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will be available at EPA’s conformity

website: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/

transp.htm, (once there, click on the

‘‘Conformity’’ button, then look for

‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions

for Conformity’’).

Patricia Morris, Environmental

Scientist, Regulation Development

Section (AR–18J), Air Programs Branch,

Air and Radiation Division, United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,

(312) 353–8656,

morris.patricia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Throughout this document, whenever

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean

EPA. Today’s notice is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 5 sent a letter

to the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency on May 31, 2001, stating that

the motor vehicle emissions budgets in

the Chicago, Illinois submitted 1-hour

ozone attainment demonstration for

2007 are adequate. This finding will

also be announced on EPA’s conformity

website: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/

transp.htm, (once there, click on the

‘‘Conformity’’ button, then look for

‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions

for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans and establishes

the criteria and procedures for

determining whether or not they do.

Conformity to a SIP means that

transportation activities will not

produce new air quality violations,

worsen existing violations, or delay

timely attainment of the national

ambient air quality standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999

memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making our

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q.

Dated: June 3, 2001.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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Access to Confidential Business

Information by Abt Associates

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its

contractor Abt Associates of Cambridge,

MA access to information which has

been submitted to EPA under sections 4,

5, 6, and 8 of the Toxic Substances

Control Act (TSCA). Some of the

information may be claimed or

determined to be confidential business

information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data

submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6,

and 8 of TSCA occurred as a result of

an approved waiver dated May 30, 2001,

which requested granting Abt

Associates immediate access to sections

4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA CBI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Barbara A. Cunningham, Acting

Director, Environmental Assistance

Division (7408), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (202) 554–1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Notice Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to ‘‘those persons who are or

may be required to conduct testing of

chemical substances under the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA).’’ Since

other entities may also be interested, the

Agency hasnot 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

technical person listed underFOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document or 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/.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

Under contract number 68–W–01–

039, contractor Abt Associates, of 55

Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA, will

assist the Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics (OPPTS) in evaluating the

potential risks of new chemical

substances including microorganisms;

and evaluating existing chemicals for

risk and for the need to develop data

bearing on such risks.

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j),

EPA has determined that under EPA

contract number 68–W–01–039, Abt

Associates will require access to CBI

submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6,

and 8 of TSCA to perform successfully

the duties specified under the contract.

Access to the confidential data

submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6,

and 8 of TSCA occurred as a result of

an approved waiver dated May 30, 2001,

which requested granting Abt

Associates immediate access to sections

4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA CBI. This waiver

was necessary to allow Abt Associates

to assist EPA in evaluating the potential

risks of new chemical substances

including microorganisms, and

evaluating existing chemicals for risk

and for the need to develop data bearing

on such risks.

EPA is issuing this notice to inform

all submitters of information under

sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA that EPA

will provide Abt Associates access to

these CBI materials on a need-to-know

basis only. All access to TSCA CBI

under this contract will take place at

EPA Headquarters and at Abt

Associates’ site located at 4800

Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD. No

access will occur at the Bethesda, MD

facility until after it has been approved

for the storage of TSCA CBI.

Abt Associates will be authorized

access to TSCA CBI at EPA

Headquarters and their site located at

4800 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD,

in accordance with the EPA TSCA

Confidential Business Information

Security Manual.

Clearance for access to TSCA CBI

under this contract may continue until

April 30, 2006.

Abt Associates personnel will be

required to sign nondisclosure

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agreements and will be briefed on

appropriate security procedures before

they are permitted access to TSCA CBI.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Confidential business information.

Dated: June 7, 2001.

Allen A. Abramson,

Director, Information Management Division,

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under section

309 of the Clean Air Act and section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167. An explanation of the

ratings assigned to draft environmental

impact statements (EISs) was published

in the Federal Register dated April 14,

2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–L65379–ID Rating

EC2, Little Weiser Landscape Vegetation

ManagementProject, Implementation,

Council Ranger District,Payette National

Forest, Adams County, ID.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

about the range of alternatives and

requested further information on

environmental consequences related to

water and air quality.

ERP No. D–FHW–G40164–TX Rating

EC2, President George Bush Turnpike

(PGBT) Segment IV,Improvement from

Interstate Highway 35E to Interstate

Highway 635, Funding and COE Section

404 Permit, Dallas County, TX.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns and requested

additional information in the Final EIS

regarding floodplain and wetland

mitigation, borrow pit construction and

buffering.

ERP No. D–NPS–K61153–CA Rating

EC2, Alcatraz Island Historic

Preservation and SafetyConstruction

Program, Protection and

Implementation, San Francisco County,

CA.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

regarding impacts due to lead based

paint, asbestos, and polychlorinated

biphenyls and recommended additional

information regarding releases of these

materials and mitigation measures. EPA

also requested additional information

and mitigation of impacts to water

quality and habitat from dock repairs

and mitigation measures to reduce

PM10 emissions.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–FTA–C54008–NY East

Side Access Project, Improve Access to

Manhattan’s East Side for Commuters in

the LongIsland Transportation Corridor

(LITC), MTA LongIsland Rail Road

(LIRR), Funding, Nassau, Suffolk,New

York, Queens and Bronx Counties, NY.

Summary: All of EPA’s concerns from

the draft have been addressed in the

final EIS.

ERP No. F–JUS–G81009–TX

Immigration and Naturalization Service

(INS) Detention Facility Construction in

the Houston Area, TX.

Summary: EPA has no objections to

the action as proposed.

ERP No. F–USN–K11085–HI Fort

Kamehameha Outfall Replacement for

Wastewater Treatment Plant, Navy

Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor, HI.

Summary: EPA remains concerned

due to project impacts related to

turbidity, coral heath and ocean

disposal of dredged material. EPA

requested that the Navy address these

issues in the Record of Decision.

Dated: June 12, 2001.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency

Office of FederalActivities, General

Information (202)564–7167

www.epa.gov/oeca/ofaWeekly receipt of

Environmental Impact StatementsFiled

June 04, 2001 Through June 08,

2001Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 010204, FINAL SUPPLEMENT,

EPA, MO, Lower Meramec Basin

Wastewater Management Plan,

Proposed New Regional Wastewater

Treatment Plan and Associated

Facilities, St. Louis and

JeffersonCounties, MO, Wait Period

Ends: July 16, 2001,Contact: Joe

Cothern (913) 551–7148.

EIS No. 010205, FINAL EIS, NPS, NJ,

Maurice National Scenic and

Recreational River (NS&RR)

Comprehensive Management Plan,

Implementation, Atlantic and

Cumberland Counties, NJ, Wait Period

Ends: July 16, 2001, Contact: Mary

Vaura (215) 597–9175.

EIS No. 010206, FINAL EIS, NRC, GA,

Generic EIS—Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear

Plant, Unit 1 and 2,License Renewal

of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 4 to

NUREG–1437, Altamaha River,

Appling County, GA,Wait Period

Ends: July 16, 2001, Contact: Andrew

J. Kugler (301) 415–2828.

EIS No. 010207, DRAFT EIS, GSA, CA,

Los Angeles Federal Building—U. S.

Courthouse, Construction of a New

Courthouse in the Civic Center, City

of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,

CA, Comment Period Ends: July 30,

2001, Contact: Javad Soltani (415)

522–3493.

EIS No. 010208, DRAFT EIS, NPS, TX,

Lake Meredith National Recreation

Area and Alibates Flint Quarries

National Monument Oil and Gas

Management Plan, Hutchinson, Moore

and Potter Counties, TX, Comment

Period Ends: August 15, 2001,

Contact: John C. Benjamin (806) 857–

3151.

EIS No. 010209, FINAL EIS, USN, CA,

Naval Station(NAVSTA) San Diego

Replacement Pier and

DredgingImprovements, Construction,

Dredging and DredgedMaterial

Disposal, San Diego Naval Complex,

SanDiego, CA, Wait Period Ends: July

16, 2001, Contact: Grace S. Penafuerte

(619) 556–7773.

EIS No. 010210, DRAFT EIS, TVA, TN,

Addition of Electric Generation

Baseload Capacity, Proposes to

Construction a Natural Gas Fired

Combined Cycle Power Plant,

Franklin County, TN, Comment

Period Ends: July 30, 2001, Contact:

Bruce L. Yeager (865) 632–8051.

EIS No. 010211, DRAFT EIS, FRC, WA,

Cowlitz River Hydroelectric Project

(No. 2016–044), Relicensing of the

Existing 462-megawatt, Cowlitz River,

City of Tacoma, WA, Comment Period

Ends: July 30, 2001, Contact: David

Turner (202) 219–2844.

EIS No. 010212, FINAL EIS, USN, VA,

Marine Corps Heritage Center (MCHC)

Complex, Construction and Operation

at Marine Corps Base (MCB)

Quantico, VA, Wait Period Ends: July

16, 2001, Contact: Hank Riek (202)

685–3064.

EIS No. 010213, DRAFT SUPPLEMENT,

UMC, AZ, CA, Yuma Training Range

Complex Management, Additional

Information on the Cumulative

Impacts of Activities on the Sonoran