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procedures before they are permitted

access to TSCA CBI.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Access to

confidential business information.

Dated: March 3, 1997.

Oscar Morales,

Acting Director, Information Management

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–6018 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

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[FRL–5707–8]

Common Sense Initiative Council,

Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory

Common Sense Initiative Council,

Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee Meeting; Open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is given that the

Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee of the Common Sense

Initiative Council will meet on

Wednesday, March 26 and Thursday,

March 27, 1997, in Romulus, Michigan.

The meeting is open to the public.

Seating will be on a first-come basis and

limited time will be provided for public

comment.

OPEN MEETING NOTICE: Notice is hereby

given that the Envionmental Protection

Agency is convening an open meeting of

the Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee on Wednesday, March 26

and Thursday, March 27, 1997. The

meeting will begin both days at

approximately 9:30 a.m. EST and run

until approximately 3:30 p.m. EST. The

meeting will be held at the Crowne

Plaza Hotel, 800 Merriman Road,

Romulus, Michigan. The telephone

number is (313) 729–2600.

The Subcommittee Meeting will focus

on the review of work products

produced by the project teams. The Life

Cycle Project team will present several

work products, including a report on the

Life Cycle Simulation project. The

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)/area

mini group will present its findings on

the use of a VOC/area standard for

coating operations. The Alternative

Regulatory team will present status

updates on various alternative

regulatory issues, including the guiding

principles for an Alternative Sector

Regulatory System (ASRS), and an

update on the Louisville Community

Project.

INSPECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE

DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to the

above topics will be publicly available

at the meeting. Thereafter, these

documents and the minutes of the

meeting will be available for public

inspection in room 2821 of EPA

Headquarters, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460, telephone

number 202–260–7417. Common Sense

Initiative information can be accessed

electronically through contacting Daria

Willis at: willis.daria@epamail.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For more

information about and vertification of

this meeting, please call Alan Powell,

DFO, at EPA, Region 4, by telephone on

(404) 562–9045, by fax on (404) 562–

9068 or by mail at 100 Alabama Street,

S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 or call

Keith Mason, Alternate DFO, at EPA, on

(202) 260–1360.

Dated: March 6, 1997.

Kathleen Bailey,

Designated Federal Officer.

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Pesticide Program Dialogue

Committee; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: As required by section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act [Public Law 92–463],

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP) is giving notice of a public

meeting of the Pesticide Program

Dialogue Committee (PPDC).

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, March 18, 1997 from 9 a.m. to

5:45 p.m. and Wednesday, March 19,

1997 from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:

The Ramada Plaza Hotel, 901 N. Fairfax

Street, (Old Town) Alexandria, Virginia

in the Washington Ballroom.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Margie Fehrenbach or Kathleen

Martin, Office of Pesticide Programs

(7501C), Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location and telephone

number: Rm. 1119, Crystal Mall 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202, (703) 305–7090; e-mail:

fehrenbach.margie@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The PPDC

is composed of a balanced group of

participants from the following sectors:

pesticide industry and user groups;

federal agencies and state governments;

consumer and environmental/public

interest groups, including

representatives from the general public;

academia; the public health community;

and, congressional staff. The Committee

was formed to foster communication

and understanding among the parties

represented on the Committee and with

OPP. The Committee also provides

advice and guidance to OPP regarding

pesticide regulatory, policy, and

implementation issues.

PPDC meetings are open to the public.

Outside statements by observers are

welcome. Oral statements will be

limited to five minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person present

the statement. Any person who wishes

to file a written statement can do so

before or after a Committee meeting.

These statements will become part of

the permanent file and will be provided

to the Committee members for their

information. Materials will be available

for public review at the following

address: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. 1128, Crystal Mall 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202, (703) 305–5805.

Topics to be discussed at the March

meeting are: the 1993 Government

Performance and Results Act (GPRA)

which mandates the measurement of

budgeted program activities within the

Federal Government; minor use

pesticides and the registration of

pesticides to meet emergency conditions

(section 18 of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act

[FIFRA]); improving public

communications, as well as the public

brochure regarding pesticide residues in

food required by the 1996 Food Quality

Protection Act (FQPA).

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: March 6, 1997.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of

Test Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s

receipt of test data on n-amyl acetate

(CAS No. 628–63–7). These data were

submitted pursuant to a neurotoxicity

testing program conducted in rats which

was required under an enforceable

testing consent agreement/order issued

by EPA under section 4 of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Publication of this notice is in

compliance with section 4(d) of TSCA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E–543B, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554–1404,

TDD (202) 554–0551; e-mail:TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 40

CFR 790.60, all TSCA section 4

enforceable consent agreements/orders

must contain a statement that results of

testing conducted pursuant to testing

enforceable consent agreements/orders

will be announced to the public in

accordance with section 4(d).

I. Test Data Submissions

Test data for n-amyl acetate were

submitted by Regnet Environmental

Services, Inc. on behalf of the Union

Carbide Corporation pursuant to a TSCA

section 4 enforceable testing consent

agreement/order at 40 CFR 799.5000.

EPA granted Union Carbide Corporation

a 2-week extension for submission of

this report and received the data on

February 6, 1997. The submission

includes a final report entitled ‘‘An

Acute Neurotoxicity Study of a Single

Inhalation Whole-Body Exposure of nAmyl Acetate Vapor (with a 2-week

observation) in the Albino Rat.’’ n-Amyl

acetate is primarily used as a solvent for

nitrocellulose lacquers and paints.

Other large uses are as extraction

solvents in penicillin manufacture and

electrostatic spray coatings for

automobiles. Miscellaneous uses

include a solvent in photographic film,

leather polishes, dry cleaning

preparations, and as a flavoring agent.

EPA has initiated its review and

evaluation process for this data

submission. At this time, the Agency is

unable to provide any determination as

to the completeness of the submission.

II. Public Record

EPA has established a public record

for this TSCA section 4(d) receipt of

data notice (docket number OPPTS–

44638). This record includes a copy of

the study reported in this notice. The

record is available for inspection from

12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except legal holidays, in the

TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center (also known as the TSCA Public

Docket Office), Rm. B–607 Northeast

Mall, e-mail address:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov., 401 M St.,

SW., Washington, DC 20460.

AUTHORITY: 15 U.S.C. 2603.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Test data.

Dated: March 3, 1997.

Charles M. Auer,

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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Final General NPDES Permit for

Facilities Related to Oil and Gas

Extraction on the North Slope of the

Brooks Range, Alaska (Permit Number

AKG–31–0000)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 10.

ACTION: Notice of a final general permit.

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of Water,

EPA Region 10 is issuing a General

NPDES permit for facilities related to

Oil and Gas Extraction on the North

Slope of the Brooks Range in Alaska.

This general permit regulates activities

associated with the extraction of oil and

gas on the North Slope of the Brooks

Range in the North Slope Borough in the

state of Alaska. The activities covered

include sanitary and domestic

discharges from mobile, exploration,

development and production camps;

gravel pit dewatering and the use of this

water for the construction of ice

structures and road watering; and

construction dewatering. The permit

establishes effluent limitations,

standards, prohibitions and other

conditions on discharges from covered

facilities. These conditions are based on

existing national effluent guidelines, the

state of Alaska’s Water Quality

Standards and material contained in the

administrative record. A description of

the basis for the conditions and

requirements of the proposed general

permit were provided in the fact sheet

and changes to the proposed general

permit are documented in the Response

to Comments.

DATES: The general permit will become

effective on April 10, 1997 and will

expire on April 10, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the final general NPDES

permit, response to comments, and

today’s publication will be provided

upon request by calling the EPA Region

10, Public Information Office, at (800)

424–4372 or (206) 553–1200 or upon

request by calling Cindi Godsey at (907)

269–7692. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to:

GODSEY.CINDI@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget has

exempted this action from the review

requirements of Executive Order 12866

pursuant to section 6 of that order.

The state of Alaska, Department of

Environmental Conservation (ADEC),

has certified that the subject discharges

comply with the applicable provisions

of sections 208(e), 301, 302, 306 and 307

of the Clean Water Act. The state of

Alaska, Office of Management and

Budget, Division of Governmental

Coordination (DGC), has certified that

the general NPDES permit is consistent

with the approved Alaska Coastal

Management Program.

Comments were received which

caused changes to the proposed permit.

These are detailed in the Response to

Comments. The following is a summary

of some of the changes:

Discharges to non-frozen tundra will

be authorized but the time a facility can

discharge in one spot to tundra has been

reduced from 7 to 5 days. A request for

coverage shall be submitted at least 45

days prior to discharge rather than 60.

ADEC has authorized a mixing zone for

chlorine for discharges of sanitary

wastewater to the tundra. The basis for

the settleable solids limitation found in

several categories of discharges has been

changed from a technology-based

limitation to a water quality-based one;

this change requires that the effluent

sample be compared to a sample

representative of the natural conditions

of a waterbody. The promulgation of

New Source Performance Standards

(NSPS) for sanitary and domestic

wastewater in 40 CFR part 435, subpart

D caused EPA to reconsider the basis for

the floating solids requirement and it

has been changed from a technology to

a water quality-based limitation. NSPS

also requires new development and

production facilities to comply with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) before coverage could be

granted under this general NPDES

permit.

Within 120 days following service of

notice of EPA’s final permit decision

under 40 CFR 124.15, any interested

person may appeal this general NPDES

permit in the Federal Court of Appeal in

accordance with section 509(b)(1) of the

Clean Water Act.