[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63332-63333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31275]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5928-8]


Common Sense Initiative Council (CSIC); Open Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory CSIC Metal Finishing and 
Computers and Electronics 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 Metal Finishing and Computers and 
Electronics Sector Subcommittees of the Common Sense Initiative Council 
will meet on the dates and times described

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below. Both meetings are open to the public. Seating at both 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 announcements below.

(1) Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee Meeting--December 16-17, 1997

    The Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee will hold an open meeting 
on Tuesday, December 16, 1997 and on Wednesday, December 17, 1997. The 
Subcommittee will meet both days from approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT to 
approximately 4:00 p.m. EDT. The meeting will be held at the Radisson 
Barcelo Hotel, 2121 P Street NW., Washington, DC. The hotel telephone 
number is 202-293-3100.
    The Subcommittee will focus on implementation plans and issues 
associated with the Goals Program. We also anticipate having workgroup 
breakout sessions to discuss research and technology projects, risk 
assessment and characterization issues, the RCRA Bench marking Project, 
and training courses associated with the Metal Finishing Guidance 
Manual. An agenda will be available in early December.
    For further information concerning meeting times and the agenda of 
this Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee, please contact Bob Benson, 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at EPA by telephone on (202) 260-8668 
in Washington, DC, by fax on (202) 260-8662, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

(2) Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee--January 14-15, 1998

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
will hold an open meeting of the Computers and Electronics Sector 
Subcommittee on Wednesday, January 14, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. PST until 
5:00 p.m. PST and on Thursday, January 15, 1998 from 8:30 a.m. PST to 
3:00 p.m. PST, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94102. The telephone number is 415-392-7755 or 800-227-
5480.
    Both days, January 14 and 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 sessions. 
The Subcommittee will discuss progress on projects including: BOLDER 
(Basic On-Line Disaster and Emergency Response); Beta-BOLDER, a project 
to test the BOLDER system transferability; Better BOLDER, a project to 
make the BOLDER facility emergency response plan information accessible 
to the public; CURE (Consolidated Uniform Report for the Environment), 
a project to submit environmental information on a single form; E-Works 
(Electronic Workers Health Project); Voluntary Program for Life Cycle 
Management of Electronic Products/State Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue; 
SPECIE (Superior Performance for the Environment through Community 
Involvement and Engagement), a project to develop a printed resource 
guide to strengthen community collaboration; Evaluation of Models and 
Development of Best Practices for Electronic Equipment Recovery/San 
Francisco Recycling; Green Track, a project to offer regulatory 
flexibility or other incentives to encourage facilities to improve 
environmental performance beyond current regulatory requirements; 
Definition of ``Legitimate Recycling''; a project to seek consensus-
based decisions on the recycling of computer parts, and define 
electronics-related activities the sector would recommend EPA exempt 
from existing solid waste regulations. 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 Common Sense 
Initiative's Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee, please 
contact John J. Bowser, Acting DFO, U.S. EPA on (202) 260-1771, by fax 
on (202) 260-1096, by e-mail at [email protected]., or by 
mail at U.S. EPA (MC 7405), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460; 
Mark Mahoney, U.S. EPA Region 1 on (617) 565-1155; or David Jones, U.S. 
EPA Region 9 on (415) 744-2266.
    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 on our web 
site at http.//www.epa.gov/commonsense.

    Dated: November 21, 1997.
Gregory Ondich,
Acting Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-31275 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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