[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33452]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6515-2]


Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Denton Pretreatment Project XL Draft 
Final Project Agreement.

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SUMMARY: EPA is today requesting comments on a draft Project XL Final 
Project Agreement (FPA) for the City of Denton. The FPA is a voluntary 
agreement developed collaboratively by Denton, stakeholders, the state 
of Texas, and EPA. Project XL, announced in the Federal Register on May 
23, 1995 (60 FR 27282), gives regulated sources the flexibility to 
develop alternative strategies that will replace or modify specific 
regulatory requirements on the condition that they produce greater 
environmental benefits.
    Between 1996-1998, the City of Denton Environmental Services 
Division and the University of North Texas (UNT) Institute of Applied 
Sciences conducted an 18 month study to assess the feasibility of 
integrating the industrial pretreatment program activities with those 
required under the Phase II Stormwater regulations. Funding was made 
possible by an EPA 104 (b)(3) grant. If implemented, the Denton's draft 
FPA and a site specific rulemaking would allow Denton to continue 
implementation of recommendations resulting from that study, which was 
completed in April of 1998. Denton would like to reduce its monitoring 
and annual inspections for certain individually approved facilities and 
focus on pollutants in the urban stormwater drainage. Saved resources 
will be reapportioned to watershed protection activities including 
inspections of vehicle maintenance facilities, recycling centers, 
junkyards, salvage yards, municipal and school district fleet service 
operations, construction sites, establishment of a remote creek 
monitoring network, and incorporation of pollution prevention (P2) BMPs 
into the local code of ordinances. The site specific rulemaking setting 
forth the specific regulatory flexibility to be implemented will be 
developed with the assistance of stakeholders.

DATES: The period for submission of comments ends on January 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments on the draft Final Project Agreement should be 
sent to: Adele Cardenas, 6EN-XP, U.S. EPA REGION 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Suite # 1200, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, or Chad Carbone, U.S. EPA, 401 M 
Street, SW, Room 1027WT (1802), Washington, DC 20460. Comments may also 
be faxed to Ms. Cardenas at (214) 665-3177 or Mr. Carbone at (202) 401-
2474. Comments will also be received via electronic mail sent to: 
[email protected] or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the draft Final 
Project Agreement, contact: Adele Cardenas, 6EN-XP, U.S. EPA REGION 6, 
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite # 1200, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, or Chad Carbone, 
U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Room 1027WT (1802), Washington, DC 20460. 
The documents are also available via the Internet at the following 
location: ``http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL''. In addition, public files 
on the Project are located at EPA Region 6 in Dallas. Questions to EPA 
regarding the documents can be directed to Adele Cardenas at (214) 665-
7210 or Chad Carbone at (202) 260-4296. Additional information on 
Project XL, including documents referenced in this notice, other EPA 
policy documents related to Project XL, application information, and 
descriptions of existing XL projects and proposals, is available via 
the Internet at ``http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL''.

    Dated: December 10, 1999.
Lisa Lund,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Reinvention Programs, Office of 
Reinvention.
[FR Doc. 99-33452 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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