Proposed Amendment to CERCLA Section 122(h) Administrative Agreement for the Lower Passaic River Study Area Portion of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, Located in and About Essex, Hudson, Bergen and Passaic Counties, NJ, 58407-58408 [05-20105]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2005 / Notices • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532) This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. 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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Information? 1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP–2005–0274. 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An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA’s electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Although, not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the appropriate docket ID number. VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:52 Oct 05, 2005 Jkt 208001 II. Tentative Agenda The tentative agenda for the meeting(s) includes the following: 1. Synchronizing SFIREG issue actions with EPA budget and planning cycles. 2. OPP performance measures - Goals, overview of process, timetables, discussions on draft performance measures to date, and SFIREG and EPA representatives on the performance measure working group. 3. EPA plans to address pesticide drift. 4. Pesticide container recycling. 5. Pesticide container/containment rule. 6. Underground trickle irrigation. 7. Label review committee priorities. 8. Office of Pesticide Programs and Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Report. 9. Water Quality (WQ) Committee State Reports: Emerging issues and process revisions. 10. WQ Committee -- Water quality performance measures: Continuing discussion. 11. WQ Committee - New directions for the pesticide water quality program. 12. WQ Committee - End of year reporting for water quality programs and mechanisms to provide state water quality data to EPA. 13. WQ Committee - OPP-Office of Water program interactions: Progress report. 14. WQ Committee - Pesticide degradates: Unregulated contaminant monitoring regulation. 15. Pesticide Operations and Management Committee (POM) Pesticide labels with unclear endangered species language. 16. POM Committee -- Standardized process for section 18 requests with national concerns. 17. POM Committee - Copyright label issue. 18. POM Committee - Rodenticide labels and 2(ee). 19. POM Committee - Mosquito misting products. 20. POM Committee - Issue papers, identify assignments. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Office of Pesticide Programs. Dated: September 28, 2005. William R. Diamond, Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 05–20099 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 58407 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–7978–7] Proposed Amendment to CERCLA Section 122(h) Administrative Agreement for the Lower Passaic River Study Area Portion of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, Located in and About Essex, Hudson, Bergen and Passaic Counties, NJ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of settlement and opportunity for public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed amendment to an administrative settlement. The settlement will incorporate twelve (12) parties who will be bound to the terms and conditions of the original settlement (which became effective June 22, 2004), thus becoming jointly and severally liable for funding $10,000,000.00 toward the ongoing Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (‘‘RI/ FS’’) of the Lower Passaic River Study Area, along with the thirty-one (31) original Settling Parties. In exchange, these additional Settling Parties will resolve their potential liability for performance of the RI/FS and for Past and Future Response Costs incurred and to be incurred in connection with the RI/FS. Furthermore, all the Settling Parties have committed to paying EPA up to an additional $750,000.00 in contingent funding toward Future Response Costs in the event that EPA needs additional funds to complete the RI/FS. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the EPA 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 proposed settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007–1866. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 7, 2005. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available on the web at https:// www.ourpassaic.org. Comments should reference the Lower Passaic River Study Area/Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1 58408 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2005 / Notices EPA Index No. CERCLA–02–2004–2011, and should be addressed to the individual identified below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kedari Reddy, Assistant Regional Counsel, New Jersey Superfund Branch, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007. Telephone: (212) 637–3106. Dated: September 26, 2005. William McCabe, Acting Division Director, Emergency & Remedial Response Division. [FR Doc. 05–20105 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–U FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Notices PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 6, 2005, 2 p.m. meeting open to the public. This meeting has been cancelled. * * * * * PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: BILLING CODE 6715–01–M FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION [Docket No. 05–06] Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Service Arrangements; Extension of Time The Commission has received and determined to grant a request from the Department of Justice for an extension of time to October 20, 2005 to file comments in this proceeding. Comments will now be due on October 20, 2005. FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB SUMMARY: Notice of Agreements Filed The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on an agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within ten days of the date this notice appears in the Federal Register. Copies of agreements are available through the Commission’s Office of Agreements (202–523–5793 or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov). Agreement No.: 011921. Title: Hapag Lloyd/CP Ships Agreement. Parties: CP Ships USA, LLC/CP Ships (UK) Limited, and Hapag-Lloyd Container Line GmbH. Filing Parties: Jeffrey F. Lawrence, Esq., and David F. Smith, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. Synopsis: The proposed agreement would authorize the parties to discuss and agree on rates, terms, and conditions in all U.S. trades; share space on each other’s vessels; and engage in Jkt 208001 BILLING CODE 6730–01–U BILLING CODE 6730–01–U Mary W. Dove, Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 05–20295 Filed 10–4–05; 3:11 pm] 19:52 Oct 05, 2005 Dated: October 3, 2005. By order of the Federal Maritime Commission. Bryant L. VanBrakle, Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–20135 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] Bryant L. VanBrakle, Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–20136 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220. VerDate Aug<31>2005 other cooperative activities. The parties request expedited review. Background Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB’s public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer—Michelle Long—Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 System, Washington, DC 20551 (202– 452–3829). OMB Desk Officer—Mark Menchik— Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov. Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three years, with revision of the following reports: 1. Report title: Domestic Finance Company Report of Consolidated Assets and Liabilities. Agency form number: FR 2248. OMB control number: 7100–0005. Frequency: Monthly, quarterly, and semi-annually. Reporters: Domestic finance companies and mortgage companies. Annual reporting hours: 352 hours. Estimated average hours per response: Monthly, 18 minutes; quarterly, 25 minutes; semi-annually, 10 minutes. Number of respondents: 80. General description of report: This information collection is voluntary (12 U.S.C. 225(a)). Individual respondent data are confidential under section (b)(4) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Abstract: The monthly FR 2248 report collects balance sheet data on major categories of consumer and business credit receivables, major short-term liabilities, and securitized assets. For quarter-end months (March, June, September, and December), additional asset and liability items are collected to provide a full balance sheet. If the need arises, a special addendum may be used, no more than semi-annually, for timely information on questions of immediate concern to the Federal Reserve. The data are used to construct universe estimates of finance company holdings, which are published in the monthly statistical releases Finance Companies (G.20) and Consumer Credit (G.19), in the quarterly statistical release Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (Z.1), and in the Federal Reserve Bulletin (Tables 1.51, 1.52, and 1.55). Current Actions: On July 26, 2005, the Federal Reserve issued for public comment proposed revisions to the FR 2248 report (70 FR 43146). The comment period ended on September 26, 2005. The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments. The changes will be implemented as proposed. The Federal Reserve will change the respondent panel definition to include mortgage companies. In addition, the Federal Reserve will instruct finance companies to include the assets and liabilities of their mortgage company subsidiaries. In addition, the Federal E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
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[FR Doc No: 05-20105]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7978-7]


Proposed Amendment to CERCLA Section 122(h) Administrative 
Agreement for the Lower Passaic River Study Area Portion of the Diamond 
Alkali Superfund Site, Located in and About Essex, Hudson, Bergen and 
Passaic Counties, NJ

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of settlement and opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed amendment to an administrative settlement. The settlement will 
incorporate twelve (12) parties who will be bound to the terms and 
conditions of the original settlement (which became effective June 22, 
2004), thus becoming jointly and severally liable for funding 
$10,000,000.00 toward the ongoing Remedial Investigation/Feasibility 
Study (``RI/FS'') of the Lower Passaic River Study Area, along with the 
thirty-one (31) original Settling Parties. In exchange, these 
additional Settling Parties will resolve their potential liability for 
performance of the RI/FS and for Past and Future Response Costs 
incurred and to be incurred in connection with the RI/FS. Furthermore, 
all the Settling Parties have committed to paying EPA up to an 
additional $750,000.00 in contingent funding toward Future Response 
Costs in the event that EPA needs additional funds to complete the RI/
FS. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the EPA 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 proposed 
settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's 
response to any comments received will be available for public 
inspection at the EPA, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available on the web at https://
www.ourpassaic.org. Comments should reference the Lower Passaic River 
Study Area/Diamond Alkali Superfund Site,

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EPA Index No. CERCLA-02-2004-2011, and should be addressed to the 
individual identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kedari Reddy, Assistant Regional 
Counsel, New Jersey Superfund Branch, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, 
New York 10007. Telephone: (212) 637-3106.

    Dated: September 26, 2005.
William McCabe,
Acting Division Director, Emergency & Remedial Response Division.
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