[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 190 (Monday, October 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19716]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is 
announcing the 2005 Fall Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission 
(OTC). This OTC meeting will explore options available for reducing 
ground-level ozone precursors in a multi-pollutant context.

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 2, 2005 starting at 1 p.m. 
and November 3, 2005 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Wilmington/Christiana, 100 Continental Drive, Newark, 
Delaware 19713-4319; 302-454-1500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia L. Spink, Associate Director, 
Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 814-2100. For 
documents and press inquiries contact: Ozone Transport Commission, 444 
North Capitol Street NW., Suite 638, Washington, DC 20001; (202) 508-
3840; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.otcair.org.

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 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 the OTC will meet 
on November 2-3, 2005 at the address noted earlier in this notice. This 
meeting will explore options available for reducing ground-level ozone 
precursors in a multi-pollutant context. Section 176A(b)(2) of the 
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 specifies that the meeting of the 
Ozone Transport Commission is 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 the OTC 
office (202) 508-3840; by e-mail: [email protected] or via the OTC Web 
site at http://www.otcair.org.

    Dated: September 27, 2005.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
[FR Doc. 05-19716 Filed 9-30-05; 8:45 am]
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