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31717 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 116 / Friday, June 16, 1995 / Notices Specific to Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA; Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR), Fairbanks, AK and White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), White Sands, NM and on a Global Scale, Due: July 31, 1995, Contact: Kenneth M. Kumor (202) 358–1112. EIS No. 950253, Draft EIS, NOA, Atlantic Coast Weakfish Fishery, Fishery Management Plan, Implementation, Weakfish Harvest Control in the Atlantic Ocean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), off the New England, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Coast, Due: July 31, 1995, Contact: William Hogarth (301) 713–2339. EIS No. 950254, Draft EIS, NCP, DC, Washington, D.C. New Sports and Entertainment Arena, Construction and Operation, Modern Multi-Purpose Arena, Eight potential Sites, Washington, D.C., Due: July 31, 1995, Contact: Maurice Foushee (202) 724– 0174. Amended Notices EIS No. 950195, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, Beaver Woods Vegetation Management Project, Implementation, Bitter National Forest, West Fork Ranger District, Ravalli County, MT, Due: July 18, 1995, Contact: Nora Rasure (406) 821–3269. Published FR—05–19–95 Due Date Correction. Dated: June 13, 1995. William D. Dickerson, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 95–14822 Filed 6–15–95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–U [FRL–5222–7] The Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Adequacy Determination of State Municipal Solid Waste Permit Program AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of tentative determination on application of the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands for full program adequacy determination, public hearing and public comment period. SUMMARY: Section 4005(c)(1)(B) of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984, requires States to develop and implement permit programs to ensure that municipal solid waste landfills (MSWLFs) which may receive hazardous household waste or small quantity generator waste will comply with the revised Federal MSWLF Criteria (40 CFR part 258). RCRA Section 4005(c)(1)(C) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether States have adequate ‘‘permit’’ programs for MSWLFs, but does not mandate issuance of a rule for such determinations. EPA has drafted and is in the process of proposing a State/Tribe Implementation Rule (STIR) that will provide procedures by which EPA will approve, or partially approve, State/ Tribal landfill permit programs. The Agency has approved and will continue to approve adequate State/Tribal MSWLF permit programs as applications are submitted. Thus, these approvals are not dependent on final promulgation of the STIR. Prior to promulgation of STIR, adequacy determinations will be made based on the statutory authorities and requirements. In addition, States/Tribes may use the draft STIR as an aid in interpreting these requirements. The Agency believes that approvals of state programs have an important benefit. Approved State/Tribe permit programs provide for interaction between State/ Tribe and the owner/operator regarding site-specific permit conditions. Only those owners/operators located in States/Tribes with approved permit programs can use the site-specific flexibility provided by part 258 to the extent that the State/Tribal permit program allows such flexibility. EPA notes that regardless of the approval status of a State/Tribe and the permit status of any facility, the federal landfill criteria will apply to all permitted and unpermitted MSWLF facilities. The U.S. Virgin Islands applied for a determination of adequacy under section 4005 of RCRA. EPA has reviewed the U.S. Virgin Islands’ MSWLF application and certain revisions thereto, and has made a tentative determination that all portions of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ MSWLF permit program, including certain regulatory changes, are adequate to assure compliance with the revised Federal Criteria. These changes include a commitment by the Territory that existing solid waste regulations will be amended to conform to part 258 requirements, and that the two existing publicly owned landfills will be operated in accordance with part 258 requirements, pending adoption of the amended regulations. The U.S. Virgin Islands’ application for program adequacy determination and its revisions are available for public review and comment. Although RCRA does not require EPA to hold a hearing on any determination to approve a State/Tribe’s MSWLF program, the Region has scheduled two public hearings on this tentative determination. Details appear below in the DATES section. DATES: All comments on the U.S. Virgin Islands’ application for a determination of adequacy must be received by the close of business on August 11, 1995. One public hearing will be held on St. Croix on August 1, 1995 and a second hearing will take place on St. Thomas, on August 2, 1995. Both hearings will begin at 6:00 p.m. The U.S. Virgin Islands will participate in the public hearings held by EPA on this subject. ADDRESSES: Copies of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ application for adequacy are available between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the following three addresses for inspection and copying: U.S. EPA Region II Library, 290 Broadway, 16th Floor, New York, New York, 10007– 1866, telephone (212) 637–3185; Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, Nisky Shopping Center, Suite 231, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802, telephone (809) 774–3320; Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, Water Gut Homes—1118, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00820–5065, telephone (809) 773–8565. Written comments should be sent to Carl-Axel P. Soderberg, Director, USEPA-Region II, Caribbean Field Office, Centro Europa Building, 1492 Ponce De Leon Avenue, STOP 22, Santurce, PR 00909. The public hearing on August 1, 1995 will be held at the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Commissioner’s Conference Room, 6003 Anna’s Hope, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The public hearing on August 2, 1995, will be held at the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, CZM Lower Level Conference Room, 8000 Nisky Shopping Center, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stanley Siegel, Chief, Hazardous and Solid Waste Programs Branch, U.S. EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, New York, 10007–1866, telephone (212) 637–4100. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Background On October 9, 1991, EPA promulgated revised Criteria for MSWLFs (40 CFR part 258). Subtitle D of RCRA, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA), requires States to develop permitting programs to ensure that MSWLFs comply with the Federal Criteria under part 258. Subtitle D also requires in 31718 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 116 / Friday, June 16, 1995 / Notices section 4005 that EPA determine that State municipal solid waste landfill permit programs are adequate to comply with the revised Federal Criteria. To fulfill this requirement, the Agency has drafted and is in the process of proposing a State/Tribal Implementation Rule (STIR). The rule will specify the requirements which State/Tribal programs must satisfy to be determined adequate. EPA has approved and will continue to approve State/Tribal MSWLF permit programs prior to the promulgation of STIR. EPA interprets the requirements for States or Tribes to develop ‘‘adequate’’ programs for permits or other forms of prior approval to impose several minimum requirements. First, each State/Tribe must have enforceable standards for new and existing MSWLFs that are technically comparable to EPA’s revised MSWLF criteria. Next, the State/ Tribe must have the authority to issue a permit or other notice or prior approval to all new and existing MSWLFs in its jurisdiction. The State/ Tribe also must provide for public participation in permit issuance and enforcement as required in section 7004(b) of RCRA. Finally, EPA believes that the State/Tribe must show that it has sufficient compliance monitoring and enforcement authorities to take specific action against any owner or operator that fails to comply with an approved MSWLF program. EPA Regions will determine whether a State/ Tribe has submitted an ‘‘Adequate’’ program based on the interpretation outlined above. EPA expects States/ Tribes to meet all of these requirement for all elements of a MSWLF program before it gives full approval to a MSWLF program. B. Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands On October 6, 1993, the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands submitted an application for adequacy determination. Subsequently, the U.S. Virgin Islands made several revised submissions. EPA has reviewed the application and the revised submissions, and has tentatively determined that all portions of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Subtitle D program are adequate to provide compliance with the revised Federal Criteria. Currently there are two municipal solid waste disposal facilities operating in the U.S. Virgin Islands. One facility is located on St. Thomas and the other on St. Croix. An additional facility, located on St. John, stopped receiving waste between October 9, 1991 and October 9, 1993. The island of St. John is currently serviced by a transfer station from which the waste is transported to the St. Thomas landfill for disposal. The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources has responsibility for implementing and enforcing solid waste management regulations, including a permit program, inspection authority and enforcement activities. The solid waste landfills presently located in the Territory are owned by the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and operated by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Public Works. Although the Territory does not presently have regulations that conform to the Federal solid waste disposal facility criteria, the Departments of Planning and Natural Resources and Public Works have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement dated January 11, 1995 which commits the two agencies to meeting the requirements of 40 CFR part 258 when operating or issuing a permit to a solid waste facility. This Memorandum of Agreement was submitted to the EPA in conjunction with the application for adequacy determination. In addition, the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources submitted a letter to the EPA dated March 22, 1994 in which he committed his agency to adopting amended regulations that incorporate the requirements of 40 CFR part 258 and clear up any existing inconsistencies between 40 CFR part 258 and Title 19 Chapter 56 of the Virgin Islands Code by May 1, 1996. While the Department of Planning and Natural Resources had expected the revised regulations to be enacted by May, 1995, it now expects that the revised regulations will be adopted by May, 1996. The Commissioner’s letter also states that no permits will be issued for the establishment of any private solid waste disposal facility until new regulations for solid waste landfill management are approved by the EPA. In addition, the Department has committed to issuing a permit to the Department of Public Works pursuant to the revised regulations once these regulations are adopted. EPA has reviewed these items as well as the other contents of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ application and has made a preliminary determination that their provisions are adequate to meet Part 258 criteria. The EPA will hold two public hearings on its tentative decision. One hearing will be held on August 1, 1995 at the Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ Commissioner’s Conference Room on St. Croix. An additional hearing will be held on August 2, 1995 at the Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ CZM Lower Level Conference Room on St. Thomas. On each of these dates, the hearings will begin at 6:00 p.m. Comments can be submitted orally at the hearings or in writing at the time of the hearings. The public may also submit written comments on EPA’s tentative determination to the location indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this notice until August 11, 1995. Copies of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ application are available for inspection and copying at the locations indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. EPA will consider all public comments on its tentative determination received during the public comment period and during each public hearing. Issues raised by those comments may be the basis for a determination of inadequacy for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ program. EPA expects to make a final decision on whether or not to approve the U.S. Virgin Islands’ program by September 18, 1995 and will give notice of it in the Federal Register. The notice will include a summary of the reasons for the final determination and responses to all major comments. Section 4005(a) of RCRA provides that citizens may use the citizen suit provisions of Section 7002 of RCRA to enforce the Federal MSWLF criteria in 40 CFR Part 258 independent of any State/Tribal enforcement program. As EPA explained in the preamble to the final MSWLF criteria, EPA expects that any owner or operator complying with provisions in a State/Tribal program approved by EPA will be considered to be in compliance with Federal Criteria. See 56 FR 50978, 50995 (October 9, 1991). Compliance With Executive Order 12866 The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this notice from the requirement of Section 6 of Executive Order 12866. Certification Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act Pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 605(b), I hereby certify that this approval will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. It does not impose any new burdens on small entities. This notice, therefore, does not require a regulatory flexibility analysis. Authority: This notice is issued under the authority of Section 4005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended; 42 U.S.C. 6946. 31719 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 116 / Friday, June 16, 1995 / Notices Dated: May 4, 1995. Herbert Barrack, Acting Regional Administrator. [FR Doc. 95–14825 Filed 6–15–95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Clearinghouse Advisory Panel: Renewal of Charter SUMMARY: The National Clearinghouse on Election Administration announces the renewal of the charter for the Clearinghouse Advisory Panel. The purpose of the Panel is to provide advice and consultation to the Clearinghouse with respect to its research programs on election administration. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet McKee, National Clearinghouse on Election Administration, Washington, DC 20463, 202/219–3670. Dated: June 13, 1995. Penelope Bonsall, Director, National Clearinghouse on Election Administration. [FR Doc. 95–14792 Filed 6–15–95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6715–01–M FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM United Community Banks, Inc., et al.; Formations of; Acquisitions by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board’s approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1842) and § 225.14 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). Each application is available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted for processing, it will also be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at a hearing. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received not later than July 10, 1995. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: 1. United Community Banks, Inc., Blairsville, Georgia; to merge with White County Bancshares, Inc., Cleveland, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire White County Bank, Cleveland, Georgia. B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105: 1. Neighborhood Bancorp, San Diego, California; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 50.1 percent of the voting shares of Neighborhood Development Bank, National Association (in organization), San Diego, California. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 12, 1995. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 95–14777 Filed 6–15–95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–F FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a. as added by Title II of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, requires persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General advance notice and to wait designated periods before consummation of such plans. Section 7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, in individual cases, to terminate this waiting period prior to its expiration and requires that notice of this action be published in the Federal Register. The following transactions were granted early termination of the waiting period provided by law and the premerger notification rules. The grants were made by the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Neither agency intends to take any action with respect to these proposed acquisitions during the applicable waiting period. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 05–22–95 AND 06–02–95 Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date termi- nated Dresser Industries, Inc., Grove, S.p.A., Grove, S.p.A ..................................................................................................... 95–1511 05/22/95 The Seagram Company Ltd. (a Canadian company), Brain Fargo, Interplay Productions, Inc ..................................... 95–1552 05/22/95 Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, Goodlark Regional Medical Center, Inc., Central Tennessee Hospital Cor- poration ......................................................................................................................................................................... 95–1555 05/22/95 Richard R. Rogers, Nu-Kote Holding, Inc., Nu-Kote Holding, Inc. .................................................................................. 95–1585 05/22/95 International Business Machines, General Electric Company, General Electric Capital Computer Leasing Corpora- tion ................................................................................................................................................................................ 95–1611 05/22/95 Monsanto Company, L. Peter Frieder, Jr., Optical Diamond Products ........................................................................... 95–1614 05/22/95 Adaptec, Inc., Jack A. and Patricia A. Allweiss, Future Domain Corporation ................................................................ 95–1617 05/22/95 E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, Enron Corporation, Enron Oil & Gas Company ............................................ 95–1619 05/22/95 Renfro Corporation, Maurice Bidermann, Great American Knitting Mills, Inc ................................................................. 95–1620 05/22/95 Arjo Wiggins Appleton p.l.c., Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB, Stora Papyrus Newton Falls, Inc .............................. 95–1621 05/22/95 Air Express International Corporation, Radix Ventures, Inc., Radix Ventures, Inc ......................................................... 95–1623 05/22/95 First Chicago Corporation, Seco Products Corporation, Seco Products Corporation .................................................... 95–1624 05/22/95 United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust, AT&T Corp., AT&T Corp .......................................................... 95–1627 05/22/95 M. Francois Pinault, Theodore Ammon, BFP Holdings Corp ......................................................................................... 95–1628 05/22/95 Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation, Metroplex Health Care Corporation, Metroplex Health Care Corporation .......................................................................................................................................................... 95–1629 05/22/95