[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 50380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18656]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7801-3, Docket ID No. OAR-2004-0075]


Notice Announcing Public Meeting of the Clean Air Act Advisory 
Committee's Task Force on the Performance of the Title V Operating 
Permits Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Today EPA announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Act 
Advisory Committee's (CAAAC) Task Force on the Performance of the Title 
V Operating Permits Program. The meeting will be held on September 14, 
2004, in Chicago, Illinois, at the Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre, 300 
East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, telephone 312-787-6100 from 
9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Breaks will be held from noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 
p.m. for lunch and dinner, respectively. The EPA solicits interested 
parties with experience in the title V program to provide testimony to 
the Task Force on what is working well and/or poorly in this program. 
Those desiring to testify are asked to notify EPA by September 9, 2004 
(contact information follows). The EPA is also considering whether to 
extend the meeting to September 15, 2004, and will make that decision 
based on the level of response to this notice. See this Web site for 
updated information: http://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ray Vogel, Information Transfer 
and Implementation Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Mail Code C304-04, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone: 919-541-3153; 
fax: 919-541-5509; and e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Who Is This Task Force and What Is the Purpose of This Public 
Meeting?

    The Task Force was created this June in response to a 
recommendation from the Permitting/Toxics Subcommittee of the CAAAC. 
The Task Force is made up of 18 representatives from State and local 
permitting agencies, industry, and environmental and public interest 
groups. The Task Force will gather information from interested persons 
on the performance of the title V operating permits program and prepare 
a report documenting how the title V program is performing and what 
elements are working well and/or poorly. The report may include 
suggestions on how to improve the program. The Task Force is gathering 
information by, among other things, holding a series of three public 
meetings.
    The purpose of these public meetings is to gather information on 
the performance of the title V program, specifically on aspects of the 
program that are working well and those that are working poorly. The 
Task Force welcomes any information from stakeholders that will help it 
prepare its report on the performance of the title V program.
    For further information on the task force, see the May 17, 2004 
notice in the Federal Register (69 FR 27922) and the CAAAC Web site: 
http://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac.

B. How Do I Participate in This Public Meeting?

    The meeting will be held on September 14, 2004, in Chicago, 
Illinois, at the Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre, 300 East Ohio Street, 
Chicago, Illinois 60611, telephone 312-787-6100 from 9 a.m. until 9 
p.m. Breaks from noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. will be held for lunch 
and dinner, respectively. Those interested in speaking are asked to 
contact Ray Vogel by September 9, 2004. If there is sufficient 
interest, EPA will extend the public meeting to September 15, 2004, 
from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. For this reason, we strongly encourage 
participants to notify EPA as soon as possible if they plan to speak. 
Those signing up early will increase the likelihood that the Task Force 
can accommodate their choice of date and time. If EPA extends the 
meeting, we will announce the extension on the CAAAC Web site: http://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac. You may also contact Ray Vogel at (919) 541-
3153.
    The Task Force requests that presenters at the public meeting limit 
their presentation to no more than 15 minutes and be prepared to answer 
follow-up questions from members of the Task Force. If you wish to 
present more information than can be accommodated in the allotted time, 
you should put the information in written remarks that supplement your 
presentation. Speakers should bring a copy (disk or hard copy) to 
submit for the public record at the meeting. The meeting will be 
recorded, and a transcript will be made and placed in the public 
docket.
    As noted above, the Task Force is most interested in testimony 
based on your experience, of what is working well, what is not working 
well, and any recommendations you have for improvements to the title V 
program. We strongly encourage speakers to support their testimony with 
actual examples designed to help the task force understand your 
concern(s) and how your recommended improvements would address these 
concerns.

C. How Do I Get Copies of the Draft Report of the Task Force and Other 
Public Information Related to the Task Force's Work?

    Audio and written transcripts of the testimony from the public 
meetings are available at the CAAAC Web site: http://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac. The draft report (when it is created sometime next year) will 
also be available on the Web site. These same materials will also be 
available electronically through the EPA e-docket at: http:// 
www.epa.gov/edocket/. To submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket 
ID number. The docket number for this action is OAR-2004-0075.

    Dated: August 10, 2004.
Anna B. Duncan,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 04-18656 Filed 8-13-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P