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Project partners will work together to:

• Develop life cycle management

principles and strategies concerning the

supply of parts and materials to auto

companies;

• Design a pilot project workplan to

test the life cycle management

principles and strategies for the supply

chain of an automotive component;

• Implement the pilot project; and

• Document lessons learned through

the revision of the life cycle

management principles and strategies.

The instrument panel supply sector

was targeted based on a number of

criteria including current use of life

cycle management, opportunities for

partnerships, opportunities to reduce

environmental impacts at the assembly

plant and along the supply chain, and

the potential to improve environmental

quality in minority and economically

disadvantaged neighborhoods.

As a stakeholder (i.e., one with a stake

in the development and outcome) in

this area, interested instrument panel

suppliers could realize a number of

benefits. In order to remain competitive

and reduce costs, auto manufacturers

are developing new management

systems to streamline the auto design

and assembly process. These new

systems will have a direct affect on the

supplier’s relationship with the auto

manufacturer. Participation in this

project offers suppliers a chance to

cooperate with auto manufacturers in

their environmental management

programs. More specifically, the project

will develop and demonstrate a model

which:

• Seeks to identify cost avoidances

and savings for both suppliers and

manufacturers, offering participants the

financial benefits of LCM;

• Suppliers can use the work with the

auto manufacturers in developing

environmental management approaches,

such as those being proposed under the

International Organization for

Standardization’s forum;

• Considers policies and practices

and develops principles and strategies

for a new relationship with auto

manufacturers that incorporates supply

considerations early in the product

design and throughout the assembly of

the car; and

• Identifies potential pollution

prevention benefits such as reduced

environmental and occupational

liabilities, reduced waste treatments and

disposal costs, and, etc.

Participants in this project are

expected to exhibit a willingness to

come to the table to discuss, develop,

and test life cycle management

principles and strategies in a precompetitive environment with the other

Project Team members. Those who

choose to participate will do so with the

understanding that the work of the

Project Team will be made publicly

available. Generally, team meetings are

held monthly. A one year time period is

envisioned for this project.

Dated: April 10, 1996.

Carol Kemker,

Designated Federal Officer, CSI Auto

Manufacturing Sector.

[FR Doc. 96–10538 Filed 4–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5464–1]

Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Effluent Guidelines Task

Force, an EPA advisory committee, will

hold a meeting to discuss the Agency’s

Effluent Guidelines Program. The

meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, May 7, 1996, from 9:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, May 8, 1996,

from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the DuPont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New

Hampshire Avenue NW., Washington,

D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Randolph, Office of Water

(4303), 401 M Street SW., Washington,

D.C. 20460; telephone (202) 260–5373,

fax (202) 260–7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Environmental

Protection Agency gives notice of a

meeting of the Effluent Guidelines Task

Force (EGTF). The EGTF is a

subcommittee of the National Advisory

Council for Environmental Policy and

Technology (NACEPT), the external

policy advisory board to the

Administrator of EPA.

The EGTF was established in July of

1992 to advise EPA on the Effluent

Guidelines Program, which develops

regulation for dischargers of industrial

wastewater pursuant to Title III of the

Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

The Task Force consists of members

appointed by EPA from industry, citizen

groups, state and local government, the

academic and scientific communities,

and EPA regional offices. The Task

Force was created to offer advice to the

Administrator on the long-term strategy

for the effluent guidelines program, and

particularly to provide

recommendations on a process for

expediting the promulgation of effluent

guidelines. The Task Force generally

does not discuss specific effluent

guideline regulations currently under

development.

The meeting will be open to the

public. Limited seating for the public is

available on a first-come, first-served

basis. The public may submit written

comments to the Task Force regarding

improvements to the Effluent

Guidelines program. Comments should

be sent to Beverly Randolph at the

above address. Comments submitted by

May 3, 1996 will be considered by the

Task Force at or subsequent to the

meeting.

Dated: April 19, 1996.

Eric Strassler,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 96–10534 Filed 4–26–96; 8:45 am]

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Proposed Settlement Under Section

122 (h) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

(CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C.

9622(h), Chemical Commodities, Inc.

Superfund Site, Kansas City, KS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative settlement.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is proposing to enter into an

administrative settlement under Section

122(h) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), to resolve

the liability of Aeronca, Inc.,

AlliedSignal Inc., Alliant Techsystems

Inc., Lake Road Warehouse, McDonnell

Douglas Corporation, Minnesota Mining

and Manufacturing Company, Rockwell

International Corporation, Veterinary

Laboratories, the Defense Logistics

Agency and the General Services

Administration for costs incurred by the

EPA in connection with response

actions taken at the Chemical

Commodities, Inc. Site at 43 Kansas

Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas (‘‘the

Site’’).

DATES: Written comments must be

provided on or before May 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Regional

Administrator, United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,