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Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

(ESWTR). While the Office of Water

(OW) does not believe that current

statistical methods are appropriate for

evaluating occurrence and treatment

efficacy at individual sites, it does think

it has developed an appropriate

approach for conducting a National

Impact Analysis. The charge to the

Committee is to evaluate: (a) the factual

and conceptual soundness of the

approach and methods used, and the

soundness of the results and

conclusions of the report; (b) the

suitability of the assumptions and

conditions tested in the report; (c) the

suitability of the report as a basis for

making a decision on the use of

protozoan monitoring data for a national

impact assessment; and, (d) whether the

degree of accuracy and precision of the

protozoan method is acceptable for an

impact analysis.

For Further Information—Single

copies of the Statistical Methods can be

obtained by contacting Mr. John Fox,

Office of Water (4304), US EPA, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460,

telephone (202) 260–9889 or fax (202)

260–7185, or by sending a request via

Internet to Fox.John@epamail.epa.gov.

Members of the public desiring

additional information about the

meeting, including a draft agenda,

should contact Ms. Mary Winston, Staff

Secretary, Committee Operations Staff,

Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S.

EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC

20460, telephone (202) 260–6552, fax

(202) 260–7118, or by Internet at:

winston.mary@epamail.epa.gov.

Anyone wishing to make an oral

presentation at the meeting must contact

Dr. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated

Federal Official for the Drinking Water

Committee, in writing no later than 4:00

p.m., July 9, 1996 (at the above address),

via fax (202) 260–7118 or by Internet at:

kooyoomjian.jack@epamail.epa.gov. The

request should identify the name of the

individual who will make the

presentation and an outline of the issues

to be addressed. At least 35 copies of

any written comments to the Committee

are to be given to Dr. Kooyoomjian no

later than the time of the presentation

for distribution to the Committee and

the interested public. To discuss

technical aspects of the meeting, please

contact Dr. Kooyoomjian on telephone

(202) 260–2560.

5. Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC)

The Radiation Advisory Committee

(RAC) of the Science Advisory Board

(SAB) , will meet on Wednesday, July

31 and Thursday, August 1, 1996 at the

Environmental Protection Agency,

Washington Information Center, Room

17, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC

20460. On July 31, the meeting will

begin at 9:00 am and adjourn no later

than 5:30 pm. On August 1, the meeting

will begin at 8:30 am and will adjourn

no later than 4:00 pm. At this meeting,

the RAC will conduct planning for

Fiscal Year 1997, planning for an

upcoming review on the Multi-Agency

Radiation Survey and Site Investigation

Manual (MARSSIM), and receive

briefings from the staff of the Office of

Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) on the

following topics: uncertainty in

radiation risk estimates, models, and

environmental goals for ORIA, and a

consultation on environmental

indicators.

Background

The draft documents that are the

subject of this review are available from

the originating EPA office and are not

available from the SAB Office. At the

present time, no draft documents have

been provided to the RAC, but it is

anticipated that draft chapters one and

two of the MARSSIM will be available

for informational reading. These draft

documents will be available from the

ORIA staff. To obtain copies, please

contact the Office of Radiation and

Indoor Air (ORIA/RPD/MARSSIM)

(6603J), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460, fax (202) 233–

9650.

Anyone wishing to make a brief oral

presentation at the RAC meeting must

contact Dr. Kooyoomjian in writing no

later than 4:00 pm, July 24, 1996 at the

address below, via fax (202) 260–7118,

or via the Internet at

Koojoomjian.Jack@epamail.epa.gov. The

request should identify the name of the

individual who will make the

presentation and an outline of the issues

to be addressed. At least 35 copies of

any written comments to the Committee

are to be given to Dr. Kooyoomjian no

later than the time of the presentation

for distribution to the Committee and

the interested public. Dr. Kooyoomjian

may be contacted by phone at (202)

260–2560. In order to obtain a copy of

the draft agenda, please contact Ms.

Diana L. Pozun, Staff Secretary,

Committee Operations Staff, Science

Advisory Board (1400), 401 M Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20460, tel. (202)

260–6552, fax (202) 260–7118, or via the

INTERNET at:

Pozun.Diana@epamail.epa.gov. See

below for additional information on

providing comments to the SAB.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements. In general, each individual

or group making an oral presentation

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. For conference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will be

limited to no more than five minutes per

speaker and no more than fifteen

minutes total. Written comments (at

least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

comments received too close to the

meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of the meeting.

Dated: June 19, 1996.

John R. Fowle, III,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 96–16127 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[SW–FRL–5524–7]

Hazardous Waste Management

System; Identification and Listing of

Hazardous Waste; Public Notice

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Delisting

Delegation to Regions.

SUMMARY: On October 10, 1995, the EPA

Administrator extended the delegation

of the hazardous waste delisting

authority to EPA’s ten Regional Offices.

As result of this action, delisting

petitions which require a Federal

decision will now be reviewed by the

appropriate EPA Regional Office instead

of EPA Headquarters. This notice

provides a list of Regional delisting

contacts. They should be contacted for

information about the delisting process

and for guidance on submitting delisting

petitions to EPA Regional Offices.

DATES: The EPA Regions have the

authority for providing decisions on

delisting petitions as of October 10,

1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

RCRA Hotline, toll free at (800) 424–

9346 or at (703) 412–9810, or Shen-yi

Yang, Office of Solid Waste (5304W),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street SW., Washington, D.C.

20460, (703) 308–0437.
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1The following 18 States are authorized to

implement the RCRA delisting program, including

Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota,

Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Jersey,

North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and

Wyoming. Note that Michigan has only obtained a

‘‘partial’’ delisting authorization for wastes

involving closure or partial closure activities.

Kentucky would soon receive delisting

authorization (61 FR 18504).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

§§ 260.20 and 260.22 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, facilities may

petition the Agency to remove their

wastes from the hazardous waste

management system by excluding them

from the lists of hazardous wastes

contained in §§ 261.31 and 261.32.

Petitioners must provide sufficient

information to EPA to allow the Agency

to determine that the waste to be

excluded does not meet any of the

criteria under which the waste was

listed as a hazardous waste. In addition,

the Administrator must determine that

factors other than those for which the

waste was listed (including additional

constituents) would not warrant

retaining the waste as a hazardous

waste. The overall intent of the delisting

process is to ease the regulatory burden

on handlers of listed wastes that may

have been improperly captured by the

broad listing definitions. In addition,

the delisting process can be used to

exclude listed wastes that are

sufficiently treated so that they no

longer pose an adverse threat to human

health or the environment.

On October 10, 1995, the

Administrator formally extended the

delegation of the Federal hazardous

waste delisting authority to the Regional

Administrators [Delegation of Authority

8–19]. The Agency believes that

decentralizing the delisting authority to

the Regional Administrators would

result in more timely responses to

delisting petitions.

Under RCRA, States authorized 1 to

administer a delisting program in lieu of

the federal program also may exclude

wastes from hazardous waste

regulations. Facilities that manage their

wastes in States with delisting

authorization should petition that State

for an exclusion rather than EPA. Even

in unauthorized States, EPA encourages

petitioners to contact State authorities to

determine what procedures might be

necessary for delisting under State laws.

Regional delisting decisions will carry

the same authority as a Headquarters

delisting decision. A Regional delisting

decision will be applicable in all States

not currently authorized for delisting,

regardless of the EPA Region in which

they are located. EPA recommends that

petitioners contact relevant state and

EPA Regional Offices to determine

where the petition should be submitted.

The list of Regional delisting contacts is

provided below:

Regional Delisting Contacts

EPA Region I, Sharon Leitch, John F.

Kennedy Bldg., Mail Code CHW,

Hazardous Waste Unit, Boston, MA

02203, (617) 565–4879

EPA Region II, Ernst Jabouin, 290

Broadway, Hazardous Waste,

Facilities Branch (22nd Floor), New

York, NY 10007, (212) 637–4104

EPA Region III, David Friedman, 841

Chestnut Building, Hazardous Waste,

Management Division, Mail Code

3HW70, Philadelphia, PA 19107,

(215) 566–3395

EPA Region IV, Alan Farmer, 345

Courtland Street, NE, RCRA Branch,

Mail Code 4WD–RCRA, Atlanta, GA

30365, (404) 347–3433

EPA Region V, Judy Kleiman, 77 W

Jackson Blvd., Waste, Pesticides, and

Toxics Division, Mail Code HRP–8J,

Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–1482

EPA Region VI, Bill Gallagher, 1445

Ross Avenue, Oklahoma/Texas

Section, Mail STOP 6PD–0, Dallas, TX

75202, (214) 665–6775

EPA Region VII, Ken Herstowski, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Air, RCRA, and

Toxic Division, RCRA Permits and

Compliance Branch, Kansas City, KS

66101, (913) 551–7631

EPA Region VIII, Mike Gansecki, 999

18th Street, Hazardous Waste

Program, Suite #500, Mail Code 8P2–

HW, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 312–

6150

EPA Region IX, Paula Bisson, 75

Hawthorne Street, RCRA Permit

Section, Mail Code H–3–2, San

Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744–2052

EPA Region X, Jamie Sikorski, Linda

Liu, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Office of

Waste and Chemical Management,

Mail Code WCM–126, Seattle, WA

98101, (206) 553–5153 (Sikorski),

(206) 553–1447 (Liu)

Dated: June 10, 1996.

Michael Shapiro,

Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. 96–15887 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5526–6]

Proposed Process for Reevaluating

Cancer Assessments

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On April 23, 1996, EPA

issued a proposal to revise its 1986

Guidelines for Cancer Risk Assessment

(61 FR 17960). Today, EPA is proposing

a process for using the new guidelines

to reevaluate cancer hazard and doseresponse assessments developed using

the 1986 guidelines.

EPA is inviting public comment on its

proposal to identify, prioritize and

select agents for reevaluation. This

proposal outlines opportunities for

public involvement in the reevaluation

process, and requests comment on the

proposed process. The new process

would take effect when the Proposed

Guidelines are issued as final.

In addition, this notice also discusses

the use of the Proposed Guidelines in

ongoing or new cancer assessments.

DATES: Comments on this proposal must

be submitted on or before September 23,

1996.

ADDRESSES: This notice contains the full

proposed process for reevaluating

cancer assessments.

Submitting Comments: Comments on

the proposed process should be

submitted to: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center (6102),

Attn: File CAN–96–01, Waterside Mall,

401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460.

Please submit one unbound original

with pages numbered consecutively,

and three copies. For attachments,

provide an index, number pages

consecutively, provide comment on

how the attachments relate to the main

comment(s), and submit an unbound

original and three copies. Please

identify all comments and attachments

with the file number CAN–96–01.

Mailed comments must be postmarked

by the date indicated. Comments may be

also submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: A-and-RDocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments in electronic form must also

be identified by the file number CAN–

96–01. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

The docket and information center is

open for public inspection and copying

between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,

weekdays, at the Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center (6102),

Room M–1500, 401 M St. SW,

Washington, DC 20460. The docket and

information center is located on the

ground floor of Waterside Mall. The file

index, materials and comments are

available for review in the information