[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31353]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6500-3]


Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque. The FPA is a 
voluntary agreement developed collaboratively by Albuquerque, 
stakeholders, the State of New Mexico, 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 and a site specific rulemaking would 
allow Albuquerque to conduct pollution prevention outreach and 
implementation at up to 50 new businesses per year, and integrate 
stormwater pollution prevention aspects with its pretreatment program. 
Albuquerque would attempt to initially reduce loadings of 13 pollutants 
of concern, and optimize resources to achieve competitive institutional 
integration of pollution prevention and pretreatment program work. 
Albuquerque would start the project by conducting sewer sub-basin 
monitoring to determine where 13 pollutants predominate within the 
collection system. Through this approach, Albuquerque will focus its 
efforts to identify and address the most significant industrial, 
commercial, and residential areas, or conduct project outreach. 
Albuquerque also proposes to conduct workshops and case studies 
demonstrating implementation of best management practices (BMPs) for 
pretreatment dischargers, problem areas, and follow-up needs. One way 
Albuquerque will demonstrate greater environmental benefit is by 
monitoring pollutant loadings before and after its pollution prevention 
outreach and implementation efforts. One of Albuquerque's initial goals 
would be to try to reduce aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, cyanide, 
fluoride, lead, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, silver, and zinc 
by 10-25%. The site specific rulemaking setting forth the specific 
regulatory flexibility to be implemented will be developed with the 
assistance of stakeholders and will ensure that the project will fully 
comply with applicable federal requirements under the Clean Water Act.

DATES: The period for submission of comments ends on December 27, 1999.

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: November 23, 1999.
Lisa Lund,
Deputy Associate Administrator, for Reinvention Programs, Office of 
Reinvention.
[FR Doc. 99-31353 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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