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the statutory requirement to maintain

reporting on a substantial majority of

releases for all listed toxic chemicals.

Without the Form A, users of TRI data

would not have access to any

information on these chemicals. The

Form A may also serve as a de facto

range report, which may be useful to

any party interested in amounts being

handled at a particular facility or for

broader statistical purposes.

Additionally, the Form A provides

compliance monitoring for enforcement

programs and other interested parties

with a means to track chemical

management activities and verify overall

compliance with the rule.

Responses to this collection of

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR

Part 372) and facilities subject to

reporting must either submit a Form A

or a Form R.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average 67.8

hour per response for an estimated

13,157 respondents making one or more

submissions of information. These

estimates include 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. No person is

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for these

regulations are displayed in 40 CFR Part

9.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Entities potentially affected by this

action are those chemical facilities that

manufacture, process or otherwise use

certain toxic chemicals listed on the

Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) and

which are required, under section 313 of

the Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986

(EPCRA), to report annually to EPA

their environmental releases of such

chemicals.

Estimated No. of Respondents:

13,157.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 909,392 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Annual.

Changes in Burden Estimates: There

is a decrease of about 82,000 hours in

the total estimated respondent burden

as compared with that identified in the

information collection request most

recently approved by OMB, from

991,301 hours currently to an estimated

909,392 hours. This reflects downward

adjustments made in calculating the

number of eligible respondents and

responses based on TRI reporting data

from the 1996 reporting year (the most

recent TRI data available). In addition

EPA has modified the Form A to permit

respondents to make multiple

certifications on a single form, with an

accompanying change in the number of

estimated responses, producing another

downward change in the burden to

respondents.

According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this notice,

as described above.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 98–19520 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6127–7]

Announcement of National Drinking

Water Advisory Council Benefits

Working Group; Open Meeting

Under Section 10(a)(2) of Public Law

92–423, ‘‘The Federal Advisory

Committee Act,’’ notice is hereby given

that a conference call for the Benefits

Working Group of the National Drinking

Water Advisory Council (NDWAC)

established under the Safe Drinking

Water Act, as amended (42 U.S. C. S300f

et seq.), will be held on August 11, 1998

from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. EDT. The

conference call meeting location will be

in the Carson Room at the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Education Center, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington DC 20460. The meeting is

open to the public but conference lines

and/or seating will be limited and

access will be granted on a first-come,

first-served basis.

The purpose of this conference call is

to review a draft report of advice and

recommendations to NDWAC, based on

the discussions and presentations of the

May 19–20, 1998 meeting of the

working group. The meeting is open to

the public to observe and statements

will be taken from the public as time

allows.

For more information, please contact,

John Bennett, Designated Federal

Officer, Benefits Working Group, U.S.

EPA, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water (4607), 401 M Street

SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. The

telephone number is 202–260–0446, fax

202–260–3762, and e-mail address

bennett.johnb@epamail.epa.gov.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Charlene E. Shaw,

Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking

Water Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 98–19518 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34127; FRL 5799–9]

Notice of Receipt of Requests for

Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain

Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),

as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of

receipt of request for amendment by

registrants to delete uses in certain

pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn,

the Agency will approve these use

deletions and the deletions will become

effective on January 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: James A. Hollins, Office of

Pesticide Programs (7502C),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

Office location for commercial courier,

delivery, telephone number and e-mail:

Rm. 216, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703) 305–5761; e-mail:

hollins.james@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that

a registrant of a pesticide product may

at any time request that any of its

pesticide registrations be amended to

delete one or more uses. The Act further

provides that, before acting on the

request, EPA must publish a notice of

receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register. Thereafter, the

Administrator may approve such a

request.
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II. Intent to Delete Uses

This notice announces receipt by the

Agency of applications from registrants

to delete uses in the pesticide

registrations listed in the following

Table 1. These registrations are listed by

registration number, product names,

active ingredients and the specific uses

deleted. Users of these products who

desire continued use on crops or sites

being deleted should contact the

applicable registrant before January 19,

1999 to discuss withdrawal of the

applications for amendment. This 180–

day period will also permit interested

members of the public to intercede with

registrants prior to the Agency approval

of the deletion. Note: Registration

number(s) preceded by ** indicate a 30–

day comment period.

TABLE 1. — REGISTRATIONS WITH REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

EPA Reg No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete From Label

000618–00067 Mertect Fungicide Thiabendazole Dried beans, soybeans, rice

**000769–00694 SMCP Xtraban Roach Concentrate Chlorpyrifos;

Dichlorovos

Use in food areas of food handling establishments

019713–00400 Drexel Acephate 75 WSP Acephate Rangeland, pasture use

019713–00410 Drexel Acephate Technical Acephate Forestry use

Note: Registration number(s) preceded by ** indicate a 30–day comment period.

The following Table 2, includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table

1, in sequence by EPA company number.

TABLE 2. — REGISTRANTS REQUESTING AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

Company No. Company Name and Address

019713 Drexel Chemical Company, 1700 Channel Avenue, Memphis, TN 38113.

000618 Merck Company, Inc., P.O. Box 2000, Rathway, NJ 07065.

000769 SureCo, 7501 Harps Road, Raleigh, NC 27615.

III. Existing Stocks Provisions

The Agency has authorized registrants

to sell or distribute product under the

previously approved labeling for a

period of 18 months after approval of

the revision, unless other restrictions

have been imposed, as in special review

actions.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Product registrations.

Dated: July 9, 1998

Linda A. Travers,

Director, Information Resources Services

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–19258 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6127–3]

Notice of Proposed Administrative

Settlement Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act and

the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment; opportunity for public

meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122(I) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’),

notification is hereby given of a

proposed administrative de minimis

settlement concerning the Novak

Sanitary Landfill Superfund Site in

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, with the

party listed below. The settlement

requires the settling party to pay a total

of $79,565.24 to the Hazardous

Substances Superfund. The settlement

includes an EPA covenant not to sue the

settling party pursuant to sections 122(f)

and 122(g) of CERCLA. Section 122(g) of

CERCLA provides EPA with the

authority to enter into a de minimis

settlement.

For thirty days following the date of

publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the settlement. The Agency will

reconsider the settlement if comments

received disclose facts or considerations

which indicate that the settlement is

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

Any comments received, and EPA’s

responses, will be available for public

inspection at the Parkland Library

located at 4422 Walbert Avenue,

Allentown, PA. Comments and

responses can also be reviewed at U.S.

EPA Region III at the address provided

below. Commenters may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the

affected area in accordance with section

7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d).

DATES: Comments must be provided on

or before August 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed

settlement may be obtained from Joan

Martin-Banks, Mailcode (3HS11), U.S.

EPA Region III, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 566–

3156, prior to July 9, 1998, and from

Joan Martin-Banks, Mailcode (3HS11),

U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103, after July 9,

1998. Comments should be addressed to

the Docket Clerk, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA

19107, prior to July 23, 1998, and to the

Docket Clerk, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103,

after July 23, 1998, and should refer to:

In Re: Novak Sanitary Landfill

Superfund Site, Lehigh County,

Pennsylvania, U.S. EPA Docket No. III–

97–04–DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marcia Preston, Mail Code (3RC21),

(215) 566–2679, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut