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implementation; and, (2) development

of collaborative interagency strategies.

Meeting

Registration for the NEJAC meeting

will begin on Monday, December 11,

2000 at 8 a.m. The full NEJAC will

convene Monday, December 11, 2000,

and Tuesday, December 12, 2000 from

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Business will include

a series of panels with expert testimony

on the focused policy issue, a review of

ongoing NEJAC activities and a

discussion of new business items. A

public comment period dedicated to the

focused policy issue is scheduled for

Monday evening, December 11, 2000,

from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. On Tuesday

evening, December 12, 2000, a second

public comment period for overall

environmental justice issues is

scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The following Subcommittees will meet

on Wednesday, December 13, 2000,

from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Air and Water;

Enforcement; Health and Research;

Indigenous Peoples; International; and

Waste and Facility Siting. The full

NEJAC will reconvene Thursday,

December 14, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. to wrap up all business requiring

Executive Council action. All times

shown are Eastern Time.

Any member of the public wishing

additional information on the

subcommittee meetings should contact

the specific Designated Federal Official

at the telephone number listed below.

Subcommittee Federal Official and

Telephone Number

Enforcement .................................................................................................................................................. Ms. Shirley Pate 202/564–2607

Health & Research ....................................................................................................................................... Ms. Brenda Washington 202/564–

6781

Ms. Aretha Brockett 202/260–3810

International .................................................................................................................................................. Ms. Wendy Graham 202/564–6602

Indigenous Peoples ...................................................................................................................................... Mr. Danny Gogal 202/564–2576

Waste/Facility Siting ..................................................................................................................................... Mr. Kent Benjamin 202/260–2822

Air & Water ................................................................................................................................................... Mr. Wil Wilson 202/564–1954

Ms. Alice Walker 202/260–1919

Members of the public who wish to participate in one of the public comment periods should pre-register by December

1, 2000. Individuals or groups making oral presentations during the public comment period will be limited to a total

time of five minutes. Only one representative from a community, organization, or group will be allowed to speak.

Any number of written comments can be submitted for the record. The suggested format for individuals making public

comment should be as follows:

Request To Make Public Comment Speaker’s Template

NAME OF SPEAKER: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

NAME OF ORGANIZATION/COMMUNITY: llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

ADDRESS/PHONE/FAX/EMAIL: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

DESCRIPTION OF CONCERN: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

RECOMMENDATIONS/DESIRED OUTCOME: lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

If you wish to submit written

comments of any length (at least 50

copies), they should also be received by

December 1, 2000. Comments received

after that date will be provided to the

Council as logistics allow. All

information should be sent to the

address or fax number cited below.

Registration

Pre-registration for all attendees is

recommended. To receive a registration

form, call the number listed below or

visit the web site. Correspondence

concerning registration should be sent

to Ms. Victoria Robinson of Tetra Tech

Environmental Management, Inc. at:

1881 Campus Commons, Suite 200,

Reston, VA 20191, phone: 703/390–

0641 or fax: 703/391–5876. Hearingimpaired individuals or non-English

speaking attendees wishing to arrange

for a sign language or foreign language

interpreter, may make appropriate

arrangements using these numbers also.

In addition, NEJAC offers a toll-free

Registration Hotline at 1–888/335–4299.

For on-line registration, you may visit

the Internet site: http://es.epa.gov/oeca/

main/ej/nejac/index.html.

Dated: October 31, 2000.

Charles Lee,

Designated Federal Official, National

Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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.

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

(gluckman.matthew@epa.gov) 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

(mallard.melinda@epa.gov) 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.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6897–3]

Proposed CERCLA Administrative

Agreements; Cannons Engineering

Corporation Superfund Sites

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122(i) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, as

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

9622(i), notice is hereby given of two

proposed administrative agreements for

recovery of past and projected future

response costs at four Superfund sites.

The agreements resolve claims of the

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’) against the settling parties

under sections 106 and 107(a) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a),

and section 7003 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act, as

amended (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973.

The settling parties are the United States

Navy (‘‘Navy’’) and the United States

Coast Guard (‘‘Coast Guard’’). The four

Superfund sites are the Cannons

Engineering Corporation Site in

Bridgewater, Massachusetts; the

Cannons Engineering/Plymouth Harbor

Site in Plymouth, Massachusetts; the

Gilson Road Site in Nashua, New

Hampshire; and the Tinkham’s Garage

Site in Londonderry, New Hampshire.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

and the State of New Hampshire are also

parties to these agreements.

The Navy is a larger volume

Potentially Responsible Party (‘‘PRP’’).

Under the agreement with the Navy, the

Navy will pay a total of approximately

$2,850,000, of which $1,578,912 will be

paid to the Hazardous Substance

Superfund, $39,000 will be paid to the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and

$1,232,088 will be paid to the State of

New Hampshire. The Navy will also pay

interest on these amounts, accruing as of

December 14, 1998. With respect to one

of the four Sites, EPA retains its right to

pursue its claims against the Navy at the

Nashua Site if costs at that Site exceed

a specified amount.

The Coast Guard is a de minimis PRP.

Under this de minimis agreement with

the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard will

pay a total of approximately

$207,562.82, of which $172,587.64 will

be paid to the Hazardous Substance

Superfund, $28,940.35 will be paid to

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

and $6,034.83 will be paid to the State

of New Hampshire. The Coast Guard

will also pay interest on these amounts,

accruing as of November 24, 1999.

Under this agreement, the Department

of the Interior and the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration agree

not to bring claims under CERCLA

against the Coast Guard for natural

resource damages with respect to these

Sites.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, EPA will

receive written comments relating to

these two agreements. EPA will

consider all comments received and

may modify or withdraw its consent to

these agreements if comments received

disclose facts or considerations which

indicate that the agreements are

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

EPA’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the EPA Records Center, 1

Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114–

2023 (Telephone No. 617–918–1440).

Commenters may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the

affected areas in accordance with

section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.

6973(d).

DATES: Comments and requests for a

public meeting in the affected areas

must be submitted on or before

December 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The proposed agreements

are available for public inspection at the

EPA Records Center, 1 Congress Street,

Boston, MA 02114–2023 (Telephone No.

617–918–1440). A copy of the proposed

agreements may be obtained from

Audrey Zucker, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 1, One

Congress Street, Suite 1100 (SES),

Boston, MA 02114–2023, (617) 918–

1788. Comments should reference the

Cannons Engineering Corporation

Superfund Sites and EPA Docket No. 1–

2000–0033 (Settling Party: U.S. Navy) or

EPA Docket No. 1–2000–0032 (Settling

Party: U.S. Coast Guard), and should be

addressed to Audrey Zucker, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 1, One Congress Street, Suite

1100 (SES), Boston, MA 02114–2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Audrey Zucker, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 1, One

Congress Street, Suite 1100 (SES),

Boston, MA 02114–2023, (617) 918–

1788.

Dated: August 2, 2000.

Patricia L. Meaney,

Director, Office of Site Remediation and

Restoration, EPA-New England.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6896–5]

Public Water System Supervision

Program; Primary Enforcement

Responsibility Approval for the Navajo

Nation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of decision and

opportunity for hearing.

This public notice is issued pursuant

to section 1413 of the Safe Drinking

Water Act (‘‘Act’’) and section 142.10 of

the National Primary Drinking Water

Regulation (40 CFR part 142).

An application has been received

from the Navajo Nation, through the

Director, Navajo Nation Environmental

Protection Agency, requesting that the

Navajo Nation Environmental Protection