[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4424-4425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1960]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6529-9]


Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast 
United States

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice of meeting; change of previously announced meeting 
times.

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SUMMARY:  The United States Environmental Protection Agency is 
announcing a change in the starting and ending times for the 2000 
Winter Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission. This meeting is for 
the Ozone Transport Commission to deal with appropriate matters within 
the Ozone Transport Region in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, 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 January 27, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 
noon. The times are a revision to those announced previously.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Hilton Washington & Towers, 
1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC; (202) 483-3000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Judith M. Katz, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19103; (215) 814-2900.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Bruce S. Carhart, 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'' 
(OTR) 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 Ozone 
Transport Commission is to deal with ground level ozone formation, 
transport, and control within the OTR.

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    The purpose of this notice is to announce again that this 
Commission will meet on January 27, 2000. 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 are available from Lisa Sims of 
the OTC office (202) 508-3840 (by e-mail: [email protected] or via our 
website at http://www.sso.org/otc). 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 and 126 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.

    Dated: January 20, 2000.
Stanley L. Laskowski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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