15684 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 63 / Wednesday, April 2, 1997 / Notices

EPA for FY–96 under section 105(c) of

the CAA.

DATES: Comments and/or requests for a

public hearing must be received by EPA

at the address stated below by May 2,

1997.

ADDRESSES: All comments and/or

requests for a public hearing should be

mailed to: Sara Bartholomew, Grants

and Program Integration Office (AIR–8),

Air Division, U.S. EPA Region 9, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105–3901; FAX (415) 744–

1076.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara

Bartholomew, Grants and Program

Integration Office (AIR–8), Air Division,

U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, California 94105–

3901 at (415) 744–1250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of Section 105 of the CAA,

EPA provides financial assistance

(grants) to the MBUAPCD to aid in the

operation of its air pollution control

programs. In FY–95 EPA awarded the

MBUAPCD $292,856, which

represented approximately 8% of the

District’s budget. In FY–96, EPA

awarded the MBUAPCD $272,869,

which represented approximately 7% of

the District’s budget.

Section 105(c)(1) of the CAA, 42

U.S.C. 7405(c)(1), provides that ‘‘[n]o

agency shall receive any grant under

this section during any fiscal year when

its expenditures of non-Federal funds

for recurrent expenditures for air

pollution control programs will be less

than its expenditures were for such

programs during the preceding fiscal

year. In order for [EPA] to award grants

under this section in a timely manner

each fiscal year, [EPA] shall compare an

agency’s prospective expenditure level

to that of its second preceding year.’’

EPA may still award financial assistance

to an agency not meeting this

requirement, however, if EPA, ‘‘after

notice and opportunity for public

hearing, determines that a reduction in

expenditures is attributable to a nonselective reduction in the expenditures

in the programs of all Executive branch

agencies of the applicable unit of

Government.’’ CAA section 105(c)(2).

These statutory requirements are

repeated in EPA’s implementing

regulations at 40 CFR 35.210(a).

In its FY–96 section 105 application,

which EPA reviewed in early 1996, the

MBUAPCD projected expenditures of

non-Federal funds for recurrent

expenditures (or its maintenance of

effort (MOE)) of $2,873,212. This MOE

would have been sufficient to meet the

MOE requirements of the CAA because

it was not lower than the FY–95 MOE

of $2,828,502. In November of 1996,

however, the MBUAPCD submitted to

EPA documentation which shows that

its actual FY–96 MOE was $2,701,629.

This amount represents a shortfall of

$126,873 from the MOE for FY–95. In

order for the District to be eligible to

keep its FY–96 grant, EPA must make a

determination under § 105(c)(2).

The MBUAPCD is a single-purpose

agency whose primary source of funding

is permit fee revenue. Fees associated

with permits issued by the MBUAPCD

go directly to the district to fund its

operations. It is the ‘‘unit of

Government’’ for section 105(c)(2)

purposes. The MBUAPCD submitted

documentation to EPA which shows

that in 1995 and 1996 air permit fee

revenues decreased because of declining

economic conditions which caused the

business community to curtail

operations, resulting in fewer permits

issued and fees collected. As a result,

the MBUAPCD’s overall budget and its

MOE decreased. The MBUAPCD also

submitted documentation to EPA which

shows that over the past four years the

District instituted a number of cost

cutting measures, including reductions

in hiring, equipment purchases, and

contract costs.

In summary, the MBUAPCD’s MOE

reductions resulted from budget cuts

stemming from a loss of fee revenues

due to circumstances beyond the

District’s control. EPA proposes to

determine that the MBUAPCD’s lower

FY–96 MOE level meets the section

105(c)(2) criteria as resulting from a

non-selective reduction of expenditures.

Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. 35.210, this

determination will allow the MBUAPCD

to keep the funds received from EPA for

FY–96.

This notice constitutes a request for

public comment and an opportunity for

public hearing as required by the Clean

Air Act. All written comments received

by May 2, 1997 on this proposal will be

considered. EPA will conduct a public

hearing on this proposal only if a

written request for such is received by

EPA at the address above by May 2,

1997.

If no written request for a hearing is

received, EPA will proceed to the final

determination. While notice of the final

determination will not be published in

the Federal Register, copies of the

determination can be obtained by

sending a written request to Sara

Bartholomew at the above address.

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Amy Zimpfer,

Acting Director, Air Division, U.S. EPA,

Region 9.

[FR Doc. 97–8381 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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Public Meetings of the Urban Wet

Weather Flows Advisory Committee,

the Storm Water Phase II Advisory

Subcommittee, and the Sanitary Sewer

Overflow Advisory Subcommittee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

has cancelled the Storm Water Phase II

Advisory Subcommittee meeting

scheduled for April 17–18, 1997 at the

Omni Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore,

Maryland. This meeting was listed in

the Federal Register of February 10,

1997.

The next public meeting for the Storm

Water Phase II Advisory Subcommittee

is June 12–13, 1997 at the Doubletree

Hotel Park Terrace in Washington, DC.

Details for this meeting are in the

Federal Register of February 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact

Sharie Centilla, Office of Wastewater

Mangement, at (202) 260–6052 or

Internet:

centilla.sharie@epamail.epa.gov

Dated: March 26, 1997.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 97–8382 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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Rohm and Haas Company; Approval of

Pesticide Product Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

Agency approval of applications

submitted by Rohm and Haas Co., to

conditionally register the pesticide

products Thiazopyr Technical Herbicide

and Visor 2E Herbicide containing a

new active ingredient not included in

any previously registered products

pursuant to the provisions of section

3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), as amended.