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economic goals. These pilots will build

on the experience gained in the

Administration’s Empowerment Zone

and Ecosystem Management Initiatives.

Both of these efforts encourage

participants to achieve their

community’s economic development

and environmental quality goals by

using community-based planning to

mobilize the resources necessary to

sustain economic and environmental

health. XL Community pilots will

integrate the mutually supportive goals

of economic development and

environmental protection at the

community level utilizing full public

participation.

In the XL Communities Pilot Program

EPA will assist local communities to

achieve superior environmental

performance. Through the XL

Communities Pilot Program, EPA will

offer assistance in one or more areas,

depending on the nature of the

proposed project—flexiblility in the

implementation of environmental

regulations, technical support,

coordination of federal programs, the

identification of government resources,

and other type of support identified on

a case by case basis—in exchange for a

commitment on the part of the

community entity to go beyond the

environmental results of compliance

and achieve greater environmental

quality that would have been realized

under traditional approaches.

In a separate reinvention effort, also

included in the initiatives announced

by the President on March 16, 1995, the

Agency’s Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance (OECA) is

developing an enforcement policy for

communities whose facilities are not in

compliance with environmental

regulations and are willing to enter into

compliance agreements to make

progress towards meeting

environmental standards. These

agreements may extend across more

than one environmental program and

would recognize the need for flexibility

in approach or timing. (For information

on this policy contact Kenneth Harmon;

Office of Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance; (202) 564–7049.)

This document includes: background

information on the XL Communities

Pilot Program; a description of the

Program; its relationship to other

regulatory reinvention activities; the

criteria, process, and timing for the

selection of projects; and an invitation

for public comment.

This Notice invites proposals from

local governments, community groups,

and other public and private entities

interested in initiating pilot programs.

Dated: December 6, 1995.

Leonard Fleckenstein,

Office of Sustainable Ecosystems and

Communities.

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Proposed Administrative Settlement

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act, as

Amended by the Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act;

In Re Chicago Industrial Waste

Haulers, Alsip, IL

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980 (‘‘CERCLA’’),

as amended, notice is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement

concerning the recovery of past

response cost at the Chicago Industrial

Waste Haulers Site (‘‘CIWH’’) in Alsip,

Illinois (the ‘‘Site’’). This settlement

requires respondent to pay specified

amounts of money to reimburse the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency for

past response costs incurred at the Site.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 11, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Docket Clerk, Mail

Code MFA–10J, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region V, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois,

60604–3590, and should refer to: In Re

Chicago Industrial Waste Haulers, Alsip,

Illinois, U.S. EPA Docket No. V–W–96–

C–324.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy-Ellen Zusman, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Assistant Regional Counsel (C–29A), 77

W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois

60604, (312) 886–5825.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The party

listed below has executed binding

certification of its consent to participate

in the settlement.

The Respondent will pay

approximately $75,000.000 in

settlement payments for response costs

related to the CIWH Site. Should CIWH

miss a payment, the entire balance

would become immediately due and

owing.

Respondent: Chicago Industrial Waste

Haulers.

The Environmental Protection Agency

will receive written comments relating

to this settlement for thirty days from

the date of publication of this Notice.

A copy of the settlement agreement

and additional background information

relating to the settlement are available

for review and may be obtained in

person or by mail from Nancy-Ellen

Zusman, Assistant Regional Counsel (C–

29A), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago,

Illinois 60604.

Authority: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

Sections 9601 et seq.

William E. Muno,

Director, Superfund Division.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1074–DR]

Florida; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida (FEMA–1074–DR), dated

October 27, 1995, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pauline C. Campbell, Response and

Recovery Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, effective this date and

pursuant to the authority vested in the

Director of the Federal Emergency

Management Agency under Executive

Order 12148, I hereby appoint Michael

J. Polny of the Federal Emergency

Management Agency to act as the

Federal Coordinating Officer for this

declared disaster.

This action terminates my

appointment of Glenn C. Woodard as

Federal Coordinating Officer for this

disaster.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

James L. Witt,

Director.

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