62846 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 235 / Thursday, December 7, 1995 / Notices

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Acid Rain Program: Status of State

Acid Rain Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Title IV of the Clean Air Act

requires EPA to establish the Acid Rain

Program to reduce the adverse

environmental and public health effects

of acidic deposition. Under titles IV and

V of the Act, state and local permitting

authorities develop and administer acid

rain programs as part of their title V

operating permits programs. The

purpose of this notice is to (1) provide

a status report on the progress of

specific state and local permitting

authorities in establishing regulatory

authority to issue acid rain permits, (2)

describe in general terms the degree to

which state and local permitting

authorities can currently take part in

acid rain permit issuance given the

current status of their title V programs

and (3) to identify which permitting

authorities should receive Phase II acid

rain permit applications (due January 1,

1996) from designated representatives of

affected sources. This notice is for

informational purposes only and does

not supplant any other Federal Register

notices under title V.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Miller, U.S. EPA, Acid Rain

Division (6204J), 401 M St., SW,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 233–9077.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

29, 1995, the Acid Rain Division issued

guidance describing the extent to which

permitting authorities could participate

in the acid rain permit issuance process

given the status of their title V

programs, including the acid rain

portion. The guidance outlined criteria

by which acid rain permitting

authorities are grouped into one of three

categories, ‘A,’ ‘B,’ or ‘C.’

Category A permitting authorities

have EPA-approved title V programs

with acid rain regulations that are

sufficient for issuing Phase II acid rain

permits covering sulfur dioxide. Such

permits must be issued no later than

December 31, 1997.

Category B permitting authorities

have not yet received final EPA

approval of their title V programs and

acid rain regulations, and so cannot yet

issue acid rain permits. However, they

have sufficient regulatory authority to

perform completeness reviews and

process Phase II acid rain permits up to

issuance of draft permits. Most category

B permitting authorities are expected to

receive final EPA approval of their title

V programs and their acid rain

regulations sometime in 1996. If, as

anticipated, their title V programs and

acid rain regulations are approved by

January 1, 1997, they will be the

permitting authorities for issuing acid

rain permits to sources within their

respective jurisdictions.

Category C permitting authorities

have also not yet received EPA approval

of their title V programs, but have not

yet established a sufficient degree of

regulatory authority, e.g., because they

lack final title V and acid rain

regulations or because their title V

programs have been rejected. Category C

permitting authorities will issue the

Phase II acid rain permits if their title

V programs and acid rain regulations are

approved by January 1, 1997. If not,

then EPA intends to begin to take steps

to issue the initial Phase II acid rain

permits.

The designated representatives of

affected sources within the jurisdiction

of permitting authorities in categories A

or B should submit the original Phase II

acid rain permit application and all

required copies to the appropriate state

or local permitting authority. The

application should not be submitted to

EPA. The designated representatives of

affected sources with state or local

permitting authorities in category C

must submit the original Phase II acid

rain permit application and 1 copy to

the appropriate EPA Regional office and

two copies to their respective state or

local permitting authority.

The status of state and local acid rain

programs is noted on a document

updated weekly on EPA’s Technology

Transfer Network (TTN) and is available

for downloading under the ‘‘Clean Air

Act,’’ ‘‘Title IV,’’ ‘‘Policy and

Guidance,’’ subdirectories, entitled

‘‘ARDGUID.WPF.’’

As of November 15, 1995, the status

of state and local permitting authorities

with regard to acid rain is as follows:

Region 1

Category A: None

Category B: Massachusetts, New

Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Category C: Connecticut, Maine

Region 2

Category A: None

Category B: New Jersey

Category C: New York

Region 3

Category A: West Virginia

Category B: Delaware, Maryland,

Pennsylvania, Washington D.C.

Category C: Virginia

Region 4

Category A: Florida, South Carolina

Category B: Alabama (including the city

of Huntsville and Jefferson Co.),

Georgia, Kentucky (including

Jefferson and Memphis-Shelby

Cos.), Mississippi, North Carolina

(including Western North Carolina),

Tennessee (including ChattanoogaHamilton, Knox, and NashvilleDavidson Cos.)

Category C: None

Region 5

Category A: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota,

Wisconsin

Category B: Michigan, Ohio

Category C: None

Region 6

Category A: Arkansas, Louisiana, New

Mexico (including the city of

Albuquerque)

Category B: Oklahoma, Texas

Category C: None

Region 7

Category A: Iowa, Nebraska (including

Lincoln-Lancaster and OmahaDouglas Cos.)

Category B: Kansas, Missouri

Category C: None

Region 8

Category A: North Dakota, South

Dakota, Utah

Category B: Colorado, Montana,

Wyoming

Category C: None

Region 9

Category A: Bay Area, Imperial Co.,

Monterey Bay, North Coast (all in

California), Clark Co. (in Nevada)

Category B: Arizona (including

Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal Cos.)

Mojave Desert, San Diego Co., San

Luis Obispo Co., South Coast,

Ventura Co. (all in California),

Nevada

Category C: None

Region 10

Category A: Oregon, Washington

(including Northwest, Olympic,

Puget Sound, Southwest, Spokane,

Benton-Franklin, and Yakima)

Category B: Idaho

Category C: None

Dated: November 21, 1995.

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of

Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and

Radiation.

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Guidance on Acquisition of

Environmentally Preferable Products

and Services; Solicitation of

Comments; Extension of Comment

Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment

period.

SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of

September 29, 1995, EPA announced a

proposed general guidance designed to

assist Executive agencies with

indentification and acquisition of

environmentally preferable products.

The document also solicited comments

from all interested parties on the

proposed guidance. EPA has received

requests from several organizations to

extend the comment period. Notice is

hereby given that the comment period

originally scheduled to close on

November 28, 1995, is extended until

December 28, 1995.

DATES: All written comments must be

received on or before December 28,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments must be

submitted in triplicate and identified

with docket number OPPTS–00149 to:

OPPT Document Control Officer (7407),

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E–G99, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to:

ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

OPPTS–00149. No Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail. Electronic

comments on this proposed guidance

may be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found in Unit V. of this

document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Danielle Fuligni, Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics (7409), 401 M

St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Telephone number: 202–260–4172, email: fuligni.danielle@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A record

has been established for this document

under docket number ‘‘OPPTS–00149’’

(including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from noon to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center,

Rm. NE–B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this document,

as well as the public version, as

described above will be kept in paper

form. Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: November 20, 1995.

William H. Sanders III,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

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Notice of Availability of Pollution

Prevention Grants and Announcement

of Financial Assistance Programs

Eligible for Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of

Pollution Prevention Grants.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

availability of approximately $5 million

in fiscal year 1996 grant/cooperative

agreement funds under the Pollution

Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS)

grant program. The purpose of this

program is to support State, Tribal, and

regional programs that address the

reduction or elimination of pollution

across all environmental media: air,

land, and water. Grants/cooperative

agreements will be awarded under the

authority of the Pollution Prevention

Act of 1990.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Your EPA Regional Pollution Prevention

Coordinator. Contact names for each

Regional Office are listed under Unit IV.

of this document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Approximately $40 million have been

awarded to over 100 State, Tribal, and

regional organizations under EPA’s

multimedia pollution prevention grant

program, since its inception in 1989.

In November 1990, the Pollution

Prevention Act of 1990, (the Act) (Pub.

L. 101–508) was enacted, establishing as

national policy that pollution should be

prevented or reduced at the source

whenever feasible. Section 6603 of the

Act defines source reduction (pollution

prevention) as any practice that:

(1) Reduces the amount of any

hazardous substance, pollutant, or

contaminant entering any waste stream

or otherwise released into the

environment (including fugitive

emissions) prior to recycling, treatment,

or disposal.

(2) Reduces the hazards to public

health and the environment associated

with the release of such substances,

pollutants, or contaminants.

In addition to pollution prevention

being source reduction, EPA further

defines pollution prevention as the use

of other practices, that reduce or

eliminate the creation of pollutants

through: increased efficiency in the use

of raw materials, energy, water or other

resources, or protection of natural

resources, or protection of natural

resources by conservation.

Section 6605 of the Act authorizes

EPA to make matching grants to States

to promote the use of source reduction

techniques by businesses. In evaluating

grant applications, the Act directs EPA

to consider whether the proposed State

program will:

(1) Make technical assistance

available to businesses seeking

information about source reduction

opportunities, including funding for

experts to provide on-site technical

advice and to assist in the development

of source reduction plans.

(2) Target assistance to businesses for

whom lack of information is an

impediment to source reduction.

(3) Provide training in source

reduction techniques.

In addition to this grant making

authority, the Act authorized EPA to

establish a national source reduction

clearinghouse, expands EPA’s

authorities to collect data to better track