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FR 33926–33932); and, on December 5,

1994, (59 FR 62456–62471), as amended

on June 29, 1995, (60 FR 34084–34086).

The U.S. EPA has completed its review

of Ohio’s PWSS primacy program

revision.

The U.S. EPA has determined that the

Ohio rule revision meets the

requirements of the Federal rule.

Therefore, the U.S. EPA is proposing to

approve the OEPA’s rule revision.

All interested parties are invited to

submit written comments on these

proposed determinations, and may

request a public hearing on or before

June 22, 1998. If a public hearing is

requested and granted, the

corresponding determination shall not

become effective until such time

following the hearing, at which the

Regional Administrator issues an order

affirming or rescinding this action.

Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a

hearing may be denied by the Regional

Administrator.

Requests for public hearing should be

addressed to: William Spaulding (WD–

15J), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Any request for a public hearing shall

include the following: (1) The name,

address, and telephone number of the

individual, organization, or other entity

requesting a hearing. (2) A brief

statement of the requesting person’s

interest in the Regional Administrator’s

determinations and of information that

the requesting person intends to submit

at such hearing. (3) The signature of the

individual making the request; or, if the

request is made on behalf of an

organization or other entity, the

signature of a responsible official of the

organization or other entity.

Notice of any hearing shall be given

not less than fifteen (15) days prior to

the time scheduled for the hearing. Such

notice will be made by the Regional

Administrator in the Federal Register

and in newspapers of general

circulation in the State of Ohio. A notice

will be sent to the person(s) requesting

the hearing as well as to the State of

Ohio. The hearing notice will include a

statement of purpose, information

regarding the time and location, and the

address and telephone number where

interested persons may obtain further

information. The Regional

Administrator will issue an order

affirming or rescinding his

determination upon review of the

hearing record. Should the

determination be affirmed, it will

become effective as of the date of the

order.

Should no timely and appropriate

request for a hearing be received, and

should the Regional Administrator not

elect to hold a hearing on his own

motion, these determinations shall

become effective on June 22, 1998.

Please bring this notice to the attention

of any persons known by you to have an

interest in these determinations.

All documents related to these

determinations are available for

inspection between the hours of 8:30

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, at the following offices:

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency,

Division of Drinking and Ground

Waters, 1800 WaterMark Drive, P.O.

Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43215–

1099, State Docket Officer: Mr. Bernie

Clark, (614) 644–2752.

Safe Drinking Water Branch, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Spaulding, Region 5, Safe

Drinking Water Branch at the Chicago

address given above, telephone 312/

886–9262.

(Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act,

as amended (1986), and 40 CFR 142.10 of the

National Primary Drinking Water

Regulations)

Dated: May 11, day of May 1998.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6100–2]

Common Sense Initiative Council

(CSIC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of public advisory

for the CSI council meeting, an open

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is hereby given that the

CSI Council will meet on the dates and

times described below. The meeting is

open to the public. Seating at the

meeting will be on a first-come basis

and limited time will be provided for

public comment. For further

information, please contact the

individual listed below.

Common Sense Initiative Council

Meeting—June 9, 1998

The Common Sense Initiative Council

will hold an open meeting on Tuesday,

June 9, 1998, from 8:30a.m. EST to

5:30p.m. EST. The meeting will be held

at the Crystal City Sheraton, 1800

Jefferson-Davis Highway, Arlington,

Virginia, 703–486–1111 or 1–800–325–

3535.

The Council Agenda will focus on a

variety of topics including: Discussion

of five issue papers on Sector-Based

Environmental Protection (SBEP) which

will form the basis for the SBEP Action

Plan, a Stakeholder Involvement

Workgroup report, an update on the

PrintSTEP project from the Printing

Sector Subcommittee, recommendations

from the Computer and Electronics

Sector Subcommittee, discussion of

Reinventing Environmental Information

issues concerning data gaps, data

quality, and burden reduction, and

performance measures for CSI.

For further information concerning

this Common Sense Initiative Council

meeting, contact Kathleen Bailey,

Designated Federal Officer, on (202)

260–7417, or email:

bailey.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov.

INSPECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE

DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to

the above Sector Subcommittee

announcement will be publicly

available at the meeting. Thereafter,

these documents, together with the

official minutes for the meeting, will be

available for public inspection in room

3802M of EPA Headquarters, Common

Sense Initiative Staff, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460, telephone

number 202–260–7417. Common Sense

Initiative information can be accessed

electronically on our web site at http./

/www.epa.gov/commonsense.

Gregory Ondich,

Acting Designated Federal Officer.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6100–8]

Public Meeting To Discuss Adverse

Environmental Impacts Resulting From

Cooling Water Intake Structures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency will hold a public meeting to

discuss issues associated with defining

and measuring adverse environmental

impacts from cooling water intake

structures. The purpose of this meeting

is to facilitate an exchange of

information that will assist EPA in

developing regulatory options for
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minimizing adverse environmental

impact. The public meeting is open to

anyone wishing to attend.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1995,

EPA entered into a Consent Decree that

requires the Agency, no later than July

2, 1999, to propose regulations

implementing Section 316(b) of the

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C Section

1326(b), and to take final action with

respect to the regulations no later than

August 13, 2001. The Agency is

currently developing these regulations

for proposal. Section 316(b) provides

that any standard established pursuant

to sections 301 or 306 of the Clean

Water Act and applicable to a point

source shall require that the location,

design, construction, and capacity of

cooling water intake structures reflect

the best technology available for

minimizing adverse environmental

impact. A primary purpose of Section

316(b) is to minimize the impingement

and entrainment of fish and other

aquatic organisms as they are drawn

into a facility’s cooling water intake.

The issues that EPA has developed for

discussion fall into three categories: (1)

Environmental Criteria: Defining and

Assessing Adverse Environmental

Impacts; (2) Plant Characteristics:

Determining the Contribution to

Adverse Environmental Impacts; and (3)

Minimizing Adverse Environmental

Impacts: Designing an Approach. The

following is a potential list of issues for

discussion at the June 29, 1998 public

meeting:

(1) Environmental Criteria: Defining and

Assessing Adverse Environmental

Impact

• What constitutes an adverse

environmental impact? Should the

impact be defined in terms of actual

and/or potential effects?

• What environmental parameters are

most important for defining adverse

environmental impacts?

• For which environmental

parameters might qualitative or

quantitative thresholds and/or decision

criteria be developed for determining

adverse impacts?

• What approaches and methods are

most appropriate for assessing adverse

environmental impact?

(2) Plant Characteristics: Determining

the Contribution to Adverse

Environmental Impact

• What factors related to the location,

design, construction, and capacity of

cooling water intake structures most

significantly contribute to adverse

environmental impacts? (For example:

source waterbody type, flow rate,

velocity, configuration of intake, type of

technology at the intake.)

• For which such factors (e.g.,

velocity, flow rate, waterbody type, etc.)

might qualitative or quantitative

thresholds and/or decision criteria be

developed?

(3) Minimizing Adverse Environmental

Impact: Designing an Approach

• What information should be

considered when designing an approach

to minimize adverse environmental

impacts.

• What are possible approaches to

defining and measuring the cumulative

effects of impingement and

entrainment?

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on Monday, June 29, 1998. The meeting

will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. and

will end at approximately 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia

22202. The Crystal City Marriott phone

number is (703) 413–5500. The nearest

Metro stop is Crystal City station on

either the Blue or the Yellow Line. If

you need overnight accommodations,

please call the hotel directly. A block of

25 rooms is reserved for the night of

Sunday, June 28, 1998. The rooms are

listed under ‘‘U.S. EPA 316(b) Meeting.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Nagle, senior project manager,

Office of Wastewater Management

(4203), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20460; phone number is (202) 260–

2656 and E-mail address is

nagle.deborah@epamail.epa.gov. To

register for the meeting, please contact

Betty Peterson of SAIC via FAX at (703)

903–1374 or via mail at 1710 Goodridge

Drive (1–11–7), McLean, VA 22102.

Please register by June 22, 1998.

Dated: May 14, 1998.

Tudor T. Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[AD–FRL–6101–1]

Extension of Period of Submission of

Section 111(d) Plans for Existing

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Administrator has

determined that it is necessary to extend

the submission deadline for section

111(d) Plans for MSW landfills for the

States of Arkansas and Oklahoma and

for Chattanooga-Hamilton County,

Tennessee as described below. The

reasons for this action are set forth in

the memorandum, Supplemental

Justification for Extending Municipal

Solid Waste Landfill Section 111(d) Plan

Submittals, which is located in the

docket and on EPA’s website. These

Plans, which are required under section

111(d) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) for

existing landfills (40 CFR Part 60,

subpart B), describe how the State or

Local air pollution agency or Indian

Tribe will implement the MSW landfill

emission guidelines. The guidelines

were promulgated on March 12, 1996

under 40 CFR Part 60, subpart Cc (61 FR

9905). The section 111(d) Plans were

due December 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Air Radiation

Docket and Information Center (Air

Docket 6102), Room M 1500, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Attention: Docket No. A–97–37, 401 M

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

The docket may be inspected between

8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays,

and a reasonable fee may be charged for

copying. The Air Docket may be called

at (202) 260–7548. The EPA’s Office of

Air and Radiation Policy and Guidance

website may be accessed at: http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/amend.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

Chattanooga-Hamilton County, Mr.

Scott Davis, EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth

Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303,

telephone (404) 562–9127; for Arkansas

or Oklahoma, Lt. Mick Cote, EPA Region

VI, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200,

Dallas, TX 75202, telephone (214) 665–

7219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA

promulgated standards of performance

for new MSW landfills and emission

guidelines for existing MSW landfills on

March 12, 1996. These standards of

performance and emission guidelines,

which were developed under section

111 of the Act, regulate emissions of

nonmethane organic compounds from

MSW landfills. Section 111(d) of the Act

requires States to submit a Plan to the

EPA that addresses how States will

regulate, implement and enforce

standards of performance on existing

MSW landfills and specifies when those

Plans must be submitted. This

requirement is codified under 40 CFR

60.23.

Section 60.27 of 40 CFR authorizes

the EPA Administrator to extend the

period for submission of a section

111(d) Plan whenever he or she

determines it is necessary. Arkansas,