99-26859. Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention Subcommittee Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55710-55711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26859]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6457-5]


Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention 
Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section 112(r) required EPA to publish 
regulations to prevent accidental releases of chemicals and to reduce 
the severity of those releases that do occur. These accidental release 
prevention requirements build on the chemical safety work begun by the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) which sets 
forth requirements for industry, State and local governments.

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    The goal of the Risk Management Program is to reduce chemical risk 
at the local level. Risk Management Plans (RMPs), which contain a 
summary of information about each facility's Risk Management Program, 
were required to be submitted by June 21, 1999 by regulations under 
section 112(r). Making the RMPs available to the public is intended to 
stimulate communication between industry and the public to improve 
accident prevention and emergency response practices at the local 
level.
    Over 14,000 RMPs were submitted from many different industry 
sectors, and from both large and small businesses. Facilities are 
required to update RMPs at least every 5 years, or more frequently if 
there are important changes, such as the introduction of a new 
regulated chemical into their production process. RMPs will be stored 
in RMP*InfoTM for 15 years from the date of receipt.
    On August 5, 1999, President Clinton signed legislation that 
removed from coverage by the RMP program any flammable fuel when used 
as a fuel or held for sale as fuel by a retail facility. The 
legislation also limits access to the Off-Site Consequence Analysis 
(OCA) sections of the RMP.
    The Accident Prevention Subcommittee was created in September 1996 
to advise EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office 
(CEPPO) on these chemical accident prevention issues, specifically, 
section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: The Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act 
Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on November 5, 1999 from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hall of States, 444 North 
Capitol St., NW, Washington DC, near Union Station. Members of the 
public are welcome to attend in person.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public desiring 
additional information about this meeting, should contact Karen 
Schneider, Designated Federal Official, U.S. EPA (5104), 401 M. St., 
SW, Washington DC 20460, via the Internet at: 
[e-mail], by telephone at [phone] or FAX 
at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

8:30-9:00--Opening Remarks--Jim Makris (8:30-9:00)
9:00-12:00--Discussion of Public Law 106-40, the Chemical Safety 
Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act: focusing on 
Section 2 of the law regarding flammable fuels removed from coverage
1:30-4:00--Discussion of Public Law 106-40, the Chemical Safety 
Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act: focusing on 
Section 3 of the law regarding public access to Off-Site Consequence 
Analysis information
4:00-4:30--Comments from the Public

    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation in 
person in Washington DC to the Subcommittee at the meeting, must 
contact Karen Schneider in writing (by letter, fax, or email--see 
previously stated information) no later than November 3, 1999, in order 
to be included on the agenda. Written comments may be submitted to the 
Accident Prevention Subcommittee up through the date of the meeting. 
Please address such material to Karen Schneider at the above address.
    The Accident Prevention Subcommittee expects that public statements 
presented at its meetings will not be repetitive or previously 
submitted oral or written statements. In general, opportunities for 
oral comment will be limited to no more than three minutes per speaker 
and no more than thirty minutes total. Written comments (twelve copies) 
received sufficiently prior to a meeting date (usually one week prior 
to a meeting or teleconference), may be mailed to the Subcommittee 
prior to its meeting.
    Additional information on the Accident Prevention Subcommittee is 
available on the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/acc-pre.html.
    If you would like to automatically receive future information on 
the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and its Workgroups by email, you 
can subscribe to the EPA-RMP Listserve by sending the following message 
to [e-mail]: SUBSCRIBE EPA-RMP  
    Example: SUBSCRIBE EPA-RMP John Smith.

    Dated: October 7, 1999.
Karen Schneider,
Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 99-26859 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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