[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3935-3936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2223]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5412-7]


Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast 
United States

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is 
announcing its Winter meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be 
held on February 13, 1996.
    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 13, 1996 from 10 a.m. to 4 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The Madison Hotel, 15th and M 
Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20005.

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: Donald Wambsgans, District of Columbia 
Environmental Regulation Administration, 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr., 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20020-5732, (202) 645-6093.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Stephanie A. Cooper, Ozone 
Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 604, 
Washington, DC 20001, (202) 508-3840.

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 appropriate matters within the 
transport region.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce that this Commission will 
meet on February 13, 1996. 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 on Tuesday, February 6, 1996. 
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.
John DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region I.
[FR Doc. 96-2223 Filed 2-1-96; 8:45 am]
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