24934 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 97 / Friday, May 17, 1996 / Notices

ERP No. D–FHW–K40357–CA Rating

LO, CA–101/Cuesta Grade Highway

Improvements, 1.1 mile north of

Reservoir Canyon Road to the Cuesta

Grade Overhead, Funding and Permit

Issuance, San Luis Obispo County, CA.

Summary: EPA lacked objections to

the alternatives and the impacts analysis

contained in the draft EIS.

ERP No. D–FHW–L40200–OR Rating

EC2, U.S. 101/Oregon Coast Highway

Reconstruction, Pacific Way in the City

of Gerhart to Dooley Bridge in the City

of Seaside, Funding and COE Section

404 Permit, Clatsop County, OR.

Summary: EPA’s review has revealed

concerns regarding wetlands and water

quality. Additional information on this

project has been requested for inclusion

in the final EIS.

ERP No. D–FRC–K05054–NV Rating

No Comment, Blue Diamond South

Pumped Storage Hydroelectric (FERC.

No. 10756) Project, Issuance of License

for Construction, Operation and

Maintain, Right-of-Way Grant and

Possible COE Section 404 Permit, Clark

County, NV.

Summary: Due to the federal furlough

of December 18, 1995 through January 5,

1996, the Environmental Protection

Agency did not review this EIS.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–BLM–K67025–NV, Cortez

Pipeline Gold Deposit Project,

Development, Construction and

Operation of an Open-Pit Mine, Plan of

Operations Approval, Right-of-Way

Grants and COE Section 404 Permit,

Lander County, NV.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FHW–L50009–WA, Elliott

Bridge No. 3166 Replacement, from

WA–169 (Renton-Maple Valley

Highway) across the bridge to the

intersection of 154th Place S.E.,

Funding, U.S. CGD Bridge Permit and

Section 404 Permit, Cedar River, City of

Renton, King County, WA.

Summary: EPA believed the final EIS

addresses the major concerns raised

previously and therefore has no

objection to the actions as proposed.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 96–12489 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5505–9]

Availability of FY 95 Grant

Performance Reports for Alabama,

Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,

Mississippi, North Carolina, South

Carolina, and Tennessee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency [EPA].

ACTION: Notice of availability of grantee

performance evaluation reports.

SUMMARY: EPA’s grant regulations [40

CFR 35.150] require the Agency to

evaluate the performance of agencies

which receive grants. EPA’s regulations

for regional consistency [40 CFR 56.7]

require that the Agency notify the

public of the availability of the reports

of such evaluations. EPA recently

performed end-of-year evaluations of

eight state air pollution control

programs [Alabama Department of

Environmental Management, Florida

Department of Environmental

Regulation, Georgia Environmental

Protection Division, Kentucky

Department for Environmental

Protection, Mississippi Bureau of

Pollution Control, North Carolina

Department of Environment, Health,

and Natural Resources, South Carolina

Department of Health and

Environmental Control and Tennessee

Department of Conservation and

Environment], and 16 local programs

[Knox County Department of Air

Pollution Control, Tn—ChattanoogaHamilton County Air Pollution Control

Bureau, Tn—Memphis-Shelby County

Health Department, Tn—NashvilleDavidson County Metropolitan Health

Department, Tn—Jefferson County Air

Pollution Control District, Ky—Western

North Carolina Regional Air Pollution

Control Agency, NC—Mecklenburg

County Department of Environmental

Protection, NC—Forsyth County

Environmental Affairs Department,

NC—Palm Beach County Public Health

Unit, Fl—Hillsborough County

Environmental Protection Commission,

Fl—Dade County Environmental

Resources Management, Fl—

Jacksonville Air Quality Division, Fl—

Broward County Environmental Quality

Control Board, Fl—Pinellas County

Department of Environmental

Management, Fl—City of Huntsville

Department of Natural Resources, Al—

Jefferson County Department of Health,

Al]. These audits were conducted to

assess the agencies’ performance under

the grants made to them by EPA

pursuant to Section 105 of the Clean Air

Act. EPA Region 4, has prepared reports

for the twenty-four agencies identified

above and these 105 reports are now

available for public inspection.

ADDRESSES: The reports may be

examined at the EPA’s Region 4 office,

345 Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta,

Georgia 30365, in the Air, Pesticides,

and Toxics Management Division.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Thomas, (404) 347–3555

vmx4180, at the above Region 4 address,

for information concerning States of

Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia,

and local agencies. Vera Bowers, (404)

347–3555 vmx4178, at the above Region

4 address, for information concerning

the States of Kentucky, North Carolina,

South Carolina, Tennessee and local

agencies.

Dated: May 9, 1996.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–12344 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[OPP–50821; FRL–5370–6]

Receipt of a Notification to Conduct

Small-Scale Field Testing of a

Genetically Engineered Microbial

Pesticide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has received from

Dupont Agricultural Products of

Delaware a notification (352-NMP-U) of

intent to conduct small-scale field

testing involving a baculovirus

Autographa californica Multiple

Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (AcMNPV)

which has been genetically engineered

to express a synthetic gene which

encodes for an insect-specific toxin from

the venom of the scorpion Leiurus

quinquestriatus hebraeus. Dupont

intends to test this microbial pesticide

on cotton and cabbage in seven states.

Target pests for these field trials

include: the cabbage looper

(Tricholplusia ni), the tobacco budworm

(Heliothis virescens), the cotton

bollworm (Helicoverpa zea), the beet

armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) and the

diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella).

The Agency has determined that the

application may be of regional and

national significance. Therefore, in

accordance with 40 CFR 172.11 (a), the

Agency is soliciting public comments

on this application.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted to EPA by June 17, 1996.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments to: Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field