Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices 67865

Burden Statement

EPA plans to conduct ten sets of

interviews involving non-Federal

respondents in the form of roundtables.

EPA will contact 50 non-Federal

respondents. The interview will place a

burden of 16 hours on each respondent

and cost in time of $43 per respondent

per hour. Thus, the total expected

respondent burden is estimated at 800

hours and $34,400.

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

respond to a collection of information;

search existing data sources; complete

and′ review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Susan O’Keefe,

Deputy Director, Office of Planning and Policy

Analysis, Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance.

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Proposed Settlement Agreement,

Clean Air Act Petition for Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement;

request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended

(‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is

hereby given of a proposed settlement

agreement, which was filed with the

United States Court of Appeals for the

District of Columbia Circuit by the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’) on October 16, 1997, to

address a lawsuit filed by the

Appalachian Power Company and other

electric utilities. Appalachian Power

Company, et al., v. United States

Environmental Protection Agency, No

93–1631. This lawsuit, which was filed

pursuant to section 307(b) of the Act, 42

U.S.C. 7607(b), is a petition for review

of the modeling assumptions required

for existing point source and new or

modified point source compliance

demonstrations as set forth in Tables 9–

1 and 9–2 of the ‘‘Guideline on Air

Quality Models’’ (the ‘‘Modeling

Guidelines’’) regulations published at 58

FR 38816 (July 20, 1993) and codified in

Appendix W of 40 CFR Part 51. The

proposed settlement agreement provides

that EPA will issue specified guidance

on interpretation of parts of the Tables

in question and will propose to

incorporate that guidance into the

Modeling Guideline.

For a period of thirty (30) days

following the date of publication of this

notice, EPA will receive written

comments relating to the proposed

settlement agreement 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 agreement if the comments

disclose facts or circumstances that

indicate that such consent is

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or

inconsistent with the requirements of

the Act.

A copy of the proposed settlement

agreement was filed with the Clerk of

the United States Court of Appeals for

the District of Columbia Circuit on

October 16, 1997. Copies are also

available 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. Written comments should be sent

to Alexander Schmandt at the address

above and must be submitted on or

before January 29, 1998.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Scott C. Fulton,

Acting General Counsel.

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Proposed Administrative Agreement

for Recovery of Past Response Costs

Under Section 122(h) of CERCLA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed settlement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 122(h) of

CERCLA, EPA is proposing to settle a

claim under Section 107 of CERCLA for

response costs incurred by EPA in

conducting a removal action to address

hazardous substances at the Pruitt &

Grace Site in Lorain, OH. Mr. Michael

Pruitt, the Settling Party, has agreed to

reimburse EPA in the amount of

$20,000. EPA today is proposing to

approve this settlement offer because it

reimburses EPA for costs incurred

during the removal action.

DATES: Comments on this proposed

settlement must be received on or before

January 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

settlement are available at the following

address for review: (It is recommended

that you telephone Mr. Kevin Chow at

(312) 353–6181 before visiting the

Region 5 Office).

Mr. Kevin Chow (C–14J), Office of

Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604.

Comments on this proposed

settlement should be addressed to:

(Please submit an original and three

copies, if possible) Mr. Kevin Chow (C–

14J), Office of Regional Counsel, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, IL 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Kevin Chow, Office of Regional

Counsel, at (312) 353–6181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

response to several hundred

deteriorated drums at the Pruitt & Grace

Site containing leaking hazardous or

ignitable waste and posing a risk of fire

or explosion, U.S. EPA undertook

actions to minimize the immediate

threat, test the materials involved, and

properly dispose of the hazardous

waste. The Settling Party was an owner

and officer of a highway line painting

company that operated at the site, and,

after ceasing operations, left behind

drums of hazardous and flammable

waste, primarily paint and solvent

waste. The Pruitt & Grace Site is not on

the National Priorities List. A 30-day

period, beginning on the date of

publication, is open pursuant to section

122(i) of CERCLA for comments on this

proposed settlement.

Comments should be addressed to Mr.

Kevin Chow, Office of Regional Counsel

(C–14J), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604.

Kevin C. Chow,

Assistant Regional Counsel.

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