[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6619]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6311-6]


Notice of Oxygenate Use in Gasoline Panel Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 third meeting of 
the panel.

DATES: The blue-ribbon panel reviewing the use of oxygenates in 
gasoline will conduct its third meeting on Thursday and Friday, March 
25 and 26, 1999, in Sacramento, CA beginning at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to possibly 8:30 
p.m. on Thursday, March 25th and from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on Friday, 
March 26th at the Sacramento Convention Center, 1030 15th Street, Room 
202, Sacramento, CA.

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 third 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. While in Sacramento, the 
panel will focus on understanding oxygenate and water issues in 
California. A number of presenters have been invited to offer a variety 
of perspectives regarding oxygenate issues. The panel will also be 
accepting written public comment submissions. Written submissions can 
be mailed to US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Mail Code 6406J (Attn: Blue-
Ribbon Panel), Washington, DC 20460. Panel members will be provided 
with copies of all written submissions.

    Dated: March 12, 1999.
Margo T. Oge,
Director, Office of Mobile Sources.
[FR Doc. 99-6619 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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