[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8357-8358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4156]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Oxygenate Use in Gasoline

[FRL-6304-5]
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.


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ACTION: Notice of oxygenate use in gasoline panel meeting.

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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 second meeting of 
the panel.

DATES: The blue-ribbon panel reviewing the use of oxygenates in 
gasoline will conduct its second meeting on Monday and Tuesday, March 1 
and 2, 1999, in Boston, MA beginning at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held from 1:00-6:00 p.m. on Monday, 
March 1st and from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2nd at the 
Hyatt Regency Harborside, Boston Logan International Airport, 101 
Harborside Dr., Boston, MA.

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. Information can also be found at www.epa.gov/oms/
consumer/fuels/oxypanel/blueribb.htm

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the second in a series of 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 
on Tuesday, March 2nd. 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 10:00 a.m. or call Karen 
Smith at (202) 564-9674. 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: February 11, 1999.

Margo T. Oge,
Director, Office of Mobile Sources.
[FR Doc. 99-4156 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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