96-23519. Notice of First Meeting of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Advisory Committee

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 179 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48452-48453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23519]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[AD-FRL-5609-5]

40 CFR Ch I


Notice of First Meeting of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee first meeting date.

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SUMMARY: As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec. 9(c), EPA published a 
notice of the establishment of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as the 
Coordinating Committee) in the Federal Register on August 2, 1996 (61 
FR 40413). The purpose of today's action is to announce the first 
meeting date of the Coordinating Committee and associated Work Groups.

DATES: The first meeting of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated 
Rulemaking (ICCR) Coordinating Committee will be held on October 1, 
1996 and the morning of October 2, 1996. The meeting on October 1 will 
start at 9:00 a.m. The first Work Group meetings will be held on 
October 2, 1996, starting in the mid-morning.

ADDRESSES: The October 1 and 2, 1996 Coordinating Committee meeting 
will be held at the Omni Europa Hotel, 1 Europa Drive, Chapel Hill, 
North Carolina. The phone number for the hotel is [phone]. The 
Work Group meetings will be held on October 2, 1996 beginning about 
mid-morning at the same location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Porter, Combustion Group, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, 
[phone]; or Sims Roy at the same address, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Inspection of Documents: Docket

    Minutes of the meetings, as well as other relevant material will be 
available for public inspection at EPA Air Docket No. A-96-17 and is 
also available on the Technology Transfer Network (see below). The 
docket is open for public inspection and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except for Federal holidays, at the 
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center (MC 6102), 401 M Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: [phone]. The docket is located 
at the above address in Room M-1500, Waterside Mall (ground floor). A 
reasonable fee may be charged for copying.

Technology Transfer Network

    The TTN is one of EPA's electronic bulletin boards. Meeting 
agendas, meeting minutes, schedules, and documents developed by the 
ICCR Coordinating Committee and Work Groups will be posted on the TTN. 
Information on the ICCR can be downloaded by choosing the ``ICCR-
Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Process'' selection from 
the Technical Information Areas menu. The service can be accessed by 
modem or through the Internet and is free. Dial [phone] for up 
to a 14,400 bits-per-second (bps) modem. Alternatively, access the 
system through Telnet at ``ttnbbs.rtpnc.epa.gov'' or through the World 
Wide Web at ``http://ttnwww.rtpnc.epa.gov''. If more information on the 
TTN is needed, call the help desk at [phone].

Additional Information

    Two copies of the Coordinating Committee charter are filed with 
appropriate committees of Congress and the Library of Congress and are 
available upon request. The purpose of the Coordinating Committee is to 
assist EPA in the development of regulations to control emissions of 
air pollutants from industrial, commercial, and institutional 
combustion of fuels and non-hazardous solid wastes. The regulations 
will cover boilers, process heaters, industrial/commercial and other 
(non-hazardous) waste incinerators, stationary internal combustion 
engines, and stationary gas turbines.
    The Coordinating Committee will provide a means for considering 
important regulatory issues and building stakeholder consensus on these 
issues prior to proposal. The Committee will establish Work Groups as 
necessary to fulfill these objectives. The EPA will recommend Work 
Group membership for approval by the Coordinating Committee at the 
October 1, 1996 Coordinating Committee meeting. However, it is expected 
that Work Group membership will remain open for a period of time so 
that adjustments can be made. The first Work Group organizational 
meetings will take place on October 2, 1996, beginning about mid-
morning and will consist of two combined meetings. One Work Group 
meeting will be a combination of the boilers, process heaters, and 
incinerators Work Groups; the other Work Group meeting will be a 
combination of the stationary internal combustion engines and 
stationary gas turbines Work Groups. The Work Groups for Test Methods 
and Economics will also meet either separately or combined with one of 
the Work Groups mentioned above.
    The general agenda for the first Coordinating Committee meeting is 
as follows:

October 1: 9:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m.
    Welcome and Introductions
    Summary of ICCR Goals and Structure
    Activities to Date
    Review, Discussion, and Approval of ICCR Document \1\
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    \1\ Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking--Proposed 
Organizational Structure and Process. June 1996.
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    Communication Methods and

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Procedures
October 2: Morning
    Review, Discussion, and Approval of ICCR Document (Continued)
    Summary of Next Steps and Adjournment

    The general agenda for each of the two Work Group meetings is as 
follows:

October 2: Mid-Morning--4:30 p.m.
    Welcome and Introduction
    Activities to Date
    Source Work Group Goals and Activities
    Review and Discussion of Procedural Ground Rules
    Discussion of Issues, Timeframe, and Schedule
    Summary of Next Steps and Adjournment

    FACA requires that the Coordinating Committee meetings be open to 
the public, and that there be an opportunity for interested persons to 
file comments before or after meetings, or to make statements as 
permitted by the Coordinating Committee's guidelines and to the extent 
time permits. In accordance with these requirements, the first and 
subsequent meetings of the Coordinating Committee will be open to the 
public. While the Work Groups are not chartered under FACA, the Work 
Group meetings will also be open to the public. Any comments can be 
sent to the docket at the address listed under ``Inspection of 
Documents''.

    Dated: September 9, 1996.
Mary D. Nichols,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-23519 Filed 9-12-96; 8:45 am]
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