The Federal Register

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Amendment to the Massachusetts Port

Mon, Nov 27 2000 11:00:00 GMT

The EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This SIP revision will establish a state process to allow the transfer of parking spaces from the East Boston Parking Freeze to the Logan Parking Freeze provided the total Logan Parking Freeze inventory number remains at or below 21,790 parking spaces. The intended effect of this action is to allow the shifting of airportrelated parking out of the East Boston community and on to airport property where it belongs. There is no net change in parking spaces allowed in the established parking freezes by this action. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act. Public comments on this document are requested and will be considered before taking final action on this SIP revision.

Waste Management System; Testing and Monitoring Activities; Notice of Availability of Draft Update IVB of SW-846

Mon, Nov 27 2000 11:00:00 GMT

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is providing notice of the availability of, and requests comment on, ``Draft Update IVB'' to the Third Edition of the methods manual, ``Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,'' EPA publication SW846. SW846 contains EPAapproved sampling and analysis methods for use under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Program. Draft Update IVB contains new and revised SW846 methods. As part of Draft Update IVB, we are also providing references in SW846 to four air methods that are, or may be in the future, used in the RCRA regulations.

Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the Clean Air Act

Mon, Nov 27 2000 11:00:00 GMT

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has authorized the following contractor to access information that has been, or will be, submitted to the EPA under section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended: Alpha Gamma Technologies, Inc., 900 Ridgefield Drive, Suite 350, Raleigh, NC 27609, contract number 68D00282.

Some of this information may be claimed to be confidential business information (CBI) by the submitter.

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

Mon, Nov 27 2000 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with subpart F of the final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. (``Title IX'') this notice lists those programs and activities that receive financial assistance from the U.S. EPA and are covered by Title IX. Title IX prohibits recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex in education programs or activities. Subpart F requires each Federal agency that awards Federal financial assistance to publish in the Federal Register a notice of the programs covered by the Title IX regulations within sixty (60) days after the effective date (September 29, 2000) of the final common rule. The final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX was published in the Federal Register by twenty (20) Federal agencies, including the EPA, on August 30, 2000, (65 FR 5285752895).

Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval

Mon, Nov 27 2000 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces Agency approval of an application submitted by Milliken Chemical, to conditionally register the pesticide product Antimicrobial AlphaSan RC 5000 containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.