29558 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 11, 1996 / Notices

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Request for Information Concerning

the Development of NSPS Subpart Y

(Coal Preparation Plants)

The U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) currently is reviewing

whether coal dump truck unloading

operations located at coal preparation

plants are regulated as an effected

facility under the Clean Air Act’s New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS),

40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y, and if not,

whether coal unloading is, nevertheless,

part of the coal preparation NSPS source

category. These issues have arisen in the

context of determining whether coal

preparation plants are major sources

under Title V of the Clean Air Act (as

implemented by EPA regulations at 40

CFR Part 70) and, thus, must obtain a

Title V operating permit.

EPA has reviewed all of the relevant

information in our files, including the

background information used to develop

the Subpart Y NSPS, the 1977

‘‘Inspection Manual for Coal Preparation

Plants,’’ as well as the NSPS review

documents prepared for coal

preparation plants in 1980 and 1988.

From our analysis of the above sources,

it appears that several relevant original

documents or portions of the original

documents upon which the NSPS were

formed (e.g., attachments) are missing.

The Agency is requesting assistance

in locating or obtaining the following

relevant documents/data related to the

development of the Subpart Y NSPS to

assist us in making a determination on

the above mentioned issues: 1) reports

upon which the NSPS were formed and

which contain any actual opacity or

visible emission testing data related to

coal loading and unloading; 2) a

document entitled ‘‘Background

Information for Establishment of

National Standards of Performance for

New Sources—Coal Cleaning Industry’’

prepared for EPA by an EPA contractor;

3) analysis of State standards applied to

coal loading and/or unloading

operations; and 4) any reference

report(s) or information about the

controlled emission points at a coal

preparation plant prepared for EPA by

Scott Research Laboratories,

Incorporated.

Information should be sent no later

than July 11, 1996 to Dan Chadwick or

Chris Oh (2223A), Office of Compliance,

U.S. EPA, 401 M Street SW,

Washington, D.C. 20460.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Elaine G. Stanley,

Director, Office of Compliance.

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Access to Confidential Business

Information by Environmental

Research Group

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is authorizing its

contractor, Eastern Research Group

(ERG), to have access to information

which has been submitted to EPA

pursuant to the Clean Water Act (CWA),

the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

and the Toxic Substances Control Act

(TSCA). Some of this information may

be claimed or determined to be

confidential business information (CBI).

DATES: Comments concerning this

notice must be submitted on or before

June 17, 1996, except with respect to

contract no. 68–D4–0092, in which case

comments must be submitted on or

before June 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may

submit written comments to: Donald A.

Sadowsky, Finance and Operations

Division (2379), Office of General

Counsel, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald A. Sadowsky, Office of General

Counsel. Telephone 202/260–5469.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

previously published notices in the

Federal Register stating that the Agency

was giving access to CBI, collected

pursuant to various environmental

statutes, to Radian Corporation of

Austin, TX in connection with its work

under several Agency contracts and

subcontracts, listed below:

Contract Applicable statute

Federal Register

citation

Date of publicationIf subcontract,

name of prime

68–C4–0024 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 59 FR 49924 9/30/94

68–C4–0060 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 59 FR 58840 11/15/94 Abt.

68–C5–0005 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 60 FR 47993 9/15/95

68–C5–0013 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 60 FR 37890 7/24/95

68–C5–0023 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 60 FR 37890 7/24/95

68–C5–0025 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 60 FR 37890 7/24/95

68–C5–0032 .......................................................................................... CWA, RCRA ..... 60 FR 37890 7/24/95

68–C5–0033 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 60 FR 37890 7/24/95

68–C5–0035 .......................................................................................... CWA ................. 60 FR 37890 7/24/95 Avanti Corp.

68–D1–0117 .......................................................................................... CAA .................. 60 FR 24851 5/10/95

68–D4–0092 .......................................................................................... TSCA ................ 59 FR 63790 12/9/94

On January 30, 1996, Radian

Corporation (Radian) and Dow

Environmental, Inc. (DEI) were merged

to form Radian International Limited

Liability Company, a joint venture

owned by Hartford Steam Boiler

Inspection and Insurance Company

(Radian’s parent company) and the Dow

Chemical Company (DEI’s parent

company). The joint venture owners

have agreed to sell to ERG those assets

being used to perform all of Radian’s

contracts with EPA. The divestiture is

expected to be completed by June 15,

1996. The purpose of this notice is to

announce the impending transfer of

assets from Radian to ERG, and the

Agency’s expectation that it will concur,

on or soon after the date of divestiture,

in the parties’ novation of all affected

EPA contracts.

Pursuant to EPA’s regulations at 40

CFR part 2, subpart B, EPA previously

determined that Radian requires access

to CBI to perform the work required

under the applicable contracts (see the

above-referenced Federal Register

notices). The same determinations apply

to Radian’s successor, ERG.

Dated: May 30, 1996.

Betty L. Bailey,

Director, Office of Acquisition Management.

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