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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

EPA: Doug Gutro, State Relations

Coordinator, Region I, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, John

F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston,

MA 02203, (617) 565–3383.

THE STATE CONTACT: Host Agency: Steve

Majkut, Rhode Island Department of

Environmental Management, 291

Promenade Street, Providence, RI

02908, (401) 277–2808.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES

CONTACT: Stephanie A. Cooper, Ozone

Transport Commission, 444 North

Capitol Street, NW., Suite 604,

Washington, DC 20001, (202) 508–3840.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean

Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain at

Section 184 provisions for the ‘‘Control

of Interstate Ozone Air Pollution.’’

Section 184(a) establishes an ozone

transport region comprised of the States

of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,

Maryland, Massachusetts, New

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,

parts of Virginia and the District of

Columbia.

The Assistant Administrator for Air

and Radiation of the Environmental

Protection Agency convened the first

meeting of the commission in New York

City on May 7, 1991. The purpose of the

Transport Commission is to deal with

appropriate matters within the transport

region.

The purpose of this notice is to

announce that this Commission will

meet on June 13, 1995. The meeting will

be held at the address noted earlier in

this notice.

Section 176A(b)(2) of the Clean Air

Act Amendments of 1990 specifies that

the meetings of Transport Commissions

are not subject to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This

meeting will be open to the public as

space permits.

TYPE OF MEETING: Open.

AGENDA: Copies of the final agenda will

be available from Stephanie Cooper of

the OTC office (202) 508–3840 on

Monday, June 5, 1995. The purpose of

this meeting is to review air quality

needs within the Northeast and MidAtlantic States, consider the

development of market-based programs

in the region, and to discuss ozone State

Implementation Plans.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

John DeVillars,

Regional Administrator, EPA Region I.

[FR Doc. 95–11991 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

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Science Advisory Board

[FRL–5207–5]

Notification of Public Advisory

Committee Meeting; Open Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that various

Committees and Subcommittees of the

Science Advisory Board will meet as

follows:

(1) The Hazardous Waste

Identification Rule (HWIR)

Subcommittee of the SAB Executive

Committee will meet on May 31–June 1,

1995, at the Quality Hotel Capitol Hill,

415 New Jersey Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, telephone (202) 638–

1616. The Subcommittee will meet from

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 31 and from

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 1. An evening

working session may be held on May 31,

if needed. The meeting will be open to

the public, but seating will be limited.

Background

The Subcommittee met on April 26–

27, 1995, to review the Agency’s draft

multi-media, multi-pathway risk

analysis being developed to support the

proposed Hazardous Waste

Identification Rule (HWIR). At that

meeting, the Subcommittee agreed that

an additional public meeting would be

needed to complete the review and

discussion of the risk analysis

document. The purpose of HWIR is to

specify those conditions under which

materials designated as hazardous waste

may be declassified as such and

therefore no longer subject to the

constraints of hazardous waste

management. The Executive Committee

of the SAB established an ad hoc

subcommittee for this review in order to

adequately consider the multiple routes

of fate, transport, and exposure of

humans, plus ecological effects of

wastes. The Charge to the Subcommittee

includes examination of the approaches

for assessing fate and transport of waste

constituents, ecological exposure and

effects, and human exposure and effects.

In addition, the Agency has asked the

Subcommittee to consider whether the

approach taken for determining highend estimates will produce roughly

comparable levels of conservatism

across the different pathways and

receptors being considered.

Additional Information

To obtain a copy of the review

document, ‘‘Development of human

health-based and ecologically-based exit

criteria for the Hazardous Waste

Identification Project (HWIP),’’ contact

the RCRA Docket at (202) 260–9327. To

obtain a meeting agenda and a copy of

the Charge to the Subcommittee, contact

Ms. Constance Valentine, Science

Advisory Board, 401 M Street, SW.

(1400F), Washington, DC, 20460,

telephone (202) 260–6552, FAX (202)

260–7118, or via the Internet at

valentine.connie@epamail.epa.gov.

Anyone wishing to make an oral

presentation to the Subcommittee

regarding the HWIR risk analysis must

notify Stephanie Sanzone, Designated

Federal Official for the Subcommittee,

at telephone (202) 260–6557, FAX (202)

260–7118, or via the INTERNET at

sanzone.stephanie@epamail.epa.gov no

later than May 25, 1995. The request

should identify the name of the

individual who will make the

presentation and an outline of the issues

to be addressed.

(2) The Ecological Processes and

Effects Committee (EPEC) will meet on

June 2, 1995, beginning at 8 a.m. and

ending no later than 4 p.m., at the

Quality Hotel Capitol Hill, 415 New

Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC,

telephone (202) 638–1616. The purpose

of the meeting is to: (1) Discuss reports

under preparation by various

Subcommittees (possibly including draft

reports on bioaccumulation modeling,

AVS methodology for sediment metals,

acid deposition feasibility study, and

the science issues surrounding marsh

management); (2) engage in a

consultation with Agency staff on the

selection and use of case studies in the

ecological risk assessment guidelines

being developed by the Agency; and (3)

receive a briefing from Robert Huggett,

Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development on his vision for the

Environmental Monitoring and

Assessment Program (EMAP). The SAB

has developed the consultation as a

mechanism to advise the Agency on

technical issues that should be

considered in the development of

regulations, guidelines or technical

guidance before the Agency has taken a

position.

Additional Information

To obtain a meeting agenda, contact

Ms. Constance Valentine, Science

Advisory Board, 401 M Street, SW.

(1400F), Washington, DC, 20460,

telephone (202) 260–6552, FAX (202)

260–7118, or via the Internet at

valentine.connie@epamail.epa.gov.

Anyone wishing to make an oral

presentation to the Subcommittee

regarding the topic under review must

notify Stephanie Sanzone, Designated

Federal Official for EPEC, at telephone

(202) 260–6557, FAX (202) 260–7118, or

via the INTERNET at

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later than May 25, 1995. The request

should identify the name of the

individual who will make the

presentation and an outline of the issues

to be addressed.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

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. For meetings other than

teleconference calls, opportunities for

oral comment will usually be limited to

five minutes per speaker and no more

than thirty minutes total. Written

comments (at least 35 copies) received

in the SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior

to a meeting date (usually one week

prior to a meeting or teleconference),

may be mailed to the relevant SAB

committee or subcommittee prior to its

meeting; comments received too close to

the meeting date will normally be

provided to the committee at its

meeting. Written comments may be

provided to the relevant committee or

subcommittee up until the time of the

meeting.

Dated: May 1, 1995.

A. Robert Flaak,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

[BM–13–APR–95–05]

Policy Statement Concerning

Nondiscrimination in Agency

Programs and Activities

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Policy statement.

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit

Administration (FCA) by the Farm

Credit Administration Board (Board)

adopts a policy statement prohibiting

discrimination on the basis of disability

in the operation of Agency programs

and activities. The FCA has issued

regulations at 12 CFR part 606 to carry

out the nondiscrimination mandate for

section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

1973, as amended. Each FCA program or

activity, when viewed in its entirety,

shall be readily accessible to and usable

by individuals with disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Floyd Fithian, Secretary to the Farm

Credit Administration Board, Farm

Credit Administration, McLean, Virginia

22102–5090, (703) 883–4000, TDD (703)

883–4444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of

the Board’s policy statement concerning

nondiscrimination in Agency programs

and activities is set forth below in its

entirety:

FCA Board Action on Policy Statement

Concerning Nondiscrimination in

Agency Programs and Activities, BM–

13–APR–95–05, FCA–PS–67

Effective Date: April 13, 1995.

Effect on Previous Action:

Supplements 12 CFR Part 606.

Sources of Authority: Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29

U.S.C. 794); Memorandum from the U.S.

Department of Justice, dated June 30, 1993;

Resolution of the U.S. Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance Board,

dated January 15, 1993.

The FCA Board hereby approves the

following policy statement concerning

nondiscrimination in agency programs

and activities:

WHEREAS, the Farm Credit

Administration (FCA) Board finds:

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

of 1973, as amended (section 504)

prohibits Executive agencies from

discriminating on the basis of disability

in the operation of agency programs and

activities. Under the provisions of

Executive Order 12250, the Attorney

General is responsible for coordinating

the Federal Government’s

implementation of section 504 and this

responsibility has been assigned to the

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The

FCA has issued regulations at 12 CFR

part 606 to carry out the

nondiscrimination mandate of section

504.

Because the Federal Government and

private entities follow different

accessibility standards in connection

with the construction and alteration of

facilities, the accessibility standards that

apply to the Federal Government

(known as the ‘‘Uniform Federal

Accessibility Standards’’ or UFAS) are

being revised to conform more closely to

the accessibility standards that apply to

private entities (known as the

‘‘Americans with Disabilities Act

Accessibility Guidelines’’ or ADAAG).

After the revisions to UFAS are

completed, the DOJ plans to direct

Executive agencies to amend their

nondiscrimination regulations to

incorporate the new accessibility

standard. In the interim before this

rulemaking occurs, the DOJ is urging

Executive agencies to circulate the

resolution of the U.S. Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board dated January 15, 1993, and to

follow ADAAG in connection with the

construction and alteration of facilities

whenever ADAAG provides equal or

greater access to individuals with

disabilities than UFAS.

THEREFORE, the FCA Board adopts

the following policy statement:

The FCA prohibits discrimination on

the basis of disability in the operation

of Agency programs and activities. Each

FCA program or activity, when viewed

in its entirety, shall be readily accessible

to and usable by individuals with

disabilities. Accessibility may be

achieved through a variety of methods,

including the redesign of equipment,

the assignment of aides to beneficiaries,

the reassignment of services to alternate

accessible sites, the alteration of existing

facilities, and the construction of new

facilities. The FCA is not required to

alter an existing facility when there is

another feasible way of providing access

to programs and activities. If a building

is constructed or altered by, on behalf

of, or for the use of the FCA, the design,

construction, or alteration is subject to

applicable provisions of the ‘‘Uniform

Federal Accessibility Standards’’

(UFAS).

A different set of accessibility

standards, known as the ‘‘Americans

with Disabilities Act Accessibility

Guidelines’’ (ADAAG), applies to the

design, construction, and alteration of

places of public accommodation and

commercial facilities owned, operated,

or leased by private entities. State and

local governments currently have the

choice of following UFAS or ADAAG,

but the regulations governing these

public entities are being amended to

require compliance with ADAAG. In an

effort to apply one set of standards to all

entities, UFAS is being revised to

conform more closely to ADAAG.

Until FCA regulations are amended to

incorporate the new accessibility

standard, the FCA Board has decided

that the construction or alteration of a

facility by, on behalf of, or for the use

of the FCA shall comply with applicable

provisions of ADAAG, to the extent that

ADAAG provides equal or greater access

to individuals with disabilities than

UFAS. This policy is in conformance

with guidance received from the U.S.

Department of Justice.

Adopted this 13th day of April, 1995 by

order of the Board.