[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 205 (Monday, October 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63250-63251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27153]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6889-4]


Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Project Agreements and related 
documents for twenty-two XL Projects: United States Postal Service 
(USPS)--Denver; Mayport Naval Station--Environmental Reinvestment 
(ENVVEST); Steele County, MN XL Communities (XLC); Georgia-Pacific 
Black Liquor Gasification System; International Paper (IP) Androscoggin 
Mill--Effluent Improvements; Progressive Insurance Company--Pay As You 
Drive Auto Insurance; International Business Machines (IBM)--Essex 
Junction, Vermont; Labs 21--Environmental Performance at Laboratories; 
Project XLC Phase I (Planning): Clermont County, OH; Kodak Company 
Pollution Prevention; PPG Industries, Inc.; Yolo County Accelerated 
Anaerobic & Aerobic Composting (Bioreactor); Buncombe County Leachate 
Recirculation/Gas Recovery (Bioreactor) Landfill; Autoliv Automobile 
Safety Products, U.S.A.; Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical--Laboratory-Scale 
High-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation Process to Treat Low-Level Mixed 
Wastes; State of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 
(PADEP) Coal Remining and Reclamation; National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) White Sands Test Facility (WSTF); Narragansett 
Bay Commission (NBC) Pretreatment; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) 
Phase I--ENVVEST; USA Waste of Virginia, Inc., and King George 
Landfills, Inc., wholly-owned subsidiaries of Waste Management, Inc., 
Bioreactor Systems; International Business Machines (IBM) East Fishkill 
Facility--F006 Sludge Recycling; and Lead-Safe Boston.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the signing of the Project XL Final Project 
Agreements (FPAs) for the following XL, XLC, and ENVVEST Projects: 
United States Postal Service (USPS)--Denver (hereafter ``USPS''); 
Mayport Naval Station--ENVVEST (hereafter ``Mayport''); Steele County, 
MN XL Communities (XLC) (hereafter ``Steele County''); Georgia-Pacific 
Black Liquor Gasification System (hereafter ``Georgia-Pacific''); 
International Paper (IP) Androscoggin Mill--Effluent Improvements 
(hereafter ``IP--Effluent Improvements''); Progressive Insurance 
Company--Pay As You Drive Auto Insurance (hereafter ``Progressive 
Insurance''); International Business Machines (IBM)--Essex Junction, 
Vermont (hereafter ``IBM--Vermont''); Labs 21--Environmental 
Performance at Laboratories (hereafter ``Labs 21''); Project XLC Phase 
I (Planning): Clermont County, OH (hereafter ``Clermont''); Kodak 
Company Pollution Prevention (hereafter ``Kodak''); PPG Industries, 
Inc. (hereafter ``PPG''); Yolo County Accelerated Anaerobic & Aerobic 
Composting (Bioreactor) (hereafter ``Yolo County''); Buncombe County 
Leachate Recirculation/Gas Recovery (Bioreactor) (hereafter ``Buncombe 
County''); Autoliv Automobile Safety Products, U.S.A. (hereafter 
``Autoliv''); Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical--Laboratory-Scale High-
Temperature Catalytic Oxidation Process to Treat Low-Level Mixed Wastes 
(hereafter ``Ortho-McNeil''); State of Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection (PADEP) Coal Remining and Reclamation 
(hereafter ``Pennsylvania Coal''); National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) (hereafter 
``NASA WSTF''); Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) Pretreatment 
(hereafter ``NBC''); Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) Phase I--ENVVEST 
(hereafter ``PSNS''); USA Waste of Virginia, Inc., and King George 
Landfills, Inc., wholly-owned subsidiaries of Waste Management, Inc., 
Bioreactor Systems (hereafter ``Virginia Landfills''); International 
Business Machines (IBM) East Fishkill Facility--F006 Sludge Recycling 
(hereafter ``IBM Fishkill''); and Lead-Safe Boston.

DATES: The FPAs were signed on the following dates: USPS on May 22, 
2000; Mayport on May 30, 2000; Steele County on May 31, 2000; Georgia-
Pacific on May 31, 2000; IP--Effluent Improvements on June 29, 2000; 
Progressive Insurance on July 27, 2000; IBM--Vermont on July 31, 2000; 
Labs 21 on September 7, 2000; Clermont on September 6, 2000; Kodak on 
September 14, 2000; PPG on September 14, 2000; Yolo County on September 
14, 2000; Buncombe County on September 18, 2000; Autoliv on September 
20, 2000; Ortho-McNeil on September 22, 2000; Pennsylvania Coal on 
September 22, 2000; NASA WSTF on September 22, 2000; NBC on September 
25, 2000; PSNS on September 25, 2000; Virginia Landfills on September 
29, 2000; IBM Fishkill on September 29, 2000; and Lead-Safe Boston on 
October 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies or to make inquiries about the Final 
Project Agreements, Fact Sheets, or public comments received contact 
the following individuals: Mary Byrne, 303-312-6491, U.S. EPA Region 
VIII, 8P-R, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466 
([email protected]) for the USPS XL Project; Michelle Cook, 404-562-
8674, U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-3104 ([email protected]) for the Mayport ENVVEST Project; 
Abeer Hashem, 312-886-1331, U.S. EPA Region V, WC-15J, 77 West Jackson 
Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3507 ([email protected]) for the 
Steele County XLC Project; Steven J. Donohue, 215-814-3215, U.S. EPA 
Region III, 3OR00, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-
2029 ([email protected]) for the Georgia-Pacific XL Project; Chris 
Rascher, 617-918-1834, U.S. EPA Region I, SPP, 1 Congress Street, Suite 
1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 ([email protected]) for the

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IP--Effluent Improvements XL Project; Janet Murray, 202-260-7570, U.S. 
EPA, 1802, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 
([email protected]) for the Progressive Insurance XL Project; John 
Moskal, 617-918-1826, U.S. EPA Region I, SPP, 1 Congress Street, Suite 
1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 ([email protected]) for the 
IBM--Vermont XL Project; Nina Bonnelycke, 202-260-3344, U.S. EPA, 1802, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 
([email protected]) for the Labs 21 XL Project; Christopher 
Murphy, 312-886-0172, U.S. EPA Region V, WA-16J, 77 West Jackson Blvd, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3507 ([email protected]) for the 
Clermont XLC Project; Bill Waugh, 202-260-3489, U.S. EPA, 7403, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 ([email protected]) for 
the Kodak XL Project; Bill Waugh, 202-260-3489, U.S. EPA, 7403, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 ([email protected]) for 
the PPG XL Project; Mark Samolis, 415-744-2331, U.S. EPA Region IX, 
SPE-1, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 
([email protected]) for the Yolo County XL Project; Michelle Cook, 
404-562-8674, U.S. EPA Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-3104 ([email protected]) for the Buncombe County XL 
Project; Mary Byrne, 303-312-6491, U.S. EPA Region VIII, 8P-R, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466 ([email protected]) for 
the Autoliv XL Project; Charles Howland, 215-814-2645, U.S. EPA Region 
III, 30R00, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 
([email protected]) for the Ortho-McNeil XL Project; Steven J. 
Donohue, 215-814-3215, U.S. EPA Region III, 3OR00, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 ([email protected]) for the 
Pennsylvania Coal XL Project; Adele Cardenas, 214-665-7210, U.S. EPA 
Region VI, 6EN-XP, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75202-2733 
([email protected]) for the NASA WSTF XL Project; Chris Rascher, 
617-918-1834, U.S. EPA Region I, SPP, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, 
Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 ([email protected]) for the NBC XL 
Project; William Glasser, 206-553-7215, U.S. EPA Region X, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101 ([email protected]) for the 
PSNS ENVVEST Project; Chris Menen, 215-814-2786, U.S. EPA Region III, 
3EI00, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 
([email protected]) for the Virginia Landfills XL Project; Sam Kerns, 
212-637-4139, U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 
10007-1866 ([email protected]) for the IBM--Fishkill XL Project; and 
Mike Hill, 617-918-1398, U.S. EPA Region I, CHW, 1 Congress Street, 
Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 ([email protected]) for 
the Lead-Safe Boston XL Project. In addition public files on each of 
the projects are located at each of the EPA Regional or Headquarters 
offices listed. Additional information on Project XL, XLC, and ENVVEST, 
including documents referenced in this document, other EPA policy 
documents related to Project XL, Regional and Headquarters contacts, 
application information and descriptions of existing XL projects and 
proposals are available via the Internet at ``http://www.epa.gov/
ProjectXL''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Final Project Agreements are voluntary 
agreements developed by project sponsors, stakeholders, the State in 
which the project is located and EPA. Project XL including XL projects 
for government agencies regulated by EPA--ENVVEST and XL for 
Communities, announced in the Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 
27282) and November 1, 1995 (60 FR 55569) respectively give regulated 
sources the opportunity to develop alternative strategies that will 
replace or modify specific regulatory requirements on the condition 
that they produce greater environmental benefits. Any legal 
implementing mechanism intended to be used in a project is described in 
the project's FPA.
    EPA announced the availability and requested comments on FPA's in 
the Federal Register for the following XL, ENVVEST and XL Communities 
projects on: February 15, 2000 (65 FR 7547) USPS; May 1, 2000 (65 FR 
25327) Mayport; December 29, 1999 (64 FR 73047) Steele County; May 8, 
2000 (65 FR 26606) Georgia-Pacific; May 16, 2000 (65 FR 31120)IP--
Effluent Improvements; June 27, 2000 (65 FR 39614) Progressive 
Insurance; June 16, 2000 (65 FR 37780) IBM--Vermont; August 17, 2000 
(65 FR 50200) Labs 21; August 16, 2000 (65 FR 49983) Clermont; August 
14, 2000 (65 FR 49571) Kodak; August 22, 2000 (65 FR 50987) PPG; August 
29, 2000 (65 FR 52426) Yolo County; July 28, 2000 (65 FR 46456) 
Buncombe County; August 14, 2000 (65 FR 49571) Autoliv; September 1, 
2000 (65 FR 53297) Ortho-McNeil; August 30, 2000 (65 FR 52751) 
Pennsylvania Coal; September 8, 2000 (65 FR 54519) NASA WSTF; August 
29, 2000 (65 FR 52425) NBC; August 31, 2000 (65 FR 53008) PSNS; 
September 8, 2000 (65 FR 54520) Virginia Landfills; September 1, 2000 
(65 FR 53298) IBM Fishkill; and September 7, 2000 (65 FR 54265) Lead-
Safe Boston. Descriptions of the projects are contained in each of the 
Federal Register notices. EPA did not receive adverse comment on any of 
these FPAs.

    Dated: October 17, 2000.
George Wyeth,
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation.
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