Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 205 / Monday, October 23, 2000 / Notices 63249

DATE AND TIME: October 25, 2000

(Following Regular Commission

Meeting).

PLACE: Room 2C 888 First Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20426.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Docket No.

IN01–1–000, Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation, Columbia

Gulf Transmission Company, Columbia

Energy Services Corporation.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

David P. Boergers, Secretary, Telephone

(202) 208–0400.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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pm]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6884–2]

Proposed Administrative Cost

Recovery Settlement Under Section

122(h) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act;

Silvertone Plating Company Superfund

Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency ( EPA).

ACTION: Notice; Request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122(i) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1984, as amended

(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is

hereby given of a proposed

administrative settlement concerning

the Silvertone Plating Company

hazardous waste site located at 7

Emerick Street, just south of the Conrail

Railroad tracks, in Ypsilanti Township,

Washtenaw County, Michigan. The EPA

Superfund Division Director, Region 5,

signed the agreement on August 17,

2000. The settlement resolves an EPA

claim under section 107(a) of CERCLA

against Mr. Fred Wilcox, a past owner

and operator of the Site, for the costs

EPA incurred in conducting a removal

action at the Site. The settlement

requires Mr. Wilcox to pay $18,500 to

the Hazardous Substance Superfund, as

partial reimbursement of EPA’s costs of

$222,025.90. In exchange, EPA would

provide a covenant not to sue Mr.

Wilcox, and the contribution protection

provided by Sections 113(f)(2) and

122(h)(4) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9613(f)(2) and 9622(h)(4). The

settlement amount is based primarily

upon Mr. Wilcox’s ability to pay. The

Site is not on the NPL and no further

response action is anticipated at this

time.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the settlement. The Agency will

consider all comments received and

may modify or withdraw its consent to

the settlement if comments received

disclose facts or considerations which

indicate that the settlement is

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before November 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement

agreement and the Agency’s response to

any comments received will be available

for public inspection at the Superfund

Records Center, 7th floor, U.S. EPA,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the

proposed settlement agreement may be

obtained from Michael J. McClary,

Office of Regional Counsel, (C–14J), U.S.

EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–

3590; telephone (312) 886–7163.

Comments should reference the

Silvertone Plating Company Superfund

Site and should be addressed to Michael

J. McClary, Office of Regional Counsel,

(C–14J), U.S. EPA, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

60604–3590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. McClary at the address

specified immediately above; telephone

(312) 886–7163.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Margaret Guerriero,

Acting Director, Superfund Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6890–1]

Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed

Administrative Penalty Assessments

and Opportunities to Comment

Regarding the Hawaiian Electric

Company, Inc., Honolulu and Waiau

Generating Stations, Proceedings

Under Clean Water Act Section

309(g)(1), (2)(B) and 40 CFR 22.13(b)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of

two proposed administrative penalty

assessments for alleged violations of the

Clean Water Act (the ‘‘Act’’). EPA is also

providing notice of opportunity to

comment on the proposed assessments.

EPA is authorized under section

309(g) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), to

assess a civil penalty after providing the

person subject to the penalty notice of

the proposed penalty and the

opportunity for a hearing, and after

providing interested persons notice of

the proposed penalty and a reasonable

opportunity to comment on its issuance.

Under section 309(g), any person who

without authorization discharges a

pollutant to a navigable water, as those

terms are defined in section 502 of the

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1362, may be assessed a

penalty in a ‘‘Class II’’ administrative

penalty proceeding.

Class II proceedings under section

309(g) are conducted in accordance with

the ‘‘Consolidated Rules of Practice

Governing the Administrative

Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance

of Compliance or Corrective Action

Orders, and the Revocation,

Termination or Suspension of Permits’’

(part 22), 40 CFR part 22. The

procedures through which the public

may submit written comment on a

proposed Class II order or participate in

a Class II proceeding, and the

procedures by which a respondent may

request a hearing, are set forth in part

22. The deadline for submitting public

comment on a proposed Class II order

is forty (40) days after publication of

this notice.

On September 29, 2000, EPA filed

with Danielle Carr, Regional Hearing

Clerk, U.S. EPA, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105, (415) 744–1391, the

following two Consent Agreements:

In the Matter of Hawaiian Electric

Company, Inc., Honolulu Generating

Station, Docket No. CWA–9–2000–0009;

and

In the Matter of Hawaiian Electric

Company, Inc., Waiau Generating

Station, Docket No. CWA–9–2000–0010.

For the alleged violations set forth in

the first Consent Agreement, the

Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.

(‘‘Respondent’’) agrees to pay to the

United States a civil penalty of One

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)

for violations of NPDES Permit No.

HI0000027 and section 301(a) of the

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), at the Honolulu

Generating Station in Honolulu, Hawaii.

For the alleged violations set forth in

the second Consent Agreement,

Respondent agrees to pay to the United

States a civil penalty of One Hundred

Thousand Dollars ($100,000) for

violations of NPDES Permit No.

HI0000604 and section 301(a) of the

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Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), at the Waiau

Generating Station in Pearl City, Hawaii.

Procedures by which the public may

comment on a proposed Class II penalty

or participate in a Class II penalty

proceeding are set forth in the

Consolidated Rules. The deadline for

submitting public comment on a

proposed Class II penalty is forty days

after issuance of public notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing to receive a copy of

EPA’s Consolidated Rules, review the

Complaints or other documents filed in

these proceedings, comment upon the

proposed assessments, or otherwise

participate in the proceedings should

contact Danielle Carr, Regional Hearing

Clerk, U.S. EPA, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105, (415) 744–1391. The

administrative records for both of these

proceedings are located in the EPA

Regional Office identified above, and

the files will be open for public

inspection during normal business

hours. All information submitted by the

Respondent is available as part of the

administrative records, subject to

provisions of law restricting public

disclosure of confidential information.

In order to provide opportunity for

public comment, EPA will issue no final

orders assessing a penalty in these

proceedings prior to forty (40) days after

the date of publication of this notice.

Dated: October 13, 2000.

Thomas Huetteman,

Acting Director, Water Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6889–4]

Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot

Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final

Project Agreements and related

documents for twenty-two XL Projects:

United States Postal Service (USPS)—

Denver; Mayport Naval Station—

Environmental Reinvestment

(ENVVEST); Steele County, MN XL

Communities (XLC); Georgia-Pacific

Black Liquor Gasification System;

International Paper (IP) Androscoggin

Mill—Effluent Improvements;

Progressive Insurance Company—Pay

As You Drive Auto Insurance;

International Business Machines

(IBM)—Essex Junction, Vermont; Labs

21—Environmental Performance at

Laboratories; Project XLC Phase I

(Planning): Clermont County, OH;

Kodak Company Pollution Prevention;

PPG Industries, Inc.; Yolo County

Accelerated Anaerobic & Aerobic

Composting (Bioreactor); Buncombe

County Leachate Recirculation/Gas

Recovery (Bioreactor) Landfill; Autoliv

Automobile Safety Products, U.S.A.;

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical—

Laboratory-Scale High-Temperature

Catalytic Oxidation Process to Treat

Low-Level Mixed Wastes; State of

Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection (PADEP) Coal

Remining and Reclamation; National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA) White Sands Test Facility

(WSTF); Narragansett Bay Commission

(NBC) Pretreatment; Puget Sound Naval

Shipyard (PSNS) Phase I—ENVVEST;

USA Waste of Virginia, Inc., and King

George Landfills, Inc., wholly-owned

subsidiaries of Waste Management, Inc.,

Bioreactor Systems; International

Business Machines (IBM) East Fishkill

Facility—F006 Sludge Recycling; and

Lead-Safe Boston.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

signing of the Project XL Final Project

Agreements (FPAs) for the following XL,

XLC, and ENVVEST Projects: United

States Postal Service (USPS)—Denver

(hereafter ‘‘USPS’’); Mayport Naval

Station—ENVVEST (hereafter

‘‘Mayport’’); Steele County, MN XL

Communities (XLC) (hereafter ‘‘Steele

County’’); Georgia-Pacific Black Liquor

Gasification System (hereafter ‘‘GeorgiaPacific’’); International Paper (IP)

Androscoggin Mill—Effluent

Improvements (hereafter ‘‘IP—Effluent

Improvements’’); Progressive Insurance

Company—Pay As You Drive Auto

Insurance (hereafter ‘‘Progressive

Insurance’’); International Business

Machines (IBM)—Essex Junction,

Vermont (hereafter ‘‘IBM—Vermont’’);

Labs 21—Environmental Performance at

Laboratories (hereafter ‘‘Labs 21’’);

Project XLC Phase I (Planning):

Clermont County, OH (hereafter

‘‘Clermont’’); Kodak Company Pollution

Prevention (hereafter ‘‘Kodak’’); PPG

Industries, Inc. (hereafter ‘‘PPG’’); Yolo

County Accelerated Anaerobic &

Aerobic Composting (Bioreactor)

(hereafter ‘‘Yolo County’’); Buncombe

County Leachate Recirculation/Gas

Recovery (Bioreactor) (hereafter

‘‘Buncombe County’’); Autoliv

Automobile Safety Products, U.S.A.

(hereafter ‘‘Autoliv’’); Ortho-McNeil

Pharmaceutical—Laboratory-Scale HighTemperature Catalytic Oxidation

Process to Treat Low-Level Mixed

Wastes (hereafter ‘‘Ortho-McNeil’’);

State of Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection (PADEP) Coal

Remining and Reclamation (hereafter

‘‘Pennsylvania Coal’’); National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA) White Sands Test Facility

(WSTF) (hereafter ‘‘NASA WSTF’’);

Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC)

Pretreatment (hereafter ‘‘NBC’’); Puget

Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) Phase I—

ENVVEST (hereafter ‘‘PSNS’’); USA

Waste of Virginia, Inc., and King George

Landfills, Inc., wholly-owned

subsidiaries of Waste Management, Inc.,

Bioreactor Systems (hereafter ‘‘Virginia

Landfills’’); International Business

Machines (IBM) East Fishkill Facility—

F006 Sludge Recycling (hereafter ‘‘IBM

Fishkill’’); and Lead-Safe Boston.

DATES: The FPAs were signed on the

following dates: USPS on May 22, 2000;

Mayport on May 30, 2000; Steele

County on May 31, 2000; GeorgiaPacific on May 31, 2000; IP—Effluent

Improvements on June 29, 2000;

Progressive Insurance on July 27, 2000;

IBM—Vermont on July 31, 2000; Labs

21 on September 7, 2000; Clermont on

September 6, 2000; Kodak on September

14, 2000; PPG on September 14, 2000;

Yolo County on September 14, 2000;

Buncombe County on September 18,

2000; Autoliv on September 20, 2000;

Ortho-McNeil on September 22, 2000;

Pennsylvania Coal on September 22,

2000; NASA WSTF on September 22,

2000; NBC on September 25, 2000;

PSNS on September 25, 2000; Virginia

Landfills on September 29, 2000; IBM

Fishkill on September 29, 2000; and

Lead-Safe Boston on October 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies or to make

inquiries about the Final Project

Agreements, Fact Sheets, or public

comments received contact the

following individuals: Mary Byrne, 303–

312–6491, U.S. EPA Region VIII, 8P–R,

999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver,

Colorado 80202–2466

(byrne.mary@epa.gov) for the USPS XL

Project; Michelle Cook, 404–562–8674,

U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street,

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–3104

(cook.michelle@epa.gov) for the

Mayport ENVVEST Project; Abeer

Hashem, 312–886–1331, U.S. EPA

Region V, WC–15J, 77 West Jackson

Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60604–3507

(hashem.abeer@epa.gov) for the Steele

County XLC Project; Steven J. Donohue,

215–814–3215, U.S. EPA Region III,

3OR00, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19103–2029

(donohue.steven@epa.gov) for the

Georgia-Pacific XL Project; Chris

Rascher, 617–918–1834, U.S. EPA

Region I, SPP, 1 Congress Street, Suite

1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114–

2023 (rascher.chris@epa.gov) for the