[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3491]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6537-7]


Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of United States Postal Service 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 United States Postal Service (USPS).

DATES: The period for submission of comments ends on March 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments on the draft Final Project Agreement should be 
sent to: Mary Byrne, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202-2466, 
or L. Nancy Birnbaum, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Room 1025WT (1802), 
Washington, DC 20460. Comments may also be faxed to Ms. Byrne at (303) 
312-6741 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: Mary Byrne, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, 
Denver, CO 80202-2466, 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 8 in Denver. Questions to EPA regarding the 
documents can be directed to Mary Byrne at (303) 312-6491 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''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed 
by USPS, stakeholders, the State of Colorado, 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 anticipates that USPS would receive up to 
794 emission credits under Colorado's clean fuel fleet requirements. In 
exchange for these credits, the USPS would scrap 512 late-1970s/early-
1980s vintage postal vehicles operating in the Denver/Boulder non-
attainment area, taking these vehicles off the road permanently. The 
USPS would also relocate at least 282 Long-Life Vehicles (1987-1991 
vintage USPS delivery vehicles). The USPS would commit to using at 
least 794 alternative fuel vehicles in the Denver area and helping to 
stimulate the development of a public infrastructure to support these 
vehicles.

    Dated: February 9, 2000.
Richard T. Farrell,
Associate Administrator, Office of Reinvention.
[FR Doc. 00-3491 Filed 2-14-00; 8:45 am]
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