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which exceed 6000 acres in size as

mandatory Class I areas. Congress also

allowed States or Tribes to request

redesignation of any area to Class I air

quality protection status. Class I areas

are to receive special protection from

degradation of air quality, and the most

stringent PSD increments apply in these

areas.

The Class I increments for SO2 are

defined in section 163(b)(1) of the Act,

42 U.S.C. 7473(b)(1), as follows:

Annual arithmetic mean ............. 2 ug/m3

Twenty-four hour maximum ...... 5 ug/m3

Three-hour maximum ................. 25ug/m3

These increments are also

promulgated in EPA’s PSD regulations

at 40 CFR 52.21(c). North Dakota has

adopted these increments as state

regulation in section 33–15–15–01.2.b.

of the North Dakota Administrative

Code, which EPA approved as part of

the SIP on November 2, 1979 (44 FR

63102).

For any averaging period other than

an annual averaging period, section

163(a) of the Act allows the increment

to be exceeded during one such period

per year. Otherwise, section 163 of the

Act provides that the increments are not

to be exceeded and that the SIP must

contain measures assuring that the

increments will not be exceeded.

Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) of the Act, 42

U.S.C. 7410(a)(2)(D)(i)(II), further

requires the SIP to include provisions

prohibiting any source or other emitting

activity within the State from emitting

air pollution in amounts that will

interfere with measures to be included

in any other State’s implementation

plan to prevent significant deterioration

of air quality. EPA’s PSD regulations

also provide that the SIP must be

revised whenever EPA or the State

determines that an applicable PSD

increment is being violated. (See 40 CFR

51.166(a)(3).)

III. How Can I Obtain More

Information on This Matter?

Copies of the State’s March 13, 2001

letter and EPA’s March 28, 2001

response can be obtained from the

contact person listed above. A

Background Document is also available,

which discusses in greater detail the

PSD requirements of the Act, the history

of PSD increment violations in North

Dakota Class I areas, and the State’s

draft modeling analysis.

This notice today informs the public

and identifies the appropriate EPA

regional office from which the public

may gain further information and

review the relevant documents

pertaining to this North Dakota PSD

increment issue.

Dated: April 20, 2001.

Jack W. McGraw,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

[FR Doc. 01–13409 Filed 5–25–01; 8:45 am]

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AGENCY

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DynCorp I & ET and Geologics;

Transfer of Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

pesticide-related information submitted

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including

information that may have been claimed

as Confidential Business Information

(CBI) by the submitter, will be

transferred to DynCorp I & ET and its

subcontractor, Geologics, in accordance

with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2).

DynCorp I & ET and its subcontractor,

Geologics, have been awarded a contract

to perform work for OPP, and access to

this information will enable DynCorp I

& ET and its subcontractor, Geologics, to

fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: DynCorp I & ET and its

subcontractor, Geologics, will be given

access to this information on or before

June 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Erik R. Johnson, FIFRA Security

Officer, Information Resources and

Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 305–7248; email address: johnson.erik@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action applies to the public in

general. As such, the Agency has not

attempted to describe all the specific

entities that may be affected by this

action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

You may obtain electronic copies of

this document, and certain other related

documents that might be available

electronically, from the EPA Internet

Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To

access this document, on the Home Page

select ‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’

‘‘Regulations and Proposed Rules,’’ and

then look up the entry for this document

under the ‘‘Federal Register—

Environmental Documents.’’ You can

also go directly to the Federal Register

listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

II. Contractor Requirements

Under Contract No. 68–W0–1007,

DynCorp I & ET and its subcontractor,

Geologics, will perform the following

based on the statement of work.

OPP develops data requirements and

study guidelines that are used to assess

the potential impact pesticides may

have on human health and the

environment. Before using these data for

regulatory purposes, OPP must evaluate

the studies to determine their adequacy

and to guarantee that appropriate

quality assurance (QA) procedures were

carried out. In evaluating and

performing services required under this

statement of work, the contractor shall

submit all relevant information used in

developing conclusions or options to

the cognizant Work Assignment

Manager (WAM) for all projects for

review and approval.

OPP has determined that access by

DynCorp I & ET and its subcontractor,

Geologics, to information on all

pesticide chemicals is necessary for the

performance of this contract.

Some of this information may be

entitled to confidential treatment. The

information has been submitted to EPA

under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA

and under sections 408 and 409 of

FFDCA.

In accordance with the requirements

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the contract with

DynCorp I & ET and its subcontractor,

Geologics, prohibits use of the

information for any purpose not

specified in the contract; prohibits

disclosure of the information to a third

party without prior written approval

from the Agency; and requires that each

official and employee of the contractor

sign an agreement to protect the

information from unauthorized release

and to handle it in accordance with the

FIFRA Information Security Manual. In

addition, DynCorp I & ET and its

subcontractor, Geologics, are required to

submit for EPA approval a security plan

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under which any CBI will be secured

and protected against unauthorized

release or compromise. No information

will be provided to DynCorp I & ET and

its subcontractor, Geologics, until the

requirements in this document have

been fully satisfied. Records of

information provided to DynCorp I & ET

and its subcontractor, Geologics, will be

maintained by EPA Project Officers for

this contract. All information supplied

to DynCorp I & ET and its subcontractor,

Geologics, by EPA for use in connection

with this contract will be returned to

EPA when DynCorp I & ET and its

subcontractor, Geologics, have

completed their work.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Business

and industry, Government contracts,

Government property, Security

measures.

Dated: May 15, 2001.

Richard D. Schmitt,

Director, Information Resources and Services

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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Notice of Availability of Funds for

Source Water Protection

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) seeks proposals from

organizations interested in working with

communities across the nation that are

served by public water systems with

highly or moderately susceptible

drinking water sources to protect their

sources of drinking water from

contamination using a resource-based or

geographic/regional-based approach. All

communities involved in this effort

should have completed source water

assessments.

EPA is providing this financial

support to provide training and

technical assistance on innovative

approaches that will assist communities

across the country in establishing

sustainable efforts to address the

obstacles to preventing contamination of

their water resources and lowering the

susceptibility of source waters through

a resource-based or geographic regionalbased planning approach.

EPA is currently funding an

organization with a national network of

field technicians assisting communities

with watershed or resource-based

planning to protect their water supplies.

However, EPA is very interested in

funding training and technical

assistance across the country of

innovative types of approaches that can

be sustained by community efforts to

prevent contamination of drinking water

sources. EPA will award one grant that

would complement the field technician

approach.

DATES: All project proposals must be

received by EPA no later than June 28,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Send five paper copies of

the complete proposal to: Debra

Gutenson (4606), Office of Ground

Water and Drinking Water, U. S. EPA,

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20460; and an

electronic copy of the completed

proposal to gutenson.debra@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debra Gutenson, (202) 260–2733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

What Is a State or Tribal Source Water

Assessment?

As mandated by the Safe Drinking

Water Act Amendments of 1996, a

state’s source water assessment

identifies the area that supplies water to

each public drinking water system

within the state, inventories the

significant potential sources of

contamination, and analyzes how

susceptible the drinking water source is

to contamination (often referred to as a

‘‘susceptibility determination’’). An

assessment is complete when the results

are made widely available to the public.

The Amendments allocated funding to

states to complete source water

assessments for all 170,000 public water

systems. The results of these

assessments are to be provided to each

water supplier and made widely

accessible to the public by 2003 (a few

states are scheduled for completion in

2004). EPA is also helping Tribes

complete source water assessments of

public water supplies in Indian

Country.

The assessments are intended to give

communities the information that they

need to make informed decisions to

prevent contamination of their drinking

water sources.

What Is a Highly or Moderately

Susceptible Drinking Water Source?

There is a high degree of flexibility in

how a state determines the

susceptibility of its public water

systems. EPA is providing this funding

to focus on highly or moderately

susceptible drinking water sources.

Therefore, the organization receiving

this funding would need to work with

the state source water programs to

identify those public water systems or

areas of the state that the state

determines are highly or moderately

susceptible to contamination and would

most benefit from source water

contamination prevention planning and

actions on a resource-based or

geographic/regional-based scale.

What Is Source Water Contamination

Prevention?

Source water contamination

prevention is the establishment of

sustainable local programs that lower

the risk of contaminants of concern

entering waters serving as public

drinking water supplies. Building upon

State or Tribal source water

assessments, more communities will be

examining what actions are necessary to

prevent contamination of their sources

of drinking water from the identified

potential threats, and thereby lower the

susceptibility of their water supply to

contamination. Planning is a critical

first step so that a community or a group

of communities can use their limited

resources to most effectively target

sources of contamination that pose the

highest or most immediate threats.

Many communities need assistance

working through the planning process.

Implementing planned actions is the

next step and communities also need

assistance to develop sustainable efforts

to initiate and/or maintain lowered

susceptibility of their water supplies.

Ideally, communities with public

water systems that share the same

resource or common threats would work

together to identify their needs and

jointly set priorities. Some basic

planning elements include:

—An analysis of the state or tribal

source water assessment for the

systems involved in the planning.

—Identification of preventive action

priorities and recommended

management measures for addressing

them, including costs.

—Identification of an approach for

determining the effect of the proposed

priority actions on lowering the

threats to source waters.

—Identification of alternative water

supplies which would be needed in

the case of emergencies (contingency

planning).

Many communities also need

assistance in implementing their

priority preventive actions so a

community has the capacity to maintain

these actions once outside assistance is

complete. Preventive actions might