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Comments should be supplied to Ms.

White at the address/contact

information noted above in the

following formats: one hard copy with

original signature, and one electronic

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format:

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files

(in IBM–PC/Windows 95/98 format).

Those providing written comments and

who attend the meeting are also asked

to bring 25 copies of their comments for

public distribution. General Information—Additional

information concerning the Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

and composition, may be found on the

SAB Website (http://www.epa.gov/sab)

and in The FY2000 Annual Report of

the Staff Director which is available

from the SAB Publications Staff at (202)

564–4533 or via fax at (202) 501–0256.

Committee rosters, draft Agendas and

meeting calendars are also located on

our website.

Meeting Access—Individuals

requiring special accommodation at this

meeting, including wheelchair access to

the conference room, should contact Ms.

White at least five business days prior

to the meeting so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

Dated: February 7, 2001.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6945–2]

Announcement of a Stakeholder

Meeting on Draft Information Strategy

for the Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of a stakeholder meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a two-day public meeting to obtain

stakeholder input on issues, options and

directions affecting the future of the

national drinking water and source

water information systems and related

activities supporting the protection of

public health.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the

draft Information Strategy will be held

on March 8–9, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 5:30

p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Resolve, Inc. (an EPA

contractor) will provide logistical

support for the stakeholders meeting.

The meeting will be held at Resolve,

Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 275,

Washington, D.C. 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about the meeting,

please contact Mr. Jeff Citrin at Resolve,

Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 275,

Washington, D.C. 20037; phone: (202)

965–6388; fax: (202)338–1264, or e-mail

at jcitrin@resolv.org. For other

information on the Information Strategy,

please contact Jeffrey Bryan, at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Phone: (202) 260–4934, Fax: (202) 401–

3041, E-mail: bryan.jeffrey@epa.gov.

Members of the public wishing to attend

the meeting may register by phone by

contacting Mr. Jeff Citrin by Feb. 20.

Those registered by Feb. 20 will receive

background materials prior to the

meeting. There will be a limited number

of teleconference lines available for

those who are unable to attend in

person. Information about how to access

these lines will accompany the premeeting materials that will be mailed

out to those who register.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background on the Draft Information

Strategy and Request for Input

Information is critical to the

management of national programs and

shapes responses to rapidly changing

events in the public health arena. Sound

science and the best available data are

the foundation of decisions that the

EPA’s Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water (OGWDW) make to

protect public health and the

environment. Information technology

has improved, and the process for

developing drinking water standards

has changed significantly since

OGWDW developed its most recent

Information Strategic Plan in 1992. EPA

must implement a strategy that responds

to new technology and regulatory needs,

maximizes efficiency and minimizes

cost of data transactions, meets national

water program needs, and links

efficiently to relevant data sources. The

strategy must be business-driven,

incorporating the needs of stakeholders

both inside and outside of EPA.

EPA encourages public input into

questions that will allow OGWDW to

make more informed decisions

regarding its information systems and

processes. Once implemented, the

strategy will help OGWDW to better

focus on essential business data,

minimize reporting burden, obtain early

involvement in information

requirements for regulators, streamline

the federal Safe Drinking Water

Information System (SDWIS–FED) to

reduce reporting errors, continue to

support the state Safe Drinking Water

Information System (SDWIS–STATE),

and provide an information framework

for source water protection. Questions

for discussion include:

1. How will OGWDW ensure that it

has the data it needs to implement its

programs, address gaps (e.g., source

water protection and underground

injection control), and coordinate with

other EPA programs?

2. What essential data does the

primary enforcement authority need to

track?

3. How should EPA obtain parametric

(sampling) drinking water data to

address future information

requirements?

4. What changes should EPA make to

minimize reporting burden for existing

and upcoming rules?

5. What improvements to SDWIS

should EPA make to allow for easier

data entry by states?

6. How can OGWDW improve the

performance of its information systems,

given that any improvements would

require states to make near-term

adjustments to achieve long-term

reporting benefits?

7. What steps should EPA take to

improve data quality?

8. EPA primarily uses data for

program tracking, policy development,

rulemaking and enforcement, and

public access. Are there other priority

uses EPA should consider?

9. How will public access to drinking

water data be improved?

10. What steps should be taken to

make OGWDW information systems

more economically efficient?

The public is invited to provide

comments on the issues listed above or

other issues related to the draft

Information Strategy during the March

8–9, 2001 meeting.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Cynthia Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6944–9]

Meeting of the Small Community

Advisory Subcommittee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Small Community

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will

meet on March 1–2, 2001 in Seattle,

WA. At this meeting members of the

SCAS’s Resolution Session Team will

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present to the full Subcommittee the

agreements reached at the Resolution

Session on December 8, 2000, for the

consideration and acceptance by the full

Subcommittee. The Resolution Session

was a meeting between a SCAS team

and a Local Government Advisory

Committee (LGAC) team to address

issues regarding how the two groups

work together—intra-committee

management issues. The Work Groups

of the SCAS will update the full

Subcommittee on their progress since

the previous meeting and will

reconvene to work on their Small

Community Funding Inventory, Total

Maximum Daily Load Survey, Small

Town Advocate Proposal, Small Town

Enforcement Recommendations,

Sustainability Recommendations and

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act and Federalism Executive

Order 13132 implementation.

The Committee will hear comments

from the public between 2 p.m. and 2:15

p.m. on March 2. Each individual or

organization wishing to address the

Committee will be allowed a minimum

of three minutes. Please contact the

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the

number listed below to schedule agenda

time. Time will be allotted on a first

come, first serve basis.

This is an open meeting and all

interested persons are invited to attend.

Meeting minutes will be available after

the meeting and can be obtained by

written request from the DFO. Members

of the public are requested to call the

DFO at the number listed below if

planning to attend so that arrangements

can be made to comfortably

accommodate attendees as much as

possible. However, seating and call-in

numbers will be allocated on a first

come, first serve basis.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.

on Thursday, March 1 and conclude no

later than 5 p.m. on March 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the EPA’s Region 10 Office located 1200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington in

the Nisqually Conference Room.

Requests for Minutes and other

information can be obtained by writing

the DFO at 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW. (1306A), Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

DFO for this Subcommittee is Anne

Randolph. She is the point of contact for

information concerning any

Subcommittee matters and can be

reached by calling (202) 564–3679.

Dated: February 6, 2001.

Anne Randolph,

Designated Federal Officer, Small Community

Advisory Subcommittee.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–51963; FRL–6769–5]

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and

Status Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires

any person who intends to manufacture

(defined by statute to include import) a

new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on

the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and

comply with the statutory provisions

pertaining to the manufacture of new

chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and

5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to

publish a notice of receipt of a

premanufacture notice (PMN) or an

application for a test marketing

exemption (TME), and to publish

periodic status reports on the chemicals

under review and the receipt of notices

of commencement to manufacture those

chemicals. This status report, which

covers the period from December 20,

2000 to January 09, 2001, consists of the

PMNs pending or expired, and the

notices of commencement to

manufacture a new chemical that the

Agency has received under TSCA

section 5 during this time period. The

‘‘S’’ and ‘‘G’’ that precede the chemical

names denote whether the chemical

idenity is specific or generic.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative

that you identify docket control number

OPPTS–51963 and the specific PMN

number in the subject line on the first

page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Cunningham, Director, Office of

Program Management and Evaluation,

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics (7401), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address:

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. As such, the Agency has not

attempted to describe the specific

entities that this action may apply to.

Although others may be affected, this

action applies directly to the submitter

of the premanufacture notices addressed

in the action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

copies of this document and certain

other available documents from the EPA

Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. On the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations

and Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPPTS–51963. The official record

consists of the documents specifically

referenced in this action, any public

comments received during an applicable

comment period, any test data

submitted by the manufacturer/importer

and other information related to this

action, including any information

claimed as confidential business

information (CBI). This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center,

North East Mall Rm. B–607, Waterside

Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC.

The Center is open from noon to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The telephone number of the

Center is (202) 260–7099.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is