59836 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Notices

just mere allocation of CAP water and

to promote efficient, equitable and

sustainable use of the allocated water as

part of this Federal action.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–J65315–UT, Monroe

Mountain Ecosystem Restoration

Project, Implementation, Fishlake

National Forest, Richfield Ranger

District, Sevier and Piute Counties, UT.

Summary: EPA has no objection to the

proposed action, as this document

adequately responded to EPA’s previous

comments on the draft EIS.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65322–AK, Luck

Lake Timber Sales Project,

Implementation, Tongass National

Forest, Thorne Bay Ranger District,

Prince of Wales Island, AK.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65356–ID, Box

Canyon Timber Sale, Vegetative

Management, Implementation, Palisades

Ranger District, Caribou-Targhee

National Forest, Bonneville County, ID.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FHW–G40155–TX, TX–45

Highway Project, Extending from

Anderson Mill Road just west of US 183

to Farm-to-Market Road 685 (FM–685)

east of IH–35, Funding, Williamson and

Travis Counties, TX.

Summary: EPA has no objection to the

action as proposed.

ERP No. F–NPS–J26002–MT, Lake

McDonald/Park Headquarters

Wastewater Treatment System

Rehabilitation, Implementation, COE

Section 404 Permit, Glacier National

Park, A Portion of Waterton-Glacier

International Peace Park, Flathead and

Glacier Counties, MT.

Summary: EPA supports the preferred

alternatives, but recommends that the

site location of the ultimate wastewater

treatment plant sludge disposal be

evaluated and established. The

information is needed to fully assess

and mitigate all potential environmental

impacts of the management actions.

ERP No. F–SFW–L65334–WA,

Simpson Washington Timberlands

Forest Management and Timber

Harvesting Project, Proposed Issuing of

a Multiple Species Incidental Take

Permit, Mason, Thurston and Gray

Harbor Counties, WA.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: October 3, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA, Office of Federal Activities.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6883–3]

Open Meeting of the Industrial NonHazardous Waste Stakeholders Focus

Group

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting of the

Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste

Stakeholders Focus Group.

SUMMARY: As required by section 10

(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),

EPA is giving notice of the seventh

meeting of the Industrial NonHazardous Waste Policy Dialogue

Committee, also known as the Industrial

Non-Hazardous Waste Stakeholders

Focus Group. The purpose of this

Committee is to advise EPA and

ASTSWMO (the Association of State

and Territorial Solid Waste Management

Officials) in developing voluntary

guidance for the management of

industrial non-hazardous waste in new

landfills, waste piles, surface

impoundments, and land application

units. The Focus Group facilitates the

exchange of information and ideas

among the interested parties relating to

the development of the final ‘‘Guide for

Industrial Waste Management.’’ The

purpose of the seventh meeting will be

to review and discuss issues associated

with the public comments received on

the ‘‘Draft Guide for Industrial Waste

Management.’’ Major areas of discussion

will include the public comments on

the draft air tool (IWAIR) and the draft

ground-water tool (IWEM), as well as

suggested changes to the individual

chapters of the Guide. In addition, there

will be an opportunity for limited

public comment at the end of each day

of the meeting.

DATES: The committee will meet on

November 1 and 2, 2000, from 9:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. on November 1, and from

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on November 2.

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting

is the Governor’s House, 1615 Rhode

Island Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

20001. The phone number is 202–296–

2100. The seating capacity of the room

is approximately 75 people, and seating

will be on a first-come basis. Supporting

materials are available for viewing at

Docket F–1999–IDWA–FFFFF in the

RCRA Information Center (RIC), located

at Crystal Gateway One, 1235 Jefferson

Davis Highway, First Floor, Arlington,

VA. The RIC is open from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays. To review

docket materials, the public must make

an appointment by calling (703) 603–

9230. The public may copy a maximum

of 100 pages from any regulatory docket

at no charge. Additional copies cost

$.15/page. Most of the material to be

discussed at the November Focus Group

meeting will be available for viewing in

the above docket on and after October

17, 2000. For general information,

contact the RCRA Hotline at 1–800–

424–9346 or TDD 1–800–553–7672

(hearing impaired). In the Washington

metropolitan area, call 703–412–9610 or

TDD 703–412–3323.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons needing further information on

the committee should contact John

Sager, Municipal and Industrial Solid

Waste Division, Office of Solid Waste, at

(703) 308–7256.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

EPA and ASTSWMO formed a State/

EPA Steering Committee in 1996 to

jointly develop voluntary facility

guidance regarding the management of

industrial nonhazardous waste in new

land-based disposal units. The purpose

of the guidance document is to provide

a guide to facility managers, State and

Tribal environmental staff, and

members of the general public so that

safe industrial waste management can

be achieved. The current draft Guide

addresses such topics as appropriate

controls for ground-water protection,

liner designs, air emissions, run-on/runoff, public participation, daily operating

practices, monitoring and corrective

action, and closure and post-closure

considerations. In addition, the draft

Guide addresses such topics as waste

characterization, pollution prevention,

and building partnerships.

The draft Guide and the CD–ROM, on

which the Guide and modeling tools

were placed, were noticed in the FR in

June 1999. The public comment period

ended in January 2000. The State/EPA

Steering Committee will continue to

convene this Stakeholders Focus Group

in order to obtain recommendations

from those individuals who represent a

broad spectrum of public interest groups

and affected industries. All

recommendations from Focus Group

participants are forwarded to the State/

EPA Steering Committee for

consideration, as the Stakeholders

Focus Group does not strive for a

consensus.

Copies of the minutes of the past six

Stakeholder Focus Group meetings have

previously been made available through

the original docket for this project (F–

96–INHA–FFFFF) at the RCRA

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Information Center. The past six Focus

Group meetings were held on April 11–

12, 1996, September 11–12, 1996,

February 19–20, 1997, May 20–21, 1997,

October 8–9, 1997, and March 18–19,

1998.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,

Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. 00–25744 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00439E; FRL–6748–7]

Pesticide Program Dialogue

Committee (PPDC): Inert Disclosure

Stakeholder Workgroup; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

conference call meeting of the Inert

Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup. The

workgroup was established to advise the

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee

on ways of making information on inert

ingredients more available to the public

while working within the mandates of

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and related

Confidential Business Information

concerns.

DATES: The meeting will be held by

conference call on Tuesday, October 17,

2000 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public may

listen to the meeting discussions on site

at: Crystal Mall #2 (CM #2), 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA;

conference Room 1123. Seating is

limited and will be available on a first

come first serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Cameo Smoot, Office of Pesticide

Programs (7506C), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460,

telephone: (703) 305–5454. Office

locations: 11th floor, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

E-mail smoot.cameo@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Inert

Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup is

composed of a participants from the

following sectors: environmental/public

interest and consumer groups; industry

and pesticide users; Federal, State and

local governments; the general public;

academia and public health

organizations.

The Inert Disclosure Stakeholder

Workgroup, will advise the EPA through

the Pesticide Program Dialogue

Committee (PPDC), on potential

measures to increase the availability to

the public of information about inert

ingredients (also called ‘‘other

ingredients’’) under the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA). Among the factors the

workgroup has been asked to consider

in preparing its recommendations are:

existing law regarding inert ingredients

and Confidential Business Information

(CBI); current Agency processes and

policies for disseminating inert

ingredient information to the public,

including procedures for the protection

of CBI; informational needs for a variety

of stakeholders; and business reasons

for limiting the disclosure of inert

ingredient information.

The Inert Disclosure Stakeholder

Workgroup meeting is open to the

public. Written public statements are

welcome and should be submitted to the

OPP administrative docket OPP–

00439A. Any person who wishes to file

a written statement can do so before or

after the conference call. These

statements will become part of the

permanent file and will be provided to

the Workgroup members for their

information.

How and to Whom Do I Submit the

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–00439A in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, CM #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,

VA. The PIRIB is open from 8:30 a.m.

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your comments and/or data

electronically by e-mail to: ‘‘oppdocket@epa.gov,’’ or you can submit a

computer disk as described above in

paragraphs 1. and 2. of this section. Do

not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Electronic

submissions will be accepted in

WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number OPP–00439A. Electronic

comments may also be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection. pesticides,

inerts, PPDC.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Marcia E. Mulkey,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–25752 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6882–8]

Policy on Alternative Dispute

Resolution

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document publishes the

draft final policy of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

regarding the use of alternative dispute

resolution (‘‘ADR’’). The Agency is

requesting public comment on this draft

document. This document replaces the

Interim Statement of Policy on

Alternative Dispute Resolution (65 FR

13383) which was issued on March 13,

2000.

The draft final policy is published in

the Federal Register to affirm EPA’s

commitment to the use of ADR in

Agency activities. The draft final policy

discusses the types of situations in

which ADR should be considered, how

EPA is organized to support ADR,

confidentiality of information in ADR

processes, efforts to promote a

commitment to and awareness of ADR

within the Agency, and how the success

of ADR will be measured. Nothing in

this document creates any right or

benefit by a party against the United

States.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before December 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Please address comments to

W. Robert Ward, Dispute Resolution

Specialist, by mail at Conflict

Prevention and Resolution Center, U.S.

EPA, Ariel Rios Building, 1200