[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3564-3565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1640]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention 
Subcommittee Conference Call Meeting--February 3, 1998, 2-4 p.m.

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. On June 20, 1996, EPA 
published the final rule for risk management programs to address 
prevention of accidental releases.
    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.

DATES: The Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act 
Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on February 3, 1998 from 
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Washington Information 
Center #12 South, in EPA Headquarters, 401 M St., NW, Washington DC 
20460. Members of the public are welcome to attend in 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) 260-1686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

I. Opening Remarks--Jim Makris
II. Discussion of options for making RMP data available through 
RMP*Info TM (Security Study)
III. Comments from the public
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation in 
person in Washington DC to the Subcommittee at the February 3 meeting, 
must contact Karen Shanahan in writing (by letter, fax, or email--see 
previously stated information) no later than 12 noon,

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January 27, 1998, in order to be included on the agenda. Written 
comments may be submitted to the Accident Prevention Subcommittee 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 (one week prior to a meeting or teleconference), may be 
mailed to the Subcommittee prior to its meeting.
    Additional information on the Accident Prevention Subcommittee is 
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 by email, please send an email to 
Karen Shanahan at: [email protected] requesting to be put 
on the email list for these groups. Please include your name, address 
and phone number.

    Dated: January 20, 1998.
Karen Shanahan,
Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 98-1640 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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