[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15001]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


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 
methyl tertiary butylether (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 is chaired by Mr. Daniel Greenbaum, President of the Health 
Effects Institute (HEI) of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    This notice announces the time and place for the next meeting of 
the panel.

DATES: The blue-ribbon panel reviewing the use of oxygenates in 
gasoline will conduct its final meeting on Thursday and Friday, June 24 
and 25, 1999, in Arlington, VA. The meeting will be held from noon to 
approximately 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24th and from 8:30 a.m. until 
approx. 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 25th.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Crystal City at 
National Airport, 2399 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, DC 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 sixth and final meeting 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. There will be no open public comment period during this meeting. 
Written comments to the panel 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: June 8, 1999.
Margo T. Oge,
Director, Office of Mobile Sources.
[FR Doc. 99-15001 Filed 6-11-99; 8:45 am]
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