20456 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 74 / Monday, April 17, 2000 / Notices

Notice of Required Determinations,

Contract Provisions and Opportunity

To Comment

The Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (‘‘CERCLA’’) as amended,

(commonly known as ‘‘Superfund’’)

requires completion of enforcement

activities at Superfund sites in concert

with other site events. EPA has entered

into a contract, No. 68–S9–00–10, with

SAIC for Superfund enforcement

support services. These services will be

provided to EPA by SAIC and its

subcontractors Cotton & Co. of

Alexandria, VA; Indus Corporation of

Vienna, VA; Jonas & Associates, Inc. of

Walnut Creek, CA; Petroleum Properties

of Dixon CA; KPMG LLP of San

Francisco, CA; McDonald & Associates

of Capay, CA; Orswell & Kasman of

Pasadena, CA; Power Partners, Inc. of

San Francisco, CA; and ReVision, Inc. of

Denver, CO. EPA has determined that

disclosure of CBI to SAIC employees,

and its subcontractors’ employees, is

necessary in order that SAIC may carry

out the work required by that contract

with EPA. The information EPA intends

to disclose includes submissions made

by Potentially Responsible Parties to

EPA in accordance with EPA’s

enforcement activities at Superfund

sites. The information would be

disclosed to the contractor and its

subcontractor for any of the following

reasons: to assist with document

handling, inventory, and indexing; to

assist with document review and

analysis; to verify completeness; and to

provide technical review of submittals.

The contract complies with all

requirements of 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2)(ii),

incorporated by reference into 40 CFR

2.310(h)(2). EPA Region 9 will require

that each SAIC employee and

subcontractor employee sign a written

agreement that he or she: (1) Will use

the information only for the purpose of

carrying out the work required by the

contract, (2) shall refrain from

disclosing the information to anyone

other than EPA without prior written

approval of each affected business or of

an EPA legal office, and (3) shall return

to EPA all copies of the information

(and any abstracts or extracts therefrom)

upon request from the EPA program

office, whenever the information is no

longer required by SAIC and its

subcontractors for performance of the

work required by the contract or upon

completion of the contract or

subcontract.

Dated: March 30, 2000.

Keith Takata,

Director, Superfund Division, EPA, Region 9.

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Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Effluent Guidelines Task

Force, an EPA advisory committee, will

hold a meeting to discuss the Agency’s

Effluent Guidelines Program. The

meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Wednesday, May 24, 2000 from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m., and Thursday, May 25, 2000

from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Hotel Washington, 515 15th

Street, NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Randolph, Office of Water

(4303), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460;

telephone (202) 260–5373; fax (202)

260–7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Environmental

Protection Agency gives notice of a

meeting of the Effluent Guidelines Task

Force (EGTF). The EGTF is a

subcommittee of the National Advisory

Council for Environmental Policy and

Technology (NACEPT), the external

policy advisory board to the

Administrator of EPA.

The EGTF was established in July of

1992 to advise EPA on the Effluent

Guidelines Program, which develops

regulations for dischargers of industrial

wastewater pursuant to Title III of the

Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

The Task Force consists of members

appointed by EPA from industry, citizen

groups, state and local government, the

academic and scientific communities,

and EPA regional offices. The Task

Force was created to offer advice to the

Administrator on the long-term strategy

for the effluent guidelines program, and

particularly to provide

recommendations on a process for

expediting the promulgation of effluent

guidelines. The Task Force generally

does not discuss specific effluent

guideline regulations currently under

development.

The meeting is open to the public,

and limited seating for the public is

available on a first-come, first-served

basis. The public may submit written

comments to the Task Force regarding

improvements to the Effluent

Guidelines Program. Comments should

be sent to Beverly Randolph at the

above address. Comments submitted by

May 12, 2000 will be considered by the

Task Force at or subsequent to the

meeting.

Dated: April 4, 2000.

Geoffrey H. Grubbs,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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Gulf of Mexico Program’s Management

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory

Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice

of a meeting of the Gulf of Mexico

Program (GMP) Management Committee

(MC).

DATES: The MC meeting will be held on

Wednesday, May 10, 2000 from 1:00

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Thursday, May

11, 2000 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Chateau Sonesta Hotel, 800 Iberville

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, (504)

586–0800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gloria D. Car, Designated Federal

Officer, Gulf of Mexico Program Office,

Building 1103, Room 202, Stennis Space

Center, MS 39529–6000 at (228) 688–

2421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed

agenda items will include: GMP

Workplan Status-Key Milestones and

Deliverables for FY 2000, Coordinated

Out-year Federal Budget Development

follow-up, Gulf of Mexico Regional

Panel Workplan implementation

discussion, Coastal America Regional

Implementation Team joint projects

discussion, review of State Coastal Zone

Management Agency request for

representation on GMP MC, Joint Gulf

States Coastal Monitoring Program

progress review, Mercury

Contamination Report presentation,

NOAA coastal programs overview and

partnering opportunities discussion,

and Communications Committee

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Report. The meeting is open to the

public.

Dated: April 6, 2000.

James D. Giattina,

Director, Gulf of Mexico Program Office.

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National Drinking Water Advisory

Council; Contaminant Candidate List

and 6-Year Review of Existing

Regulations Working Group; Notice of

Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under section 10(a)(2) of

Public Law 92–423, ‘‘The Federal

Advisory Committee Act,’’ notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Contaminant Candidate List (CCL)

Regulatory Determination and 6-Year

Review of Existing Regulation Working

Group of the National Drinking Water

Advisory Council established under the

Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended

(42 U.S.C. S300f et seq.), will be held on

May 2, 2000 from 1 pm until 5 pm ET

(approximately), at 401 M Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, Conference

Room 1209, East Tower. The meeting is

open to the public to observe and

statements will be taken from the public

as time allows. Seating is limited.

This is the third and final meeting to

address regulatory determination from

the CCL. The purpose of the meeting is

to continue discussions on the

development of recommended protocols

for regulatory determinations for CCL

chemical and microbial contaminants,

finalize the draft framework developed

by the EPA at the first meeting, provide

specific recommendations for analyzing

and presenting the available scientific

data, and recommend methods to

identify and document the judgments

made to arrive at a conclusion. For CCL

regulatory determinations, the Working

Group will develop protocols for both

chemical and microbial contaminants

that will be robust enough to apply to

contaminants on the current and future

CCLs. Due to the statutory deadlines

mandated by the SDWA’s 1996

Amendments, the Working Group will

finalize the protocol for CCL regulatory

determinations before beginning work

on the protocol(s) for the 6-year review

of existing NPDWRs.

The working group members have

also been asked to draft proposed

position papers for deliberation by the

advisory council, and provide advice

and recommendations to the full

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

April McLaughlin, Designated Federal

Officer, Contaminant Candidate List and

Regulatory Determination and 6-Year

Review of Existing Regulations Working

Group, U.S. EPA (4607), Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water, 401

M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460.

The telephone number is 202–260–

5524, fax 202–401–6135, and e-mail

mclaughlin.april@epa.gov.

Dated: April 10, 2000.

Janet Pawlukiewicz,

Acting Designated Federal Officer National

Drinking Water Advisory Council.

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Proposed Administrative Agreement

and Covenant Not to Sue Under

Section 122(h) of CERCLA for the

Lawton Property Superfund Site

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (USEPA).

ACTION: Proposal of Administrative

Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue

Under Section 122(h) of CERCLA with

Hoskins for the Lawton Property

Superfund Site.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (‘‘CERCLA’’), as amended,

42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby

given that a proposed Administrative

Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue

Under Section 122(h) of CERCLA

(‘‘Agreement’’), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), for

the Lawton Property Superfund Site

located in Detroit, Michigan, has been

executed by the Settling Party, Hoskins

Manufacturing Company, Inc.

(‘‘Hoskins’’). The proposed Agreement

would resolve certain potential claims

of the United States under Section 107

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, against

Hoskins. The proposed Agreement

would require Hoskins to pay the EPA

Hazardous Substance Superfund

$27,000 for reimbursement of response

costs. No further U.S. EPA response

actions are contemplated at this time.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

Agreement must be received by U.S.

EPA on or before May 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed

Agreement is available for review at

U.S. EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Please contact Ms. Orelia E. Merchant at

(312) 886–2241, prior to visiting the

Region 5 office.

Comments on the proposed

Agreement should be addressed to

Orelia E. Merchant, Office of Regional

Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard (Mail Code C–14J),

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Orelia E. Merchant at (312) 886–2241, of

the U.S. EPA, Region 5 Office of

Regional Counsel.

A 30-day period, commencing on the

date of publication of this notice, is

open for comments on the proposed

Agreement pursuant to section 122(i) of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i). Comments

should be sent to the address identified

in this document.

Richard C. Karl,

Acting Director, Superfund Division, Region

5.

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Proposed Settlement Under Section

122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act;

Organic Chemical, Inc. Kent County, MI

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment on proposed CERCLA

122(g)(4) agreement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1984, as amended

(‘‘CERCLA’’), notification is hereby

given for a proposed administrative

agreement concerning the Organic

Chemical, Inc. hazardous waste site at

3921 Chicago Drive, S.W. in Grandville,

Kent County, Michigan (the ‘‘Site’’).

EPA proposes to enter into this

agreement under the authority of section

122(g) of CERCLA. In addition to the

review by the public pursuant to this

document, the agreement has been

approved by the United States

Department of Justice. The proposed

agreement resolves an EPA claim under