[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1258]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6222-3]
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 Winter meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be
held on February 11, 1999.
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 February 11, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.
PLACE: The meeting will be held at: The Hershey Hotel, Hotel Road,
Hershey, PA 17033, (717) 533-2171.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
EPA
Susan Studlien, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region I,
John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 918-1510.
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], website:
http://www.sso.org/otc.
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 February 11, 1999. 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 Committee 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 (by e-mail: [email protected] or
via our website at http://www.sso.org/otc) on Thursday, February 4,
1999. 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 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 hold a special
election to elect its new Vice Chair.
Dated: January 11, 1999.
John DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region I.
[FR Doc. 99-1258 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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