[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29558-29560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14771]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5518-9]


Common Sense Initiative Council (CSIC); Open Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory Open Meetings of the CSI 
Council, the Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee, the Computers and 
Electronics Sector Subcommittee, the Iron and Steel Sector 
Subcommittee, and the Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notice is hereby given that the Common Sense Initiative Council 
and the Metal Finishing, Computers & Electronics, Iron and Steel, and 
Petroleum Refining 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 will be on a first come, first served 
basis. Limited time will be provided for public comment. For further 
information concerning specific meetings, please contact the 
individuals listed with the Council and four Sector Subcommittee 
announcements below.

(1) Common Sense Initiative Council--June 27 and 28, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Common Sense Initiative Council on 
Thursday, June 27, 1996, from 1:00 p.m. EDT to 5:30 p.m. EDT, and 
Friday, June 28, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 1:00 p.m. EDT. The Common 
Sense Initiative Council meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel 
and Suites, 625 First Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The telephone 
number is 703-548-6300.
    The Council's two day agenda focuses on a wide range of important 
topics including: an area of particular interest to small businesses, 
leveraging capital for pollution prevention--the needs and issues for 
industries like Metal Finishing; information on available public health 
literature and data for possible use by CSI sectors; the changing roles 
of regulatory entities (federal, state, tribe, and local governments) 
in sector-based environmental management; information on EPA's ongoing 
work in permitting reform and a project dialogue and feedback session 
on a permitting project underway in the Iron and Steel Sector 
Subcommittee; updates on sector-specific reporting and public access 
projects as well as an overview of EPA's One-Stop Reporting program; 
and action on a Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee 
recommendation on goals and objectives to use as a framework for 
facility-based alternative systems/strategies of environmental 
protection.
    For further information concerning this meeting of the Common Sense 
Initiative Council, please contact Prudence Goforth, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO) on (202) 260-7417.

(2) Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee--July 9 and 10, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee on 
Tuesday, July 9, 1996, from approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT to 4:00 p.m. 
EDT, and on Wednesday, July 10, 1996, from approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT 
to 4:00 p.m. EDT, and will include breakout sessions for three 
Subcommittee workgroups (Regulations and Reporting, Research and 
Technology, and a combination of the Incentives, Compliance, and Site 
Transition 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 having 
discussions, led by appropriate workgroups, on at least three topics--
strategic goals and performance targets for the Metal Finishing Sector; 
POTW project recommendations; and a possible enforcement project for 
bottom tier firms (deliberate non-compliers). An agenda will be 
available later this month.
    For further information concerning this meeting 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.

(3) Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee--July 15 and 16, 
1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Computers and Electronics Sector 
Subcommittee on Monday, July 15, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 5:00 p.m., 
EDT, and Tuesday, July 16, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the 
Old Town Holiday Inn, 480 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. The 
phone number is 703-549-6080.
    The first day of the meeting, July 15, will be devoted partly to 
breakout sessions for the three subcommittee workgroups (Reporting and 
Information Access; Overcoming Barriers to Pollution Prevention, 
Product Stewardship, and Recycling; and Integrated and Sustainable 
Alternative Strategies for Electronics) and partly to plenary session; 
the second day, July 16, 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 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 
202-260-1096, 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.

(4) Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee--July 25, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee on 
Thursday, July 25, 1996. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. EDT and 
will run until 4:00 p.m. EDT. The meeting will be held at the Comfort 
Inn, 6921 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, ( 
approximately 3 miles north of the Baltimore-Washington International 
Airport, just off exit 6A on Route 695.) The telephone number is 410-
789-9100.
    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 
once approved. The subcommittee has approved seven projects 
(Brownfields, Multi-media Permit, Permit Issues, Consolidated Multi-
media Reporting, Alternative Compliance Strategy, Innovative Technology 
Web Site, and Barriers) their work plans, and one project concept. The 
primary purpose of this meeting is to discuss the status of projects 
sponsored by the workgroups, to review any recommendations that the 
workgroups propose, and to take final action on the Community 
Involvement guiding principles that have been previously discussed. 
Additionally, the subcommittee will be discussing its Operating 
Principles because of changes that may be made to the Operating 
Principles of the main CSI Council, having presentations by EPA on its 
sector facility indexing project and on

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its activities regarding the regulation of air particulates and 
potential revision of air standard. The Subcommittee's four workgroups 
will meet the preceding day, Wednesday, July 24, 1996, from 
approximately 10:00 a.m. EDT to 5:00 p.m. EDT at the Comfort Inn.
    For further information concerning this Iron and Steel Sector 
Subcommittee Meeting, please call either Ms. Mary Byrne at 312-353-2315 
in Chicago, Illinois or Ms. Judith Hecht at 202-260-5682 in Washington, 
DC.

(5) Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee--July 30, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Petroleum Sector Subcommittee on 
Tuesday, July 30, 1996, from 8:00 a.m., CDT to 4:00 p.m., CDT, at the 
Harvey Hotel--Addison, 14315 Midway Road, Dallas, Texas 75244. The 
phone number is 214-980-8877. The Subcommittee's workgroups will meet 
the preceding day, Monday, July 29, 1996, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
at the Harvey Hotel-Addison.
    The meeting agenda for July 30 includes discussion of the 
Subcommittee's ``One-Stop'' project and ``Equipment Leaks'' project.
    For further information regarding this Petroleum Refining Sector 
Subcommittee Meeting, please contact either Meg Kelly, DFO, at EPA, 401 
M Street, S.W., Washington, DC (703-603-7188) or Craig Weeks, EPA, 
Region VI at 214-665-7505.

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 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 6, 1996.
Prudence Goforth,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-14771 Filed 6-10-96; 8:45 am]
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