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classification as a solid waste for three

types of materials, materials that are

collected speculatively without

sufficient amounts being recycled;

materials that are reclaimed and then

reused within the original primary

production process in which they were

generated; and materials which have

been reclaimed, but must be reclaimed

further before the materials are

completely recovered. This variance is

available to owners or operators of

enclosed flame combustion devices.

40 CFR 261.33 and 261.4 contain

provisions that allow generators to

obtain a hazardous waste exclusion for

certain types of wastes. Facilities

applying for these exclusions must

either submit supporting information or

keep detailed records. Under section

261.3(a)(2)(iv), generators may obtain a

hazardous waste exclusion for

wastewater mixtures subject to Clean

Water Act regulation. Under section

261.3(c)(2)(ii)(C), generators may obtain

an exclusion for certain non-wastewater

residues resulting from high metals

recovery processing (HTMR) or K061,

K062 and F006 waste. In addition,

under section 261.4(b)(6), generators of

chromium-containing waste may obtain

a hazardous waste exclusion under

certain conditions.

Also addressed under this section is

the shipment of samples between

generators and laboratories for the

purpose of testing to determine its

characteristics or composition. Sample

handlers who are not subject to DOT or

USPS shipping requirements must

comply with the information

requirements of section 261.4(d)(2).

When intended for treatability

studies, hazardous waste otherwise

subject to regulation under Subtitle C of

RCRA is exempted from these

regulations, provided that the

requirements in section 261.4(e)-(f) are

met, including the following

information requests: initial

notification, recordkeeping, reporting,

and final notification. In addition,

generators and collectors of treatability

study samples also may request quantity

limit increases and time extensions, as

specified in section 261.4(e)(3).

40 CFR 261.31(b)(2)(ii) governs

procedures and informational

requirements for generators and

treatment, storage and disposal facilities

to obtain exemptions from listing as

F037 and F038 wastes. Also under this

section are regulations promulgated in

1990 under section 261.35(b) and (c)

governing procedures and information

requirements for the cleaning or

replacement of all process equipment

that may have come into contact with

chlorophenolic formulations or

constituents thereof, including, but not

limited to, treatment cylinders, sumps,

tanks, piping systems, drip pads, fork

lifts, and trams.

EPA anticipates that some data

provided by respondents will be

claimed as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). Respondents may

make a business confidentiality claim

by marking the appropriate data as CBI.

Respondents may not withhold

information from the Agency because

they believe it is confidential.

Information so designated will be

disclosed by EPA only to the extent set

forth in 40 CFR part 2.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9, and in 48 CFR Chapter

15.

EPA would like to solicit comments

to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary for the

proper performance of the functions of the

Agency, including whether the information

will have practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and assumptions

used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection

of information on those who are to respond,

including through the use of appropriate

automated electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or other

forms of information technology; e.g.,

permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Burden Statement: Burden means the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended by persons to generate,

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide

information to or for a Federal agency.

This includes the time needed to review

instructions; develop, acquire, install,

and utilize technology and systems for

the purposes of collecting, validating,

and verifying information, processing

and maintaining information, and

disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with

any previously applicable instructions

and requirements; train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

The average annual burden imposed

is approximately 57 hours per

respondent. The average number of

responses for each respondent is 1. The

estimated number of likely respondents

is 330.

Dated: January 14, 1998.

David Bussard,

Director, Hazardous Waste Identification

Division.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared January 5, 1998 through

January 9, 1998 pursuant to the

Environmental Review Process (ERP),

under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act

and Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act as amended.

Requests for copies of EPA comments

can be directed to the Office of Federal

Activities at (202) 260–5076. An

explanation of the ratings assigned to

draft environmental impact statements

(EISs) was published in FR dated April

11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–FHW–B59000–RI Rating

EC2, Newport Marine Facilities Project,

To Develop the Marine Mode of the

Intermodal Gateway Transportation

Center, Selected siting in various

locations within the City of Newport,

Towns of Middletown and Portsmouth,

Funding, COE Section 404 Permit and

US Coast Guard Permit, Aquidreck

Island, RI.

Summary: EPA requested that

additional information be provided with

respect to water quality, contaminated

sediments and eelgrass to fully disclose

the environmental impacts of the

proposed project.

ERP No. D–NOA–B39035–MA Rating

LO, New Bedford Harbor Environment

Restoration Plan, Implementation,

Acushnet River, Buzzards Bay, MA.

Summary: EPA endorsed the 12

alternatives selected for near term

implementation toward restoration of

the New Bedford Harbor. EPA also

explained that it does not support

activities that would increase or alter

the spacial extent of PCB contamination

as a result of resuspension and that the

agency will continue to work to ensure

that none of the restoration work will

interfere with or delay the ongoing

Superfund work in the harbor.
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Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–L65286–OR, Summit

Fire Recovery Forest Restoration Project,

Implementation, Malheur National

Forest, Long Creek Ranger District,

Grant County, OR.

Summary: Review of the final EIS was

not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FAA–B51025–NH,

Manchester (New Hampshire) Airport

Master Plan Update, Improvements to

Airside and Landside Facilities, Airport

Layout Plan, Permits and Approvals,

Manchester, NH.

Summary: EPA continues to have

concerns regarding wetlands, air

quality, and alternative modes of

transportation.

ERP No. F–FHW–C40136–NY,

Stutson Street BIN–3317120 Over

Genesee River (PIN 4751.05.121), from

the Interchange of the Lake Ontario

State Parkway and Latta Road to Lake

Shore Boulevard, COE Section 10 and

404 Permit, and Coast Guard Bridge

Permits, in the City of Rochester, Town

of Greece and Irondequoit, Monroe

County, NY.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the action as proposed.

ERP No. FS–FHW–B40029–VT,

Burlington Southern Connector, I–189

to Battery Street, Additional

Information, Funding, Burlington,

Chittenden County, VA.

Summary: EPA continues to express

concerns regarding wetland, water and

air quality and superfund issues. EPA

requested that these issues be clarified

in the Record of Decision.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed January 12,

1998 Through January 16, 1998

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 980006, Draft Supplement, EPA,

CA, International Wastewater

Treatment Plant and Outfall Facilities,

Construction, Operation and

Maintenance, Construction Grants,

CA and Mexico, Due: March 09, 1998,

Contact: Elizabeth Borowiec (415)

744–1165.

EIS No. 980007, Draft EIS, FHW, AZ,

Red Mountain Freeway (Loop 202)

Construction and Operation, between

AR 87 (County Club Drive) and US–

60 (Superstition Freeway), Funding,

NPDES Permit and COE Section 404

Permit, City of Mesa, Maricopa

County, AZ, Due: March 09, 1998,

Contact: Ken Davis (602) 379–3646.

EIS No. 980008, Draft Supplement, AFS,

AK, Control Lake Timber Sales,

Implementation, Updated

Information, Prince of Wales Island,

Tongass National Forest, AK, Due:

March 16, 1998, Contact: Dave

Arrasmith (907) 228–6304.

EIS No. 980009, Draft EIS, AFS, ID,

Frank Church—River of No Return

Wilderness (FC–RONRW),

Implementation for the Future

Management of Land and Water

Resource, Bitterroot, Boise, Nez Perce,

Payette and Salmon-Challis National

Forests, ID, Due: April 24, 1998,

Contact: Ken Wotring (208) 756–5131.

EIS No. 980010, Draft EIS, NOA, SC,

Marine Environmental Health

Research Laboratory (MEHRL),

Construction and Operation of

Premiere, High Technology and

Marine Research Center, Approval of

Permits, Charleston County, SC, Due:

March 09, 1998, Contact: Donna

Howard (803) 762–8604.

EIS No. 980011, Draft Supplement,

BLM, CO, NM, TransColorado Gas

Pipeline Transmission Project,

Updated Resource Information,

Construction, Operation and

Maintenance, COE Section 404 and 10

Permits, Right-of-Way Grants and

Special Use Permit, La Plata, Delta,

Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Montezuma,

Montrose, Rio Blanco, San Miguel

Counties, CO and San Juan County,

NM, Due: March 25, 1998, Contact:

Bill Bottomly (970) 240–5337.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970425, Draft EIS, SFW, MO,

Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife

Refuge (Big Muddy Refuge) Expansion

and Land Acquisition, Missouri River

Basin, Several Counties, MO, Due:

February 17, 1998, Contact: Ms. Judy

McClendon (800) 686–8339.

Published FR 01–07–98—Review

period extended.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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Notice of Availability of FY 1998

Multimedia Environmental Justice

Through Pollution Prevention Grant

Funds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting grant

proposals under the Environmental

Justice Through Pollution Prevention

(EJP2) grant program. EPA anticipates

that as much as $4 million will be

available in Fiscal Year (FY) 1998. The

purpose of this program is to support

pollution prevention approaches that

address environmental justice concerns

in affected communities. The grant

funds will support: (1) Local

environmental, environmental justice,

and community grassroots

organizations, including religious and

civic organizations, as well as tribal

governments that promote

environmental justice using pollution

prevention as the preferred approach;

(2) national and regional organizations

working in partnership with local

organizations, or tribal governments to

promote environmental justice using

pollution prevention approaches; (3)

state and local governments; and (4)

academic institutions.

DATES: All applications must be

received by EPA’s contractor, Eastern

Research Group (ERG), located in

Arlington, VA, by April 20, 1998. No

applications will be accepted after this

date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

obtain copies of the EJP2 grant program

guidance and application package, or to

obtain more information regarding the

EJP2 grant program, please contact

Louise Little at (703) 841–0483. A

complete electronic copy of the EJP2

grant program guidance and application

package is also available on the EPA

Home Page on the Internet. The Internet

address is: http:/www.epa.gov/opptintr/

ejp2.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Scope and Purpose of the EJP2 Grant

Program

The purpose of the FY 1998 EJP2

grant program is to support the use of

pollution prevention approaches to

address the environmental problems of

minority communities and/or lowincome communities and Federally

recognized tribes. This grant program is

designed to fund projects that have a