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specified by the State Director under

§ 258.40(d).

(3) The owner or operator of the Yolo

County Central Landfill shall

demonstrate that the addition of any

liquids to Module D does not result in

an increased leakage rate, and does not

result in liner slippage, or otherwise

compromise the integrity of the landfill

and its liner system, as determined by

the State Director.

(4) The owner or operator of the Yolo

County Central Landfill must ensure

that Module D is operated in such a

manner so as to prevent any landfill

fires from occurring.

(5) The owner or operator of the Yolo

County Central Landfill shall submit an

annual report to the EPA Regional

Administrator and the State Director.

The first report is due within 18 months

after the effective date of this rule. The

report shall state what progress the

Project XL is making towards the

superior environmental performance as

stated in the Final Project Agreement.

The data in paragraphs (b)(5)(i) through

(xvi) of this section may be summarized,

but, at a minimum, shall contain the

minimum, maximum, median, and

average data points as well as the

frequency of monitoring, as applicable.

These reporting provisions shall remain

in effect for as long as the owner or

operator of the Yolo County Central

Landfill continues to add liquid waste

to Module D. Additional monitoring,

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements related to landfill gas will

be contained in a permit executed by

the local air quality management district

pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.

7401 et seq. Application of this sitespecific rule to the Yolo County Central

Landfill is conditioned upon the

issuance of such permit. The annual

report will include, at a minimum, the

following data:

(i) Amount of landfill gas generated;

(ii) Percent capture of landfill gas;

(iii) Quality of the landfill gas;

(iv) Amount and type of liquids

applied to the landfill;

(v) Method of liquids application to

the landfill;

(vi) Quantity of waste placed in the

landfill;

(vii) Quantity and quality of leachate

collected, including at least the

following parameters, monitored, at a

minimum, on an annual basis:

(A) pH;

(B) Conductivity;

(C) Dissolved oxygen;

(D) Dissolved solids;

(E) Biochemical oxygen demand;

(F) Chemical oxygen demand;

(G) Organic carbon;

(H) Nutrients, (including ammonia

[‘‘NH3’’], total kjeldahl nitrogen

[‘‘TKN’’], and total phosphorus

[‘‘TP’’]);

(I) Common ions;

(J) Heavy metals;

(K) Organic priority pollutants; and

(L) Flow rate;

(viii) Quantity of leachate recirculated

back into the landfill;

(ix) Information on the pretreatment

of solid and liquid waste applied to the

landfill;

(x) Landfill temperature;

(xi) Landfill moisture content;

(xii) Data on the leachate pressure

(head) on the liner;

(xiii) The amount of aeration of the

waste;

(xiv) Data on landfill settlement;

(xv) Any information on the

performance of the landfill cover; and

(xvi) Observations, information, or

studies made on the physical stability of

the landfill.

(6) This section will remain in effect

until [five years after the effective date

of the final rule]. By [insert 5 years from

the date of publication of the final rule],

Yolo County Central Landfill shall

return to compliance with the regulatory

requirements which would have been in

effect absent the flexibility provided

through this Project XL site-specific

rule. This section applies to Phase I of

Module D. This Section also will apply

to any phase of Module D beyond Phase

I only if a second Final Project

Agreement that describes the additional

phase has been signed by

representatives of EPA Region 9, Yolo

County, and the State of California.

Phase I of Module D is defined as the

operation of twelve acres of the twenty

acre Module D.

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RIN 0648–Al50

Fisheries off West Coast States and in

the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast

Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 14

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of an

amendment to a fishery management

plan; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

Pacific Fishery Management Council

(Council) has submitted Amendment 14

to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial

review. Amendment 14 would

implement a permit stacking program

for limited entry permits with sablefish

endorsements. This permit stacking

program would lengthen the limited

entry, fixed gear primary sablefish

fishery. It is intended to increase safety

in that fishery and provide flexibility to

participants. The permit stacking

program would also associate sablefish

cumulative limits with permits, rather

than with vessels, so that a single vessel

could carry multiple permits and

harvest multiple sablefish cumulative

limits during the primary sablefish

fishery.

DATES: Comments on Amendment 14

must be received on or before July 9,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on Amendment

14 or supporting documents should be

sent to Donna Darm, Acting

Administrator, Northwest Region,

NMFS, Sand Point Way NE., BIN

C15700, Seattle, WA 98115–0070; or to

Rebecca Lent, Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA

90802–4213.

Copies of Amendment 14 and the

environmental assessment/ regulatory

impact review (EA/RIR) are available

from Donald McIsaac, Executive

Director, Pacific Fishery Management

Council, 2130 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 224,

Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Yvonne deReynier or Becky Renko

(Northwest Region, NMFS), phone: 206–

526–6140; fax: 206–526–6736 and; email: yvonne.dereynier@noaa.gov,

becky.renko@noaa.gov or Svein Fougner

(Southwest Region, NMFS) phone: 562–

980–4000; fax: 562–980–4047 and; email: svein.fougner@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

This Federal Register document is

also accessible via the Internet at the

website of the Office of the Federal

Register: <<http://www.access.gpo.gov/

su-docs/aces/aces140.html.≤≤

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) requires that

each regional fishery management

council submit any FMP or plan

amendment it prepares to NMFS for

review and approval, disapproval, or

partial approval. The Magnuson-Stevens

Act also requires that NMFS, upon

receiving an FMP or amendment,

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immediately publish a notification in

the Federal Register that the FMP or

amendment is available for public

review and comment. NMFS will

consider the public comments received

during the comment period described

here in determining whether to approve

the FMP or amendment. Amendment 14

would expand on Amendment 9 to the

FMP, which restricted participation in

the limited entry, regular fixed gear

fishery to permits that met historical

landings qualifications. Permit holders

who met the landings qualifications

were issued sablefish endorsements.

The regulations that implemented

Amendment 9 require that vessels hold

permits with sablefish endorsements to

participate in the regular sablefish

fishery. Under a 1998 rulemaking

following Amendment 9, permits with

sablefish endorsements were assigned to

one of three tiers based on their

landings histories. During the regular

fishery, a vessel is allowed to fish up to

the cumulative limit associated with its

particular tier. Cumulative limits are

graduated so that permits associated

with higher historic landings are in tiers

that receive higher cumulative landings

limits for current fisheries.

Under the current FMP, cumulative

limits are associated with vessels, which

means that a vessel may land no more

of a particular species than its

cumulative limit for a given period.

Amendment 14 would allow sablefish

cumulative limits in the regular fishery

to be associated with permits rather

than vessels, and would allow a single

vessel to carry multiple permits. As a

result, a single vessel could land

multiple cumulative limits of sablefish

during the period of the regular fishery.

Allowing vessels to ‘‘stack’’ permits to

harvest multiple cumulative limits of

sablefish is expected to improve fleet

efficiency by reducing the number of

vessels participating in the fishery. Pub.

L. 106–554 has also granted this fishery

exemption from the ongoing MagnusonStevens Act moratorium on

implementing new individual quota

programs to allow the Council to set a

season of several months duration. For

the past several years, the regular

fishery has been brief, 5–10 days

duration. Amendment 14 is intended to

take advantage of this new exemption

from Congress to improve the safety of

this derby fishery by giving participants

sufficient time to fully harvest their

cumulative limits.

Public comments on Amendment 14

must be received by July 9, 2001, to be

considered by NMFS in the decision

whether to approve Amendment 14. A

proposed rule to implement

Amendment 14 has been submitted for

Secretarial review and approval. NMFS

expects to publish and request public

comment on the proposed regulations to

implement Amendment 14 in the near

future.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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