[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 1215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-510]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention 
Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section 112(r) required EPA to publish 
regulations to prevent accidental releases of chemicals and to reduce 
the severity of those releases that do occur. These accidental release 
prevention requirements build on the chemical safety work begun by the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) which sets 
forth requirements for industry, State and local governments. On June 
20, 1996, EPA published the final rule for risk management programs to 
address prevention of accidental releases. Facilities that are subject 
to the rule are required to implement a risk management program at 
their facility, and submit a summary of this information (the Risk 
Management Plan, RMP) to EPA. Approximately 15,000 RMPs have been 
submitted to EPA.
    The Accident Prevention Subcommittee was created in September 1996 
to advise EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office 
(CEPPO) on these chemical accident prevention issues, specifically, 
section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: The Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act 
Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on January 24, 2002 from 
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Ariel Rios North, Emergency Operations Center, Room B444, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC. Members of the public are 
welcome to attend in person.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public desiring 
additional information about this meeting, should contact William 
Finan, Designated Federal Official, U.S. EPA (5104A), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20460, via the Internet at: 
[email protected], by telephone at (202) 564-7981 or FAX at (202) 564-
8444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

Opening Remarks--Jim Makris (8:30-9:00)
Update on Risk Management Plans Submitted to Date (9:00-9:45)
Proposed Third-Party Audits for the RMP Program (9:45-10:45)
National Chemical Safety Assessment (10:45-11:30)
Options on improving site security at chemical facilities (e.g., 
inclusion in company safety, health, and environment programs; 
legislation, regulation, standards, voluntary programs) (12:30-1:30)
How we can use upcoming Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development (OECD) publications in the US (the OECD publications are: 
Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators; and Guiding Principles for 
Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (1:30--2:30) 
Comments from the public (2:30-3:00)

    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation in 
person in Washington DC to the Subcommittee at the January 24 meeting 
must contact William Finan in writing (by letter, fax, or email--see 
previously stated information) no later than January 21, 2002 in order 
to be included on the agenda. Written comments may be submitted to the 
Accident Prevention Subcommittee up through the date of the meeting. 
Please address such material to William Finan at the above address.
    The Accident Prevention Subcommittee expects that public statements 
presented at its meetings will not be repetitive or previously 
submitted oral or written statements. In general, opportunities for 
oral comment will be limited to no more than three minutes per speaker 
and no more than thirty minutes total. Written comments (twelve copies) 
received sufficiently prior to a meeting date (usually one week prior 
to a meeting or teleconference), may be mailed to the Subcommittee 
prior to its meeting.
    Additional information on the Accident Prevention Subcommittee is 
available on the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/acc-pre.html.
    If you would like to automatically receive future information on 
the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and its Workgroups by email, you 
can subscribe to the EPA-CEPPO Listserve by following directions at 
www.epa.gov/ceppo.

    Dated: January 3, 2002.
William Finan,
Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 02-510 Filed 1-8-02; 8:45 am]
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