Meetings: Ozone Transport Commission,

[Federal Register: January 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 19)]

[Notices]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast United States

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the Winter meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be held on February 10, 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 February 10, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Hotel du Pont, 7th and Market Streets, Wilmington, DE 19801, (302) 594-3100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA: Susan Studlien, Region I, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 565-3800.

THE STATE CONTACT: Host Agency: Carol Brown, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19903, (302) 739-4403.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Stephanie A. Cooper, Ozone Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., 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 notice is to announce that this Commission will meet on February 10, 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 Transport Commissions 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 Tuesday, February 3, 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, and to discuss market-based programs to reduce pollutants that cause ozone. John DeVillars, Regional Administrator, EPA Region I.

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