[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46461-46462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22385]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5602-7]


Common Sense Initiative Council (CSIC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of public advisory CSIC Computers and Electronics 
Sector Subcommittee meeting; Common Sense Initiative Council meeting; 
and CSIC Metal Finishing and Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee 
meetings; open meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notice is hereby given that the CSIC Computers and Electronics 
Sector Subcommittee, the Common Sense Initiative Council, and the Metal 
Finishing and Iron and Steel 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 four 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 three Sector 
Subcommittee announcements below.

(1) Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee--September 17 and 
18, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Computers and Electronics Sector 
Subcommittee on Tuesday, September 17, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 5:00 
p.m., EDT, and Wednesday, September 18, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 
3:00 p.m. EDT, at the One Washington Circle Hotel, One Washington 
Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20037.
    The first day of the meeting, September 17, will be devoted partly 
to breakout sessions for the three subcommittee workgroups (Reporting 
and Public Access to Information; Overcoming Barriers to Pollution 
Prevention, Product Stewardship, and Recycling; and Integrated and 
Sustainable Alternative Strategies for the Electronics Industry) and 
partly to plenary session. The second day, September 18, 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 the development of pilots to test 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 
202-260-3797, Fax 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.

(2) Common Sense Initiative Council--September 19 and 20, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Common Sense Initiative Council on 
Thursday, September 19, 1996 from 12:30 p.m. EDT, to 5:30 p.m. EDT and 
on Friday, September 20, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. EDT to 1:00 p.m. EDT. The 
meeting will be held at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. The telephone number is 202-483-
6000.
    The Council agenda will focus on a variety of topics including: 
Updates on actions taken since the June 1996 Council Meeting and the 
CSI budget; the President's Council on Sustainable Development; One 
Stop Reporting Guide; economic assessments relating to environmental 
regulations; and community involvement/outreach. In addition, the Iron 
and Steel, Automobile Manufacturing, and Printing Sector Subcommittees 
will make presentations to the Council on examples of their projects 
that are addressing community involvement/outreach. Presentations will 
also be given by the Metal Finishing Sector on their National Goals 
Project; the Petroleum Sector on One Stop Reporting and the Computers 
and Electronics sector on managing End of Life issues for Computer and 
Electronic Equipment.
    For further information concerning this meeting of the Common Sense 
Initiative Council, please contact Prudence Goforth, Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) on (202) 260-7417, or by e-mail on 
[email protected].

(3) Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee--September 25 and 26, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee on 
Wednesday, September 25 and Thursday, September 26, 1996, from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT to 4:00 p.m. EDT., and will include 
breakout sessions for the sector subcommittee 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 focusing on a 
number of topics including: the Strategic Goals Project; the Strategic 
Research Plan, the Tier 4 targeted enforcement project; and the Tier 3 
environmentally responsible site transition case studies. The topics of 
discussion are subject to change; however, an agenda will be available 
in mid-September.
    For further information concerning meeting times and agenda 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.

(4) Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee--September 26, 1996

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee on 
Thursday, September 26, 1996. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. CDT 
and will run until 4:00 p.m. CDT. The meeting will be held at the 
Metcalf Federal Building, Great Lakes Conference Center, 12th floor, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Picture identification 
will be required for entry into the building.
    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

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once approved. The subcommittee has approved nine projects 
(Brownfields, Consolidated Multi-media Reporting, Alternative 
Compliance Strategy, Iron and Steel Web Site, Barriers to the Use of 
Innovative Technology, Spent Pickle Liquor Conference, Multi-media 
Permitting, Permit Issues, and Community Involvement). The purpose of 
this meeting is to discuss the status of these projects and to review 
any recommendations that the workgroups propose. Additionally, the 
subcommittee will be discussing the status of an effort to analyze 
compliance data and of a potential self-evaluation and EPA will give a 
brief presentation on its current activities regulating air 
particulates and potential revisions to the existing standard. The 
Subcommittee's four workgroups will meet the preceding day, Wednesday, 
September 25, 1996, from approximately 10:00 a.m. CDT to 5:00 p.m. CDT 
at the Metcalf Building.
    For further information concerning this Iron and Steel Sector 
Subcommittee Meeting, please call either Ms. Judith Hecht at 202-260-
5682 in Washington, DC., or by e-mail on [email protected].

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: August 26, 1996.
Prudence Goforth,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-22385 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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