65208 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 18, 2001 / Notices

Building, Suite 803,1100

Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW.,Washington, DC 20004.

Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.,State Historic

Preservation Officer,Maine Historic

Preservation Commission, 55

Capitol Street, 65 State House

Station, Augusta, Maine 04333.

Brian R. Stetson, Manager of

Environmental Affairs, Great

Northern Paper, Inc., Engineering

and Research Building, 1 Katahdin

Ave.,Millinocket, Maine 04462–

1373.

Gregory W. Sample, Drummond

Woodsum & MacMahon, 245

Commercial Street, PO Box 9781,

Portland, Maine 04104–5081.

Land and Water Associates, 9 Union

Street,Hallowell, Maine 04347.

M. Kirstin Rohrer, Office of the

Solicitor, MS–6456, 1849 C St.,

NW., Washington, DC 20240.

Judith M. Stolfo, Office of the Regional

Solicitor, One Gateway Center,

Suite 612, Newton, Massachusetts

02458–02802.

Barry Dana, Chief, Penobscot Indian

Nation, River Road; Indian Island,

Old Town, Maine 04468.

Franklin Keel, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Eastern Regional Office, 711 Stewarts

Ferry Pike, Nashville, Tennessee

37214.

Donald Soctomah, Passamaquoddy

Tribe, PO Box 301, Princeton, Maine

04668.

Kevin R. Mendik, National Park Service,

Northeast Field Area, 15 State Street,

Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31084 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7119–3]

Office of Environmental Justice Small

Grants Program—Application

Guidance FY 2002

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency published a document in the

Federal Register of November 5, 2001,

concerning application guidance for

environmental justice small grants. The

document contained incorrect dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheila Lewis, Senior Program Analyst,

EPA Office of Environmental Justice,

(202) 564–0152.

Correction

In the Federal Register of November

5, 2001, in FR Doc. 01–27591, beginning

on page 55986, make the following

corrections:

The date ‘‘February 21, 2002’’ is corrected

to read ‘‘February 22, 2002 in the following

places: page 55986, in the first column, in the

second paragraph identified as DATES; page

55988, second column, in the last paragraph,

in the second sentence and third column, in

the first line; and page 55989, second

column, third paragraph.

Dated: December 12, 2001.

Sheila Lewis,

Small Grants Program Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–31177 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7119–4]

Database of Sources of Environmental

Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in

the United States: Reference Years

1987 and 1995

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final

product.

SUMMARY: The National Center for

Environmental Assessment within the

Office of Research and Development, U.

S. Environmental Protection Agency,

announces the availability of the final

Database of Sources of Environmental

Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in

the United States: Reference Years 1987

and 1995 (EPA/600/C–01/012, March

2001) and Users Manual (EPA/600/R–

01/012, March 2001). The database is an

electronic repository of congenerspecific chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin

and chlorinated dibenzofuran (CDD/

CDF) emissions and environmental

release data from all known sources in

the United States. The database contains

information that can be analyzed to

track emissions and releases of CDD/

CDF over time, compare congenerspecific profiles between and among

source categories, and develop sourcespecific emission factors that can then

be used to estimate emissions. The

information contained in the current

version of the database is associated

with two reference years: 1995 and

1987.

The structure of the database and the

flow of information into and out of the

database are described in the Users

Manual. The database was created using

Microsoft’’ Excel 97 (hereafter, Excel) in

the manner of linked ‘‘workbooks.’’

Certain calculations and manipulations

of data performed in Excel may be lost

if the database is converted to another

software; therefore, any recalculations

for the data in the database should be

performed using Excel. The Excel

workbooks should be compatible with

the Macintosh’’ version of Excel.

Because the database and Users Manual

are stored on a CD–ROM, a CD player

is required for use.

ADDRESSES: The database is available

electronically through the National

Center for Environmental Assessment

website at the following URL: http://

www.epa.gov/ncea. Copies of the

database are also available without cost

from EPA’s National Service Center for

Environmental Publications (NSCEP) in

Cincinnati, Ohio (telephone: 1–800–

490–9198, or 513–489–8190; facsimile

513–489–8695). When requesting a copy

of the CD–ROM, please provide your

name, mailing address, and the

document number (EPA/600/C–01/012).

No paper copies will be made available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Cleverly, National Center for

Environmental Assessment-Washington

Office (8623D), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Washington DC

20460 by email (cleverly.david@epa.gov)

or telephone(202–564–3238).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CDD/CDF

emissions data were extracted from

original engineering test reports of the

results of sampling the stacks,

wastewater discharges, and other

emission streams at specific facilities

and sources. The database was designed

to accommodate facility-based

emissions, mobile source emissions, and

area source emissions. Test reports from

various state agencies, trade

associations, EPA program offices, and

EPA regulatory dockets were

consolidated and assimilated into the

database. Most of the emissions data in

Version 3.0 of the database concern

releases to the air because few data are

currently available on releases to other

media.

EPA intends to periodically update

the Database of Sources of

Environmental Releases of Dioxin-Like

Compounds in the United States:

Reference Years 1987 and 1995 to reflect

changes in emissions of dioxin-like

compounds that may be associated with

regulatory activity, advances in

pollution control, abatement, and

source-specific technologies. The next

update to the database is scheduled for

the fall of 2002, and will represent

emissions of dioxin-like compounds in

the United States for reference year

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 18, 2001 / Notices 65209

2000. Please consult the database

website (above) for status and

availability of this update.

Dated: December 5, 2001.

George W. Alapas,

Acting Director, National Center for

Environmental Assessment.

[FR Doc. 01–31175 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7118–9]

Proposed Agreement and Covenant

Not To Sue Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986; In Re:

Gardner and Hubbardston Superfund

Site, Gardner, Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement;

request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

9601, et seq., notice is hereby given of

a proposed Agreement and Covenant

Not to Sue between the United States,

on behalf of the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and The

Gardner Little League, Inc.

(‘‘Purchaser’’). The Purchaser plans to

acquire approximately 10 acres of

property that is currently owned by Mr.

Ronald Kirwood. The Purchaser intends

to use the property to construct a youth

baseball facility. Under the Proposed

Agreement, the United States grants a

Covenant Not to Sue to the Purchaser

with respect to existing contamination

at the Site in exchange for the

Purchaser’s agreement to pay EPA

$12,000. In addition, the Purchaser

agrees to provide an irrevocable right of

access to representatives of EPA.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the settlement. The Agency will

consider all comments received and

may modify or withdraw its consent to

the settlement if comments received

disclose facts or considerations which

indicate that the settlement is

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

The Agency’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at One Congress Street,

Boston, MA 02214.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 17, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Michelle Lauterback,

Enforcement Counsel, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Regional I, One Congress Street, Suite

1100, Mail code SES, Boston,

Massachusetts 02203, and should refer

to: In re: Gardner and Hubbardston

Superfund Site, U.S. EPA Docket No.

CERCLA–01–2001–0076.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A

copy of the proposed Agreement and

Covenant Not to Sue can be obtained

from Sharon Fennelly, Enforcement

Coordinator, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region I, One

Congress Street, Mailcode HBR, Boston,

Massachusetts 02214, (617) 918–1263.

Dated: November 7, 2001.

Robert V. Varney,

Regional Administrator, Region I.

[FR Doc. 01–31180 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7119–5]

Notice of Final NPDES General Permit;

Final NPDES General Permit for New

and Existing Sources and New

Dischargers in the Offshore

Subcategory of the Oil and Gas

Extraction Category for the Western

Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf

of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG290000)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA Region 6 today issues a

modification of the National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

general permit for the Western Portion

of the Outer Continental Shelf of the

Gulf of Mexico (No. GMG290000) for

discharges from new sources, existing

sources, and new dischargers in the

Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas

Extraction Point Source Category (40

CFR part 435, subpart A). The modified

permit will become effective February

19, 2002. The existing permit published

in the Federal Register, at 64 FR 19156

on April 19, 1999, authorizes discharges

from exploration, development, and

production facilities located in and

discharging to Federal waters of the Gulf

of Mexico seaward of the outer

boundary of the territorial seas offshore

of Louisiana and Texas. Today’s action

adds the authorization to discharge of

drill cuttings generated using synthetic

and other non-aqueous based drilling

fluids and hydrostatic test water form

pressure testing of existing pipelines.

A copy of the Region’s responses to

comments and the final permit may be

obtained from the EPA Region 6 internet

site: http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/

6wq.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Diane Smith, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202,

Telephone: (214) 665 7191, or via

EMAIL to the following address:

smith.diane@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulated

Entities. Entities potentially regulated

by this action are those which operate

offshore oil and gas extraction facilities

located in the Outer Continental Shelf

Offshore of Louisiana and Texas.

Category Examples of regulated entities

Industry .......... Offshore Oil and Gas Extraction Platforms.

This table lists the types of entities

that EPA is now aware could potentially

be regulated by this action. Other types

of entities not listed in the table could

also be regulated. To determine whether

your (facility, company, business,

organization, etc.) is regulated by this

action, you should carefully examine

the applicability criteria in Part I.

Section A.1. of the general permit. If you

have questions regarding the

applicability of this action to a

particular entity, consult the person

listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section.

Pursuant to section 402 of the Clean

Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1342, EPA

proposed and solicited comments on

NPDES general permit GMG290000 at

63 FR 2238 (January 14, 1998). Notice of

this proposed permit modification was

also published in the New Orleans

Times Picayune and the Lafayette Daily

Advisor on June 9, 2001. The comment

period closed on August 6, 2001.

Region 6 received comments from the

Offshore Operators Committee, M–I

LLC, Baroid Drilling Fluids, PetroCanada, and B.P. Chemicals.

EPA Region 6 has considered all

comments received. In response to those

comments, protocol were included in

the final permit for the new test

methods for sediment toxicity and

biodegradation. A statistical tool was

also included in the final permit to

account for variability in those new test

methods. Several clarifications were

also made in the permit’s language.

The permit modification includes

limits and monitoring requirements for

six new parameters. Monitoring for

those parameters and implementation of