27348 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 106 / Friday, May 31, 1996 / Notices

[PF–656; FRL–5372–7]

Cucumber Mosaic Virus Coat Protein;

Notice of Filing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

Asgrow Seed Company has submitted

pesticide petitions 6E4670 proposing

that the transgenic plant pest control

agent Cucumber Mosaic Virus Coat

Protein be exempt from the requirement

of a tolerance when used in or on all

raw agricultural commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by the

docket number [PF–656], must be

received on or before July 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments to: Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202. Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@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 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

[PF–656]. Electronic comments on this

notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found below in this document.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’

(CBI). CBI should not be submitted

through e-mail. Information marked as

CBI will not be disclosed except in

accordance with procedures set forth in

40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment

that does not contain CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public

record. Information not marked

confidential may be disclosed publicly

by EPA without prior notice. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address

given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Hollis, PM 90 Team Member,

Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention

Division, 7501W, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: Rm 20, CS #1,

(insert street address) Arlington, VA

22202, 703 308–8733, e-mail:

hollis.linda@epamial.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Asgro

Seed Company, Experimental Plant

Genetics Unit, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 has

submitted pesticide petition (PP)

6E4670 proposing to amend 40 CFR part

180 to exempt from the requirements of

a tolerance residues of the transgenic

plant pest control agent Cucumber

Mosaic Virus Coat Protein in or on all

raw agricultural commodities. (PM 90)

A record has been established for this

notice under docket number [PF–656]

(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 8 a.m. to

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in Room 1132 of the

Public Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-Docket@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

rulemaking, 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 rulemaking

record which will also include all

comments submitted directly in writing.

The official rulemaking record is the

paper record maintained at the address

in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of

this document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: May 20, 1996.

Janet L. Anderson,

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–13821 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[FRL–5512–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under MOB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces the

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) responses to Agency PRA

clearance requests. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s

regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9

and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer (202) 260–2740, please

refer to the EPA ICR No.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Responses to Agency PRA

Clearance Requests

OMB Approvals

EPA ICR No. 1601.02; Information

Requirements for Petitions to modify the

List of Regulated Substances under

Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, as

Amended; was approved 04/02/96;

OMB No. 2050–0127; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 0160.05; Application for

Registration of Pesticide-Producing

Establishments; Notification of

Registration of Pesticide-Producing

Establishments; Pesticide Report for

Pesticide-Producing Establishments;

was approved 04/11/96; OMB No. 2070–

0078; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 0619.07; Mobile Source

Emission Factor Survey; was approved

02/07/96; OMB No. 2060–0078; expires

02/28/99.

EPA ICR No. 1614.02; Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements under

EPA’s Green Light Program; was

approved 04/29/96; OMB No. 2060–

0255; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 1039.07; Amendments to

Contract Clauses for Monthly Progress

Report; was approved 05/20/96; OMB

No. 2030–0005; expires 11/30/96.

EPA ICR No. 0662.05; NSPS for VOC

Equipment Leaks in the Synthetic
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Organic Chemical Manufacturing

Industry (SOCMI)—40 CFR Part 60,

Subpart VV; was approved 04/29/96;

OMB No. 2060–0012; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 1557.03; New Source

Performance Standards for Municipal

Solid Waste Landfills; was approved 04/

29/96; OMB No. 2060–0220; expires 04/

30/99.

EPA ICR No. 1770.02; Import of PCB

Wastes for Disposal; was approved 04/

26/96; OMB No. 2070–0149; expires 04/

30/99.

EPA ICR No. 0649.06; NSPS for Metal

Furniture Coating—40 CFR Part 60,

Subpart EE; was approved 04/29/96;

expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 1542.03; Tribal

Assumption of the Section 404 Permit

Program; was approved 04/26/96; OMB

No. 2040–0140; expires 04/30/98.

EPA ICR No. 1772.01; Information

Collection Activities Associated with

EPA’s Energy Star Building Program;

was approved 04/29/96; OMB No. 2060–

0347; expires 04/30/96.

EPA ICR No. 0275.06; Preaward

Compliance Review Report; was

approved 04/29/96; OMB No. 2090–

0014; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 1710.02; Residential

Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure

Requirements; was approved 04/22/96;

OMB No. 2070–0151; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 0982.05; Standards of

Performance for NSPS, Metallic Mineral

Processing Plants—Subpart LL; was

approved 03/31/96; OMB No. 2060–

0016; expires 03/31/99.

EPA ICR No. 1608.01; State/Tribal

Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

(MSWLF) Program Adequacy

Determinations; was approved 04/15/96;

OMB No. 2050–0152; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 0746.03; NSPS for

Calciners and Dryers in Mineral

Industries—Subpart UUU; was

approved 03/31/96; OMB No. 2060–

0252; expires 03/31/99.

EPA ICR No. 0795.09; Notification of

Chemical Experts—TSCA Section 12(b);

was approved 04/26/96; OMB No. 2070–

0030; expires 04/30/96.

EPA ICR No. 0152.05; Notice of

Arrival of Pesticides and Devices; was

approved 04/25/96; OMB No. 2070–

0030, expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 0783.33; Application of

Motor Vehicle Emission Certification

and Fuel Economy Labeling; was

approved 08/24/95; OMB No. 2060–

0104; expires 08/31/98.

EPA ICR No. 1188.05; Significant New

Use Rules for Exsiting Chemicals—

TSCA Section 5(a)(2); was approved 04/

17/96; OMB No. 2070–0038; expires 04/

30/99.

EPA ICR No. 1031.05; Allegations of

Significant Adverse Reactions to Human

Health or the Environment—TSCA

Section 8(c); was approved 04/15/96;

OMB No. 2070–0017; expires 04/30/99.

EPA ICR No. 0575.07; Health and

Safety Data Reporting, Submission of

Lists and Copies of Health and Safety

Studies; was approved 04/15/96; OMB

No. 2070–0004; expires 04/30/99.

EPA Withdrawals From OMB

EPA ICR NO. 0370.14; UIC Land

Disposal Restrictions, Phase III,

Decharacterized Wastewaters,

Barbamate Wastes, and Spent Potliners;

OMB No. 2040–0042; was withdrawn

from OMB 04/28/96.

EPA ICR No. 1088.07; Agency

Information Activities Renewal for

NSPS Subpart Db; OMB No. 2060–0072;

was withdrawn from OMB 04/29/96.

EPA ICR No. 1442.12; Land Disposal

Restrictions—Phase III: Decharacterized

Wastewaters, Barbamate Wastes, and

Spent Aluminum Potliners: Final Rule;

OMB No. 2050–0085; was withdrawn

from OMB 04/29/96.

OMB Disapproval

EPA ICR No. 1442.111; Land Disposal

Restrictions, Supplemental Proposal to

Phase IV: Clarification of Bevill

Exclusion for Mining Wastes; Changes

to the Definition of Solid Waste for

Mineral Processing Wastes; was

disapproved by OMB 04/05/96.

Extension of Expiration Dates

EPA ICR 0116.04; Emission Control

System Performance Warranty

Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket

Part Certification Program; OMB No.

2060–0060; expiration date was

extended to 07/31/96.

EPA ICR No. 1088.06; NSPS for

Industrial, Commercial, Institutional

Steam Generating Units (Subpart DB),

Information Requirement, S02, PM,

NOX; OMB No. 2060–0072; expiration

date was extended to 07/31/96.

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96–13714 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[FRL–5510–3]

Soil Screening Guidance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Soil

Screening Guidance.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has developed

the Soil Screening Guidance which is

now available. This guidance presents a

framework for developing soil screening

levels (SSLs), focusing primarily on a

simple methodology for developing sitespecific screening levels, but including

generic levels and the opportunity to do

more detailed modeling. The guidance

can serve as a tool to expedite the

evaluation of contaminated soils at sites

addressed under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA), commonly known as

Superfund. The guidance is intended to

be used to screen out areas of sites,

exposure pathways, or chemicals of

concern from further consideration,

assuming certain conditions are present,

or to determine that further study is

warranted at a site. It is not a rule, does

not have the force of a regulation, nor

should it be interpreted to represent

cleanup standards for a site.

The Soil Screening Guidance is

presented in three documents: (1) a

Quick Reference Fact Sheet, which

provides an overview of the

development and use of soil screening

levels; (2) a User’s Guide, which

provides details for implementing a

simple methodology for calculating sitespecific SSLs; and (3) a Technical

Background Document (TBD), which

presents generic SSLs and the technical

foundation for the methodology for

establishing SSLs. These documents are

available from the National Technical

Information Service at the address listed

below. Additional supporting

information, including summaries of

previous outreach activities, is available

for inspection in the Superfund Docket

at the address listed below.

As part of the development of the Soil

Screening Guidance, EPA conducted

extensive outreach and peer review. A

major component of that outreach was

providing the document for public

comment (59 FR 67706, December 30,

1994). As a result of comments received

during the public comment period and

the independent scientific peer review

conducted concurrently, several

changes were made to the guidance. The

highlights of that process are presented

below. In addition, EPA has developed

a more detailed Response to Comments

on the public review draft and the

independent scientific peer review. This

document is also available from the

National Technical Information Service

(see below).

DATES: The Soil Screening Guidance

was signed by Assistant Administrator

Laws on May 17, 1996 and is now being

published by National Technical

Information Service (NTIS).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft Soil

Screening Guidance may be ordered