[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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