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that EPA should take into consideration

in deciding to approve or deny DuPont’s

application for a case-by-case extension

of the LDR effective date. The State of

Texas had no substantive issues for EPA

to consider in evaluating DuPont’s

extension request.

IV. EPA’s Action

For the reasons discussed above, the

Agency believes that DuPont has

satisfied all the requirements for a caseby-case extension to the April 8, 1998,

effective date of the RCRA land disposal

restrictions (LDR) treatment standards

applicable to wastewaters with the

hazardous waste code D018 (Benzene).

Therefore, EPA is approving DuPont’s

requested case-by-case extension for a

one year period. If during this time

frame a final decision on DuPont’s

petition reissuance request is made,

then this case-by-case extension will

expire.

Dated: April 7, 1998.

William B. Hathaway,

Director, Water Quality Protection Division

(6WQ), EPA Region 6.

[FR Doc. 98–10012 Filed 4–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5996–1]

Open Meeting of the Environmental

Financial Advisory Board on May 5,

1998

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Financial

Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold an

open meeting on a proposed

Environmental Bond Guaranty program

for the New Independent States of the

former Soviet Union (NIS). This

program would create a $100 million

fund to enhance the credit of municipal

bonds issued in the NIS by guarantying

financial obligations undertaken by NIS

regional or local governments (or those

formally acting on behalf of such

governments) for capital projects

providing environmental infrastructure

that serve the general public. Types of

environmental infrastructure projects

covered may include, but not be limited

to, drinking water purification or

distribution, wastewater collection or

treatment, solid or hazardous disposal

waste, the efficient generation or use of

energy, and air pollution abatement.

The meeting is scheduled for May 5,

1998 in the Zenger Room at the National

Press Club Building, 526 14th St., NW.,

13th Floor, Washington, DC. The

meeting will run from 9:00 a.m.–3:00

p.m.

EFAB is a federally chartered advisory

board that provides analysis and advice

to the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) on environmental finance

issues. EFAB has been asked by the

EPA’s Office of International Activities

to review and comment on the guaranty

fund concept. As part of EFAB’s review,

this meeting will solicit public comment

and facilitate discussion of the best

approaches to encourage the financing

of environmental projects in the NIS.

A draft feasibility study on the

Environmental Bond Guaranty program

is available on EPA’s web site at http:/

/www.epa.gov/efinpage/partcont.htm.

Summaries of the study in hard copy

form are available by contacting the

numbers listed below. Written

comments are welcome at United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Environmental Finance Program, 401 M

St. SW., Mail Code 2731R, Washington,

DC 20460.

Several invited speakers will make

presentations and the public is

welcome, but seating is limited. Parties

who wish to provide remarks should

contact Michael Segal at (202) 564–2211

or Tim McProuty at (202) 564–4996 of

the Environmental Finance Program.

Dated: April 9, 1998.

Michael Ryan,

Comptroller.

[FR Doc. 98–10003 Filed 4–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00514A; FRL–5777–1]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel,

Appointments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the

appointment of three new members to

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific

Advisory Panel established pursuant to

section 25(d) of FIFRA. Public notice of

nominees along with a request for

public comments appeared in the

Federal Register of December 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated

Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific

Advisory Panel (7501C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 40l M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, Office location,

telephone number, and e-mail address:

Rm. 815B, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22203,

Telephone: (703) 305–5369 or 305–

7351, e-mail address:

dorsey.larry@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress

mandated that the Scientific Advisory

Panel would consist of seven members

selected from candidates nominated by

the National Science Foundation (NSF)

and the National Institutes of Health

(NIH). Congress also mandated that the

terms of appointment would be

staggered. A list of nominees, including

biographical data, appeared in the

Federal Register of December 5, 1997

(62 FR 64371) (FRL–57758–6).

Comments about several nominees and

suggestions for additional nominees

were received from the U.S. House of

Representatives, Committee on

Agriculture; the Natural Resources

Defense Council; the Children’s

Environmental Health Network; and

Zeneca Ag Products, in response to this

Notice. The purpose of this Notice is to

announce the appointment of Dr. Fumio

Matsumura, Dr. Herbert Needleman, and

Dr. Christopher Portier as members of

the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel. Dr.

Matsumura is Chair of the Department

of Toxicology at the University of

California at Davis; he will provide the

experience and technical background

needed in the area of the environmental

health sciences. Dr. Needleman is

Professor of Pediatrics at the University

of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; he

will provide expertise in the area of

pediatric medicine. Dr. Christopher

Portier is Head of the Toxicokinetics

Faculty at the National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences in

Research Triangle Park, NC; his

background in mathematics and

biostatistics will provide the Panel with

expertise in biostatistics and human

health risk assessment methodology.

The decision to appoint Drs.

Matsumura, Neeedleman, and Portier is

based upon several additional factors:

Dr. Matsumura’s extensive experience

in the toxicology of pesticides and

related chemicals; Dr. Needleman’s

focus on the effects of lead, drugs, and

other pollutants on children; and Dr.

Portier’s experience in the analysis of

such diverse risks to human health as

dioxin, Agent Orange, and

polychlorinated biphenyls.

Meetings of the Scientific Advisory

Panel are announced in the Federal

Register at least 15 days prior to each

meeting, in accordance with the

directives of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act.