[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5868-5869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2715]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6534-1]


Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice of availability of Elmendorf Air Force Base Project XL 
Final Project Agreement and related documents.

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SUMMARY:  EPA is announcing the signing of the Project XL Final Project 
Agreement (FPA) for Elmendorf Air Force Base (EAFB).

DATES:  The FPA was signed on December 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES:  To obtain a copy of the Final Project Agreement, Fact 
Sheet, or public comments received, contact: Dave Bray, Office of Air 
Quality, OAQ-107, U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 
98101, or L. Nancy Birnbaum, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,

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Room 1025WT (1802), Washington, DC 20460. The documents are also 
available via the Internet at the following location: ``http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL''. In addition, public files on the Project are 
located at EPA Region X in Seattle. Questions to EPA regarding the 
documents can be directed to Dave Bray at (206) 553-4253 or L. Nancy 
Birnbaum at (202) 260-2601. Additional information on Project XL, 
including documents referenced in this notice, other EPA policy 
documents related to Project XL, regional XL contacts, application 
information, and descriptions of existing XL projects and proposals, is 
available via the Internet at ``http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL'.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed 
by EAFB, stakeholders, the State of Alaska, and EPA. Project XL, 
announced in the Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282), gives 
regulated sources the flexibility to develop alternative strategies 
that will replace or modify specific regulatory requirements on the 
condition that they produce greater environmental benefits.
    On November 5, 1999, EPA announced the availability of the draft 
FPA in the Federal Register (64 FR 60443) and requested comments. As a 
result of that announcement, EPA received one comment from the Trustees 
for Alaska. The comment and EPA's response to it are available from the 
contacts listed in the ADDRESSES section and on the Project XL website 
at http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL. No other comments were received.
    The project will streamline the application, implementation, 
management, and renewal process for EAFB's Title V permit, through 
reduced scope of applicability, monitoring, and recordkeeping. EAFB 
estimates that total monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, and overall 
management costs would decrease by about 80 percent, yielding about 
$1.5 million in savings. These realized cost savings will be directed 
toward pollution prevention (P2) opportunities. One such P2 project 
involves installation of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling 
station, the purchase of new CNG vehicles, and the conversion of 
certain base fleet vehicles to be capable of using CNG as an 
alternative fuel. Any additional cost savings will be applied to 
another pollution prevention project(s) agreed to by the parties. A 
list of additional feasible projects available at EAFB has been 
developed, along with the estimated costs and environmental benefits of 
each. While this list focuses primarily on hazardous air contaminant 
reduction projects, EAFB will hold at least one public meeting to 
discuss these and other possible pollution prevention opportunities. 
Upon concurrence of the parties, a supplemental agreement will be 
developed, setting forth the project(s) selected and any necessary 
measures to assure their performance.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Richard T. Farrell,
Associate Administrator, Office of Reinvention.
[FR Doc. 00-2715 Filed 2-4-00; 8:45 am]
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