[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-24910] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: October 5, 1994] _______________________________________________________________________ Part IV Executive Office of the President _______________________________________________________________________ Policy Dialog Advisory Committee to Assist in the Development of Measures to Significantly Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Personal Motor Vehicles; Open Meeting; Notice EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Open Meeting of Policy Dialog Advisory Committee to Assist in the Development of Measures to Significantly Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Personal Motor Vehicles AGENCY: Executive Office of the President. ACTION: Meeting of Policy Dialog Advisory Committee. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Executive Office of the President has established a Policy Dialog Advisory Committee to assist in the development of measures to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from personal motor vehicles. This committee has been authorized under the President's Climate Change Action Plan and Presidential Review Directive NEC-1. Pursuant to section 9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec. 9(c)), a copy of the Committee Charter has been filed with the Administrator of General Services and with the Library of Congress. The second meeting of this committee will be held on October 19 and 20, 1994. The purpose of the meeting is to continue discussion of committee procedures and of policy options. The committee meeting is open to the public without need for advance registration. DATES: The Committee will meet on October 19, 1994 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on October 20, 1994 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The October 19 portion of the meeting will be held at the Quality Hotel Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The October 20 portion of the meeting will be held in Room 2230 at the United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information pertaining to the substantive issues to be dealt with by the advisory committee, contact: Ellen Seidman, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Washington, DC 20500, phone (202) 456-2802, fax (202) 456-2223; Henry Kelly, Assistant Director for Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, phone (202) 456-6034, fax (202) 456-6023; Wesley Warren, Associate Director, Office on Environmental Policy, phone (202) 456-6224, fax (202) 456-2710; or Michael Toman, Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisors, phone (202) 395-5012, fax (202) 395-6853. For information pertaining to administrative matters contact: Deborah Dalton, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, phone (202) 260-5495. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: I. Background On April 14, 1994, the Executive Office of the President published in the Federal Register a notice of intent to form a 30-member policy dialog advisory committee to assist in the development of measures to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from personal motor vehicles. As set forth in the April 14, 1994 notice, the policy dialog arises out of the President's Climate Change Action Plan, issued in October 1993. The committee will develop recommendations on the sets of policies that would, if adopted, most cost-effectively obtain a return to 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions from personal motor vehicles by the years 2005, 2015 and 2025, with no upturn thereafter. This framework of achievement of 1990 emissions levels in three alternative years is intended to focus the issues and the recommendations to be considered by the committee. Decisions on the amount and timing of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from personal motor vehicles, and the policies to attain them, remain the responsibility of the federal government. The Administration has stated that it is committed to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from personal motor vehicles. The 30-member committee includes representatives from state and local governments; the automobile industry and related parties; labor; transportation fuels; and public interest groups, including the driving public. The Committee held its first meeting on September 28 and 29, 1994 in Washington, DC. A draft summary of that meeting will be available at the second meeting, and will also be available after the second meeting on the Technology Transfer Network of the Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards of the Environmental Protection Agency. The public may also communicate with the committee and the facilitator through this facility. The system will be able to be accessed electronically (for modems up to 14,000 bps) starting October 10, 1994, by calling (919) 541-5742. Help in accessing the system can be obtained by calling (919) 541-5384 between 1 and 5 Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Neither of these numbers is a toll-free number. II. Agenda for the Meeting The topics that will be covered at the meeting are:Committee procedural protocols and operating plan for the next six months, including structure for working groups; Revisions to the list of policy options, and development of criteria for evaluating options; and Factors affecting vehicle efficiency. Dated: October 4, 1994. W. Bowman Cutter, Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy. Catherine R. Zoi, Deputy Director, Office on Environmental Policy. [FR Doc. 94-24910 Filed 10-4-94; 1:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3195-01-M