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performing these tasks, employees of the

contractors and subcontractors listed

below will be required to sign a written

agreement that they: (1) will use the

information only for the purpose of

carrying out the work required by the

contract; (2) shall refrain from

disclosing the information to anyone

other than EPA without the prior

written approval of each affected

business or of an EPA legal office; and

(3) shall return to EPA all copies of the

information and any abstracts or

extracts therefrom: (a) upon completion

of the contracts; (b) upon request of

EPA; or (c) whenever the information is

no longer required by the contractor or

subcontractor for performance of work

requested under those contracts. These

nondisclosure statements shall be

maintained on file with the EPA Region

I Project Contact for CACI, Acumenics

Research and Technology, Inc. and

Aspen Systems Corporation. CACI,

Acumenics and Aspen Systems

employees will be provided technical

direction from their respective EPA

contract management staff.

EPA hereby advises affected parties

that they have ten working days to

comment pursuant to 40 CFR

2.301(h)(2)(iii) and 40 CFR 2.310(h).

Comments should be sent to Janine

Keck Massey, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Regional

Counsel, RCU, J.F.K. Federal Building,

Boston, MA 02203.

Dated: March 28, 1995.

John P. DeVillars,

Regional Administrator.

Contractor/Subcontractor Contract No.

CACI ........................... 3C–G–ENR–0051

Acumenics Research

and Technology, Inc. 3C–G–ENR–0052

Aspen Systems Corporation ................... 3C–G–ENR–0053

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Common Sense Initiative Council

Automobile Manufacturing Sector;

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of rescheduling

public advisory Common Sense

Initiative Council (CSIC) Auto

Manufacturing Sector Subcommittee

Meeting; Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is hereby given that the

CSIC Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee meeting scheduled for

Thursday, April 19, 1995, has been

rescheduled for Thursday, May 4, 1995,

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern

Standard Time, at the Embassy Suites at

Chevy Chase Pavillion, 4300 Military

Road, N.W. (at Wisconsin Ave.),

Washington, D.C. 20015, phone (202)

362–9300. Seating will be available on

a first come, first served basis. For

further meeting information contact

Carol Kemker, Designated Federal

Official at (404) 347–3555 extension

4222, Keith Mason at (202) 260–1360 or

Leila Yim Surrat at (202) 260–0628.

Three work groups were formed at the

first meeting in January, (1) Permits; (2)

Regulatory Programs; and (3) Lifecycle

Management and Innovative

Technology. At the May 4th meeting

reports will be presented on draft work

plan activities. Information presented

will aid in the CSIC Automobile

Manufacturing Sector Subcommittee

discussions about and development of a

consensus work plan.

INSPECTION OF COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS:

Documents relating to the above CSIC

Automotive Manufacturing Sector

Subcommittee announcement will be

publicly available at the meeting.

Thereafter, these documents, together

with the meeting minutes will be

available for public inspection in room

2417M of EPA Headquarters, Common

Sense Initiative Program Staff, 401 M

Street SW., Washington, DC 20460,

phone (202) 260–7417.

Dated: April 11, 1995.

Carol L. Kemker,

Designated Federal Official.

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Respirable Fibrous Particles;

Workshop on Chronic Inhalation

Toxicity and Carcinogenicity Testing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

workshop on chronic inhalation toxicity

and carcinogenicity testing of respirable

fibrous particles. The workshop is

sponsored by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency in collaboration with

the National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences, the National Institute

for Occupational Safety and Health, and

the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration.

DATES: The workshop will be held May

8–10, 1995. The 3-day workshop will

begin at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the Omni Europa Hotel in Chapel

Hill, North Carolina. Members of the

public wishing to attend the workshop

as observers should register by phoning

Research and Evaluation Associates

(REA), at the telephone number listed

below. Please note that space is limited

and registrations will be accepted on a

first-come first-serve basis. Copies of the

workshop agenda will be available at

the workshop.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Willis, Acting Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Rm. E–543B, 401 M St.,

SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554–

1404, TDD (202) 554–0551. For

Technical Information Contact: Dr.

David Lai, Health and Environmental

Review Division, (7403), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 401 M

St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202)

260–6222. For logistical information,

and to register, please call Research and

Evaluation Associates, at (919) 968–

4961.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An

important task for environmental

protection is to identify, and

subsequently to prevent, eliminate, or

mitigate the risks to human health and

the environment posed by toxic

substances. Natural and synthetic fibers

are one group of substances that have

been identified to be of potential

concern. The health endpoints of

potential concern for respirable fibers

are the potential development of

respiratory diseases, including cancer,

from chronic inhalation exposure. Many

of these fibers have wide industrial and

commercial applications, but there is

limited, inconclusive, or virtually no

information about their health effects

and/or exposure to workers, consumers,

and the general public. As a result, EPA

has added to its Master Testing List

(MTL) a ‘‘respirable fibers’’ category as

priority substances for health effects and

exposure testing to obtain the necessary

data to evaluate the extent and

magnitude of health risks to the exposed

individuals and populations. This

would then allow the Agency to

determine whether or not there is a

basis for any risk reduction measures.

EPA recognizes that the current health

effects test guidelines for chronic

inhalation toxicity and/or

carcinogenicity are not specific enough

for the testing of fibrous substances.

Thus, there is a need for EPA to develop

standardized health effects test
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guidelines for fibrous substances that

can be used by EPA in future

rulemaking, negotiated enforceable

consent agreement, or voluntary action

to obtain the necessary toxicologic

information for risk assessment. At

present, there is no general agreement

upon test protocols for chronic

inhalation toxicity and carcinogenicity

testing of fibers for regulatory purposes.

It is, therefore, important for the Agency

to obtain input from the scientific

community on a number of issues

related to fiber testing prior to the

development of proposed standardized

study protocol(s) for respirable fibers.

EPA, in collaboration with the

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences, the National Institute

for Occupational Safety and Health, and

the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, through an interagency

working group has scheduled a

workshop on chronic inhalation toxicity

and carcinogenicity testing of respirable

fibrous particles to be held May 8–10,

1995. The goal of the workshop is to

obtain scientific evaluations and

recommendations from outside expert

scientists on:

(1) Issues dealing with the design and

conduct of chronic inhalation studies of

fibers.

(2) What preliminary studies would

be useful guides in designing the

chronic study.

(3) What mechanistic studies would

be important adjuncts to the chronic

study to enable better interpretation of

study results and extrapolation of

potential effects in exposed humans.

(4) Which, or which combination of

the available screening studies

constitute a minimum data set which

can be used to make judgements about

the potential health hazard of the fiber

in question, and prioritize the need for

further testing in a chronic inhalation

study.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2603

Dated: April 7, 1995.

Charles M. Auer,

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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Proposed Administrative order on

Consent; Petrochem Recycling Corp./

Ekotek, Inc. Site, Salt Lake City, Utah

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (U.S. EPA).

ACTION: Proposed de minimis

settlement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirements of section 122(i)(l) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended (CERCLA), notice is

hereby given of a proposed de minimis

settlement under section 122(g) of

CERCLA concerning the Petrochem

Recycling Corp./Ekotek, Inc., Site in Salt

Lake City, Utah (Site). The proposed

Administrative Order on Consent (AOC)

requires 7 potentially responsible

parties (PRP) to pay an aggregate total of

$152,825.15 to resolve their liability to

the EPA related to response actions

taken or to be taken at the Site. The

terms of the proposed AOC for these

settlements are identical to that

approved and made effective by EPA

November 16, 1994 (See Federal

Register notice, dated September 2,

1994). One of the 7 settlements, EIMAC

Corp. (Varian Associates, Inc.), was

revised from its previous listing in the

September 2, 1994, Federal Register

notice based on an amended settlement

volume (with no other changes to the

AOC), and is thus re-noticed here.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by

May 18, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Greg Phoebe (8HWM–SR),

Enforcement Specialist, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado 80202–2405, and

should refer to: In the matter of

Petrochem/Ekotek De Minimis

Settlement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James M. Stearns, Office of Regional

Counsel, EPA Region VIII, at (303) 294–

7197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

section 122(g) De Minimis Settlement: In

accordance with section 122(i)(1) of

CERCLA, notice is hereby given that the

terms of an Administrative Order on

Consent (AOC) have been agreed to by

the following 7 parties, for the following

amounts: Option A Settlements:

Bloomfield Refining Co. ($19,300.00);

EIMAC Corporation (Varian Associates,

Inc.) ($77,744.26); Auto Body Supply,

Inc. ($2,759.90); Auto Painting &

Collision Specialists, Inc. ($2,547.60);

and G & K Services, Inc. ($6,872.58).

Option B Settlements: BP Exploration &

Oil, Inc. (fka SOHIO and SOHIO Oil

Company; aka BP Exploration, Inc.)

($16,501.31); and US Polymeris (aka US

Polymeric Industries, Inc.; nka BP

Chemicals ‘‘HITCO,’’ Inc.) ($27,099.50).

By the terms of the proposed AOC,

these PRPs will together pay

$152,825.15 to the Hazardous Substance

Superfund (Superfund). This amount

represents approximately 0.2% of the

total anticipated costs for the Site upon

which this settlement was based.

In exchange for payment, U.S. EPA

will provide the settling parties with a

covenant not to sue for liability under

sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA,

including liability for EPA past costs,

the one-time cost of remedy, future EPA

oversight costs, future operation and

maintenance of the as-yet unselected

remedy, and under section 7003 of the

Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended

(also known as the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act

(RCRA)).

The amount that each individual PRP

will pay, as shown above, equals $2.97

multiplied by the number of gallons of

waste the party sent to the Site (Base

Amount), plus a premium payment of

either 30% or 120% of the Base

Amount, as specified by each

Respondent PRP in the AOC. The per

gallon charge of $2.97 was calculated by

dividing the total estimated response

costs for the Site ($69,594,403) by the

total estimated volume of waste

disposed of at the Site (23,454,592

gallons). For parties paying a 30%

premium, the ‘‘Option A’’ settlement,

there is an exception to the covenant not

to sue if total response costs at the Site

exceed $69,594,403. If this amount were

exceeded, EPA could sue these parties

for all or a portion of the overage. For

parties paying the 120% premium, the

‘‘Option B’’ settlement, the exception to

the covenant not to sue does not apply.

For a period of thirty (30) days from

the date of this publication, the public

may submit comments to U.S. EPA

relating to the proposed de minimis

settlement.

A copy of the proposed settlement

AOC may be obtained from Greg Phoebe

(8HWM–SR), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999

18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado

80202–2405, (303) 294–7036.

Additional background information

relating to the de minimis settlement is

available for review at the Superfund

Records Center at the above address,

and at the Marriott Library, Special

Collections Department, University of

Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (801) 581–

8863.

Jack McGraw,

Acting, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA,

Region VIII.

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