[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63332-63333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31275]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5928-8]
Common Sense Initiative Council (CSIC); Open Meetings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory CSIC Metal Finishing and
Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee Meetings; open meetings.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notice is hereby given that the Metal Finishing and Computers and
Electronics Sector Subcommittees of the Common Sense Initiative Council
will meet on the dates and times described
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below. Both meetings are open to the public. Seating at both meetings
will be on a first-come basis and limited time will be provided for
public comment. For further information concerning specific meetings,
please contact the individuals listed with the announcements below.
(1) Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee Meeting--December 16-17, 1997
The Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee will hold an open meeting
on Tuesday, December 16, 1997 and on Wednesday, December 17, 1997. The
Subcommittee will meet both days from approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT to
approximately 4:00 p.m. EDT. The meeting will be held at the Radisson
Barcelo Hotel, 2121 P Street NW., Washington, DC. The hotel telephone
number is 202-293-3100.
The Subcommittee will focus on implementation plans and issues
associated with the Goals Program. We also anticipate having workgroup
breakout sessions to discuss research and technology projects, risk
assessment and characterization issues, the RCRA Bench marking Project,
and training courses associated with the Metal Finishing Guidance
Manual. An agenda will be available in early December.
For further information concerning meeting times and the agenda of
this Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee, please contact Bob Benson,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at EPA by telephone on (202) 260-8668
in Washington, DC, by fax on (202) 260-8662, or by e-mail at
benson.robert@epamail.epa.gov.
(2) Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee--January 14-15, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency
will hold an open meeting of the Computers and Electronics Sector
Subcommittee on Wednesday, January 14, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. PST until
5:00 p.m. PST and on Thursday, January 15, 1998 from 8:30 a.m. PST to
3:00 p.m. PST, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102. The telephone number is 415-392-7755 or 800-227-
5480.
Both days, January 14 and 15, will be devoted partly to breakout
sessions for the three subcommittee workgroups (Reporting and
Information Access; Overcoming Barriers to Pollution Prevention,
Product Stewardship, and Recycling''; and Integrated and Sustainable
Alternative Strategies for Electronics) and partly to plenary sessions.
The Subcommittee will discuss progress on projects including: BOLDER
(Basic On-Line Disaster and Emergency Response); Beta-BOLDER, a project
to test the BOLDER system transferability; Better BOLDER, a project to
make the BOLDER facility emergency response plan information accessible
to the public; CURE (Consolidated Uniform Report for the Environment),
a project to submit environmental information on a single form; E-Works
(Electronic Workers Health Project); Voluntary Program for Life Cycle
Management of Electronic Products/State Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue;
SPECIE (Superior Performance for the Environment through Community
Involvement and Engagement), a project to develop a printed resource
guide to strengthen community collaboration; Evaluation of Models and
Development of Best Practices for Electronic Equipment Recovery/San
Francisco Recycling; Green Track, a project to offer regulatory
flexibility or other incentives to encourage facilities to improve
environmental performance beyond current regulatory requirements;
Definition of ``Legitimate Recycling''; a project to seek consensus-
based decisions on the recycling of computer parts, and define
electronics-related activities the sector would recommend EPA exempt
from existing solid waste regulations. Opportunity for public comment
on major issues under discussion will be provided at intervals
throughout the meeting.
For further information concerning this meeting of the Common Sense
Initiative's Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee, please
contact John J. Bowser, Acting DFO, U.S. EPA on (202) 260-1771, by fax
on (202) 260-1096, by e-mail at bowser.john@epamail.epa.gov., or by
mail at U.S. EPA (MC 7405), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460;
Mark Mahoney, U.S. EPA Region 1 on (617) 565-1155; or David Jones, U.S.
EPA Region 9 on (415) 744-2266.
Inspection of Subcommittee Documents: Documents relating to the
above Sector Subcommittee announcements, will be publicly available at
the meeting. Thereafter, these documents, together with the official
minutes for the meetings, will be available for public inspection in
room 2821M of EPA Headquarters, Common Sense Initiative Staff, 401 M
Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone number 202-260-7417. Common
Sense Initiative information can be accessed electronically on our web
site at http.//www.epa.gov/commonsense.
Dated: November 21, 1997.
Gregory Ondich,
Acting Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-31275 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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