3564 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 1998 / Notices

1 As a result of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of

1995, EPA (and other Federal agencies) may not

award grants to nonprofit, section 501(c)(4)

organizations that engage in lobbying activities.

This restriction applies to any lobbying activities of

a secton 501(c)(4) organization without

distinguishing between lobbying funded by Federal

money and lobbying funded by other sources.

direct impact on affected communities.

Funds awarded must be used to support

pollution prevention programs in

minority and/or low-income

communities. The Agency strongly

encourages cooperative efforts between

communities, businesses, industry, and

government to address common

pollution prevention goals. Projects

funded under this grant may involve

public education, training,

demonstration projects, collaborative

public-private partnerships, or

innovative approaches to develop,

evaluate, and demonstrate nonregulatory strategies and technologies.

Grants will be awarded to national

organizations for projects to assess the

results of previous and ongoing EJP2

grants and related information and to

develop tools for bringing pollution

prevention approaches to bear on the

problems of environmental justice

communities.

II. Definition of Environmental Justice

and Pollution Prevention

Environmental justice is defined by

EPA as the fair treatment of people of all

races, cultures, and incomes with

respect to the development,

implementation, and enforcement of

environmental laws, regulations,

programs, and policies. Fair treatment

means that no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group should bear a

disproportionate share of the negative

environmental consequences resulting

from the operation of industrial,

municipal, and commercial enterprises,

and from the execution of Federal, state,

local, and tribal programs and policies.

The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

establishes a hierarchy of environmental

preferences. These practices include, in

order of preference:

• Pollution prevention/source

reduction

• Recycling

• Treatment

• Disposal

Pollution prevention means source

reduction; it includes any practice that

reduces or eliminates any pollutant at

the source of generation prior to

recycling, treatment, or disposal.

Pollution prevention also includes

practices that reduce or eliminate the

creation of pollutants through:

• Increased efficiency in the use of

raw materials, energy, water, or other

resources

• Protection of natural resources by

conservation

This grant program is focused on

implementing practices at the top of the

hierarchy—pollution prevention/source

reduction—to bring about better

environmental protection.

III. Eligibility

Any affected, nonprofit community

organizations with section 501(c)(3) or

section 501(c)(4)1 Internal Revenue

Service tax status or Federally

recognized tribal organizations may

submit an application upon the

publication of this solicitation. A

nonprofit organization is defined as any

corporation, trust, association,

cooperative, or other organizations that:

(1) Is operated primarily for scientific,

educational, service, charitable, or

similar purposes in the public interest.

(2) Is not organized primarily for

profit.

(3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain,

improve, and/or expand its operations.

State and local governments and

academic institutions are also eligible.

Organizations must be incorporated by

April 20, 1998, to be eligible to receive

funds. Private businesses, Federal

agencies, and individuals are ineligible

for this grant. Organizations excluded

from applying directly, as well as those

inexperienced in grant writing, are

encouraged to develop partnerships and

prepare joint proposals with eligible

national, regional, or local

organizations.

No applicant can receive two grants

for the same project at one time. EPA

will consider only one proposal for a

given project. Applicants may submit

more than one application; however,

applications must be for separate and

distinct projects.

Organizations seeking funds from the

EJP2 grant program can request up to

$100,000 for local projects, and up to

$250,000 for projects that involve

multiple communities located in more

than one of the 10 EPA Regions, or

projects that are national in scope. In

accordance with 40 CFR parts 23 and

30, EPA no longer requires cost sharing

or matching under this grant program.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

William H. Sanders,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 98–1643 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5951–9]

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee:

Accident Prevention Subcommittee

Conference Call Meeting—February 3,

1998, 2–4 p.m.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section

112(r) required EPA to publish

regulations to prevent accidental

releases of chemicals and to reduce the

severity of those releases that do occur.

On June 20, 1996, EPA published the

final rule for risk management programs

to address prevention of accidental

releases.

The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee was created in September

1996 to advise EPA’s Chemical

Emergency Preparedness and

Prevention Office (CEPPO) on these

chemical accident prevention issues.

DATES: The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act

Advisory Committee will hold a public

meeting on February 3, 1998 from 2

p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Washington Information Center #12

South, in EPA Headquarters, 401 M St.,

NW, Washington DC 20460. Members of

the public are welcome to attend in

person. The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee will call into the meeting

by teleconference. Due to the limited

teleconference lines, there will not be

additional lines for the public to call in.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Members of the public desiring

additional information about this

meeting, should contact Karen

Shanahan, Designated Federal Official,

US EPA (5101), 401 M. St., SW,

Washington DC 20460, via the Internet

at: shanahan.karen@epamail.epa.gov.,

by telephone at (202) 260–2711 or FAX

at (202) 260–1686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

I. Opening Remarks—Jim Makris

II. Discussion of options for making RMP

data available through RMP*Info TM

(Security Study)

III. Comments from the public

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation in person

in Washington DC to the Subcommittee

at the February 3 meeting, must contact

Karen Shanahan in writing (by letter,

fax, or email—see previously stated

information) no later than 12 noon,
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January 27, 1998, in order to be

included on the agenda. Written

comments may be submitted to the

Accident Prevention Subcommittee up

through the date of the meeting. Please

address such material to Karen

Shanahan at the above address.

The Accident Prevention

Subcommittee expects that public

statements presented at its meetings will

not be repetitive or previously

submitted oral or written statements. In

general, for teleconference call

meetings, opportunities for oral

comment will be limited to no more

than three minutes per speaker and no

more than fifteen minutes total. Written

comments (twelve copies) received

sufficiently prior to a meeting date (one

week prior to a meeting or

teleconference), may be mailed to the

Subcommittee prior to its meeting.

Additional information on the

Accident Prevention Subcommittee is

available on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/swercepp/rmp-wg.html

If you would like to automatically

receive future information on the

Accident Prevention Subcommittee by

email, please send an email to Karen

Shanahan at:

shanahan.karen@epamail.epa.gov

requesting to be put on the email list for

these groups. Please include your name,

address and phone number.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Karen Shanahan,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 98–1640 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–42191B; FRL–5768–2]

Endocrine Disruptors; Notice of Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

seventh meeting the Endocrine

Disruptors Screening and Testing

Advisory Committee (EDSTAC), a

committee established under the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (FACA) to advise EPA

on a strategy for screening chemicals

and pesticides for their potential to

disrupt endocrine function in humans

and wildlife.

DATES: The EDSTAC Plenary meeting

will begin on Tuesday, February 3, 1998

at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. The meeting

on Wednesday, February 4, 1998, will

begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

The Madison Hotel located at 11777

15th Street, NW., Washington, D.C. The

telephone number is (202) 862–1600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

technical information about the

EDSTAC contact Dr. Anthony

Maciorowski (telephone: (202) 260–

3048; e-mail:

maciorowski.tony@epamail.epa.gov) or

Mr. Gary Timm (telephone (202) 260–

1859; e-mail:

timm.gary@epamail.epa.gov) at EPA. To

obtain additional information please

contact the contractor assisting EPA

with meeting facilitation and logistics:

Ms. Tutti Otteson, The Keystone Center,

P.O. Box 8606, Keystone, CO 80435;

telephone: (970) 468–5822; fax (970)

262–0152; e-mail totteson@keystone.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

tentative agenda for the February 3–4,

1998 plenary meeting includes status

reports from the Screening and Testing

and Priority Setting workgroups. This

plenary will not include a public

comment session.

List of Subjects

Environmental Protection.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 98–1768 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00461A; FRL–5732–8]

Self-Certification of Product Chemistry

Data; Notice of Availability of PR

Notice

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

availability of PR Notice 98–1, entitled

‘‘Self-Certification of Product Chemistry

Data.’’ This PR Notice describes the

Agency’s policy on self-certification of

certain product chemistry data of

manufacturing-use products and enduse products produced by a nonintegrated formulation system. Products

eligible for self-certification are

formulated from registered sources. This

program is voluntary and is intended to

streamline, simplify, and accelerate the

registration of pesticides while

protecting public health and the

environment.

ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available

from, by mail: Sami Malak, Technical

Review Branch, Registration Division

(7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

public record, including all public

comments, as well as a summary of the

Agency review of comments are filed in

OPP’s Docket Office under docket

control number ‘‘OPP–00461,’’ located

in Room 1132 of the Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch,

Information Resources and Services

Division (7506C). The OPP’s Docket

Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Sami Malak; at the address given

above. Office location and telephone

number: Room 256, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703) 308–9365; by FAX (703) 308–

9382; by e-mail:

malak.sami@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability:

Internet

Electronic copies of this document

and the various support documents are

available from the EPA Home Page at

the Federal Register--Environmental

Documents entry for this document

under ‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ (http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).

Fax on Demand

Using a faxphone call 202–401–0527

and select item 6106 for a copy of the

PR Notice.

Under the self-certification program,

applicants will submit a one-page

summary of the product’s physical/

chemical properties, a self-certification

statement, and a Good Laboratory

Practice Standards statement (GLP), but

will no longer be required to submit the

supporting data for those studies.

However, registrants must retain in their

possession studies conducted in

substantial conformity with Agency

regulations and must submit such

studies if requested by EPA. The

requirements pertaining to the physical/

chemical properties for chemical

(conventional) pesticides are outlined in

the table in 40 CFR 158.190, OPPTS

Test Guidelines Series 830, Product

Properties (EPA publication 712–C–96–

310, 8/96), Series 880, Biochemical Test

Guidelines, and Series 885, Microbial

Pesticides Test Guidelines. It should be

noted that OPPTS Test Guidelines,

Series 830 supersedes the Pesticide