[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 215 (Monday, November 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66540-66541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28417]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6896-6]


Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Project Agreements and Response 
to comments for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater 
Chicago and the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer 
District.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the signing of the Project XL Final Project 
Agreement (FPA) for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of 
Greater Chicago and Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer 
District.

DATES: The FPA for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of 
Greater Chicago was signed on August 30, 2000 and the FPA for the 
Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District was signed 
on September 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies or to make inquiries about the Final 
Project Agreements, Fact Sheets, or public comments received contact 
the following individuals: Matthew Gluckman, 312-8986-6089, U.S. EPA 
Region V, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c4b40594f47414d4202414d585844495b6c495c4d024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2b5bea7b1b9bfb3bcfcbfb3a6a6bab7a592b7a2b3fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>) for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation 
District of Greater Chicago; and Melinda Mallard-Greene, 404-562-9771, 
U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7aaa6ababa6b5a3e9aaa2abaea9a3a687a2b7a6e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="34595558585546501a5951585d5a5055745144551a535b42">[email protected]</span></a>) for the Louisville and Jefferson County 
Metropolitan Sewer District. In addition, public files on each of the 
projects are located at each of the EPA

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regional offices listed. Additional information on Project XL, 
including documents referenced in this notice, other EPA policy 
documents related to Project XL, Regional and Headquarters contacts, 
application information and descriptions of existing XL projects and 
proposals is available via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Final Project Agreements are voluntary 
agreements developed by project sponsors, stakeholders, the State in 
which the project is located and EPA. Project XL, announced in the 
Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282) and November 1, 1995 (60 
FR 55569) 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.
    EPA announced the availability and requested comments on the 
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Draft FPA on 
July 24, 2000 (65 FR 45601) and on the Louisville and Jefferson County 
Metropolitan Sewer District Draft FPA on August 29, 2000 (65 FR 52427) 
in the Federal Register. Descriptions of the projects are contained in 
each of the Federal Register notices. Comments and responses to 
comments on these projects are available via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL.

    Dated: October 11, 2000.
Elizabeth A. Shaw,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation.
[FR Doc. 00-28417 Filed 11-3-00; 8:45 am]
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