[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 40413-40414] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-19705] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [AD-FRL-5546-6] Notice of Establishment of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Advisory Committee AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Establishment of Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Advisory Committee. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 9(c), EPA hereby gives notice of the establishment of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as the Coordinating Committee). The EPA has determined that this action is in the public interest and that the Coordinating Committee will support EPA in performing its duties and responsibilities under sections 111, 112, and 129 of the Clean Air Act (the Act). The Coordinating Committee has been established and members will include a balanced representation of interested persons with professional qualifications and experience to contribute to the functions of the Coordinating Committee. Members will be drawn from: environmental, public health, pollution prevention, and environmental justice groups; State/local regulatory agencies; affected sources (includes a variety of industrial, commercial, and institutional establishments as well as small businesses and government and tribal agencies that own boilers, process heaters, waste incinerators, combustion turbines, and/or IC engines); manufacturers--including small business manufacturers--of combustors, emission controls, emission monitoring/testing equipment, and pollution prevention techniques; fuel producers and suppliers; labor and academic research; and EPA. Another Federal Register notice will be published to announce the initial meeting dates and the members selected by EPA to be on the Coordinating Committee. The EPA is actively seeking nominations for the Coordinating Committee and the Work Groups. The Federal Register notice announcing the intent to form an Advisory Committee, requesting nominations for candidates, and announcing a public meeting to be held on July 24, 1996 was published on June 21, 1996 (61 FR 31883). DATES: The first meeting of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Coordinating Committee will be held in early October. The first Work Group meetings are also expected to be held in October. INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS: Docket. Minutes of the meetings, as well as other relevant materials, will be available for public inspection at EPA Air Docket No. A-96-17, and is also available on the Technology Transfer Network (see below). The docket is open for public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday except for Federal holidays, at the following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (6102), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. The docket is located at the above address in Room M-1500, Waterside Mall (ground floor). Copies of docket items may be mailed on request from the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center by calling (202) 260-7548 or 7549. The FAX number for the Center is (202) 260-4000. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying. Technology Transfer Network. The TTN is one of the EPA's electronic bulletin boards. Information on the ICCR can be downloaded by choosing the ``ICCR-Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Process'' selection from the Technical Information Areas menu. The service is free except for the cost of a phone call. Dial (919) 541-5472 for up to a 14,400 bits-per-second (bps) modem. If more information on the TTN is needed, call the help desk at (919) 541-5384. ADDRESSES: The location of the upcoming Work Group meetings and Coordinating Committee meeting will be announced in a later Federal Register notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Porter, Combustion Group, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number (919) 541-5251. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two copies of the Coordinating Committee charter are filed with appropriate committees of Congress and the Library [[Page 40414]] of Congress and are available upon request. The purpose of the Coordinating Committee is to assist EPA in the development of regulations to control emissions of air pollutants from industrial, commercial, and institutional combustion of fuels and non-hazardous solid wastes. The Coordinating Committee will attempt to develop recommendations for national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) implementing section 112 and solid waste combustion regulations implementing section 129 of the Act, and may review and make recommendations for revising and developing new source performance standards (NSPS) under section 111 of the Act. The regulations will cover boilers, process heaters, industrial/commercial and other (non- hazardous) waste incinerators, stationary internal combustion engines, and stationary gas turbines. The Coordinating Committee will provide a means for considering important regulatory issues and building stakeholder consensus on these issues prior to proposal. The Coordinating Committee will establish Work Groups as necessary to fulfill these objectives. The Coordinating Committee approach will lead to better regulations and is consistent with agency initiatives to use flexible, common-sense approaches, avoid duplication, and involve stakeholders in the regulatory process. The Coordinating Committee will coordinate information collection and analysis for the various combustion source categories and make recommendations on all aspects of the regulation including, but not limited to, applicability, definitions, emissions limitations, testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The Coordinating Committee shall hold meetings, collect and analyze information, analyze issues, conduct reviews, perform studies, produce reports, and make regulatory recommendations. In developing regulatory recommendations, the Coordinating Committee will strive to reach consensus, where consensus is defined as a recommendation that all parties can accept or support, although it may not be their first choice. If consensus is not reached, the Coordinating Committee shall report majority and minority recommendations to EPA. The EPA retains its full and independent decision-making authority and responsibility. A consensus-based recommendation to EPA will, however, be given great consideration in these decisions. The Coordinating Committee likely will need several closely-spaced meetings during the initial phases of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking. After that, regular quarterly meetings may be sufficient. The FACA requires that these meetings be open to the public and that there be an opportunity for interested persons to file comments before or after meetings, or to make statements as permitted by the Coordinating Committee's guidelines and to the extent time permits. In accordance with these requirements, the first and subsequent meetings of the Coordinating Committee will be open to the public. Any comments can be sent to the docket at the address listed under ``Inspection of Documents''. Dated: July 26, 1996. Mary D. Nichols, Assistant Administrator. [FR Doc. 96-19705 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P