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II. Additional Information Submitted

by FMC/Astaris Since the Notice of

EPA’s Proposed Decision

The March 16, 2001 Federal Register

notice of proposed decision on the

FMC/Astaris CBC extension renewal

was premised on the commitment made

by FMC/Astaris (and EPA’s agreement

with this commitment) that FMC/

Astaris would complete construction of

their planned LDR Treatment Plant and

begin its operation by May, 2002. A

description of the LDR Treatment Plant

(and the schedule for constructing it and

bringing it on line) is in the Docket for

the March 16, 2001 Federal Register

notice.

FMC/Astaris has informed EPA that

they are now considering an entirely

different technology, referred to as High

Temperature Dust Filtration (HTDF), to

address the generation of the five waste

streams and possibly supplant the LDR

Treatment Plant. EPA discussed this

possibility in the Agency’s March 16,

2001 Federal Register notice. FMC/

Astaris states that this technology, if

employed, would eliminate two of the

five waste streams now generated and

also cause a substantial change in the

composition of the other three waste

streams—such that the LDR Treatment

Plant would no longer be necessary to

treat these wastes. FMC/Astaris plans to

make a final decision this month on

which process or treatment option it

will pursue.

A. Potential Use of High Temperature

Dust Filtration (HTDF) Technology

As described in the March 16, 2001

submittal of information, High

Temperature Dust Filtration (HTDF)

would be incorporated into the

elemental phosphorus production

process. Specifically, it would be

located directly after the facility’s

electric arc furnaces, replacing a series

of two electrostatic precipitators in the

existing phosphorus recovery system.

Replacing the existing phosphorus

recovery system would eliminate two of

the five waste streams, Precipitator

Slurry and NOSAP Slurry. FMC/Astaris

also claims that the HTDF technology

would significantly reduce the volume

and alter the composition of the other

three waste streams (Phossy Water,

Medusa Scrubber Blowdown, and

Furnace Building Washdown).

FMC/Astaris’ March 16, 2001

information submittal is available for

review in the RCRA Information Center.

In this submittal, FMC/Astaris describes

how employing the HTDF technology

would allow them to meet each of the

seven CBC demonstrations required in

40 CFR 268.5(a). It also describes in

detail how this technology works.

B. Managing the Waste Streams Not

Eliminated by the HTDF System

As noted above, the HTDF system

would not eliminate three of the five

waste streams subject to the CBC

extension renewal. FMC/Astaris sent

EPA another package of information on

March 29, 2001 that describes how, if

the HTDF system is used, these

remaining three waste streams would be

managed using one or more of the

following: pH adjustment followed by

solids precipitation/clarification;

reconfigured flow of these waste streams

within the system; and recycling/reuse

of the waste stream/clarified water. This

submittal also describes why FMC/

Astaris believes these waste streams

would continue to necessitate the CBC

extension renewal and how each of the

seven demonstrations required under 40

CFR 268.5(a) are met. The March 29,

2001 information is available for review

in the RCRA Information Center.

C. Effect of Energy Shortages on

Production and Generated Wastes

On March 30, 2001, FMC/Astaris sent

us another letter stating that the current

power shortages in the western United

States will impact plant production, and

thus reduce the generation of waste

subject to the CBC extension. FMC/

Astaris also states that despite the

decrease in waste generation,

construction of their LDR Treatment

Plant is proceeding on schedule.

D. Responses to Questions Raised by

EPA

Our initial review of the additional

information provided by FMC/Astaris

raised questions for which we sought

clarification. Specifically, we had

questions regarding their planned

management of the waste streams not

wholly eliminated by the HTDF system,

one question about the effect of the

HTDF system on the facility’s air

emissions, and one question regarding

the cutback in plant production as a

result of the current energy shortage. On

April 10, 2001, FMC/Astaris provided

responses to each of these questions.

Copies of their responses are included

in the docket for this notice.

III. How Can I Influence EPA’s

Decisionmaking?

We welcome your comments on the

FMC/Astaris submission of additional

information. Your comments will be

most effective if you follow these

suggestions:

• Explain your views clearly.

• Provide specific examples to

illustrate your views.

• Offer specific alternatives.

• Submit your comments by the

deadline in this notice.

• Include your name, date, and the

docket number.

IV. What Happens After We Receive

Your Comments?

We will use your comments in

making a decision about whether to

approve or deny the FMC/Astaris

request for a one-year CBC extension

renewal, as discussed in the March 16

Federal Register Notice (see 66 FR

15243). We plan to publish a final

notice regarding the Agency’s decision

on this request prior to the May 26, 2001

expiration date of the existing CBC

extension.

V. Comments Received To-Date

The additional information provided

by FMC/Astaris to EPA also has been

provided to the Shoshone-Bannock

Tribes, who are concerned about

operations at the Pocatello facility.

Because the Tribes were provided this

information at the same time that it was

submitted to EPA, we believe that a

comment period of ten days is sufficient

time for public review of the additional

information. To date, only the

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and FMC/

Astaris have commented on the issues

discussed in today’s ‘‘Notice’’.

Authority: Sections 1006, 2002(a), 3001,

and 3004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as

amended by the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C.

6905, 6912(a), 6921, and 6924).

Dated: April 17, 2001.

Michael H. Shapiro,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Solid

Waste and Emergency Response.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6967–6]

Technical Experts Meeting to Discuss

Issues Associated with Regulations of

Cooling Water Intake Structures at

Existing Facilities, Announcement of

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of

meeting.

SUMMARY: The EPA will conduct a

public meeting of invited technical

experts to discuss specific issues

associated with the development of

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regulations under section 316(b) of the

Clean Water Act governing cooling

water intake structures at existing

facilities. The purpose of this meeting is

to elicit individual comments from the

technical experts regarding the Agency’s

preliminary data on cooling water

intake structure technologies that are in

place at existing facilities and the costs

associated with the use of available

technologies for reducing impingement

and entrainment of aquatic organisms.

The experts will be selected by the

Director of the Office of Science and

Technology within the Office of Water.

The experts will represent, at a

minimum, a balanced mix of

individuals recommended by or

associated with industry and public

interest groups, with additional

representation from two or three States

and one academic institution. The

public is invited to attend and will have

an opportunity to express their views at

the end of the meeting.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 from 9

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Alexandria, Virginia

22202. The Crystal City Marriott

telephone number is (703) 413–5500.

The nearest Metro stop is Crystal City

station on either the Blue or the Yellow

Line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Claudio H. Ternieden, Office of Water,

Office of Science and Technology,

Engineering and Analysis Division,

Cooling Water Intake Task Force, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number (202) 260–6026; and e-mail

address Ternieden.Claudio@epa.gov.

For any updates on the issues that EPA

will discuss at the meeting, refer to

http://www.epa.gov/ost/guide.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is

developing regulations implementing

Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act

under the terms of an Amended Consent

Decree in Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Whitman,

U.S. District Court, Southern District of

New York, No. 93–Civ.0314 (AGS). The

Amended Consent Decree divides the

regulatory process into three phases: (1)

Phase I, governing new facilities that

employ a cooling water intake structure;

(2) Phase II, governing, at a minimum,

existing utilities and non-utility power

producers that employ a cooling water

intake structure, and whose flow levels

exceed a minimum threshold to be

determined by EPA; and (3) Phase III,

governing existing facilities that employ

a cooling water intake structure, that are

not covered by the Phase II rule, and

whose intake flow levels exceed a

minimum threshold to be determined by

EPA. EPA proposed Phase I regulations

on July 20, 2000, 65 FR 49060. The

remaining deadlines for rulemaking in

each phase are as follows:

Phase I: Final action by November 9,

2001

Phase II: Proposal by February 28, 2002

Final action by August 28, 2003

Phase III: Proposal by June 15, 2003

Final action by December 15, 2004

Dated: April 11, 2001.

Geoffrey H. Grubbs,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

ADVISORY BOARD

Notice of New Exposure Draft Change

in Certain Requirements for

Reconciling Obligations and Net Cost

of Operations—Amendment of SFFAS

7, Accounting for Revenue and Other

Financing Sources

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board.

Board Action: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463), as amended, and the FASAB

Rules of Procedure, as amended in

October, 1999, notice is hereby given

that the Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board has published a new

exposure draft, Change in Certain

Requirements for Reconciling

Obligations and Net Cost of

Operations—Amendment to SFFAS 7,

Accounting for Revenue and Other

Financing Sources.

A summary of the proposed

Statement follows: On April 12, 2001,

the Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board (FASAB) released for

public comment an exposure draft (ED)

to amend Statement of Federal Financial

Accounting Standards (SFFAS) 7,

Accounting for Revenue and Other

Financing Sources and Concepts for

Reconciling Budgetary and Financial

Accounting. The Chairman of the

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory

Board announced that the FASAB has

issued an exposure draft of a proposed

standard affecting the presentation of

the reconciliation of obligations and the

net cost of operations in the statement

of financing. The new standard would

delete the requirement to report changes

in certain receivables from the public as

a resource on the statement of financing.

The effect of the change is that the

location of this item in the statement of

financing is no longer specified by the

standard. The Board is deferring a final

solution regarding the placement of this

element until it can be addressed within

the context of a fuller review of the

statement of financing. In the interim,

flexibility will be permitted by the

amended standard. The exposure draft

entitle Change in Certain Requirements

for Reconciling Obligations and Net

Cost of Operations, Amendment of

SFFAS 7, Accounting for Revenue and

Other Financing Sources, will be out for

comment until June 8, 2001. The

proposed amendment of SFFAS No. 7

would be effective for periods beginning

after September 30, 2000.

The exposure draft will be mailed to

FASAB’s mailing list subscribers.

Additionally, it is available on FASAB’s

home page http://www.financenet.gov/

fasab.htm. Copies fan be obtained by

contacting FASAB at (202) 512–7350, or

fontenroser.fasab@gao.gov. For further

information call Richard Fontenrose

(202) 512–7358.

Written comments are requested by

June 8, 2001, and should be sent to:

Wendy M. Comes, Executive Director,

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory

Board, 441 G Street, NW, Suite 6814,

Mail Stop 6K17V, Washington, DC

20548.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wendy Comes, Executive Director, 441

G St., NW., Room 6814, Washington, DC

20548, or call (202) 512–7350.

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee

Act. Pub. L. No. 92–463.

Dated: April 19, 2001.

Wendy M. Comes,

Executive Director.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank

Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the office of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank