17788 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 67 / Friday, April 7, 1995 / Notices

Wednesday, May 3, 1995

Cyanide Methods

2:00 pm Present and Future of ‘‘Free

Cyanide’’ Determinations

Emil Milosavljevic, University of Nevada,

Reno

2:30 pm Effects of Metals, Ligands, and

Oxidants on Cyanide Analysis; Gold

Mining Waste Case Study

Margaret Goldberg, Research Triangle

Institute

3:00–3:15 pm Break

3:15 pm Approaches to the Determination of

Total and Available Cyanide in Solid

Samples

Ed Heithmar, Environmental Monitoring

Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas

3:45 pm The Determination of Cyanide in a

Chemical Plant’s Waste Water Using Ion

Chromatography

Susan Gantz Matz, Quantum USI Division

Analysis Protocols—I

4:15 pm EPA’s Sediment Toxicity Testing

Methods

Teresa Norberg-King, USEPA

Environmental Research Laboratory,

Duluth and Elizabeth Southerland,

Director, Standards and Applied

Sciences Division, Office of Water,

USEPA

4:45 pm Microscale Solvent Extraction

Methods for Organic Compound

Analyses

David Mauro, META Environmental, Inc.

5:15 pm Adjourn

Thursday, May 4, 1995

Quality Control

8:45 am Statistical Properties of Low

Concentration Measurements and

Wastewater Effluent Limitations

Chuck White and Henry Kahn, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

9:15 am Compliance Monitoring Detection

and Quantitation Levels for EPA Method

1653

Larry LaFleur, NCASI

9:45 am Seeing the Light From a Blind PE

Sample: Rocky Mountain Arsenal’s

Analytical Laboratory Performance

Evaluation System

Angela Barnard-Hatmaker, Martin Marietta

Energy Systems, Inc.

10:15–10:30 am Break

10:30 am Selecting Kinds and Numbers of

QC Samples for More Defensible

Environmental Analyses

Larry Keith, Radian Corporation

11:00 am Approaches to Quality Control of

Non-Linear Calibration Relationships for

SW–846 Methods

Harry McCarty, SAIC

Sampling Protocols

11:30 am VOA Compositing Study

Dale Rushneck, Interface

12:00–1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 pm The Evaluation and Application of

a Large Volume In-Situ Resin Sampler

for Monitoring Trace Organic

Compounds in Ambient Water

Hans Biberhofer, Environment Canada

1:45 pm Practical Application of Clean

Metals Sampling Protocols to NPDES

Monitoring

Will Hunley, Hampton-Roads Sanitation

District

2:15 pm Residential Environmental

Sampling Protocols for Human Exposure

Assessment of Lawn Pesticides

Marielle Brinkman, Battelle Columbus

Thursday, May 4, 1995

2:45–3:00 pm Break

Analysis Protocols—II

3:00 pm Solid-Phase Microextraction for

the Analysis of Industrial Wastewaters

Bruce Colby, Pacific Analytical, Inc.

3:30 pm Field Analysis: An Effective

Approach to Site Assessment and

Remediation

Ileana Rhodes, Shell Development

Company

4:00 pm Determination of NNitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) at Partper-Trillion Levels in Drinking Waters

and Contaminated Groundwaters

Bruce Tomkins, Wayne H. Griest, and Cecil

E. Higgins, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory

4:30 pm Adjourn

Trace Metals Training Workshop Agenda

Tuesday, May 2, 1995.

12:00 noon

Introductory Remarks: William A. Telliard,

USEPA

Mr. Telliard will provide an overview of

the WQC levels for trace metals

determinations and the topics to be discussed

in the workshop to aid attendees in resolving

the problems associated with the sampling

and analysis of trace metals, including the

difficulty in precluding contamination.

Requirements for Determination of Trace

Metals: James A. Hanlon, USEPA

Mr. Hanlon will give a background on the

need for the determination of trace metals at

WQC levels as required by the Clean Water

Act and will discuss the detection and

quantitation limits necessary to ensure

reliable determination of trace metals at these

levels.

Overview of the Sampling and Analysis

Process for Trace Metals Determinations:

Carlton Hunt, Battelle Ocean Sciences

Dr. Hunt will explain how to organize and

manage a project for sampling, analysis, data

validation, and quality control to ensure that

reliable trace metals determinations are

made.

Field Sampling for Trace Metals: William A.

Telliard, USEPA

Mr. Telliard will discuss ‘‘clean-hands/

dirty-hands’’ sampling techniques, the use of

protective gloves and clothing to prevent

contamination, and the processing of

equipment blanks to ensure reliable

sampling. Videos of sampling will be used to

supplement this presentation.

Laboratory Determinations of Trace Metals:

Russell Flegal, University of California at

Santa Cruz

Dr. Flegal will describe the set-up and

operation of a trace metals laboratory,

including the clean room, clean benches, and

the equipment and analytical techniques

required for determination of each metal.

Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Data

Reliability: Dale Rushneck, Interface, Inc.

Mr. Rushneck will discuss the interrelationship between quality control testing

and the production of reliable data of

defensible quality.

Verification and Validation of Trace Metals

Data: Lynn Riddick, DynCorp Environmental

Ms. Riddick will provide examples of data

review checklists that can be used to

determine the reliability of trace metals

results. These checklists outline the summary

level quality control data required by the

analytical methods.

Case Study for Compliance and

Determination of Translators: John N.

Leonard, Hazen and Sawyer

Dr. Leonard will present the requirements,

criteria, background, sampling, analysis, and

outcome of a project to determine trace

metals and establish chemical translator

ratios for the city of Danville, Virginia.

5:30 pm Adjourn

Dated: March 30, 1995.

James A. Hanlon,

Acting Director, Office of Science and

Technology.

[FR Doc. 95–8611 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5185–4]

Revocation of Sulfide Waiver Granted

on April 17, 1986, to W.B. Place

Tannery Discharging to City of

Hartford Subject to Pretreatment

Standards Under 40 CFR Part 425

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The City of Hartford

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Hartford’’),

Wisconsin, operates a publicly owned

treatment works (POTW) which accepts

wastewater from a leather tanning and

finishing facility which is subject to

pretreatment standards at 40 CFR part

425. Pursuant to 40 CFR 425.04(c)

Hartford certified to the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.

EPA) on April 11, 1984, that discharge

of sulfide from the tannery would not

interfere with the operation of the

POTW. On April 17, 1986, U.S. EPA

placed notice at 51 FR 13092–13093

stating that, pursuant to 40 CFR part

425, the following tannery would not be

subject to the categorical sulfide

pretreatment standard: W.B. Place

Tannery, 368 West Summer Street,

Hartford, Wisconsin.

On August 31, 1994, Hartford

requested that U.S. EPA rescind the

categorical sulfide pretreatment waiver
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 67 / Friday, April 7, 1995 / Notices 17789

1 Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open

Market Committee meeting of January 31-February

1, 1995, which include the domestic policy

directive issued at that meeting, are available upon

request to the Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, D.C. 20551. The

minutes are published in the Federal Reserve

Bulletin and in the Board’s annual report.

granted to W.B. Place Tannery. The

affected tannery was informed of

Hartford’s intention.

Pursuant to 40 CFR 425.04(d) and in

consideration of the representations and

information provided by Hartford, I

hereby, rescind the April 17, 1986,

waiver of the sulfide requirements set

forth in the Leather Tanning and

Finishing Pretreatment Standards for

the delineated tannery in Hartford,

Wisconsin. As provided in 40 CFR

425.04(d)(2), the affected tannery must

comply with the categorical sulfide

standards no later than 18 months

following the publication of this notice

or at an earlier date established by the

City.

DATES: This action is effective as of

April 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew Gluckman, Pretreatment

Coordinator, Permits Section, Water

Quality Branch, U.S. EPA—Region 5, at

(312) 886–6089.

Dated: March 10, 1995.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–8613 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Open Market Committee;

Domestic Policy Directive of January

31-February 1, 1995

In accordance with § 271.5 of its rules

regarding availability of information (12

CFR part 271), there is set forth below

the domestic policy directive issued by

the Federal Open Market Committee at

its meeting held on January 31-February

1, 1995.1 The directive was issued to the

Federal Reserve Bank of New York as

follows:

The information reviewed at this

meeting suggests a strong further rise in

economic activity during the closing

months of 1994. Nonfarm payroll

employment was up considerably

further in December after a sharp

increase in November, and the civilian

unemployment rate declined to 5.4

percent. Industrial production registered

another large advance in December and

capacity utilization continued to move

up from already high levels. Current

estimates indicate little change in retail

sales over November and December,

while housing starts posted sizable

gains on balance over the two months.

Orders for nondefense capital goods

point to a continued strong expansion in

spending on business equipment;

permits for nonresidential construction

have been trending appreciably higher.

The nominal deficit on U.S. trade in

goods and services widened somewhat

in October-November from its average

rate in the third quarter. Prices of many

materials have continued to move up

rapidly, but broad indexes of prices for

consumer goods and services have

increased moderately on average over

recent months.

Most market interest rates have

declined slightly on balance since the

Committee meeting on December 20,

1994. In foreign exchange markets, the

trade-weighted value of the dollar in

terms of the other G-10 currencies has

declined somewhat over the

intermeeting period. The Mexican peso

has depreciated sharply against the

dollar.

Growth of M2 and M3 strengthened in

December and January. From the fourth

quarter of 1993 to the fourth quarter of

1994, M2 grew at a rate at the bottom

of the Committee’s range for 1994 and

M3 at a rate in the lower half of its range

for the year. Total domestic

nonfinancial debt has continued to

expand at a moderate rate in recent

months, and for the year 1994 it grew at

a rate in the lower half of its monitoring

range.

The Federal Open Market Committee

seeks monetary and financial conditions

that will foster price stability and

promote sustainable growth in output.

In furtherance of these objectives, the

Committee at this meeting established

ranges for growth of M2 and M3 of 1 to

5 percent and 0 to 4 percent

respectively, measured from the fourth

quarter of 1994 to the fourth quarter of

1995. The Committee anticipated that

money growth within these ranges

would be consistent with its broad

policy objectives. The monitoring range

for growth of total domestic

nonfinancial debt was lowered to 3 to 7

percent for the year. The behavior of the

monetary aggregates will continue to be

evaluated in the light of progress toward

price level stability, movements in their

velocities, and developments in the

economy and financial markets.

In the implementation of policy for

the immediate future, the Committee

seeks to increase somewhat the existing

degree of pressure on reserve positions,

taking account of a possible increase in

the discount rate. In the context of the

Committee’s long-run objectives for

price stability and sustainable economic

growth, and giving careful consideration

to economic, financial, and monetary

developments, somewhat greater reserve

restraint or somewhat lesser reserve

restraint would be acceptable in the

intermeeting period. The contemplated

reserve conditions are expected to be

consistent with moderate growth in M2

and M3 over coming months.

By order of the Federal Open Market

Committee, April 3, 1995.

Donald L. Kohn,

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.

[FR Doc. 95-8579 Filed 4-6-95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

Banco de Sabadell, S.A.; Acquisition of

Company Engaged in Permissible

Nonbanking Activities

The organization listed in this notice

has applied under § 225.23(a)(2) or (f)

of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR

225.23(a)(2) or (f)) for the Board’s

approval under section 4(c)(8) of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843(c)(8)) and § 225.21(a) of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.21(a)) to acquire or

control voting securities or assets of a

company engaged in a nonbanking

activity that is listed in § 225.25 of

Regulation Y as closely related to

banking and permissible for bank

holding companies. Unless otherwise

noted, such activities will be conducted

throughout the United States.

The application is available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. Once the

application has been accepted for

processing, it will also be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether consummation of the

proposal can ‘‘reasonably be expected to

produce benefits to the public, such as

greater convenience, increased

competition, or gains in efficiency, that

outweigh possible adverse effects, such

as undue concentration of resources,

decreased or unfair competition,

conflicts of interests, or unsound

banking practices.’’ Any request for a

hearing on this question must be

accompanied by a statement of the

reasons a written presentation would

not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identifying specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing, and indicating how the party

commenting would be aggrieved by

approval of the proposal.

Comments regarding the application

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than April 21, 1995.