Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 10 / Wednesday, January 15, 1997 / Notices 2149

[Project No. 11540–001, South Carolina]

Joyner Enterprises Association; Notice

of Surrender of Preliminary Permit

January 10, 1997.

Take notice that the Joyner

Enterprises Association, permittee for

the Berry Shoals Project No. 11540,

located on the South Tyger River in

Spartanburg County, South Carolina,

has requested that its preliminary

permit be terminated. The preliminary

permit was issued on February 7, 1996,

and would have expired on January 31,

1999. The permittee states that the

project would be economically

infeasible.

The permittee filed the request on

December 17, 1996, and the preliminary

permit for Project No. 11540 shall

remain in effect through the thirtieth

day after issuance of this notice unless

that day is a Saturday, Sunday or

holiday as described in 18 CFR

385.2007, in which case the permit shall

remain in effect through the first

business day following that day. New

applications involving this project site,

to the extent provided for under 18 CFR

Part 4, may be filed on the next business

day.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–933 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5676–5]

Transfer of Confidential Business

Information to Contractors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of transfer of data and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: EPA will transfer Confidential

Business Information (CBI) to its

contractor, Industrial Economics, Inc.

and its subcontractors: DPRA, Inc.; ICF,

Inc.; Northbridge Environmental

Management Consultants; Research

Triangle Institute; Tetra Tech, Inc.;

Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.; Eastern

Research Group; Energy and

Environmental Research Corporation;

Kerr & Associates, Inc.; Ross &

Associates Environmental Consulting,

Ltd.; SocioTechnical Research

Application, Inc.; Tellus Institute and

Versar, Inc. that has been or will be

submitted to EPA under Section 3007 of

the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (RCRA). Under RCRA,

EPA is involved in activities to support,

expand and implement solid and

hazardous waste regulations.

DATES: Transfer of confidential data

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner

than January 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Regina Magbie, Document Control

Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305W),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460. Comments should be identified

as ‘‘Transfer of Confidential Data.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Regina Magbie, Document Control

Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305W),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460, 703–308–7909.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Transfer of Confidential Business

Information

Under EPA Contract 68–W6–0061,

Industrial Economics, Inc., and its

subcontractors, will assist the Office of

Solid Waste, Economics, Methods, and

Risk Assessment Division, by providing

technical support for: Methodology

Development/Cross-Cutting Scoping

Studies; Innovative Benefits

Assessment; Economic Impacts;

Industry Profiles; Screening and

Prioritization; Environmental Indicators

and Goals. EPA has determined that

Industrial Economics, Inc., and its

subcontractors, will need access to

RCRA CBI submitted to the Office of

Solid Waste to complete this work.

Specifically, Industrial Economics, Inc.

and its subcontractors, need access to

the CBI that EPA collects, under the

authority of Section 3007 of RCRA, in

Industry Studies Surveys and other

studies of industries involved with

waste management.

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.305(h),

EPA has determined that Industrial

Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors,

require access to CBI submitted to EPA

under the authority of RCRA to perform

work satisfactorily under the abovenoted contract. EPA is submitting this

notice to inform all submitters of CBI of

EPA’s intent to transfer CBI to these

firms on a need-to-know basis. Upon

completing their review of materials

submitted, Industrial Economics, Inc.,

and its subcontractors, will return all

CBI to EPA.

EPA will authorize Industrial

Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors,

for access to CBI under the conditions

and terms in EPA’s ‘‘Contractor

Requirements for the Control and

Security of RCRA Confidential Business

Information Security Manual.’’ Prior to

transferring CBI to Industrial

Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors,

EPA will review and approve their

security plans and Industrial

Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors,

will sign non-disclosure agreements.

Dated: December 17, 1996.

Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. 97–979 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[PF–686; FRL–5580–3]

Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company;

Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

filing of pesticide petitions proposing to

increase and decrease tolerances for

ethephon in or on cottonseed, meat and

milk, and proposes establishing new

tolerances for cotton gin trash and

poultry. The summary was prepared by

the petitioner, Rhone-Poulenc Ag

Company.

DATES: Comments, identified by the

docket number [PF–686], must be

received on or before, February 14,

1997.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments to Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to Rm. 1132, CM #2. 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically be sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by docket number

[PF–686]. Electronic comments on this

notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found below this document.

Information submitted as a comments

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’

(CBI). CBI should not be submitted

through e-mail. Information marked as

CBI will not be disclosed except in