[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17663-17664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9064]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6323-2]
Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Project XL Proposed Final Project
Agreement: Exxon Fairmont Coke Works Superfund Site Clean-up.
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SUMMARY: EPA is requesting comments on a proposed Project XL Final
Project Agreement (FPA) for Exxon Company, U.S.A. (hereafter
``Exxon''). The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed collaboratively
by Exxon, the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection
(WVDEP), the Fairmont Community Liaison Panel (FCLP) and EPA. Project
XL, announced in the Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282),
gives regulated entities the flexibility to develop alternative
strategies that will replace or modify specific regulatory or
procedural requirements on the condition that they produce greater
environmental benefits. EPA has set a goal of implementing fifty XL
projects undertaken in full partnership with the states.
The draft FPA presents an alternative strategy for clean-up of the
Sharon Steel Fairmont Coke Works Superfund Site located in Fairmont,
WV. The Site was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) by EPA
under the Superfund clean-up program on December 23, 1996. Exxon is the
only Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) working with the EPA and WVDEP
to clean up the Site.
In the draft FPA, Exxon proposes that changes to the traditional
Superfund clean-up process be made in (a) the regulatory approach used
to characterize and clean-up the site, (b) risk assessment, (c) the
management of onsite landfills (designation of an ``Area of
Contamination''), (d) mitigation requirements for EPA-created wetlands
onsite, (e) the commercial/industrial redevelopment of the Site, (f)
the stakeholder/community involvement process, (g) reduction of
paperwork, (h) quality assurance and (i) the support of regulatory
involvement. Mechanisms for the implementation of these proposed
changes, which represent the regulatory flexibilities being requested,
are also presented.
DATES: The period for submission of comments ends on May 12, 1999.
ADDRESSEES: All comments on the proposed Final Project Agreement should
be sent to: Melissa Whittington, U.S. EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch Street
(3HS23), Philadelphia, PA 19103, or John DuPree, U.S. EPA, Room M3802
(1802), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Comments may also be
faxed to Ms. Whittington at (215) 814-3002 or Mr. DuPree (202) 260-
3125. Comments may also be received via electronic mail sent to:
whittington.melissa@epa.gov or dupree.john@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the proposed Final
Project Agreement or Fact Sheet, contact: Melissa Whittington, U.S.
EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch Street (3HS23),
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Philadelphia, PA 19103, or John DuPree, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street SW Room
M3802 (1802), Washington DC 20460. The FPA and related documents are
also available via the Internet at the following location: http://
www.epa.gov/ProjectXL. In addition, public files on the project,
including the FPA, are located at Marion County Library, 321 Monroe
Street, Fairmont, WV 26554, (304) 366-1210. Questions to EPA regarding
the documents can be directed to Melissa Whittington at (215) 814-3225
or John DuPree at (202) 260-4468. To be included on the Exxon Project
XL mailing list about future public meetings, XL progress reports and
other mailings from Exxon on the XL project, contact Art Chin at (908)
474-7295, Exxon Company, U.S.A., P.O. Box 728, Linden, NJ 07036. For
information on all other aspects of the XL Program contact Christopher
Knopes at the following address: Office of Reinvention, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW Room M3802 (Mail Code
1802), Washington, DC 20460. Additional information on Project XL,
including documents referenced in this notice, other EPA policy
documents related to Project XL, regional XL contacts, application
information, and descriptions of existing XL projects and proposals, is
available via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL.
Dated: April 2, 1999.
Lisa Lund,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Reinvention.
[FR Doc. 99-9064 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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