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notice, and a concurrent notice in the

local newspaper in the vicinity of the

site, announce the initiation of a 30-day

comment period. The public is asked to

comment on U.S. EPA’s intention to

delete the Site from the NPL. All critical

documents needed to evaluate U.S.

EPA’s decision are included in the

information repository and the deletion

docket.

Upon completion of the public

comment period, if necessary, the U.S.

EPA Regional Office will prepare a

Responsiveness Summary to evaluate

and address comments that were

received. The public is welcome to

contact the U.S. EPA Region V Office to

obtain a copy of this responsiveness

summary, if one is prepared. If U.S. EPA

then determines the deletion from the

NPL is appropriate, final notice of

deletion will be published in the

Federal Register.

IV. Basis for Intended Site Deletion

The Omega Hills North Landfill is

located in the Village of Germantown in

Washington County, Wisconsin. The

Omega Hills North Landfill is a former

hazardous and solid waste disposal site.

The landfill is closed. A clay cover was

completed October 1, 1989.

Contaminants at the site include

benzene, vinyl chloride,

trichloroethylene, and cis 1,-

dichloroethylene. Contamination from

the site extends to bedrock and sand

seams located beneath the site to an

approximate depth of 95 feet.

Groundwater contamination (chiefly

trichloroethylene) has been detected in

private wells near the site. Residents in

the area now use municipal water. The

site has undergone remediation in the

form of installing treatment systems that

address groundwater, leachate, gas and

surface water runoff contamination. The

potential for continuing migration of

contaminants due to groundwater

movement is a public health concern

and is addressed with regular

monitoring of wells in the area of the

site.

The Omega Hills North Landfill is an

83-acre site that is part of a two-site

complex. The Omega Hills North

Landfill, which is now closed, operated

as a municipal and industrial waste

disposal site that was licensed to accept

hazardous waste from 1977 to 1982. One

of the largest landfills in the state, the

Omega Hills complex is located in the

extreme southeastern corner of

Washington County near metropolitan

Milwaukee. The site was proposed for

the NPL in September 1983. The listing

was finalized in September 21, 1984,

Federal Register number 49, volume

number 185 and page number 37070–

37090.

Soils at the site are generally fine

grained, but there are major sand layers

that extend vertically to the bedrock and

serve as recharge zones. An ineffective

leachate collection system and large

amounts of liquid waste allowed very

high leachate head levels to develop.

Wells in the area draw from the

underlying Niagara dolomite.

The sand and underlying dolomite

serve as conduits for contaminant

migration. Hydrogeologic investigations

conducted during 1981 through 1983

detected a groundwater divide that

exists within the bedrock aquifer along

the northwest side of the landfill. A

stream to the west of the site also

inhibits groundwater flow to the west.

After becoming saturated, layers of

sand that intersect the bottom and sides

of the landfill serve as conduits for

transmitting liquid wastes and leachate

to surrounding groundwater. Data from

monitoring wells around the landfill

indicates that groundwater is

contaminated. Some nearby wells rely

on the same aquifer for water.

A medical waste incinerator and a

methane gas power plant are located on

the site.

Remediation activities began at this

site in the early 1980’s and a significant

portion of the environmental cleanup

has been completed. All of this work

has been implemented under state solid

hazardous waste authority and it is

EPA’s intent to continue using existing

state environmental regulations to

require the on-going long-term care

activities such as environmental

monitoring, leachate extraction and

treatment, routine maintenance, as well

as additional remediation work as

necessary.

The majority of the cleanup has been

completed. Federal CERCLA authorities

have not been used to compel any

cleanup actions at this site. Instead,

cleanup activities at the site were

initiated using the State’s authority

under RCRA. The State will also require

long-term operation and maintenance of

the site using these RCRA authorities.

Any future cleanup activities will be

addressed using State RCRA authorities.

As a result, the site should be removed

from the NPL.

EPA, with concurrence from the State

of Wisconsin, has determined that all

appropriate Fund-financed responses

under CERCLA at the Omega Hills

North Landfill Superfund Site have

been completed, and no further

CERCLA response is appropriate in

order to provide protection of human

health and the environment. Therefore,

EPA proposes to delete the site from the

NPL.

Dated: June 11, 1996.

Valdas V. Adamkus,

Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region V.

[FR Doc. 96–15882 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Chapter I

[DA 96–1007]

Implementation of the Local

Competition Provisions of 1996

Telecommunications Act

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; establishing

comment date.

SUMMARY: This document establishes an

additional Comment opportunity in CC

Docket 96–98 [61 FR 18311, April 25,

1996] in order to allow parties to that

proceeding to comment on a staffprepared working copy of an industry

demand and supply simulation model.

The model, using publicly-available,

industry-wide information, allows users

to simulate the relative impact of

particular changes in the industry.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

July 1, 1996. (No reply comments

allowed).

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Lande at (202) 418–0498 or Doron Fertig

at (202) 418–1869.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Supplemental Comment Period

Designated for Local Competition

Proceeding, CC Docket 96–98

[DA 96–1007; IAD 96–175]

Released June 20, 1996.

1. On June 17, 1996, the FCC’s

Industry Analysis Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, and the Competition

Division, Office of General Counsel,

released a staff model of the

telecommunications industry which

allows model users to calculate a variety

of outputs from nearly 200

specifications (News Release, ‘‘FCC Staff

Releases Working Copy of an Industry

Demand & Supply Simulation Model,’’

released June 17, 1996.) The model

allows the user to specify growth rates,

pricing trends, demand elasticities and

cost relationships to simulate effects in

traditional industry segments. The
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model, using publicly-available,

industry-wide information, allows the

user to simulate the relative impact of

particular changes in the industry.

2. A copy of the model has been

placed in the public file in CC Docket

No. 96–98, Implementation of the Local

Competition Provisions in the

Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Parties who wish to use the model,

create variations of the model, or file

models of their own, in that proceeding

are requested to file Comments no later

than Monday, July 1, 1996. There will

be no Reply Comment filing

opportunity. Commenters should file an

original and four copies with the Office

of the Secretary, two copies with Ms.

Wanda Harris, Room 518, Competitive

Pricing Division, Common Carrier

Bureau, one copy with the Chief,

Industry Analysis Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, and one copy with the

Chief, Competition Division, Office of

the General Counsel. Comments are

limited to fifty (50) pages, inclusive of

attachments.

3. Copies of the model may be

purchased by calling International

Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at

(202) 857–3800. The model also can be

downloaded from the Common Carrier

Bureau’s home page on the World Wide

Web. The home page can be accessed

directly (http://www.fcc.gov/ccb.html)

or through a direct link from the main

FCC home page (http://www.fcc.gov).

The model also can be downloaded

from the FCC-State Link computer

bulletin board at (202) 418–0241 [BBS

file name: MODELV30.ZIP].

4. For further information about the

model, contact Jim Lande at (202) 418–

0498 (e-mail: jlande@fcc.gov) or Doron

Fertig at (202) 418–1869 (e-mail:

dfertig@fcc.gov).

Federal Communications Commission

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16296 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 676

[Docket No. 960612171–6171–01; I.D.

060496A]

RIN 0648–AI57

Limited Access Management of

Federal Fisheries In and Off of Alaska;

Quota Shares and Individual Fishing

Quota on Smaller Vessels

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues a proposed rule

to implement Amendment 42 to the

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the

Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Groundfish,

Amendment 42 to the FMP for the Gulf

of Alaska Groundfish Fishery, and a

regulatory amendment to the Individual

Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for fixed

gear Pacific halibut and sablefish

fisheries in and off of Alaska. The

proposed rule would allow quota shares

(QS) and IFQ assigned to vessels in

larger size categories to be used on

smaller vessels. The North Pacific

Fishery Management Council (Council)

recommended this action to increase the

flexibility of QS use and transfer while

maintaining the management goals of

the IFQ Program and to provide small

boat fishermen with more opportunities

to improve the profitability of their

operations.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

and supporting documents must be

received by August 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ronald J.

Berg, Chief, Fisheries Management

Division, Attn: Lori Gravel, Alaska

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK

99802.

Copies of the proposed Amendments,

and the Environmental Assessment/

Regulatory Impact Review/Initial

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/

RIR/IRFA) for this action may be

obtained from the North Pacific Fishery

Management Council, Suite 306, 605

West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Hale, 907–586–7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

(BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA)

groundfish FMPs and their

implementing regulations govern the

sablefish fisheries in Federal waters off

Alaska. The FMPs were prepared by the

Council under the authority of the

Magnuson Fishery Conservation and

Management Act (Magnuson Act). The

Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982

(Halibut Act) authorizes the Council to

develop and NMFS to implement

regulations to allocate halibut fishing

privileges among U.S. fishermen.

Under these authorities, the Council

developed the IFQ Program, a limited

access system to manage the fixed gear

Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries.

NMFS approved the IFQ Program in

November 1993, and fully implemented

it beginning in March 1995. The

Magnuson Act and the Halibut Act

authorize amendments to the IFQ

Program as necessary to conserve and

manage these fisheries. The proposed

amendments to the FMPs and the IFQ

Program would increase flexibility of

QS use—a change that is analyzed along

with the status quo alternative in the

draft EA/RIR/IRFA prepared by the

Council in February 1996.

Increased Flexibility of QS Use

The IFQ Program assigns QS to vessel

categories specified by length overall

(LOA) and authorization to process IFQ

species (freezer vessels) or not (catcher

vessels): Category A—freezer vessels of

any length; Category B—catcher vessels

greater than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA;

Category C—for sablefish, catcher

vessels less than or equal to 60 ft (18.3

m) LOA, and for halibut, catcher vessels

less than or equal to 60 ft (18.3 m) but

greater than 35 ft (10.7 m) LOA; or

Category D—for halibut, catcher vessels

less than or equal to 35 ft (10.7 m) LOA.

Current regulations at § 676.22(a)

require that IFQ be fished only on

vessels in the category to which the

pertinent QS have been assigned. An

exception to this rule allows category B,

C, or D IFQ to be fished on a category

A freezer vessel provided its LOA is

consistent with the vessel category of

the IFQ being fished and it neither

processes any species of fish nor fishes

category A IFQ concurrently with the

use of category B, C, or D IFQ

(§ 676.22(i)(3)). NMFS has published a

proposed rule that would amend the

regulations to allow IFQ fishermen to

process groundfish on board their

vessels under certain circumstances (61

FR 14547, April 2, 1996).

The Council prohibited QS transfer

across vessel categories to preserve the