[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17857-17858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9551]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5994-9]


Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast 
United States

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is 
announcing the Annual meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be 
held on May 22, 1998.
    This meeting is for the Ozone Transport Commission to deal with 
appropriate matters within the transport region, as provided for under 
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This meeting is not subject to 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, as amended.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 22, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Hawthorne Hotel, On the Common, 
Salem, MA 01970, (978) 744-4080.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
EPA: Susan Studlien, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 1, 
John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 565-3800.

THE STATE CONTACT:
Host Agency: Sonia Hamel, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 
100 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02202, (617) 727-9800.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Stephanie A. Cooper, Ozone 
Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 638, 
Washington, DC 20001, (202) 508-3840, e-mail: [email protected]


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain 
at Section 184 provisions for the ``Control of Interstate Ozone Air 
Pollution.'' Section 184(a) establishes an ozone transport region 
comprised of the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, Vermont, parts of Virginia and the District of Columbia.
    The Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation of the 
Environmental Protection Agency convened the first meeting of the 
commission in New York City on May 7, 1991. The purpose of the 
Transport Commission is to deal with ground level oxone formation, 
transport, and control within the transport region.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce that this Commission will 
meet on May 22, 1998. The meeting will be held at the address noted 
earlier in this notice.
    Section 176A(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 
specifies that the meetings of the Ozone Transport Commission are not 
subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Commission Act. This 
meeting will be open to the public as space permits.

TYPE OF MEETING: Open.

AGENDA: Copies of the final agenda will be available from Stephanie 
Cooper of the OTC office (202) 508-3840 (or by e-mail: [email protected]) 
on Friday, May 15, 1998. The purpose of this meeting is to review air 
quality needs within the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, including 
reduction of motor vehicle and stationary source air pollution. The OTC 
is also expected to address issues related to the transport of ozone 
into its region, including actions by EPA under Sections 110 and 126 of 
the Clean Air Act to evaluate the potential for additional emission 
reductions through new motor vehicle emission standards, and to discuss 
market-based programs to reduce pollutants that cause ozone. The OTC 
will also elect its new Vice Chair.

    Dated: April 3, 1998.
John DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
[FR Doc. 98-9551 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]
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