[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25452]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6166-8]
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 Fall meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be
held on October 8, 1998.
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 October 8, 1998 from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Newark Airport Marriott, Newark
International Airport, Newark, NJ, (973) 623-0006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA: Susan Studlien, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, John F. Kennedy Federal
Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 565-3800.
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.
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 ozone formation,
transport, and control within the transport region.
The purpose of this document is to announce that this Commission
will meet on October 8, 1998. 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 (or by e-mail: ozone@sso.org)
on Thursday, October 1, 1998. 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 ozone into its region, including actions by EPA under
sections 110 and 126 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: September 16, 1998.
John DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, Region I.
[FR Doc. 98-25452 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]
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