67740 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 219 / Monday, November 13, 2000 / Notices

following tariff sheets proposed to

become effective November 1, 2000:

First Revised Sheet No. 14B

First Revised Sheet No. 14F

First Revised Sheet No. 14L

ANR is filing the attached tariff sheets

to reflect a change in the negotiated rate

contracts with Wisconsin Public Service

Corporation (WPSC). WPSC is

increasing its MDQ under its Marshfield

contract 5500 by 68 dth/d, and making

a corresponding decrease of 68 dth/d to

its Joliet Hub contract 104403. Also,

WPSC is adjusting its previous annual

MDQ level associated with NNS

contract 99515, to provide for a seasonal

split it the MDQ. Therefore, on an

annual basis, there is no change in level

of NNS service. ANR requests that the

Commission grant ANR any waivers of

the Commission’s regulations which are

necessary in order to make these tariff

sheets effective as of November 1, 2000,

and to the extent necessary, moves

pursuant to 18 CFR 154.7(a)(9) for the

tariff sheets to go into effect on said

date. Additionally, ANR requests all

such further relief as is appropriate.

ANR states that a copy of this filing

is being mailed to the affected shipper

and to each of ANR’s FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1 and

Original Volume No. 2 customers, and

interested State Commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–28935 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00439H; FRL–6755–3]

Pesticide Program Dialogue Commitee

(PPDC) and Inert Disclosure

Stakeholder Workgroup; Notice of

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a

public meeting of the Pesticide Program

Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on

November 29–30, and the PPDC Inert

Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup on

November 28, 2000. Agendas for both of

these public meetings are under

development and will be available by

November 20, 2000, on our website at

www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/.

DATES: The Inert Disclosure Stakeholder

Workgroup meeting will be held on

November 28, 2000 from 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. The PPDC meeting will be held on

November 29, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and

on November 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Both public meetings will

be held at Radisson Hotel Old Town,

901 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria,

VA 22314, telephone number (703) 683–

6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

the PPDC meeting, contact Margie

Fehrenbach or Terria Northern, and for

the Inert Disclosure Stakeholder

Workgroup, contact Cameo Smoot. All

are located within the Office of

Pesticide Programs, Office of

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic

Substances 7501C, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460;

telephone numbers: (703) 308–4775 or

(703) 305–7090; fax numbers: (703) 308–

4776 or (703) 308–8005; e-mail address:

Fehrenbach.Margie@epa.gov,

Northern.Terria@epa.gov or

Smoot.Cameo@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to persons who are concerned

about implementation of the Food

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) (Public

Law 104–170) which was passed in

1996 to strengthen the nation’s system

for regulating pesticides on food; the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

(FFDCA). PPDC was established in 1995

to provide a forum for a diverse group

of stakeholders to provide advice and

recommendations to EPA regarding

pesticide regulatory and policy issues.

Since other entities may also be

interested, the Agency has not

attempted to describe all the specific

entities that may be affected by this

action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations

and Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. To access

information regarding PPDC, go directly

to the Home Page for EPA’s Office of

Pesticide Programs at http://

www.epa.gov/pesticides/ and select

ppdc.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an administrative record for

all PPDC meetings and workgroups

under docket control number OPP–

00439A. The administrative record

consists of the documents specifically

referenced in this notice, any public

comments received during an applicable

comment period, and other information

related to the PPDC and workgroups,

including any information claimed as

Confidential Business Information (CBI).

This administrative record includes the

documents that are physically located in

the docket, as well as the documents

that are referenced in those documents.

The public version of the administrative

record, which includes printed, paper

versions of any electronic comments

that may be submitted during an

applicable comment period, is available

for inspection in the Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

3. By mail. You may submit a request

to: Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

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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.

[FR Doc. 00–29052 Filed 11–8–00; 1:56 p.m.]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6900–2; RIN 2060–AG85]

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