

77 W. Jackson St., Chicago, IL 60604.

Telephone: (312) 886–7836 (David

Turpin)

Region VI: (Arkansas, Louisiana, New

Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), 12th

Floor, Suite 2000, 1445 Ross Ave.,

Dallas, TX 75202. Telephone: (214)

665–7577 (Jeff Robinson)

Region VII: (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,

Nebraska), ARTD/RENV, 726

Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS

66101. Telephone: (913) 551–7518

(Mazzie Talley)

Region VIII: (Colorado, Montana, North

Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,

Wyoming), 999 18th St., Suite 500,

Denver, CO 80202. Telephone: (303)

312–6021 (David Combs)

Region IX: (Arizona, California, Hawaii,

Nevada, American Samoa, Guam), 75

Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA

94105. Telephone: (415) 744–1094

(Harold Rush)

Region X: (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,

Washington), Solid Waste and Toxics

Unit (WCM-128), 1200 Sixth Ave.,

Seattle, WA 98101. Telephone: (206)

553–1985 (Barbara Ross)

X. Explanation of Administrative Costs

A. Purpose

The intent of this EPA Grant program

is to allow the grantee to be reimbursed

for the reasonable direct and indirect

costs, subject to a top limit, for overall

management of developing a State

accreditation and certification program

for professionals engaged in lead-based

paint activities. Congress set a top limit

of 10 percent of the total grant sum for

the grantee to perform the function of

overall management of the grant

program. The cost of that function, for

the purpose of this grant, is defined as

the ‘‘administrative cost’’ of the grant,

and is limited to 10 percent of the total

grant amount. The balance of 90 percent

or more of the total grant sum is

reserved for the development of the

program.

B. Administrative Costs: What They Are

Not

For the purposes of this EPA grant

program for the State government, the

term ‘‘administrative costs’’ should not

be confused with the terms of ‘‘general

and administrative cost,’’ ‘‘indirect

cost,’’ and ‘‘overhead.’’ These are

accounting terms usually represented by

a government-accepted standard

percentage rate. The percentage rate

allocates a fair share of an organization’s

costs that cannot be attributed to a

particular project or department (such

as the chief executive’s salary or the

costs of the organization’s headquarters

building) to all projects and operating

departments (such as the Fire

Department, the Police Department, the

Community Development Department,

the Health Department or this program).

Such allocated costs are added to those

projects’ or departments’ direct costs to

determine their total costs to the

organization.

C. Administrative Costs: What They Are

For the purposes of this EPA grant

program, ‘‘Administrative Costs’’ are the

grantee’s allowable direct costs for the

overall management of the grant

program plus the allocated indirect

costs. The allowable limit of such costs

that can be reimbursed under this

program is 10 percent of the total grant

sum. Should the grantee’s actual costs

for overall management of the grant

program exceed 10 percent of the total

grant sum, those excess costs shall be

paid for by the grantee. However, excess

costs paid for by the grantee may be

shown as part of the requirement for

cost-sharing funds to support the grant.

D. Administrative Costs: Definition

1. General. Administrative costs are

the allowable, reasonable, and allocable

direct and indirect costs related to the

overall management of the EPA grant.

Those costs shall be segregated in a

separate cost center within the grantee’s

accounting system, and are eligible for

reimbursement as part of the grant,

subject to the 10 percent limit.

Administrative costs do not include any

of the staff and overhead costs directly

arising from developing and

implementing an authorized State

accreditation and certification program

for professionals engaged in lead-based

paint activities.

2. Specific. Reasonable costs for the

grantee’s overall grant management,

coordination, monitoring and evaluation

are eligible administrative costs. Subject

to the 10 percent limit, such costs

include, but are not limited to necessary

expenditures for the following goods,

activities, and services:

a. Salaries, wages, and related costs of

the grantee’s staff, the staff of affiliated

public agencies, or other staff engaged

in the grantee’s overall grant

management activities: In charging costs

to this category the recipient may either

include the entire salary, wages, and

related costs allocated to the program

for each person whose primary
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responsibility (more than 65 percent of

their time) with regard to the grant

program involved direct overall grant

management assignments, or the pro

rate share of the salary, wages, and

related costs of each person whose job

includes any overall grant management

assignments. The grantee may have one

of these two methods during the

program. Overall grant management

includes the following kinds of

activities:

(i) Preparing grantee program budgets

and schedules, and amendments

thereto.

(ii) Preparing presentations, reports,

and other documents related to the

program to EPA.

(iii) Developing systems for assuring

compliance with program requirements.

(iv) Evaluating program results against

stated objectives.

(v) Managing or supervising persons

whose responsibilities with regard to

the program include such assignments

as those described in paragraphs (i)

through (iv) of this unit.

b. Travel costs incurred for official

business in carrying out the overall

grant management.

c. Administrative services performed

under third party contract or agreement,

for services directly allocable to overall

grant management such as overall-grant

legal services, overall-grant accounting

services, and overall-grant audit

services;

d. Other costs for goods and services

required for and directly related to the

overall management of the grant

program, including such goods and

services as telephone, postage, rental of

equipment, renter’s insurance for the

program management space, utilities,

office supplies, and rental and

maintenance (but not purchase) of office

space for the program.

To repeat, all of the above activities,

goods and services (Items a. (i.-v.), b., c.,

and d. in Unit X.D.2. of this document)

are subject to the 10 percent limit.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Grants,

Lead, Training and accreditation.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

William H. Sanders III,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxic Substances.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5917–3]

EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant

Monitoring Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of a stakeholder

meeting on the development of

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring

Regulations and a List.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a two-day public meeting on EPA’s

development of Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulations

and a List. The focus of this meeting

will be the development of the

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring

Regulation and List of unregulated

contaminants to be monitored by public

water systems as required by the Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as

amended in 1996. The meeting will be

open to any interested parties. EPA

encourages the full participation of

stakeholders throughout this process.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring

Program will be held on December 2–3,

1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Resolve, Inc. (an EPA

contractor) will provide logistical

support for the stakeholders meeting.

The meeting will be held at Resolve,

Inc., 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Suite 275,

Washington, D.C. 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about the meeting,

please contact Mr. Jeff Citrin at Resolve,

Inc., 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Suite 275,

Washington, D.C. 20037; phone: (202)

965–6388; fax: (202)338–1264, or e-mail

at jcitrin@resolv.org.

For other information on Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulations

and a List, please contact Charles Job, at

the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Phone: 202–260–7084, Fax:

202–260–3762.

Members of the public wishing to

attend the meeting may register by

phone by contacting Mr. Jeff Citrin by

November 15, 1997. Those registered for

the meeting will receive background

materials prior to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background on the Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulation

EPA must issue regulations

establishing criteria for the monitoring

of unregulated contaminants.

Monitoring shall vary based on system

size, source water, and contaminants

likely to be found. Only a representative

sample of systems serving 10,000

persons or fewer must be monitored.

Within 3 years after enactment, and

every 5 years thereafter, EPA shall issue

a list of not more than 30 unregulated

contaminants to be monitored by public

water systems. Results of the monitoring

are to be included in the national

contaminant occurrence data base. Each

state may develop an unregulated

contaminant monitoring plan for small

and medium systems (serving fewer

than 10,000 persons). EPA is required to

cover the reasonable costs of testing and

laboratory analysis for such plans, using

funds authorized by Congress for

unregulated contaminant monitoring or

a $2 million Drinking Water State

Revolving Fund (DWSRF) reservation.

EPA shall waive the requirement for

monitoring of unregulated contaminants

in a state if the state demonstrates that

the criteria for listing are not applicable

in the state. Water systems must provide

the results of unregulated contaminant

monitoring to the primacy agency (state/

EPA) and must notify persons served by

the system of the availability of results

[section 1445(a)(2)].

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

The upcoming meeting deals

specifically with EPA’s efforts to

develop Unregulated Contaminant

Monitoring Regulations and a List. EPA

believes that the initial list of

unregulated contaminants for which

monitoring will be required will largely

come from the first Contaminant

Candidate List (CCL) to be published in

final form by February 1998. EPA will

use the CCL to establish priorities for

additional occurrence data gathering,

health effects research, and regulation

development. One of EPA’s goals is to

obtain monitoring data on certain

unregulated contaminants to determine

whether any of the contaminants should

be regulated in the future to protect

drinking water used by consumers from

public water systems. These

unregulated contaminant data will also

be used to support the development of

future CCL and to guide future research.

These data will be reported to the

National Contaminant Occurrence Data

Base and to the users of the selected

water systems, as required by law.

The EPA Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water (OGWDW) sees the

involvement of interested parties,

representing a variety of perspectives

and expertise, as critical to the

development of a credible, effective and

implementable regulation and list. This

stakeholder meeting will provide an

important opportunity for such

involvement. Some anticipated issues