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wastewater from cleaning the interior of

tank trucks, hopper trucks, rail tank

cars, rail hopper cars, intermodal tank

containers, intermediate bulk

containers, tank barges, hopper barges,

and ocean/sea tankers. The three major

cargo types cleaned by TEC facilities are

chemical, petroleum, and food-grade

products.

Topics for the public meeting include

subcategorization, summary of industry

information, and preliminary plans for

technology-based options. The meeting

will not be recorded by a reporter or

transcribed for inclusion in the

rulemaking record.

Documents relating to the topics

mentioned above and a more detailed

agenda will be available at the meeting.

For those unable to attend the meeting,

a document summary will be available

following the meeting, and can be

obtained upon request to Gina Matthews

at the previously mentioned address.

Driving directions to the National

Wildlife Visitor Center: Take the

Baltimore-Washington Parkway (I–295)

to the exit for the Beltsville Agriculture

Research Center (Powder Mill Road

(East)). Go approximately 2.0 miles and

turn right into Visitor Center entrance

(Scarlet Tanager Loop). Go 1.4 miles to

Visitor Center Parking area.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Tudor Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

[FR Doc. 97–9089 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–340109; FRL 5598–6]

Notice of Receipt of Requests for

Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain

Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),

as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of

receipt of request for amendment by

registrants to delete uses in certain

pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn,

the Agency will approve these use

deletions and the deletions will become

effective on October 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: James A. Hollins, Office of

Pesticide Programs (7502C),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location for commercial courier,

delivery, telephone number and e-mail:

Room 216, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703) 305–5761; e-mail:

hollins.james@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that

a registrant of a pesticide product may

at any time request that any of its

pesticide registrations be amended to

delete one or more uses. The Act further

provides that, before acting on the

request, EPA must publish a notice of

receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register. Thereafter, the

Administrator may approve such a

request.

II. Intent to Delete Uses

This notice announces receipt by the

Agency of applications from registrants

to delete uses in the five pesticide

registrations listed in the following

Table 1. These registrations are listed by

registration number, product names,

active ingredients and the specific uses

deleted. Users of these products who

desire continued use on crops or sites

being deleted should contact the

applicable registrant before October 6,

1997 to discuss withdrawal of the

applications for amendment. This 180–

day period will also permit interested

members of the public to intercede with

registrants prior to the Agency approval

of the deletion.

TABLE 1. — REGISTRATIONS WITH REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

EPA Reg No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete From Label

000432–00605 SBP-1382 Insecticide Emulsifiable Concen

trate 26% Formula I

Resmethrin Lathhouses, commercial greenhouses

000655–00549 Prentox Malathion W-25 Malathion Ornamentals, potatoes

001021–01340 Formula 7243 Piperonyl butoxide;

Pyrethrins

Planes (in storage sites)

019713–00302 Green Devil Malathion Wettable Powder Malathion Use on tomatoes

019713–00359 Best 4 Servis Brand 25% Malathion Wettable PowderMalathion Use on tomatoes, beef cattle

The following Table 2 includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table

1, in sequence by EPA company number.

TABLE 2. — REGISTRANTS REQUESTING AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

Company No. Company Name and Address

000432 AgrEvo Environmental Health, 95 Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale, NJ 07645.

000655 Prentiss Incorporated, CB 2000, Floral Park, NY 11002.

001021 McLaughlin Gormley King Co., 8810 Tenth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55427.

019713 Drexel Chemical Co., P.O. Box 13327, 1700 Channel Ave., Memphis, TN 38113.
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III. Existing Stocks Provisions

The Agency has authorized registrants

to sell or distribute product under the

previously approved labeling for a

period of 18 months after approval of

the revision, unless other restrictions

have been imposed, as in special review

actions.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Product registrations.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Linda A. Travers,

Director, Program Management Support

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–8668 Filed 4-8-–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5808–3]

Federal Information Processing

Standards Waiver

ACTION: Notice of FIPS waiver.

SUMMARY: The Chief Information Officer

for the Environmental Protection

Agency has granted a waiver to the

Agency to use the RSA cryptographical

features provided in Lotus Notes in lieu

of the Secure Hashing Standard (FIPS

PUB 180–1), Digital Signature Standard

(FIPS PUB 186), and Data Encryption

Standard (FIPS PUB 46–2). This waiver

is pursuant to section 111(d)(3) of the

Federal Property and Services Act of

1949, as amended.

DATES: The waiver takes effect on March

21, 1997 and is valid until January 1,

1999. If the vendor incorporates Federal

standards into the core product prior to

January 1, 1999, EPA will end the

waiver early at that time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Wohlleben, Office of Information

Resources Management, 401 M Street

SW (3401), Washington, DC 20460, 202–

260–4465.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal

Information Processing Standards

publications (FIPS PUBS) for the Secure

Hashing Standard (FIPS PUB 180–1),

Digital Signature Standard (FIPS PUB

186), and the Data Encryption Standard

(FIPS PUB 46–2) establish standards for

generating digital signatures (which can

be used to verify authenticity) and for

the encryption of sensitive information

transmitted and stored electronically.

These FIPS publications also allow

Federal agencies to waive them under

certain circumstances:

A waiver may be granted if compliance

with a standard would adversely affect the

accomplishment of the mission of an

operator of a Federal computer system; or

compliance with a standard would cause a

major financial impact on the operator which

is not offset by Government-wide savings.

The Chief Information Officer for the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

has granted a waiver of FIPS PUBS 180–

1, 186, and 46–2 to enable EPA to use

the built-in cryptographical features of

the groupware product Lotus Notes. The

installed version of Lotus Notes,

currently used by EPA, does not employ

FIP standard cryptography. Rather it

uses cryptography that enjoys

widespread use in the private sector,

domestically and internationally. This

cryptography is Message Digest 2 (MD–

2), the Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman

(RSA) signature algorithm, and RC–4

symmetric encryption algorithm.

EPA determined that the

cryptographic protection embedded in

Lotus Notes provides an appropriate

level of security to protect the

unclassified information used,

communicated, and stored by EPA.

Upon reviewing RSA’s cryptographic

capabilities, Agency personnel have

concluded that if properly

implemented, Lotus Notes provides a

full range of security functionality that

fully satisfies Agency requirements.

The additional costs required to

purchase and maintain FIPS-compliant

products that provide equivalent

security functionality as that provided

by non-standard, but commercially

acceptable cryptography found in Lotus

Notes is a significant factor underlying

the granting of this waiver. The

acquisition costs for either software- or

hardware-based products that

implement existing Federal

cryptographic standards are

unnecessary. By using the cryptography

embedded in Lotus Notes, EPA is able

to avoid unnecessary costs, while

utilizing security functionality widely

accepted by the public and private

sectors.

In accordance with FIPS

requirements, notice of this waiver has

been sent to the National Institute of

Standards and Technology, the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight of the House of

Representatives, and the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

Alvin M. Pesachowitz,

Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–9092 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5807–7]

Sole Source Aquifer Designation for

the Columbia and Yorktown-Eastover

Multiaquifer System

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In response to a petition from

the Bi-County Ad Hoc Citizens

Committee on Oversight, notice is

hereby given that the Regional

Administrator of Region III of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

has determined that the Columbia and

Yorktown-Eastover Multiaquifer System

satisfies all determination criteria for

designation as a sole source aquifer,

pursuant to Section 1424(e) of the Safe

Drinking Water Act. The following

findings were made in accordance with

the designation criteria: the Columbia

and Yorktown-Eastover Multiaquifer

System supplies more than 50% of the

water needs for the communities within

the service area boundaries; there are no

viable alternative sources of sufficient

supply; the boundaries of the designated

area and the project review area have

been reviewed and approved by the

EPA; and, if contamination were to

occur, it would pose a significant public

hazard and a serious financial burden to

the communities within the aquifer

service area. As a result of this action,

the EPA may review, suggest

modifications to, or withhold funding

for, any federally financially assisted

projects proposed for construction

within the Columbia and YorktownEastover Multiaquifer System that may

pose an adverse risk of ground water

contamination.

DATES: This determination shall become

effective May 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The data upon which these

findings are based are available to the

public and may be inspected during

normal business hours at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency—

Region III, Water Protection Division,

841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,

PA 19107.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara M. Smith, Drinking Water

Branch, (215) 566–5786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Section 1424(e) of the Safe Drinking

Water Act, 42 U.S.C., section 300h–3(e),

states:

If the Administrator determines, on his

own initiative or petition, that an area has an