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is estimated to total 991,000 hours per

year with an annual cost of $61.9

million. These totals are based on an

average burden of 34.6 hours per

response for an estimated 14,453

respondents making one response

annually. These estimates include the

time needed to determine applicability;

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. The use of

Form A may save reporting facilities a

total of up to 500,000 hours and $30

million per year, compared to the cost

of reporting on Form R.

III. Public Record and Electronic

Submissions

The official record for this document

as well as the pubic version, has been

established for this document under

docket control number ‘‘OPPTS–00229’’

(including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from 12 noon

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The official

rulemaking record is located in the

TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center, Rm. NE–B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number ‘‘OPPTS–

00229’’ and administrative control

number 187. Electronic comments on

this document may be online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection;

information collection requests;

reporting and recordkeeping.

Dated: December 16, 1997.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

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Proposed Settlements; Petitions for

Review of ‘‘National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants; Final Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions

From Wood Furniture Manufacturing

Operations’’

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlements;

request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act (‘‘the Act’’),

notice is hereby given of three proposed

settlement agreements regarding the

following petitions for review: Chemical

Manufacturers Association v. EPA, No.

96–1031(D.C. Cir.); Halogenated

Solvents Industry Alliance, Inc. v. EPA,

No. 96–1036 (D.C. Cir.); and Society of

the Plastics Industry, Inc., v. Browner,

No. 96–1038 (D.C. Cir.). Each petition

seeks judicial review under section

307(b) of the Act of the final rule

entitled, ‘‘National Emission Standards

for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Final

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant

Emissions from Wood Furniture

Manufacturing Operations,’’ 60 FR

62930 (Dec. 7, 1995) (‘‘Wood Furniture

NESHAP’’), promulgated by the United

States Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’), respondent, and codified at 40

CFR part 63, subpart JJ.

There is a separate proposed

settlement agreement (‘‘PSA’’) for each

petition for review, which addresses the

specific issues raised by the respective

petitioner. For convenience of interested

parties, following is a brief summary of

some of the key points of each PSA;

however, interested parties are strongly

encouraged to obtain a copy of the PSAs

to discern for themselves the full scope

of the proposed settlements instead of

relying solely on the summaries below.

The PSA between EPA and the

Chemical Manufacturers Association

requires EPA to conduct notice and

comment rulemaking proposing that

certain glycol ethers be removed from

Table 6 of the Wood Furniture NESHAP

and that the de minimis value in Table

6 for 2-ethoxy ethyl acetate be revised

to read 10.0 tons/year.

The PSA between EPA and the

Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance

would require EPA: (1) to conduct

notice-and-comment rulemaking in

accordance with section 307(d) of the

Act proposing that perchloroethylene

and trichloroethylene be deleted from

Table 4 of the Wood Furniture NESHAP;

and (2) to give great weight to the

recommendations of the Science Panel

regarding whether a reassessment of the

cancer hazard for methylene chloride

should be undertaken based on the

current state-of-the-science. This PSA

also requires EPA to conduct additional

notice and comment rulemaking with

respect to methylene chloride if

methylene chloride is reassessed and

certain findings are made as a result of

that reassessment.

The PSA between the Society of the

Plastics Industry and EPA would

require EPA to propose technical

amendments to the Wood Furniture

NESHAP that would remove the

subheadings of ‘‘Nonthreshold

Pollutants,’’ ‘‘High-Concern Pollutants,’’

and ‘‘Unrankable Pollutants’’ in Table 6

of the Wood Furniture NESHAP and to

remove footnote ‘‘a’’ to Table 6, on the

grounds that the subheadings and

footnote are unnecessary because no

subcategories of pollutants are created

in Table 6.

Each of the proposed settlement

agreements would require EPA to sign a

notice of proposed rulemaking regarding

the above amendments no later than six

(6) months after the date the settlement

agreement is signed, and a notice of

final rulemaking no later than twelve

(12) months after the date the settlement

agreement is signed.

Notice of Proposed Settlement

For a period of thirty (30) days

following the date of publication of this

document, the Agency will receive

written comments relating to the

settlement from persons who were not

named as parties to the litigation in

question. EPA or the Department of

Justice may withhold or withdraw

consent to the proposed settlement if

the comments disclose facts or

circumstances that indicate that such

consent is inappropriate, improper,

inadequate, or inconsistent with the

requirements of the Act. Copies of the

proposed settlement agreements may be

requested from Phyllis Cochran, Air and

Radiation Division (2344), Office of

General Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 260–

7606, or by e-mail at

COCHRAN.PHYLLIS@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

Written comments should be sent to Jon
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Devine at the above address and must be

submitted on or before January 23, 1998.

Dated: September 12, 1997.

Scott C. Fulton,

Principal Deputy General Counsel.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements

Filed December 15, 1997 Through

December 19, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970483, Draft EIS, FAA, FL,

Miami International Airport Master

Plan Update for the Proposed New

Runway, Funding and COE Section

404 Permit, Miami-Dade County, FL,

Due: February 20, 1998, Contact: Bart

Vernace, P.E. (407) 812–6331.

EIS No. 970484, Draft Supplement, COE,

CA, Napa River and Napa Creek Flood

Protection Project, New Information,

City of Napa, Napa County, CA, Due:

February 06, 1998, Contact: Thomas

Bonetti (916) 557–6727.

EIS No. 970485, Draft EIS, AFS, AK,

Cascade Point Access Road,

Construction, Maintenance and

Operation, Road Easement within

National Forest System land in the

vicinity of Echo Cove, EPA Permit,

COE Sections 10 and 404 Permits,

Juneau, AK, Due: February 06, 1998,

Contact: Jennett de Leeuw (907) 586–

8800.

EIS No. 970486, Final EIS, AFS, WI,

Oconto River Seed Orchard Pest

Management Plan, Implementation,

Nicolet National Forest, Oconto

County, WI, Due: January 22, 1998,

Contact: Bill Sery (715) 276–7400.

EIS No. 970487, Draft EIS, COE, GA,

Brunswick Harbor Deepening Federal

Navigation Project, Improvements,

Brunswick, Glynn County, GA, Due:

February 06, 1998, Contact: William

G. Bailey (912) 652–5781.

EIS No. 970488, Final EIS, USN, NY,

Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve

Plant Calverton Disposal and Reuse,

Implementation, Towns of Riverhead

and Brookhaven on Long Island,

Suffolk County, NY, Due: January 22,

1998, Contact: Kurt C. Frederick (610)

595–0728.

EIS No. 970489, DRAFT EIS, DOE, KY,

TN, OH, TN, Programmatic EIS—

Alternative Strategies for the LongTerm Management and Use of

Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride,

Paducah Site, McCracken County, KY;

Portsmouth Site, Pike County, OH;

and K–25 Site on the Oak Ridge

Reservation, Anderson and Roane

Counties, TN, Due: April 28, 1998,

Contact: Charles E. Bradley (301) 903–

4781.

EIS No. 970490, Final EIS, FHW, MO,

MO–21 Corridor Transportation

Improvement, between Otto to

DeSoto, Funding, COE Section 404

Permit and NPDES Permit, Jefferson

County, MO, Due: January 22, 1998,

Contact: Don Newmann (573) 636–

7104.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970464, Draft EIS, COE, AZ, Rio

Salado Environmental Restoration of

two Sites along the Salt River; (1)

Phoenix Reach and (2) Tempe Reach,

Feasibility Report, in the Cities of

Phoenix and Tempe, Maricopa

County, AZ, Due: January 26, 1998,

Contact: Alex Watt (213) 452–3860.

Published FR–12–12–97—Correction

to Telephone.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Anne N. Miller,

Deputy Director, Office of Federal Activities.

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Technical Workshop on the Potential

for Application of 2,3,7,8–TCDD

Toxicity Equivalency Factors to

Aquatic Life and Wildlife

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a

workshop to evaluate the application of

toxicity equivalency factors (TEFs) for

2,3,7,8–TCDD to the assessment of risks

from polychlorinated dioxins, furans,

and biphenyls to terrestrial and aquatic

wildlife. The workshop will be open to

members of the public as observers. The

application of TEFs, which are based on

different experimental systems and

varying amounts of empirical data, will

be studied in the context of

representative case studies.

DATES: The workshop will begin on

Tuesday, January 20, 1998, at 3 p.m. and

end on Thursday, January 22, 1998, at

5 p.m. Members of the public may

attend as observers.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 S.

Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605,

Telephone (312) 922–4400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

technical inquiries, contact Cynthia

Nolt, U.S. EPA Office of Science Policy

(8104R), 401 M Street SW, Washington,

DC 20460, Telephone (202) 564–6763.

Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA

contractor, is convening this workshop.

To attend the workshop as an observer,

contact Eastern Research Group, Inc.,

Telephone (781) 674–7374.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the workshop is to explore

the application of additivity models for

polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and

biphenyls in problem formulations and

effects characterizations of ecological

risk assessments for aquatic life and

avian and mammalian wildlife. In two

previous workshops, convened by the

World Health Organization in August

1996 and June 1997, scientific experts

reached consensus on a scheme for

prioritizing data sets and TEFs for

aquatic life and wildlife. This third

workshop will examine the use of a TEF

approach in effects characterization in

prospective risk assessments, as well as

in retrospective risk assessments, where

it may be applied as a diagnostic tool to

assess relative risk.

The workshop will consist of three

panels that are to address uncertainties,

such as lack of knowledge and

variability, associated with WHO

consensus TEFs (and the data sets for

aquatic, avian, and mammalian wildlife

from which the TEFs were determined),

in the context of two risk assessment

case studies. The prospective case study

involves a risk assessment for a

hypothetical point source requiring a

water quality permit with standards that

will protect aquatic life and wildlife at

the individual and population levels of

biological organization. The

retrospective case study focuses on a

hypothetical freshwater ecosystem in

which scientists have observed

reproductive effects and have measured

exposures in both biota and sediments.

The panels will relate the exposure

levels to a concentration of concern and

a threshold for remediation.

To focus the workshop, the

deliberations will address only

compounds whose mode of action is

elicited through the arylhydrocarbon

receptor (AhR). The workshop will not

address either chemicals with different

modes of action or nonchemical

stressors. In addition, the workshop

deliberations will be restricted to the

direct effects of AhR agonists, and will