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beginning on January 1, 1997 through

December 31, 2007, after which they

will be required to meet any applicable

Phase II emissions limitation for NOX.

The following is a list of units included

in the permits or permit modifications

and the limits that they are required to

meet:

Bridgeport Harbor unit BHB3 in

Connecticut: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is John A.

Buffa.

Ames units 7 and 8 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/

mmBtu for unit 7, 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for

unit 8. The designated representative is

Merlin C. Hove.

Council Bluffs units 1 and 3 in Iowa:

0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William Leech.

George Neal North units 2 and 3 in

Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William Leech.

George Neal South unit 4 in Iowa:

0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William Leech.

Lansing unit 4 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/

mmBtu. The designated representative

is Dale R. Sharp.

Louisa unit 101 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/

mmBtu. The designated representative

is William Leech.

Ottumwa unit 1 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/

mmBtu. The designated representative

is William W. Douglass.

Nearman Creek unit 1 in Kansas: 0.50

lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Larry Adair.

Riverton units 39 and 40 in Kansas:

0.50 lbs/mmBtu for unit 39, 0.45 lbs/

mmBtu for unit 40. The designated

representative is Bruce Baker.

Sikeston unit 1 in Missouri: 0.50 lbs/

mmBtu. The designated representative

is Randall Pick.

Gerald Gentleman units 1 and 2 in

Nebraska: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is W. J.

Fehrman.

Gerald Whelan Energy Center unit 1

in Nebraska: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Marvin

Schultes.

Nebraska City unit 1 in Nebraska: 0.50

lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William C. Jones.

North Omaha unit 4 in Nebraska: 0.45

lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William C. Jones.

Boardman unit 1SG in Oregon: 0.50

lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Richard J. Hess.

Dated: February 14, 1997

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of

Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and

Radiation.

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Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and

Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft permits and

permit modifications.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for

comment draft Phase I Acid Rain

permits and permit modifications

including nitrogen oxides (NOX)

compliance plans in accordance with

the Acid Rain Program regulations (40

CFR parts 72 and 76). Because the

Agency does not anticipate receiving

adverse comments, the permits and

permit modifications are also being

issued as a direct final action in the

notice of permits and permit

modifications published elsewhere in

today’s Federal Register.

DATES: Comments on the draft permits

and permit modifications must be

received no later than March 26, 1997

or 30 days after the date of publication

of a similar notice in a local newspaper,

whichever is later.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records.

The administrative record for the

permits, except information protected as

confidential, may be viewed during

normal operating hours at the following

locations: for plants in Connecticut,

EPA Region 1, JFK Building, One

Congress Street, Boston, MA, 02203; for

plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and

Nebraska, EPA Region 7, 726 Minnesota

Ave., Kansas City, KS, 66101; and for

plants in Oregon, EPA Region 10, 1200

Sixth Avenue (AT–082), Seattle,

Washington, 98101.

Comments. Send comments, requests

for public hearings, and requests to

receive notices of future actions to: for

plants in Connecticut, EPA Region 1,

Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management

Division, Attn: Ian Cohen (address

above); for plants in Iowa, Kansas,

Missouri, and Nebraska, EPA Region 7,

Air, RCRA, and Toxics Division, Attn:

Jon Knodel (address above); and for

plants in Oregon, EPA Region 10, Air

and Toxics Division, Attn: Joan Cabreza

(address above). Submit comments in

duplicate and identify the permit to

which the comments apply, the

commenter’s name, address, and

telephone number, and the commenter’s

interest in the matter and affiliation, if

any, to the owners and operators of all

units in the plan. All timely comments

will be considered, except those

pertaining to standard provisions under

40 CFR 72.9 or issues not relevant to the

permit or the permit modification.

Hearings. To request a public hearing,

state the issues proposed to be raised in

the hearing. EPA may schedule a

hearing if EPA finds that it will

contribute to the decision-making

process by clarifying significant issues

affecting a NOX compliance plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

plants in Connecticut, call Ian Cohen,

(617) 565–3568; for plants in Iowa,

Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, call Jon

Knodel, (913) 551–7622; and for plants

in Oregon, call Joan Cabreza (206) 553–

8505.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If no

significant, adverse comments are

timely received, no further activity is

contemplated in relation to these draft

permits and draft permit modifications

and the permits and permit

modifications issued as a direct final

action in the notice of permits and

permit modifications published

elsewhere in today’s Federal Register

will automatically become final on the

date specified in that notice. If

significant, adverse comments are

timely received on any permit or permit

modification, that permit or permit

modification in the notice of permits

and permit modifications will be

withdrawn and public comment

received on that permit or permit

modification based on this notice of

draft permits and permit modifications

will be addressed in a subseqent notice

of permit or permit modification.

Because the Agency will not institute a

second comment period on this notice

of draft permits and permit

modifications, any parties interested in

commenting should do so during this

comment period.

For further information and a detailed

description of the permits and permit

modifications, see the information

provided in the notice of permits and

permit modifications elsewhere in

today’s Federal Register.

Dated: February 14, 1997.

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of

Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and

Radiation.

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air

Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on

November 19, 1990 to provide

independent advice and counsel to EPA

on policy issues associated with
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implementation of the Clean Air Act of

1990. The Committee advises on

economic, environmental, technical,

scientific, and enforcement policy

issues.

OPEN MEETING NOTICE: Pursuant to 5

U.S.C. App. 2 Section 10(a)(2), notice is

hereby given that the Clean Air Act

Advisory Committee will hold its next

open meeting on Thursday, April 10,

1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at

Fairview Park Marriott Hotel, 3111

Fairview Park Dr., Falls Church,

Virginia. Seating will be available on a

first come, first served basis. The

Permits/NSR/Toxics Integration

Subcommittee, the Economic Incentives

and Regulatory Innovations

Subcommittee, the Linking

Transportation and Air Quality

Concerns Subcommittee and the

Climate Change Subcommittee will

conduct meetings on Wednesday, April

9, 1997, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Subcommittee meeting times may

change at the discretion of the co-chairs.

INSPECTION OF COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS:

The committee agenda and any

documents prepared for the meeting

will be publicly available at the

meeting. Thereafter, these documents,

together with the CAAAC meeting

minutes, will be available by contacting

Committee DFO Paul Rasmussen at

(202) 260–6877.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Concerning this meeting of the CAAAC,

please contact Paul Rasmussen, Office

of Air and Radiation, US EPA (202)

260–6877, fax (202) 260–4185, or by

mail at US EPA, Office of Air and

Radiation (Mail Code 6102),

Washington, DC 20460. If you would

like to receive an agenda for the CAAAC

meeting, please leave your fax number

on Mr. Rasmussen’s voice mail and it

will be forwarded to you.

Dated: February 14, 1997.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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Peer-Review Workshop for Draft DoseResponse Modeling Chapter for the

Reassessment of Dioxin

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review

Workshop for Draft Dose-Response

Modeling Chapter of EPA’s Health

Assessment Document for Dioxin.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a peer-review workshop to be held on

March 5, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00

p.m. to review a revised draft of Chapter

8. Dose-Response Modeling, which is

part of the Health Assessment

Document for 2,3,7,8-

Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

and Related Compounds. The health

assessment document is one component

of the Agency’s reassessment of dioxin.

This revised chapter on dose-response

was one of two chapters referred back to

the EPA for substantial revision after the

Science Advisory Board (SAB) review in

May 1995. The public is invited to

attend the workshop, but seating will be

limited and advance reservations are

suggested. Because time is limited for

review of the draft chapter prior to the

peer-review workshop, written

comments must be provided to the

Agency for 60 days subsequent to this

notice. All comments submitted within

that time will be considered when the

chapter is revised for SAB review. At

the workshop, a panel of scientific

experts from outside the Agency will

review the draft dose-response modeling

chapter which, at this stage, is a work

in progress and does not represent

Agency policy. Since the chapter

evaluates only part of the evidence

supporting dioxin’s overall toxic

potential, no general conclusions

regarding the potential health effects or

classification of these compounds will

be presented. This broader

determination will be based on the full

weight-of-evidence and will be part of

the risk characterization component of

the reassessment.

DATES: The peer-review workshop to

review the draft dose-response modeling

chapter will be held March 5, 1997.

Comments on the draft chapter must be

submitted in writing and be postmarked

by April 25, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

The Channel Inn Hotel, 650 Water

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024.

Members of the public wishing to

register to attend the meeting may

phone Ms. Linda Tuxen at 202–260–

5949 between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Eastern Standard Time. During the

meeting some time will be designated

for questions and comments from the

floor to encourage interactions among

authors, peer-panel members, and the

other meeting attendees.

Members of the public may also

submit written comments and other

materials relevant to the topic to: Ms.

Linda Tuxen, National Center for

Environmental Assessment (8601), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460,

Attention: Dioxin Reassessment.

The draft chapter will be available on

or about February 24, 1997. To obtain a

copy of the draft dose-response

modeling chapter, interested parties

should contact the ORD Publications

Center, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King

Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone

(513) 569–7562; fax (513) 569–7566.

Please provide your name, mailing

address, and the chapter title and EPA

number as follows: Chapter 8. DoseResponse Modeling, EPA/600/P–92/

001C8.

The draft chapter also will be

provided for inspection at the ORD

Public Information Shelf, EPA

Headquarters Library, 401 M Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20460, between

the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except for

Federal holidays, and at all of the EPA

Regional and Laboratory libraries.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the workshop: Ms. Linda

Tuxen, National Center for

Environmental Assessment (8601), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460;

phone: 202–260–5949; fax: 202–401–

2492; e-mail:

tuxen.linda@epamail.epa.gov.

For copies of the document: ORD

Publications Center, CERI-FRN, Office

of Research and Development, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 26

W. Martin Luther King Drive,

Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone (513)

569–7562; fax (513) 569–7566.

For questions on the overall

reassessment of dioxin: Dr. William

Farland, National Center for

Environmental Assessment (8601),

Office of Research and Development,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC

20460; telephone (202) 260–7315; fax

(202) 401–2492; e-mail:

farland.william@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History of the Scientific Reassessment

of Dioxin

As part of the SAB’s May 1995 review

of the draft Health Assessment

Document for 2,3,7,8-

Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

and Related Compounds, Chapter 8.

Dose-Response Relationships, was

identified as one that may need

substantial revision and further review.

The SAB commented that the chapter

should be revised to better integrate

human and laboratory animal data,

consider alternatives to the linear nonthreshold model, and clarify important