[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47022-47023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23815]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6156-4]
Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Lucent Project XL Final Project
Agreement and related documents.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the signing of the Project XL Final Project
Agreement (FPA) for Lucent Technologies, Inc.'s Microelectronics unit.
DATES: The FPA was signed on 19 August 1998.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the Final Project Agreement, Fact Sheet,
or public comments received, contact: Rich
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Kampf, U.S. EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19103,
or L. Nancy Birnbaum, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Room 1025WT (1802),
Washington, DC 20460. The documents are also available via the Internet
at the following location: ``http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL''. In
addition, public files on the Project are located at EPA Region III in
Philadelphia. Questions to EPA regarding the documents can be directed
to Rich Kampf at (215) 814-2105 or L. Nancy Birnbaum at (202) 260-2601.
To be included on the Lucent Project XL mailing list to receive
information about future public meetings, XL progress reports and other
mailings from Lucent on the XL Project, contact: Debra Hennelly, Lucent
Technologies, Inc., 219 Mount Airy Road, Room 2F236, P.O. Box 612,
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-0612. Ms. Hennelly can also be reached by
telephone at (908) 953-4960. 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,
Room 1029, 401 M Street, SW (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'' and via an automated fax-on-demand menu at
(202) 260-8590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed
collaboratively by Lucent, stakeholders, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and EPA. Project XL, announced in the Federal Register on
May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282), gives regulated sources the flexibility to
develop alternative strategies that will replace or modify specific
regulatory requirements on the condition that they produce greater
environmental benefits. EPA has set a goal of implementing a total of
fifty projects undertaken in full partnership with the states.
On June 29, 1998, EPA announced the availability of the draft
umbrella FPA in the Federal Register (63 FR 35212) and requested
comments. As a result of that announcement, EPA received six positive
comments: one each from the Allentown and Reading LEAGs, two from
individual members of the Allentown LEAG, one from an individual member
of both Allentown and Breinigsville LEAG who is also an environmental
health and safety manager for a nearby R&D/corporate headquarters, and
one from the Environmental Law Institute. No other comments were
received.
The FPA is based on an existing third-party certified environmental
management system (EMS) for Lucent's entire global microelectronics
business unit, in fulfillment of the ISO 14001 standard for EMSs. The
FPA allows Lucent to use the existing EMS as a framework for developing
specific proposals involving regulatory flexibility such as simplifying
permitting, record keeping, and reporting requirements, while driving
continual improvement and pollution prevention programs. The FPA
provides a ``test bed'' to determine the broad applicability of ISO
14001 as a vehicle for determining and managing regulatory flexibility
while achieving superior environmental performance.
Lucent's project is a multi-regional attempt to incorporate
environmental management practices across the entire business unit. The
parties anticipate that the EMS will foster superior environmental
performance by identifying opportunities to reduce Lucent's
environmental impact. EPA Regions 3 and 4 are intended sites for
facility-specific projects. Each facility-specific addendum to the
umbrella FPA will also demonstrate superior environmental performance.
The regulatory flexibility necessary to implement specific projects
will be discussed in each facility-specific addendum.
As part of its EMS, Lucent has established facility-specific Local
Environmental Advisory Groups (LEAGs) for all of its facilities
globally. Each LEAG is composed of local stakeholders including
environmental organizations, community groups, employees, and other
interested citizens. The LEAGs provide input on the XL project and the
EMS. The LEAGs unanimously approved the draft umbrella FPA.
Dated: August 20, 1998.
Lisa Lund,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Reinvention Programs, Office of
Reinvention.
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