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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.

III. Public Record

A record has been established for this

action under docket control number

‘‘OPPTS-00207’’ (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 noon to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

the TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

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.

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

ADDRESSES at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection and

Information collection requests.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 97–4777 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

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Effluent Guidelines Plan Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has obtained approval in

U.S. District Court to modify a Consent

Decree covering the Agency’s Effluent

Guidelines Program. The modified

Decree extends deadlines for several

rulemaking projects described in the

1996 Effluent Guidelines Plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric

Strassler, Engineering and Analysis

Division (4303), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20460; telephone 202–

260–7150. E-mail:

strassler.eric@epamail.epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

published its 1996 Effluent Guidelines

Plan on October 7, 1996 (61 FR 52582).

The Plan described the Effluent

Guidelines Program and listed

regulations that the Agency was

developing or intended to develop. As

mentioned in the Plan, several of these

regulation projects are required by a

Consent Decree in Natural Resources

Defense Council et al v. Browner (D.D.C.

89–2980, January 31, 1992 (the

‘‘Consent Decree’’). Table 1 in the Plan

listed deadlines for the rules, with a

footnote explaining that EPA was

discussing extensions to the deadlines

with the Natural Resources Defense

Council (NRDC). See 61 FR 52583.

EPA and NRDC have agreed on

revised deadlines and related

adjustments for several of the rules

listed in the Plan, and have obtained

Court approval of modifications to the

Decree. An unopposed motion to

modify the Decree was filed in U.S.

District Court for the District of

Columbia on January 31, 1997, and the

motion was approved by District Judge

Royce C. Lamberth on February 4, 1997.

In addition to extending several

deadlines, the modifications allow the

Agency to merge two ongoing rules,

Metal Products and Machinery Phases 1

and 2, into a single project. The

modified dates are listed in the

following table.

MODIFICATIONS TO EFFLUENT

GUIDELINES DEADLINES

Category Proposal Final action

Centralized Waste

Treatment (proposed 1/27/95, 60

FR 5464) ............... ................ 8/15/99

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (proposed 5/2/95, 60

FR 21592) ............. ................ 4/98

Industrial Laundries ... 9/97 6/99

Transportation Equipment Cleaning ....... 1/98 2/00

Landfills and Incinerators ....................... 11/97 11/99

MODIFICATIONS TO EFFLUENT

GUIDELINES DEADLINES—Continued

Category Proposal Final action

Metal Products and

Machinery (Phase

1 proposed 5/30/

95, 60 FR 28209) .. 10/00 12/02

EPA and NRDC signed a related

Settlement Agreement stating the

Agency’s intent to take final action on

air emission standards for

pharmaceutical production, under

Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, jointly

with the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Effluent Guidelines in April 1998. A

separate notice describing this action

was published on February 21, 1997 at

62 FR 8012.

The parties also agreed on revised

deadlines for completion of four

Preliminary Studies, which the Agency

uses to support decisions on selecting

industries for additional rulemaking.

The deadlines for the studies are as

follows:

Chemical Formulators and Packagers:

April 1997.

Feedlots: 1998.

Urban Stormwater: 1998.

Airport De-Icing: 1999.

EPA and NRDC are continuing

negotiations on deadlines for other rules

covered by the Decree.

Dated: February 19, 1997.

Tudor T. Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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EPA’s Interim Approach to

Implementation of the 1996 Food

Quality Protection Act; Notice of

Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing its interim

approach to implementation of the new

food safety requirements of the Food

Quality Protection Act through a

Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 97-1.

Interested parties may request this

document as described in the

ADDRESSES unit of this notice.

ADDRESSES: PR Notice 97-1 is available

by mail from the Policy and Special

Projects Staff, Mail Code 7506C, Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location,
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telephone number, and e-mail address:

Rm. 1120, Crystal Mall #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703) 305–7102, e-mail:

jones.jim@epamail.epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Jane Hopkins, Policy and Special

Projects Staff (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location,

telephone number, and e-mail address:

Rm. 1113, Crystal Mall #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703) 305–7102, e-mail:

hopkins.jane@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability: Electronic

copies of this document and the PR

notice are available from the EPA home

page at the Environmental Sub-Set entry

for this document under ‘‘Regulations’’

(http:// www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).

EPA is announcing its interim

approach to implementing the new food

safety requirements of the Food Quality

Protection Act (FQPA), enacted in

August 1996. Until permanent policies

can be developed, this interim guidance

will enable EPA to make sound, timely

pesticide regulatory decisions that meet

the stringent standards of the new law,

including specific safety findings for

infants and children.

The FQPA calls for additional

scientific analyses which have not

routinely been a part of EPA’s pesticide

risk assessment procedures, such as

consideration of risks from chemicals

that share a common mechanism of

toxicity, potential endocrine effects, and

combined exposures from dietary and

nondietary sources.

The interim measures will allow the

Agency to act on pending pesticide

applications while promoting sound

protective decisions that are consistent

with current scientific knowledge,

available data, and reasonable

assumptions. As more data become

available and new knowledge emerges,

the Agency’s approach will be flexible

enough to incorporate them. The notice

also explains what EPA’s priorities will

be for review of pesticide applications

under the interim guidance. EPA will

give highest priority to reveiw of

requests for pesticide uses to deal with

emergency conditions. EPA also will

give priority to reduced risk and

biological pesticides.

This Federal Register notice

announces the availability of the PR

Notice and instructs registrants on how

to obtain it.

Lists of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–4619 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

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Industrial Combustion Coordinated

Rulemaking Advisory Coordinating

Committee Notice of Upcoming

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Industrial Combustion

Coordinated Rulemaking (ICCR) Federal

Advisory Committee notice of upcoming

meeting.

SUMMARY: As required by section 9(a)(2)

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 9(c),

EPA gave notice of the establishment of

the ICCR Federal Advisory Committee

(hereafter referred to as the Coordinating

Committee) in the Federal Register on

August 2, 1996 (61 FR 40413).

The public can follow the progress of

the ICCR through attendance at

meetings (which will be announced in

advance) and by accessing the

Technology Transfer Network (TTN),

which serves as the primary means of

disseminating information about the

ICCR.

DATES: The next meeting of the

Coordinating Committee is scheduled

for March 19 and 20, 1997. Further

information on the Coordinating

Committee may be obtained by

accessing the TTN.

ADDRESSES: The Coordinating

Committee meeting on March 19 and 20,

1997 will be held at the Hotel InterContinental, 505 North Michigan

Avenue, Chicago, Illinois (312–944–

4100).

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS:

Docket. Minutes of the meetings, as well

as other relevant materials, will be

available for public inspection at U.S.

EPA Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center, Docket No. A–96–

17. The docket is open for public

inspection and copying between 8 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday

except for Federal holidays, at the

following address: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center (6102),

401 M Street SW, Washington, DC

20460; telephone: (202) 260–7548. The

docket is located at the above address in

Room M–1500, Waterside Mall (ground

floor). A reasonable fee may be charged

for copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred

Porter or Sims Roy, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Emission Standards

Division, Combustion Group (MD–13),

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,

telephone numbers (919) 541–5251 and

541–5263, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Technology Transfer Network (TTN)

The TTN is one of the EPA’s

electronic bulletin boards. The TTN can

be accessed through the Internet or

directly by modem. Through the

Internet, the TTN may be accessed at:

TELNET: ttnbbs.rtpnc.epa.gov

FTP: ttnftp.rtpnc.epa.gov

WWW: ttnwww.rtpnc.epa.gov

When accessing the WWW site, select

TTN BBS Web from the first menu, then

select Gateway to TTN Technical Areas

from the second menu, and finally,

select ICCR-Industrial Combustion

Coordinated Rulemaking from the third

menu.

By modem, dial (919) 541–5742 for up

to a 14,400 bits-per-second information

transfer connection. After logging on to

the system, select Gateway to the TTN

Technical Areas from the menu and

then select ICCR-Industrial Combustion

Coordinated Rulemaking from the next

menu. Access to the TTN through

Telnet will look the same as if you had

dialed by modem, so these instructions

should be followed for a Telnet

connection.

Access to the TTN through FTP is a

streamlined approach for downloading

files, but is only useful, if the desired

filenames are known.

If more information on the TTN is

needed, call the help desk at (919) 541–

5384.

All Coordinating Committee meetings

will be announced in the Federal

Register. Work Group meetings will be

announced on the TTN. Individuals

interested in Work Group meetings, or

any aspect of the ICCR for that matter,

should access the TTN on a regular

basis for information.

Two copies of the Coordinating

Committee charter are filed with

appropriate committees of Congress and

the Library of Congress and are available

upon request to the Docket (ask for item

#I–B–1). The purpose of the

Coordinating Committee is to assist EPA

in the development of regulations to

control emissions of air pollutants from

industrial, commercial, and institutional

combustion of fuels and non-hazardous

solid wastes. The Coordinating

Committee will attempt to develop

recommendations for national emission