[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46461-46462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22385]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5602-7]
Common Sense Initiative Council (CSIC)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of public advisory CSIC Computers and Electronics
Sector Subcommittee meeting; Common Sense Initiative Council meeting;
and CSIC Metal Finishing and Iron and Steel 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 CSIC Computers and Electronics
Sector Subcommittee, the Common Sense Initiative Council, and the Metal
Finishing and Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittees of the Common Sense
Initiative Council, will meet on the dates and times described below.
All meetings are open to the public. Seating at all four 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 Council and three Sector
Subcommittee announcements below.
(1) Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee--September 17 and
18, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency
will hold an open meeting of the Computers and Electronics Sector
Subcommittee on Tuesday, September 17, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 5:00
p.m., EDT, and Wednesday, September 18, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to
3:00 p.m. EDT, at the One Washington Circle Hotel, One Washington
Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20037.
The first day of the meeting, September 17, will be devoted partly
to breakout sessions for the three subcommittee workgroups (Reporting
and Public Access to Information; Overcoming Barriers to Pollution
Prevention, Product Stewardship, and Recycling; and Integrated and
Sustainable Alternative Strategies for the Electronics Industry) and
partly to plenary session. The second day, September 18, will also
consist of both workgroup and plenary sessions. Over the course of the
two days, the Subcommittee will be discussing ongoing reporting
reinvention projects, management of the end of life of consumer
electronic products, and the development of pilots to test alternative
regulatory strategies. 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 Computers
and Electronics Sector Subcommittee, please contact Gina Bushong at
202-260-3797, Fax 202-260-1096, or by mail at US EPA (MC 7405), 401 M
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; Mark Mahoney, Region 1, US EPA at
617-565-1155; or David Jones, Region 9, US EPA at 415-744-2266.
(2) Common Sense Initiative Council--September 19 and 20, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency
will hold an open meeting of the Common Sense Initiative Council on
Thursday, September 19, 1996 from 12:30 p.m. EDT, to 5:30 p.m. EDT and
on Friday, September 20, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 1:00 p.m. EDT. The
meeting will be held at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. The telephone number is 202-483-
6000.
The Council agenda will focus on a variety of topics including:
Updates on actions taken since the June 1996 Council Meeting and the
CSI budget; the President's Council on Sustainable Development; One
Stop Reporting Guide; economic assessments relating to environmental
regulations; and community involvement/outreach. In addition, the Iron
and Steel, Automobile Manufacturing, and Printing Sector Subcommittees
will make presentations to the Council on examples of their projects
that are addressing community involvement/outreach. Presentations will
also be given by the Metal Finishing Sector on their National Goals
Project; the Petroleum Sector on One Stop Reporting and the Computers
and Electronics sector on managing End of Life issues for Computer and
Electronic Equipment.
For further information concerning this meeting of the Common Sense
Initiative Council, please contact Prudence Goforth, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) on (202) 260-7417, or by e-mail on
goforth.prudence@epamail.epa.gov.
(3) Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee--September 25 and 26, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency
will hold an open meeting of the Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee on
Wednesday, September 25 and Thursday, September 26, 1996, from
approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT to 4:00 p.m. EDT., and will include
breakout sessions for the sector subcommittee workgroups. The meeting
will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, (Crystal City) 2799 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The telephone number is 703-418-
1234.
The Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee anticipates focusing on a
number of topics including: the Strategic Goals Project; the Strategic
Research Plan, the Tier 4 targeted enforcement project; and the Tier 3
environmentally responsible site transition case studies. The topics of
discussion are subject to change; however, an agenda will be available
in mid-September.
For further information concerning meeting times and agenda of the
Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee, please contact Bob Benson, DFO, at
202-260-8668 in Washington, DC, or e-mail him at benson.robert @
epamail.epa.gov.
(4) Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee--September 26, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency
will hold an open meeting of the Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee on
Thursday, September 26, 1996. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. CDT
and will run until 4:00 p.m. CDT. The meeting will be held at the
Metcalf Federal Building, Great Lakes Conference Center, 12th floor, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Picture identification
will be required for entry into the building.
The Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee has created four work groups
which are responsible for proposing to the full Subcommittee, for its
review and approval, potential activities or projects that the Iron and
Steel Sector Subcommittee will undertake, and for carrying out projects
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once approved. The subcommittee has approved nine projects
(Brownfields, Consolidated Multi-media Reporting, Alternative
Compliance Strategy, Iron and Steel Web Site, Barriers to the Use of
Innovative Technology, Spent Pickle Liquor Conference, Multi-media
Permitting, Permit Issues, and Community Involvement). The purpose of
this meeting is to discuss the status of these projects and to review
any recommendations that the workgroups propose. Additionally, the
subcommittee will be discussing the status of an effort to analyze
compliance data and of a potential self-evaluation and EPA will give a
brief presentation on its current activities regulating air
particulates and potential revisions to the existing standard. The
Subcommittee's four workgroups will meet the preceding day, Wednesday,
September 25, 1996, from approximately 10:00 a.m. CDT to 5:00 p.m. CDT
at the Metcalf Building.
For further information concerning this Iron and Steel Sector
Subcommittee Meeting, please call either Ms. Judith Hecht at 202-260-
5682 in Washington, DC., or by e-mail on hecht.judy@epamail.epa.gov.
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 through
contacting Katherine Brown at brown.katherines@epamail.epa.gov.
Dated: August 26, 1996.
Prudence Goforth,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-22385 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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