2822 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 1996 / Notices

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Shelley H. Metzenbaum,

Associate Administrator, Office of Regional

Operations and State/Local Relations.

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Public Water Supply Supervision

Program, Program Revision for the

States of Arkansas, Louisiana, New

Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, New

Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas are

revising their approved State Public

Water Supply Supervision Primacy

Program. These States have adopted

drinking water regulations for Lead and

Copper, and National Primary Drinking

Water Regulation Implementation

promulgated by EPA on June 7, 1991 (56

FR 26460). EPA has determined that

these State program revisions are no less

stringent than the corresponding

Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA has

tentatively decided to approve these

State program revisions.

All interested parties are invited to

request a public hearing. A request for

a public hearing must be submitted by

February 28, 1996 to the Regional

Administrator at the address shown

below. Frivolous or insubstantial

requests for a hearing may be denied by

the Regional Administrator. However, if

a substantial request for a public hearing

is made by February 28, 1996, a public

hearing will be held. If no timely and

appropriate request for a hearing is

received and the Regional Administrator

does not elect to hold a hearing on his

own motion, this determination shall

become effective on February 28, 1996.

A request for a public hearing shall

include the following: (1) The name,

address, and telephone number of the

individual, organization, or other entity

requesting a hearing. (2) A brief

statement of the requesting person’s

interest in the Regional Administrator’s

determination and of information that

the requesting person intends to submit

at such hearing. (3) The signature of the

individual making the request; or, if the

request is made on behalf of an

organization or other entity, the

signature of a responsible official of the

organization or other entity.

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to

this determination are available for

inspection between the hours of 9:00

a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, at the following offices:

Arkansas Department of Health,

Engineering Division, 4815 West

Markham Street, Little Rock, AR

72205

Louisiana Department of Health and

Hospitals, Office of Public Health—

Engineering, 325 Loyola Avenue, New

Orleans, LA 70112

New Mexico Environment Department,

Drinking Water Bureau, 525 Camino

de los Marquez, Suite 4, Santa Fe, NM

87502

Oklahoma Department of Environmental

Quality, Water Quality Division, 1000

N.E. 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK

73117

Texas Natural Resource Conservation

Commission, Water Utilities Division,

12015 Park 35 Circle, Bldg F, Suite

3202, Austin, TX 78753

Regional Administrator, Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–

2733.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Oscar Cabra Jr., P.E., Chief, EPA, Region

6, Source Water Protection Branch, at

the Dallas address given above;

telephone (214) 665–7150.

(Sec. 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as

amended, (1986) and 40 CFR 142.10 of the

National Primary Drinking Water

Regulations)

Dated: December 14, 1995.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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Access to Confidential Business

Information by Contractors; Extension

of Contracts and Access to

Confidential Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Due to the lack of authorized

funding (i.e. a Fiscal Year 1996

Appropriations Bill or Continuing

Resolution) and the resultant furlough

of EPA employees, EPA is extending the

contracts and access to confidential

business information of four state

agencies serving as contractors to EPA,

the State of New York Department of

Environmental Conservation (Contract

Number 68-W5-0040), Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

(Contract Number 68-W5-0039), Georgia

Department of Natural Resources

(Contract Number 68-W5-0038), and

Wisconsin Department of Natural

Resources (Contract Number 68-W5-

0037).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E-545, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554-1404,

TDD: (202) 554-0551, e-mail: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the fall

of 1995, the State of New York

Department of Environmental

Conservation (Contract Number 68-W5-

0040), Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency (Contract Number 68-W5-0039),

Georgia Department of Natural

Resources (Contract Number 68-W5-

0038), and Wisconsin Department of

Natural Resources (Contract Number 68-

W5-0037), each were retained as EPA

contractors to review information

directed to EPA under the authority of

the Toxic Substances Control Act

(TSCA), including confidential business

information (CBI). The purpose of the

contracts is to have the states determine

the value of TSCA derived information

to their respective toxics programs. By

the terms of the contracts, access to

TSCA CBI could be as long as 120 days

after the date of contract

commencement.

As a result of the furlough of EPA

personnel and the closure of the Federal

government for significant portions of

the contract period, the state contractors

were not able to access data or secure

necessary Agency personnel assistance

so as to adequately perform the

contracts.

For this reason, the Agency has

determined that access to TSCA CBI

should be extended another 60 days, to

insure that the state contractors have

sufficient time to address the issue of

the utility of TSCA data to state

programs. Additional information may

be secured from Scott Sherlock, the EPA

staffer assigned to this project, at

telephone number (202) 260-1536; email: sherlock.scott@epamail.epa.gov.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Access to

confidential businesss information.

Dated: January 23, 1996.

Linda A. Travers,

Director, Information Management Division,

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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