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please contact Charles Job, at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Phone: 202–260–7084, Fax: 202–260–

3762.

Members of the public wishing to

attend the meeting may register by

phone by contacting the Safe Drinking

Water Hotline by August 10, 1998 at 1–

800–426–4791. Those registered for the

meeting will receive background

materials prior to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background on the National

Contaminant Occurrence Database

The Safe Drinking Water Act

Amendments of 1996 (SDWA

Amendments, section 126, appendix A)

require establishing a NCOD to: (1)

Include both regulated and unregulated

contaminants; (2) identify contaminants

that may be placed on the Contaminant

Candidate List; (3) support the

Administrator’s determinations to

regulate contaminants in the future; (4)

support the review of existing

regulations every six years and of

monitoring requirements; (5) make the

data base available to the public in

readily accessible form; and (6) be

assembled by August 1999, and

maintained thereafter.

The NCOD is planned to be a

collection of data of documented quality

on unregulated and regulated chemical,

radiological, microbial, and physical

contaminants, and other such

contaminants likely to occur, in

finished, raw and source waters of

public water systems (PWS) of the

United States and its territories.

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

The upcoming meeting deals

specifically with EPA’s efforts to

develop the user interface tools to

provide information within the NCOD

to the general public. The EPA Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water

(OGWDW) sees the involvement of

interested parties, representing a variety

of perspectives and expertise, as critical

to meeting the requirement established

in the 1996 SDWA amendments.

Specifically, the amendments stipulate

the information within the NCOD will

be provided to the public in a readily

accessible format. This JAD meeting will

provide an important opportunity for

such involvement. Some anticipated

issues for discussion include the

following questions:

1. Should the NCOD provide data

currently available in other EPA water

data systems (e.g., SDWIS, STORET)?

Should the NCOD provide products to

the public, in addition to the products

and queries used to satisfy the internal

primary drinking water program goals of

the NCOD (e.g., establish and maintain

Contaminant Candidate List (CCL);

determination to regulate or not regulate

future contaminants; review existing

regulations; etc.)?

2. What is a ‘‘readily accessible

format’? Is INTERNET access enough?

What type of non-electronic format is

needed?

3. What capabilities are needed by the

public: download query results, graphs,

charts, tabular results?

4. What, if any, restrictions should be

placed on the amount of data a user

could electronically download? Should

someone be able to download one

hundred megabytes of data on a 14400

modem?

5. If electronic access time is

restricted, as indicated above, how

could data be provided (file type and

media) for public use?

EPA has convened this public

meeting to hear the views of

stakeholders on the development of the

public access component of the NCOD.

The public is invited to provide

comments on the issues listed above or

other related issues during the August

17–18, 1998 meeting.

Dated: July 10, 1998.

Elizabeth Fellows,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6125–4]

Interstate Lead Company Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed de minimis

settlement and modification of consent

decree.

SUMMARY: Under section 122 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA), the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

has proposed to settle claims for

response costs at the Interstate Lead

Company (ILCO) Superfund Site located

in Leeds, Alabama with the City of

Leeds. EPA will consider public

comment on the proposed settlement for

thirty (30) days. EPA may withdraw

from or modify the proposed settlement

should such comments disclose facts or

considerations which indicate that the

proposed settlement is inappropriate,

improper, or inadequate.

DATES: Written comments may be

submitted to Mrs. Kim Dao-Vu at the

below address on or before August 17,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

A copy of the proposed settlement is

available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303,

404/562–8887.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

addition, the EPA intends to request the

United States District Court for the

Northern District of Alabama to modify

the Consent Decree relating to the ILCO

Superfund Site entered in U.S. v. Alpert

Iron & Metal, et al, Case No. CV–97–

AR–0001 to add the following parties as

Defendants in such matter:

Baker Iron & Metal Company, Inc.

Crown/Battery Mfg. Co. Inc.

D.H. Griffin Wrecking Company, Inc.

Daniell Battery Manufacturing

Company, Inc.

Shredders, Inc.

Southern Foundry Supply, Inc.

Southern Scrap Company, Inc.

Taracorp, Inc.

EPA will consider public comment on

the proposed modification for thirty (30)

days. EPA may withdraw from the

proposed modification should such

comments disclose facts or

considerations which indicate that the

proposed settlement is inappropriate,

improper, or inadequate. A copy of the

Consent Decree is available from Ms.

Paula V. Batchelor at above mentioned

address. Written comments may be

submitted to Mrs. Kim Dao-Vu at the

above address within 30 days of the date

of publication of this notice.

Dated: June 29, 1998.

Franklin E. Hill,

Chief, Programs Services Branch, Waste

Management Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6125–3]

Proposed Settlement Under Section

122(g) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act; Allied

Waste Systems, Inc. and Prestige

Foods Corporation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: Notice of De Minimis

Settlement: In accordance with section

122(I)(1) of the Comprehensive
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Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1984, as amended

(CERCLA), notification is hereby given

of a proposed administrative settlement

concerning the Muskego Sanitary

Landfill hazardous waste site north of

State Highway 24 and east of Crowbar

Road in Muskego, Wisconsin. The

agreement was proposed by EPA Region

5 on January 12, 1998. Subject to review

by the public pursuant to this

document, the agreement has been

approved by the United States

Department of Justice. Allied Waste

Services, Inc. and Prestige Foods

Corporation have executed binding

certifications of their consent to

participate in the settlement.

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before August 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Docket Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590, and

should refer to: In Re Muskego Sanitary

Landfill, Muskego, Wisconsin, U.S. EPA

Docket No. V–W–98C–484.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Krueger, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Regional

Counsel, C–14J, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604–

3590, (312) 886–0562.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is

entering into this agreement under the

authority of section 122(g) and 107 of

CERCLA. Section 122(g) authorizes

early settlements with de minimis

parties to allow them to resolve their

liabilities at Superfund sites without

incurring substantial transaction costs.

Under the proposed settlement, these

parties would agree not to sue the

United States for any claims arising out

of the response actions taken at the

Muskego Sanitary Landfill site. In

exchange for that covenant, and in

consideration of payments these parties

have already made toward performance

of response actions at the site, EPA

would provide a covenant not to sue the

settling parties and the contribution

protection provided by sections

113(f)(2) and 122(g)(5) of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. sections 9613(f)(2) and

9622(g)(5). EPA has determined that the

amount of hazardous substances

contributed to the site by the proposed

settlors, and the toxic and hazardous

effects of the hazardous substances

contributed to the site by the proposed

settlors, is minimal in comparison to

other hazardous substances at the site.

The Environmental Protection Agency

will receive written comments relating

to this agreement for 30 days from the

date of publication of this document.

A copy of the proposed administrative

settlement agreement may be obtained

in person or by mail from the EPA’s

Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604–3590. Additional

background information relating to the

settlement is available for review at the

EPA’s Region V Office of Regional

Counsel.

Authority: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. sections

9601–9675.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[PB–402404–OR; FRL–5799–5]

Lead-Based Paint Activities in Target

Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities;

State of Oregon Authorization

Application

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comments

and opportunity for public hearing.

SUMMARY: On March 31, 1998, the State

of Oregon submitted an application for

EPA approval to administer and enforce

training and certification requirements,

training program accreditation

requirements, and work practice

standards for lead-based paint activities

in target housing and child-occupied

facilities under section 402 of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA). This

notice announces the receipt of

Oregon’s application, provides a 45–day

public comment period, and provides

an opportunity to request a public

hearing on the application.

DATES: Comments on the authorization

application must be received on or

before August 31, 1998. Public hearing

requests must be received on or before

July 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Submit all written

comments and/or requests for a public

hearing identified by docket control

number ‘‘PB–402404–OR’’ (in duplicate)

to: Barbara Ross, Environmental

Protection Agency, Region X, 1200 Sixth

Avenue, WCM-128, Seattle, WA 98101.

Comments, data, and requests for a

public hearing may also be submitted

electronically to:

ross.barbara@epamail.epa.gov. Follow

the instructions under Unit V. of this

document. No information claimed to be

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

should be submitted through e-mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Ross, Regional Lead

Coordinator, Environmental Protection

Agency, Region X, 1200 Sixth Avenue,

WCM-128, Seattle, WA 98101,

telephone: (206) 553–1985, e-mail

address: ross.barbara@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On October 28, 1992, the Housing and

Community Development Act of 1992,

Pub. L. 102–550, became law. Title X of

that statute was the Residential LeadBased Paint Hazard Reduction Act of

1992. That Act amended TSCA (15

U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) by adding Title IV

(15 U.S.C. 2681–92), entitled ‘‘Lead

Exposure Reduction.’’

Section 402 of TSCA authorizes and

directs EPA to promulgate final

regulations governing lead-based paint

activities in target housing, public and

commercial buildings, bridges, and

other structures. Those regulations are

to ensure that individuals engaged in

such activities are properly trained, that

training programs are accredited, and

that individuals engaged in these

activities are certified and follow

documented work practice standards.

Under section 404, a State may seek

authorization from EPA to administer

and enforce its own lead-based paint

activities program.

On August 29, 1996 (61 FR 45777)

(FRL–5389–9), EPA promulgated final

TSCA section 402/404 regulations

governing lead-based paint activities in

target housing and child-occupied

facilities (a subset of public buildings).

Those regulations are codified at 40 CFR

part 745, and allow both States and

Indian Tribes to apply for program

authorization. Pursuant to section

404(h) of TSCA, EPA is to establish the

Federal program in any State or Tribal

Nation without its own authorized

program in place by August 31, 1998.

States and Tribes that choose to apply

for program authorization must submit

a complete application to the

appropriate Regional EPA Office for

review. Those applications will be

reviewed by EPA within 180 days of

receipt of the complete application. To

receive EPA approval, a State or Tribe

must demonstrate that its program is at

least as protective of human health and

the environment as the Federal program,

and provides for adequate enforcement

(section 404(b) of TSCA). EPA’s

regulations (40 CFR part 745, subpart Q)

provide the detailed requirements a

State or Tribal program must meet in

order to obtain EPA approval.