[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60443-60444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29077]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6470-9]


Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Elmendorf 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 Elmendorf Air Force Base (EAFB). The FPA is 
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voluntary agreement developed collaboratively by EAFB, stakeholders, 
the State of Alaska, 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.
    If implemented, the draft FPA would streamline the application, 
implementation, management, and renewal process for EAFB's Title V 
permit, through reduced monitoring and record keeping. EAFB estimates 
that total monitoring, record keeping, reporting, and overall 
management costs would decrease by about 80 percent, yielding about 
$1.5 million in savings. These realized cost savings would be directed 
toward pollution prevention (P2) opportunities. One such P2 project 
involves installation of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling 
station, the purchase of new CNG vehicles, and the conversion of 
certain base fleet vehicles to be capable of using CNG as an 
alternative fuel. EAFB has assembled a list of other feasible P2 
opportunities available at the base, along with the estimated costs and 
environmental benefits of each opportunity. EPA, the State of Alaska, 
and EAFB have expressed a preference for hazardous air contaminant 
reduction projects. A supplemental agreement setting forth the specific 
additional P2 opportunities to be implemented will be developed with 
the assistance of stakeholders.

DATES: The period for submission of comments ends on November 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: All comments on the draft Final Project Agreement should be 
sent to: Dave Bray, Office of Air Quality, OAQ-107, U.S. EPA Region 10, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, or L. Nancy Birnbaum, U.S. EPA, 
401 M Street, SW, Room 1025WT (1802), Washington, DC 20460. Comments 
may also be faxed to Mr. Bray at (206) 553-0110 or Ms. Birnbaum 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: Dave Bray, Office of Air Quality, OAQ-107, 
U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, or L. Nancy 
Birnbaum, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Room 1025WT (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 10 in Seattle. 
Questions to EPA regarding the documents can be directed to Dave Bray 
at (206) 553-4253 or L. Nancy Birnbaum at (202) 260-2601. 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: November 1, 1999.
Richard T. Farrell,
Associate Administrator, Office of Reinvention.
[FR Doc. 99-29077 Filed 11-4-99; 8:45 am]
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