[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31311-31312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12386]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6701-9]


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 2000 Annual 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 June 1, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 
approximately 1 p.m.

PLACE:  The meeting will be held at the Harraskeet Inn, 162 Main 
Street, Freeport, Maine 04032; (800) 342-6423.

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

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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.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce that this Commission will 
meet on June 1, 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 will be 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) on Thursday, May 25, 2000. 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 air pollution control measures, and to discuss market-based 
programs which could aid in the reduction of the pollutants that cause 
ozone.

    Dated: May 10, 2000.
Bradley M. Campbell,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
[FR Doc. 00-12386 Filed 5-16-00; 8:45 am]
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