[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 43 (Monday, March 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8278-8279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4957]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5433-9]


Common Sense Initiative Council (CSIC); Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory CSIC Printing Sector 
Subcommittee Meeting; Common Sense Initiative Council Meeting; and CSIC 
Petroleum Sector Subcommittee Meeting; Open Meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notice is hereby given that, pending resolution of EPA's FY 1996 
appropriation, the Common Sense Initiative Council, and the Printing 
and Petroleum 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 three 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 two Sector Subcommittee 
announcements below.

(1) Printing Sector Subcommittee--March 18 and 19, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Printing Sector Subcommittee, 
pending resolution of EPA's FY 1996 appropriation, will hold an open 
meeting on Monday, March 18, 1996, from 2:30 p.m. EST to 5:00 p.m. EST 
and Tuesday, March 19, 1996, from 1:00 p.m. EST to 4:00 p.m. EST. The 
Printing Sector's Workgroups will meet on Monday, March 18, from 10:00 
a.m. EST until 2:00 p.m. EST and on Tuesday, March 19, 1996, from 
approximately 8:30 a.m. EST until noon, EST. The Subcommittee and 
Workgroup Meetings will be at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd 
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037 (telephone number 857-3388). The 
purpose of the Subcommittee meeting is to discuss the three projects 
under consideration by the Subcommittee. The Compliance Tools Workgroup 
is working on the Multi-Media Flexible Permitting Project, the New York 
City Education Workgroup is moving ahead with plans for pollution 
prevention education for small printers, and the Living Lab Workgroup 
has been looking at information/data collection and management systems. 
The purpose of the workgroup meetings prior to the Subcommittee meeting 
is to further develop the workplan for these projects. Agendas will be 
available March 11, 1996.
    For further information concerning this meeting of the Printing 
Sector Subcommittee, please contact Ginger Gotliffe of EPA's Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at 202-564-7072, or Nancy 
Cichowicz, EPA, Region III, at 597-2030.

(2) Common Sense Initiative Council Meeting--March 20 and 21, 1996

    The Common Sense Initiative Council, pending resolution of EPA's FY 
1996 appropriation, will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 
1996, from 1:30 p.m. EST to 5:30 p.m. EST, and on Thursday, March 21, 
1996, from 8:30 a.m. EST to 3:30 p.m. EST. The meeting will be held at 
the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
Virginia (telephone number 703-920-3230).
    The Council agenda will focus on a variety of topics including: 
anticipated second year CSI activities; presentations and discussions 
with the Council's Operating Principles and Public Health Workgroups; 
and cross-cutting, broad policy discussions on CSI community-based 
efforts and alternative regulatory strategies. In addition to these 
topics, the Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee will present a 
Brownfields recommendation for the Council's consideration. Other 
sector recommendations may be presented to the Council for review and 
action. Also, EPA will present a preliminary draft workplan (on 
ensuring stakeholder awareness of and ready access to agency regulatory 
interpretations and determinations that affect environmental practices 
of the regulated community) as a followup action to a previously 
approved Council recommendation.
    For further information concerning this Common Sense Initiative 
Council Meeting, contact Prudence Goforth, DFO on (202) 260-7417. 

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(3) Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee--April 18, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency, 
pending resolution of its FY 1996 appropriation, will hold an open 
meeting of the Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee on Thursday, 
April 18, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EST until 5:00 p.m. EST. The Petroleum 
Refining Sector Subcommittee's workgroups will meet the preceding day, 
Wednesday, April 17, 1996 from 1:00 p.m. EST until 5:00 p.m., EST. The 
meetings will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, 
N.W., Washington, DC (telephone number 202-234-0700).
    On April 18, 1996, the Petroleum Refining Subcommittee will convene 
to evaluate progress on the ``One-Stop Reporting/Public Access'' 
project and the proposed workplan for the ``Fugitive Emissions'' 
project. The group will also determine by consensus whether any 
recommendations unrelated to these two projects should be sent forward 
to the Common Sense Initiative Council.
    For further information regarding this Petroleum Refining Sector 
Subcommittee Meeting, please contact either Meg Kelly at EPA, 401 M 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC. (703-308-8748), or Craig Weeks, EPA, 
Region VI at 214-665-7505.

INSPECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to the above 
Council and 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 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 27, 1996.
Prudence Goforth,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-4957 Filed 3-1-96; 8:45 am]
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