[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24649-24650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11564]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6337-6]
Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast
United States
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is
announcing the Annual meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be
held on June 16, 1999.
This meeting is for the Ozone Transport Commission to deal with
appropriate matters within the transport region, as provided for under
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This meeting is not subject to
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, as amended.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June 16, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The Gideon Putnam Hotel and
Conference Center, 24 Gideon Putnam Road, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866,
(518) 584-3000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA: Susan Studlien, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, John F. Kennedy Federal
Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 918-1510.
FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Stephanie A. Cooper, Ozone
Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 638,
Washington, DC 20001, (202) 508-3840, e-mail: ozone@sso.org, website:
http://www.sso.org/otc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain
at Section 184 provisions for the ``Control of Interstate Ozone Air
Pollution.'' Section 184(a) establishes an ozone transport region
comprised of the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, parts of Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation of the
Environmental Protection Agency convened the first meeting of the
commission in New York City on May 7, 1991. The purpose of the
Transport Commission is to deal with ground level oxone formation,
transport, and control within the transport region.
The purpose of this notice is to announce that this Commission will
meet on June 16, 1999. The meeting will be held at the address noted
earlier in this notice.
Section 176A(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
specifies that the meetings of the Ozone Transport Commission are not
subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This
meeting will be open to the public as space permits.
TYPE OF MEETING: Open.
AGENDA: Copies of the final agenda will be available from Stephanie
Cooper of the OTC office (202) 508-3840 (by e-mail: ozone@sso.org or
via our website at http://www.sso.org/otc) on Wednesday, June 9, 1999.
The purpose of this meeting is to review air quality needs within the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, including reduction of motor vehicle
and stationary source air pollution. The OTC is also expected to
address issues related to the transport of
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ozone into its region, including actions by EPA under sections 110 of
the Clean Air Act, to evaluate the potential for additional emission
reductions through new motor vehicle emission standards, and to discuss
market-based programs to reduce pollutants that cause ozone.
Dated: April 30, 1999.
John DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, Region I.
[FR Doc. 99-11564 Filed 5-6-99; 8:45 am]
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