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participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate and/or permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

are required by the public convenience

and necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for applicant to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

G. Any person or the Commission’s

staff may, within 45 days after issuance

of the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to

§ 157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–10913 Filed 5–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5201–7]

Underground Injection Control

Program, Hazardous Waste Injection

Restrictions; Petition for Exemption—

Class I Hazardous Waste Injection;

Rollins Environmental Services of

Louisiana, Inc.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Final Decision on

Petition Reissuance.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

reissuance of an exemption to the land

disposal restrictions under the 1984

Hazardous and Solid Waste

Amendments to the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act has

been granted to Rollins, for the Class I

injection well located at Plaquemine,

Louisiana. As required by 40 CFR Part

148, the company has adequately

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the

Environmental Protection Agency by

petition and supporting documentation

that, to a reasonable degree of certainty,

there will be no migration of hazardous

constituents from the injection zone for

as long as the waste remains hazardous.

This final decision allows the

underground injection by Rollins, of the

specific restricted hazardous waste

identified in the exemption reissuance,

into the Class I hazardous waste

injection well at the Plaquemine,

Louisiana facility specifically identified

in the reissued exemption, for as long as

the basis for granting an approval of this

exemption remains valid, under

provisions of 40 CFR 148.24. As

required by 40 CFR 124.10, a public

notice was issued February 16, 1995.

The public comment period closed on

April 5, 1995. EPA received no

comments. This decision constitutes

final Agency action and there is no

Administrative appeal.

DATES: This action is effective as of

April 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the reissued

petition and all pertinent information

relating thereto are on file at the

following location: Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 6, Water

Management Division Water Supply

Branch (6W-SU), 1445 Ross Avenue,

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil

Dellinger, Unit Leader, State Programs/

Land Ban, EPA—Region 6, telephone

(214) 665–7142.

Richard G. Hoppers,

Acting Director, Water Management Division

(6W).

[FR Doc. 95–10879 Filed 5–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6565–50–P

[FRL–5201–6]

Availability of FY 94 Grant

Performance Reports for Alabama,

Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,

Mississippi, North Carolina, South

Carolina, and Tennessee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of grantee

performance evaluation reports.

SUMMARY: EPA’s grant regulations (40

CFR 35.150) require the Agency to

evaluate the performance of agencies

which receive grants. EPA’s regulations

for regional consistency (40 CFR 56.7)

require that the Agency notify the

public of the availability of the reports

of such evaluations. EPA recently

performed end-of-year evaluations of

eight state air pollution control

programs (Alabama Department of

Environmental Management, Florida

Department of Environmental

Regulation, Georgia Environmental

Protection Division, Kentucky

Department for Environmental

Protection, Mississippi Bureau of

Pollution Control, North Carolina

Department of Environment, Health,

and Natural Resources, South Carolina

Department of Health and

Environmental Control and Tennessee

Department of Conservation and

Environment), and 16 local programs

(Knox County Department of Air

Pollution Control, Tn—ChattanoogaHamilton County Air Pollution Control

Bureau, Tn—Memphis-Shelby County

Health Department, Tn—NashvilleDavidson County Metropolitan Health

Department, Tn—Jefferson County Air

Pollution Control District, Ky—Western

North Carolina Regional Air Pollution

Control Agency, NC—Mecklenburg

County Department of Environmental

Protection, NC—Forsyth County

Environmental Affairs Department,

NC—Palm Beach County Public Health

Unit, Fl—Hillsborough County

Environmental Protection Commission,

Fl—Dade County Environmental

Resources Management, Fl—

Jacksonville Air Quality Division, Fl—

Broward County Environmental Quality

Control Board, Fl—Pinellas County

Department of Environmental

Management, Fl—City of Huntsville
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Department of Natural Resources, Al—

Jefferson County Department of Health,

Al). These audits were conducted to

assess the agencies’ performance under

the grants made to them by EPA

pursuant to Section 105 of the Clean Air

Act. EPA Region 4, has prepared reports

for the twenty-four agencies identified

above and these 105 reports are now

available for public inspection.

ADDRESSES: The reports may be

examined at the EPA’s Region 4 office,

345 Courtland Street, NE., Atlanta,

Georgia 30365, in the Air, Pesticides,

and Toxics Management Division.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Thomas, (404) 347–3555

vmx4180, at the above Region 4 address,

for information concerning States of

Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia,

and local agencies. Vera Bowers, (404)

347–3555 vmx4178, at the above Region

4 address, for information concerning

the States of Kentucky, North Carolina,

South Carolina, Tennessee and local

agencies.

Dated: April 18, 1995.

Patrick M. Tobin,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–10878 Filed 5–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5202–3]

Fiscal Year 1995 Environment

Technology Initiative Solicitation for

Socioeconomic Projects Related to

Pollution Prevention

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability, request

for proposals; extension of deadline for

receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: The deadline for receipt of

proposals for this solicitation has been

extended from May 1, 1995 to Tuesday,

May 16, 1995. The solicitation is

included in this notice. This solicitation

was previously announced in the

Federal Register on February 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General information about the grant

solicitation process and application kits

may be obtained by calling (202) 260–

7474. For inquiries pertaining to

technical questions only call Kenneth

Jewett, Office of Policy, Planning and

Evaluation, (202) 260–4211 or fax your

request to (202) 260–2685.

Introduction

This Announcement describes a grant

solicitation of the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) to support

projects directed toward furthering the

objectives of the President’s

Environmental Technology Initiative

(ETI). The ETI is an integral part of the

Clinton Administration’s broad new

technology policy, enunciated on

February 22, 1993 in ‘‘Technology for

America’s Economic Growth: A New

Direction to Build Economic Strength’’.

This government-wide policy recognizes

that industry is the primary creator of

new technology and the main engine of

sustained economic growth. The policy

assigns the federal government a

catalytic role in promoting the

development of new pollution

prevention technologies for use across a

range of economic sectors including:

Auto manufacturing, computers and

electronics, iron and steel, metal

finishing and plating, petroleum

refining, and printing—as well as

converting defense technologies to

civilian applications. The ETI addresses

all of the above sectors that are

concerned with environmental

protection.

EPA seeks proposals to conduct

‘‘socioeconomic projects’’ related to

pollution prevention technology

development and use. Projects may be

focused on technology policy regulatory

reforms, opportunities for building

organizational capacity to be innovative,

and diffusion of innovative prevention

technologies. EPA’s interests in this

instance are clearly distinct from

conventional socioeconomic research

and development. That is, they go

beyond study and analysis of issues to

apply existing knowledge in pioneering

attempts to effect social or institutional

change with respect to promoting

development and use of innovative

pollution prevention technology.

Unlike other civilian technologies, the

demand for environmental technologies

is primarily driven by federal and state

pollution prevention and control

policies, regulation and enforcement.

Over the past 25 years, with the passage

of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water

Act, Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act, Superfund and other

environmental statutes, EPA has

invested hundreds of millions of dollars

in researching and developing new

technologies to monitor and control

pollution. With the passage of the

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and

the Agency’s adoption of ‘‘pollution

prevention’’ as a first-choice

environmental protection policy, the

demand for pollution prevention

technologies and concomitant research

and development in pollution

prevention has also influenced the

demand for ‘‘better, cheaper, more

reliable’’ environmental technologies—

especially technologies that can reduce

the costs of compliance, recycle or reuse wastes, foster cleaner, safer

manufacturing processes or prevent

pollution from being created at all.

Indeed, the domestic market for

environmental technologies in the U.S.

today is nearly $134 billion annually. It

employs more than 1,000,000

Americans in some 40,000 to 60,000

businesses nationwide.

Inadvertently however, the ‘‘policy

framework’’ that has driven the demand

for these technologies also poses

barriers to the adoption and use of

technologies that offer substantial

environmental and economic benefits.

According to Dag Syrrist, President of

Technology Funding in California, the

environmental technology industry

today, ‘‘fears innovation and repels

capital.’’ Technologies that can prevent

pollution, reduce health risks and

dramatically cut costs of managing

environmental quality are NOT getting

to market because of these barriers.

EPA’s ETI is uniquely positioned to

address these barriers—as a technology

policy reform initiative.

EPA is directing approximately $3.5

million this fiscal year (FY) in awards

under this initiative to not-for-profit

organizations, colleges and universities.

Proposals averaging $150,000 per year

with a maximum duration of 2 years are

being sought.

Not-for-profit organizations are

generally defined as those organizations

that qualify for such status under

section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue

Service tax code. Examples of not-forprofit organizations include public and

private colleges and universities, as well

as trade associations, professional

societies, research consortia, and

community development corporations.

Electronic Availability

This Announcement can be accessed

on the Internet at the following Gopher

and World Wide Web (WWW)

addresses:

Gopher: GOPHER.EPA.GOV

WWW: HTTP://WWW.EPA.GOV

Rationale

EPA has structured its ETI projectselection process for FY95 to conform to

the strategic ETI objectives contained in

the Agency’s Draft Technology

Innovation Strategy (EPA 543–K–93–

002), January 1994. This strategy has the

following objectives (please refer to the

draft Strategy document for more detail

on these objectives):

(1) Policy Framework: Adapt EPA’s

policy, regulatory, and compliance

framework to promote innovation;

(2) Innovation Capacity: Strengthen

the capacity of technology developers