[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22058]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6860-2]
Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Yolo County Accelerated Anaerobic &
Aerobic Composting (Bioreactor) 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 Yolo County, Woodland, California.
DATES: The period for submission of comments on the draft FPA ends on
September 12, 2000.
ADDRESSES: All comments on the draft Final Project Agreement should be
sent to: Ms. Sherri Walker, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
(1802), Washington, DC 20460. Comments may also be faxed to Sherri
Walker at (202) 260-3125. Comments will also be received via electronic
mail sent to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the draft Final
Project Agreement, contact: Mark Samolis, US EPA, Region 9 (SPE-1), 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, or Sherri Walker, US
EPA, Mail Code 1802, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20460. The FPA and related documents are also
available via the Internet at the following location: ``http://
www.epa.gov/ProjectXL''. In addition, project documents are located at
EPA Region 9, at 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.
Questions to EPA regarding the documents can be directed to Mark
Samolis at (415) 744-2331 or Sherri Walker at (202) 260-4295.
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 Yolo County, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, Solid Waste Association of
North America, Institute for Environmental Management, and EPA. Project
XL, announced in the Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282),
gives regulated entities the opportunity to develop alternative
strategies that will replace or modify specific regulatory requirements
on the condition that they produce greater environmental benefits. If
implemented, some of the superior environmental benefits that Yolo
County expects to achieve with this project through anaerobic and
aerobic composting process include: improved leachate quality;
reduction in the potential for uncontrolled releases of leachate to
contaminate the groundwater, or gas to contaminate the air during the
post-closure phase (should a containment system failure occur);
increased gas yield and capture; reduction or elimination of methane
generation in the aerobic composting operation; rapid waste
biodegradation and stabilization; increased lifespan of the landfill
resulting in less need for construction of additional landfills;
reduced post-closure costs; and faster reclamation of land for future
use.
One of the legal implementing mechanisms for this project will be a
site-specific rule. EPA expects to publish a notice in the Federal
Register proposing and seeking public comment on a site-specific rule
for this project shortly.
Dated: August 23, 2000.
Elizabeth A. Shaw,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation.
[FR Doc. 00-22058 Filed 8-28-00; 8:45 am]
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