Rules and Regulations. 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

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
Citation: FR Doc. 00-27153 · FRL-6889-4

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.

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. [FR Doc. 00-27153 Filed 10-20-00; 8:45 am]