[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23148]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects; Project XL Draft 
Final Project Agreement: Waste Management, Inc. Landfill Bioreactor 
Systems

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of USA Waste of Virginia, Inc., and King 
George Landfills, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Waste Management, 
Inc. (hereinafter Waste Management) Bioreactor Systems 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 Waste Management.

DATES: The period for submission of comments on the draft FPA ends on 
September 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments on the draft Final Project Agreement should be 
sent to: Janet Murray, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (m/
c1802), Washington, DC 20460. Comments may also be faxed to Ms. Murray 
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: Chris Menen, USEPA Region 3 (m/c 3EIOO) 
1650 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 or Janet Murray, U.S.EPA, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave, NW. (m/c 1802), Washington, DC 20460. The FPA and 
related documents are also available via the Internet at the following 
location: www.epa.gov/projectxl. In addition, project documents are 
located at EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA 19103. 
Questions to EPA regarding the documents can be directed to Chris Menen 
at (215) 814-2786 or Janet Murray at (202) 260-7570. Documents 
pertaining to the project will be maintained at the Virginia Department 
of Environmental Quality, 629 Main Street, Richmond, VA 22129 c/o Paul 
Farrell, (804) 698-4214. Documents will also be maintained at public 
libraries in King George County and Amelia County. The address for the 
library in Amelia County is: The James Hammer Memorial Library, 16351 
Dunn Street, Amelia, Virginia 23002, and the file is entitled ``Amelia 
County Landfill, Maplewood Site, Project XL.'' The address for the 
library in King George County is: L.F. Smoot Lewis Memorial, 9533 Kings 
Highway, King George, Virginia 22485, and the file will be entitled 
``King George County Landfill Project XL.'' 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 www.epa.gov/projectxl.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed 
by Waste Management, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and USEPA. 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, the draft FPA will allow Waste Management to implement two 
slightly different waste treatment systems at two of its Virginia 
Landfills. Leachate recirculation would be implemented at its Maplewood 
Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility, owned and operated by Waste 
Management, Inc. subsidiary USA Waste of Virginia, Inc. Bioreactor 
operations would be implemented at the King George County Landfill and 
Recycling Facility, operated by Waste Management, Inc., subsidiary King 
George Landfills , Inc. Under the project, Waste Management is 
requesting flexibility from the regulatory requirement that restricts 
application of bulk liquids in municipal solid waste landfills (40 CFR 
258.28) as well as similar flexibility under part V of Virginia Solid 
Waste Management Regulations. EPA expects to shortly publish a document 
in the Federal Register proposing and seeking public comment on a site-
specific rule to modify the requirements of 40 CFR 258.28 for this 
project.

    Dated: September 1, 2000.
Christopher Knopes,
Associate Director, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation.
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