Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 248 / Monday, December 29, 1997 / Proposed Rules 67601

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Brent Wahlquist,

Regional Director, Mid-Continent Regional

Coordinating Center.

[FR Doc. 97–33660 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[IL159–1b; FRL–5938–3]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Plans For Designated Facilities and

Pollutants; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

Illinois’ Section 111(d)/129 State Plan

submitted on June 23, 1997, for

implementing and enforcing the

Emissions Guidelines applicable to

existing municipal waste combustors

with capacity to combust more than 250

tons/day of municipal solid waste. In

the final rules section of this Federal

Register, the EPA is approving this

action as a direct final rule without

prior proposal because EPA views this

as a noncontroversial action and

anticipates no adverse written

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse written comments are

received in response to that direct final

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this proposed rule. If EPA

receives adverse written comments

(which have not already been responded

to), the direct final rule will be

withdrawn and the written public

comments will be addressed in a

subsequent final rule based on the

proposed rule. Any parties interested in

commenting on this document should

do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments on this

proposed rule must be received on or

before January 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air

Programs Branch (AR–18J),

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Copies of the State submittal are

available for inspection at: Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs

Branch (AR–18J), Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark J. Palermo, Environmental

Protection Specialist, Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs

Branch (AR–18J), Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

60604, (312) 886–6082.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the direct

final rule published in the rules section

of this Federal Register.

Dated: December 11, 1997

Gail A. Ginsberg,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.

[FR Doc. 97–33766 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[FRL–5937–1]

Hazardous Waste Management

Program: Authorization of State

Hazardous Waste Management

Program for Louisiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the

Louisiana Department of Environment

Quality’s (LDEQ) RCRA Cluster IV

hazardous waste program. The

Louisiana RCRA Cluster IV hazardous

waste program consists of the regulation

of ‘‘Burning of Hazardous Waste in

Boilers and Industrial Furnaces’’. In the

final rules section of this Federal

Register, the EPA is approving the

State’s request as a immediate final rule

without prior proposal because EPA

views this action as noncontroversial

and anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for approving the

State’s request is set forth in the

immediate final rule. If no adverse

written comments are received in

response to that immediate final rule, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this proposed rule. If EPA

receives adverse written comments, a

second Federal Register document will

be published before the time the

immediate final rule takes effect. The

second document may withdraw the

immediate final rule or identify the

issues raised, respond to the comments

and affirm that the immediate final rule

will take effect as scheduled. EPA will

not institute a second comment period

on this action. Any parties interested in

commenting on this action should do so

at this time.

DATES: Written comments on this

proposed rule must be received on or

before January 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to Alima Patterson, Region 6

Authorization Coordinator, Grants and

Authorization Section (6PD-G),

Multimedia Planning and Permitting

Division, at the address listed below.

Copies of the materials submitted by

LDEQ may be examined during normal

business hours at the following

locations: EPA Region 6 Library, 12th

Floor, Wells Fargo Bank Tower at

Fountain Place, 1445 Ross Avenue,

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, Phone

number: (214) 665–6444. Louisiana

Department of Environmental Quality,

H.B. Garlock Building, 7290

Bluebonnet, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

70810, Phone number: (504) 765–0617.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alima Patterson (214) 665–8533.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the

immediate final rule published in the

rules section of this Federal Register.

Authority: This document is issued under

the authority of sections 2002(a), 3006 and

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as

amended 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, 6974(b).

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Lynda F. Carroll,

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator,

Region VI.

[FR Doc. 97–33763 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 272

[FRL–5935–6]

Hazardous Waste Management

Program: Authorization and

Incorporation by Reference of State

Hazardous Waste Management

Program for Louisiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to incorporate

by reference EPA’s approval of the

Louisiana Department of Environment

Quality’s (LDEQ) base hazardous waste

program and to approve its revisions to

that program submitted by the State of

Louisiana. In the final rules section of

this Federal Register, the EPA is

approving the State’s request as an

immediate final rule without prior

proposal because EPA views this action

as noncontroversial and anticipates no

adverse comments. A detailed rationale
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for approving the State’s request is set

forth in the immediate final rule. If no

adverse written comments are received

in response to that immediate final rule,

no further activity is contemplated in

relation to this proposed rule. If EPA

receives adverse written comments, a

second Federal Register document will

be published before the time the

immediate final rule takes effect.

The second document may withdraw

the immediate final rule or identify the

issues raised, respond to the comments

and affirm that the immediate final rule

will take effect as scheduled. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this action. Any parties

interested in commenting on this action

should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments on this

proposed rule must be received on or

before January 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to Alima Patterson, Region 6

Authorization Coordinator, Grants and

Authorization Section (6PD-G),

Multimedia Planning and Permitting

Division, at the address listed below.

Copies of the materials submitted by

LDEQ may be examined during normal

business hours at the following

locations: EPA Region 6 Library, 12th

Floor, Wells Fargo Bank Tower at

Fountain Place, 1445 Ross Avenue,

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, Phone

number: (214) 665–6444. Louisiana

Department of Environmental Quality,

H.B. Garlock Building, 7290

Bluebonnet, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

70810, Phone number: (504) 765–0617.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alima Patterson (214) 665–8533.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the

immediate final rule published in the

rules section of this Federal Register.

Authority

This document is issued under the

authority of sections 2002(a), 3006 and

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act

as amended 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926,

6974(b).

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Lynda F. Carroll,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VI.

[FR Doc. 97–33739 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 3820

RIN 1004—AC60

[WO–320–1990–01–24 1A]

Surface Management of Mineral

Activities Within the Bodie Bowl Under

the Bodie Protection Act of 1994

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) is withdrawing the

proposed rule concerning mineral

development in the Bodie Bowl which

was previously proposed to implement

the Bodie Protection Act of 1994.

Because this Act closed the area to

location of mining claims, and the state

of California and the Nature

Conservancy have acquired all existing

unpatented mining claims and mill sites

so that they may be reconveyed to BLM,

the development of locatable minerals

will not occur on Federal lands within

the Bodie Bowl. Thus, regulations are

no longer necessary to carry out the

provisions of the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Fontecchio, Regulatory Affairs

Group, Bureau of Land Management,

Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 C Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202)

452–5012 (Commercial or FTS).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bodie

Protection Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4471,

4509), withdrew Federal lands within

the Bodie Bowl to protect and preserve

the historic mining town of Bodie. The

withdrawal closed the area to further

mineral location, and the Act compelled

the Secretary of the Interior to manage

those existing claims in accordance with

rules which would minimize adverse

effects on historic, cultural, recreational

and natural resource values of the Bodie

Bowl. Specifically, the Secretary was

ordered to promulgate rules for

management of mineral activities within

the Bodie Bowl that are no less stringent

than the rules promulgated by the

National Park Service under the Mining

in the Parks Act (16 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.),

now codified at 36 CFR part 9. In

consultation with the California State

Department of Parks and Recreation,

which administers the Bodie Historic

Park, BLM issued proposed rules

designed to carry out the terms of the

Act on November 8, 1996 (61 FR 57837).

Since these rules were proposed, the

State of California and the Nature

Conservancy have acquired the

remaining mining claims and mill sites

in the Bodie Bowl. BLM expects that the

final stages of the agreement, whereby

the State and the Nature Conservancy

will quitclaim all unpatented mining

claims and mill sites back to the United

States, will be completed sometime in

the near future. As a result, there will

be no future mineral development

activities in the Bodie Bowl, making

BLM regulations of mining in the Bodie

Bowl unnecessary. Therefore, the

proposed regulations are withdrawn. If

for some unforeseen reason

development of locatable minerals

becomes possible on Federal lands in

the Bodie Bowl in the future, BLM

would take appropriate action to

promulgate any needed rules.

Date: December 17, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary for Land Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 97–33725 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 193, 194, and

195

[Docket PS–153, Notice 3]

RIN 2137–AC98

Metric Equivalents

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to

amend the pipeline safety regulations to

provide metric equivalents. The metric

equivalents are being provided for

informational purposes only. Operators

would continue to use the English

measures for purposes of compliance

and enforcement. No changeover to the

metric system of measurement is being

contemplated at this time. This may be

reconsidered in the future.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments in duplicate

by February 27, 1998. Late-filed

comments will be considered to the

extent practicable. Interested persons

should submit as part of their written

comments all the material that is

relevant to any statement of fact or

argument.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

subject of this notice may be submitted

to the Dockets Facility, U.S. Department

of Transportation, Research and Special