[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59229-59230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29795]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5653-6]


Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention 
Subcommittee Conference Call Meeting--December 11, 1996, 2:00-4:00 EST

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section 112(r) required EPA to publish 
regulations to prevent accidental releases of chemicals and to reduce 
the severity of those releases that do occur. These accidental release 
prevention requirements build on the chemical safety work begun by the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) which sets 
forth requirements for industry, State and local governments. On June 
20, 1996, EPA published the final rule for risk management programs to 
address prevention of accidental releases.
    An estimated 66,000 facilities are subject to this regulation based 
on the quantity of regulated substances they have on-site. Facilities 
that are subject will be required to implement a risk management 
program at their facility, and submit a summary of this information to 
a central location specified by EPA. This information will be helpful 
to State and local government entities responsible for chemical 
emergency preparedness and prevention. It will also be useful to 
environmental and community organizations, and the public in 
understanding the chemical risks in their communities. In addition, we 
hope the availability of this information will stimulate a dialogue 
between industry and the public to improve accident prevention and 
emergency response practices.
    The Accident Prevention Subcommittee was created in September 1996 
to advise EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office 
(CEPPO) on these chemical accident prevention issues, specifically, 
section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 
notice is hereby given that the Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the 
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee will hold a public teleconference on 
December 11, 1996 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Washington Information 
Center #13 North, in EPA Headquarters, 401 M St. NW, Washington, D.C. 
20460. Members of the public are welcome to attend in

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person. The Accident Prevention Subcommittee will call into the meeting 
by teleconference. Due to the limited teleconference lines, there will 
not be additional lines for the public to call in.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public desiring 
additional information about this meeting, should contact Karen 
Shanahan, Designated Federal Official, US EPA (5101), 401 M. St., SW, 
Washington, DC 20460, via the Internet at: 
[email protected]., by telephone at (202) 260-2711 or FAX 
at (202) 260-7906.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda, meeting summaries and other 
information on the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and Electronic 
Submission Workgroup are available on the Internet at: http://
www.epa.gov/swercepp/rmp-wg.html
    If you would like to automatically receive future information on 
the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and the Electronic Submission 
Workgroup by email please send an email to Karen Shanahan at: 
[email protected] requesting to be put on the email list 
for these groups.

Agenda

    1. Update of Subcommittee membership.
    2. Update on the progress of the Electronic Submission Workgroup. 
The Electronic Submission Workgroup has been meeting since October 9th 
to develop recommendations on how electronic submission of ``risk 
management plans'' (RMPs) can be accomplished and how the public can 
best access and utilize the data.
    3. Review of Issues in preparation for the next Accident Prevention 
Subcommittee meeting in March/April 1997.
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation in 
person in Washington, D.C. to the Subcommittee at the December 11 
meeting, must contact Karen Shanahan in writing (by letter, fax, or 
email--see previously stated information) no later than 12 noon Eastern 
Time, December 5, 1996 in order to be included on the agenda. Written 
comments may be submitted to the Accident Prevention Subcommittee or 
the Electronic Submission Workgroup up through the date of the meeting. 
Please address such material to Karen Shanahan at the above address.
    The Accident Prevention Subcommittee expects that public statements 
presented at its meetings will not be repetitive or previously 
submitted oral or written statements. In general, for teleconference 
call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will be limited to no 
more than three minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes 
total. Written comments (twelve copies) received sufficiently prior to 
a meeting date (usually one week prior to a meeting or teleconference), 
may be mailed to the Subcommittee prior to its meeting.

    Dated: November 18, 1996.
Karen Shanahan,
Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 96-29795 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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