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American Watch Association,

Association Council of the National

Association of Manufacturers,

Association for the Advancement of

Medical Instruments, Association of

American Railroads, Association of

International Automotive

Manufacturers, Association of Home

Appliance Manufacturers, Association

of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies,

Automotive Service Association,

Citizens for a Better Environment, Clock

Manufacturers and Marketing

Association, Community Transportation

Association of America, Computer and

Communication Industry Association,

Dental Manufacturers of America,

Electronic Industries Association,

Environmental Defense Fund, Friends of

the Earth, Gold & Silver Institute, Health

Industry Manufacturers Association,

Information Technology Industry

Council, International Precious Metals

Institute, Manufacturing Jewelers &

Silversmiths of America, Motor &

Equipment Manufacturers Association,

National Coalition of Advanced

Manufacturing, National Association of

Metal Finishers, National Shipbuilding

Research Program, Natural Resources

Defense Council, Railway Progress

Institute, Scientific Apparatus

Manufacturers Association, Silver

Coalition, Silver Users Association,

Sierra Club, Sporting Goods

Manufacturers Association, The Jewelry

Manufacturers Guild, Truck Renting and

Leasing Association, United Bus

Owners of America, United Auto

Workers Union—Health and Safety

Department. Based on comments

already received as the result of these

outreach activities, the proposed MP&M

Phase II industry survey instruments

will be made up of a brief screener and

a more detailed questionnaire. This twophase survey will allow burden on

industrial facilities to be related to

process wastewater flow and pollutant

discharges such that facilities

discharging less than 1,000,000 gallons

per year of process wastewater will have

less reporting burden than facilities

discharging larger volumes of process

wastewater. Finally, EPA will maintain

a temporary, no-charge telephone

number that survey recipients may call

to obtain assistance in completing the

data collection surveys. EPA believes

that the no-charge telephone number

will greatly reduce burden by helping

recipients to answer specific questions

within the context of their individual

operations. To minimize burden on

federal, state, and local governments

that may operate MP&M-Phase-II-type

facilities, survey instruments for these

specific government entities that reflect

the unique nature of government

economic accounting have been

developed. Similar survey instruments

that discuss potential burden issues on

other government entities such as

wastewater treatment plant operators

have also been developed. Current

burden estimates, based on an analysis

of the MP&M Phase I survey responses

and comments provided by trade

associations on the proposed MP&M

Phase II survey instruments are based

on the type and number of surveys that

will be distributed. The following

summarizes these burden estimates:

1. The total estimated burden on

industry to respond to the data

collection surveys is estimated to be

59,540 hours. This burden is based on

industry completing approximately

5,000 surveys. Of these 5,000 surveys,

4,620 will be the simple, one-page

screeners that are estimated to require

only one hour to complete (i.e., the

average time required by all recipients

to complete the survey will be one hour;

with many recipients requiring only a

few minutes to complete the screener,

while large firms may require a few

hours to collect the required data). The

remaining 380 recipients (i.e., the larger

industrial wastewater dischargers) will

receive larger, more comprehensive

surveys that will take up to

approximately 154 hours to complete.

The burden estimates for these larger

facilities are based on approximately

100 sites requiring approximately 118

hours to complete the survey and 280 of

the largest discharging facilities

requiring 154 hours to complete the

survey.

2. The total burden estimate on

municipalities, DoD, DoE, and other

government entities is expected to be

3,400 hours with approximately 50

government entities having to complete

surveys. EPA estimates that these other

government entities will require an

average of 68 hours to complete the

surveys (i.e., the amount of time

municipalities will require to complete

the surveys will range from 1 hour to

136 hours with 68 hours being an

average estimated amount of time).

3. The total burden estimate on

POTWs and other entities that will

implement the MP&M Phase II rules is

estimated to be 5,500 hours with

approximately 250 POTWs completing

the data collection surveys and each

respondent requiring an average of 22

hours to complete the survey. Estimates

for the time required to complete these

surveys ranges from 4 to 40 hours for

each survey respondent.

Thus, the total national burden

estimate for all parts of this data

collection is 68,440 hours.

Given that EPA needs to collect data

regarding both costs and benefits

associated with environmental rules,

EPA is interested in any suggestions

industry or the public may have

regarding means of reducing the data

collection burden. Any burden

reduction suggestions must consider the

need to collect information on the

pollutants being discharged by the

industries, the processes that generate

the pollutants, the economic

achievability of the proposed

regulations, and the economic benefits

derived from reducing pollution in our

oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams. Please

send any suggestions for reducing

burden to Mr. Mark Ingle, U.S. EPA,

Engineering and Analysis Division, Mail

Code 4303, Office of Science and

Technology, 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Dated: November 14, 1995.

Tudor T. Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

[FR Doc. 95–30258 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

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XL Community Pilot Program

SUMMARY: This document responds to

President Clinton’s March 16, 1995

initiatives listed in the report,

Reinventing Environmental Regulation.

In the report, EPA committed to

implementing pilot programs to develop

innovative alternatives to the current

environmental management system.

These programs will give a limited

number of regulated entities and

communities an opportunity to

demonstrate excellence and leadership

in environmental protection. These

reinvention pilot programs, entitled

Project XL, will focus on four areas:

facilities, industry sectors, federal

government agencies, and communities.

This Federal Register Notice addresses

the XL Community Pilot Program and is

a solicitation for pilot project proposals

and comments on all aspects of the XL

Community Pilot Program. An earlier

Federal Register Notice published on

May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282 discusses

the XL pilot programs for facilities,

industry sectors, and Federal

government agencies.

Today, EPA is announcing the XL

Community Pilot Program to join with

local governments, communities, states,

federal recognized tribes, and others to

conduct a limited number of pilot

projects that demonstrate and assess the

merits of community-designed and

directed strategies for achieving greater

environmental quality and sustainable
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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.

[FR Doc. 95–30259 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

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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.

[FR Doc. 95–30105 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

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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.

[FR Doc. 95–30226 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

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