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(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in

this Meeting?

PPDC meetings are open to the public

under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463. Outside statements by observers

are welcome. Oral statements will be

limited to 3–5 minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person per

organization present the statement. Any

person who wishes to file a written

statement may do so before or after a

PPDC meeting. These statements will

become part of the permanent record

and will be provided to PPDC members.

The permanent record will be available

for public inspection at the address in

Section II.2 ‘‘In person’’ above. The

Agency requests that participants limit

their use of fragranced products on

behalf of persons attending who have

expressed a concern about chemical

sensitivity.

IV. Background

PPDC was established as an advisory

committee in accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act in

1995 for a two–year term; it was

renewed in 1997 and again in 1999. The

PPDC provides a continuing and

transparent forum for a diverse group of

stakeholders from across the country to

provide advice and recommendations to

EPA regarding a broad range of pesticide

regulatory development and program

implementation issues associated with

evaluating and reducing risks from use

of pesticides. Membership to the PPDC

includes broad geographic

representation from the following

sectors: environmental/public interest

and consumer groups; industry and

trade associations; pesticide users;

Federal and State/local governments;

the general public; academia; and public

health organizations.

The Inert Disclosure Stakeholder

Workgroup was formed in December

1999 to advise the Pesticide Program

Dialogue Committee regarding ways to

make information on inert ingredients

more available to the public while

working within the mandates of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and

Rodenticide Act and related CBI

concerns.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Agriculture, Chemicals, Pesticides,

Pests, Inert ingredients.

Dated: November 7, 2000.

Joseph J. Merenda Jr.,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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Waste Characterization Program

Documents Applicable to Transuranic

Radioactive Waste From the Savannah

River Site for Disposal at the Waste

Isolation Pilot Plant

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability; opening

of public comment period.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA, or ‘‘we’’) is announcing

the availability of, and soliciting public

comments for 30 days on, Department of

Energy (DOE) documents applicable to

characterization of transuranic (TRU)

radioactive waste at the Savannah River

Site proposed for disposal at the Waste

Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The

documents are entitled: ‘‘Savannah

River Site WIPP Disposal Program

Quality Assurance Project Plan, WSRC–

RP–99–01097,’’ ‘‘Savannah River Site

WIPP Disposal Program Quality

Assurance Program Document, WSRC–

RP–99–01119,’’ and ‘‘Savannah River

Site WIPP Disposal Program Waste

Certification Plan, WSRC–RP–99–

01095.’’ They are available for review in

the public dockets listed in ADDRESSES.

We will conduct an inspection of waste

characterization systems and processes

and the quality assurance program for

waste characterization at the Savannah

River Site to verify that the site can

characterize transuranic waste in

accordance with EPA’s WIPP

compliance criteria. We will perform

this inspection during the weeks of

November 6 and November 13, 2000.

This notice of the inspection and

comment period accords with 40 CFR

194.8.

DATES: EPA requests public comment on

the documents. Comments must be

received by EPA’s official Air Docket on

or before December 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

submitted to: Docket No. A–98–49, Air

Docket, Room M–1500 (LE–131), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20460. The DOE

documents are available for review in

the official EPA Air Docket in

Washington, DC, Docket No. A–98–49,

Category II–A2, and at the following

three EPA WIPP informational docket

locations in New Mexico: in Carlsbad at

the Municipal Library, Hours: MondayThursday, 10 am-9 pm, Friday-Saturday,

10 am-6 pm, and Sunday 1 pm-5 pm; in

Albuquerque at the Government

Publications Department, Zimmerman

Library, University of New Mexico,

Hours: vary by semester; and in Santa

Fe at the New Mexico State Library,

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm.

As provided in EPA’s regulations at

40 CFR part 2, and in accordance with

normal EPA docket procedures, if

copies of any docket materials are

requested, a reasonable fee may be

charged for photocopying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scott Monroe, Office of Radiation and

Indoor Air, (202) 564–9310, or call

EPA’s toll-free WIPP Information Line,

1–800–331–WIPP.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

DOE operates the WIPP near Carlsbad

in southeastern New Mexico as a deep

geologic repository for disposal of TRU

radioactive waste. As defined by the

WIPP Land Withdrawal Act (LWA) of

1992 (Public Law 102–579), as amended

(Public Law 104–201), TRU waste

consists of materials containing

elements having atomic numbers greater

than 92 (with half-lives greater than

twenty years), in concentrations greater

than 100 nanocuries of alpha-emitting

TRU isotopes per gram of waste. Much

of the existing TRU waste consists of

items contaminated during the

production of nuclear weapons, such as

rags, equipment, tools, and sludges.

On May 13, 1998, we announced our

final compliance certification decision

to the Secretary of Energy (published

May 18, 1998, 63 FR 27354). This

decision stated that the WIPP will

comply with EPA’s radioactive waste

disposal regulations at 40 CFR part 191,

subparts B and C.

The final WIPP certification decision

includes conditions that: (1) prohibit

shipment of TRU waste for disposal at

WIPP from any site other than the Los

Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

until EPA determines that the site has

established and executed a quality

assurance program, in accordance with

§§ 194.22(a)(2)(i), 194.24(c)(3), and

194.24(c)(5) for waste characterization

activities and assumptions (condition 2

of appendix A to 40 CFR part 194); and

(2) prohibit shipment of TRU waste for

disposal at WIPP from any site other

than LANL until EPA has approved the

procedures developed to comply with

the waste characterization requirements

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of § 194.22(c)(4) (condition 3 of

appendix A to 40 CFR part 194). EPA’s

approval process for waste generator

sites is described in § 194.8. As part of

our decision-making process, the DOE is

required to submit to EPA appropriate

documentation of quality assurance and

waste characterization programs at each

DOE waste generator site seeking

approval for shipment of TRU

radioactive waste to WIPP. In

accordance with § 194.8, we will place

such documentation in the official Air

Docket in Washington, DC, and

informational dockets in the State of

New Mexico for public review and

comment.

DOE has notified EPA that the

Savannah River Site is preparing to ship

waste to the WIPP. EPA will perform an

inspection of the site’s technical and

quality assurance programs for waste

characterization in accordance with

Conditions 2 and 3 of the WIPP

certification. The inspection is

scheduled to take place the weeks of

November 6 and November 13, 2000.

EPA has placed two documents

pertinent to the inspection in the public

docket described in ADDRESSES. The

documents are entitled: (1) ‘‘Savannah

River Site WIPP Disposal Program

Quality Assurance Project Plan, WSRC–

RP–99–01097,’’ (2) ‘‘Savannah River

Site WIPP Disposal Program Quality

Assurance Program Document, WSRC–

RP–99–01119,’’ and (3) ‘‘Savannah River

Site WIPP Disposal Program Waste

Certification Plan, WSRC–RP–99–

01095’’ (Item II–A2–28). In accordance

with 40 CFR 194.8, as amended by the

final certification decision, we are

providing the public 30 days to

comment on these documents.

If we determine as a result of the

inspection that the proposed processes

and programs at the Savannah River Site

adequately control the characterization

of transuranic waste, we will notify DOE

by letter and place the letter in the

official Air Docket in Washington, DC,

as well as in the informational docket

locations in New Mexico. A letter of

approval will allow DOE to ship

transuranic waste from the Savannah

River Site to the WIPP. We will not

make a determination of compliance

prior to the inspection or before the 30-

day comment period has closed.

Information on the certification

decision is filed in the official EPA Air

Docket, Docket No. A–93–02 and is

available for review in Washington, DC,

and at three EPA WIPP informational

docket locations in New Mexico. The

dockets in New Mexico contain only

major items from the official Air Docket

in Washington, DC, plus those

documents added to the official Air

Docket since the October 1992

enactment of the WIPP LWA.

Dated: October 30, 2000.

Robert Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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Proposed Settlement Agreements on

Regulations Under Section 126 of the

Clean Air Act Reducing Regional

Transport of Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA hereby gives notice of

three proposed Settlement Agreements

regarding certain issues in the case

entitled Appalachian Power v. EPA,

Nos. 99–1200, et al. (D.C. Cir.).

Specifically, the Settlement Agreements

address issues in the following cases,

consolidated with Appalachian Power

v. EPA: Weyerhaeuser Co. v. EPA, No.

00–1126; West Virginia Manufacturers

Ass’n, et al. v. EPA, Nos. 99–1246 & 00–

1125; West Virginia Chamber of

Commerce et al. v. EPA, Nos. 99–1205

& 00–1024; Birchwood Power Partners,

et al. v. EPA, No. 00–1116; Southern

Energy Gen. L.L.C. v. EPA, No. 00–1117.

EPA issues this notice in accordance

with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act,

as amended (the ‘‘ACT’’), which

requires EPA to give notice and provide

an opportunity for public comment on

proposed settlement agreements.

The litigation concerns EPA’s

promulgation of two final rules under

section 126 of the Act (collectively the

‘‘section 126 rule’’) pertaining to control

of interstate transport of ozone. See 64

FR 28250 (May 25, 1999); 65 FR 2674

(January 18, 2000). Under the section

126 rule, certain upwind stationary

sources of nitrogen oxides (NoX)

emissions in twelve states and the

District of Columbia must hold NOX

emission allowances equivalent to the

quantity of their NOX emissions. The

section 126 rule allocates quantities of

NOX allowances to each covered source.

Various parties have filed petitions for

review of the section 126 rule under

section 307(b)(1) of the Act. Several of

these parties have raised claims that

EPA incorrectly allocated NOX

allowances to certain units under the

section 126 rule and that the parties did

not have the opportunity to comment on

the incorrect allocations during the

rulemaking process. The proposed

Settlement Agreements provide that

EPA will propose a rule to modify the

allowance allocations for certain units

and that the parties will dismiss these

claims if EPA issues a final rule

consistent with the proposed rule.

Persons who were not named as

parties or interveners to this litigation

may submit written comments on the

proposed settlement agreement to EPA.

EPA will accept such comments for a

period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. EPA or the

Department of Justice may withhold or

withdraw consent to the proposed

Settlement Agreement if the comments

disclose facts or circumstances that

indicated that the agreement is

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or

inconsistent with the requirements of

the Act. Unless EPA or the Department

of Justice makes such a determination

following the comment period, EPA will

take the actions set forth in the

Settlement Agreement.

A copy of the proposed Settlement

Agreement is available from Phyllis

Davis, Air and Radiation Law Office

(2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel

Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460,

(202) 564–5566. Written comments

should be sent to Alexandra Teitz, Esq.,

at the above address and must be

submitted on or before December 13,

2000.

Dated: October 31, 2000.

Anna Wolgast,

Acting General Counsel.

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Clean Water Act Section 303(d):

Availability of Total Maximum Daily

Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability for comment of the

administrative record file for nine

TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for

waters listed in Louisiana’s Mermentau

and Vermilion/Teche river basins,

under section 303(d) of the Clean Water

Act (CWA). EPA prepared these TMDLs

in response to a Court Order dated

October 1, 1999, in the lawsuit Sierra