[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 2639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1106]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6221-7]


Notice of Oxygenate Use in Gasoline Panel Meeting

SUMMARY: On November 30, 1998, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Administrator Carol M. Browner announced the creation of a blue-ribbon 
panel of leading experts from the public health and scientific 
communities, automotive fuels industry, water utilities, and local and 
State government to review the important issues posed by the use of 
MTBE and other oxygenates in gasoline. EPA created the panel to gain a 
better understanding of the public health concerns raised by the 
discovery of MTBE in some water supplies. The panel will be chaired by 
Mr. Daniel Greenbaum, President of the Health Effects Institute (HEI) 
of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Mr. Robert Perciasepe, Assistant 
Administrator for Air and Radiation, US EPA.
    This notice announces the time and place for the first meeting of 
the panel.

DATES: The blue-ribbon panel reviewing the use of oxygenates in 
gasoline will conduct its first meeting on Friday, January 22, 1999, in 
Washington DC beginning at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the 
Marriott Crystal City, 1999 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Smith at U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation, 401 M Street, SW 
(6406J), Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 564-9674, or John Brophy at 
(202) 564-9068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This will be the first of several meetings 
at locations around the country to hear from regional and national 
experts on the facts concerning oxygenate use in fuel. In addition to 
invited presentations, the panel has set aside time for public comment. 
A sign-up sheet will be available at the registration table the morning 
of the meeting and any person desiring to make a brief statement should 
sign-up by 11:00 a.m. These statements will be scheduled on a first 
come, first serve basis and may be limited in length to allow for 
participation by all parties. The panel will also be accepting written 
submissions. Written submissions can be mailed to US EPA, 401 M Street, 
SW, Mail Code 6406J (Attn: Blue-Ribbon Panel), Washington, DC 20460.

    Dated: January 13, 1999.
Michael G. Shields,
Acting Director, Office of Mobile Sources.
[FR Doc. 99-1106 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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