[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 32425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08929]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-11921-01-R1]


2024 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and 
the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 
the 2024 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) 
and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (MANEVU). The meeting 
agenda will include topics covering OTC and MANEVU activities to reduce 
regional ground-level ozone precursors and visibility-impairing fine 
particles.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on June 13, 2024, starting at 9 
a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
    Location: Portland, Maine. Further information on the details is 
available at http://otcair.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For documents and press inquiries contact: Ozone Transport 
Commission, 89 South St., Suite 602, Boston, MA 02111; (617) 259-2005; 
email: [email protected]; website: http://www.otcair.org.
    For registration: To register for the meeting, please use the 
online registration form available at http://otcair.org, or contact the 
OTC at (617) 259-2005 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain 
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,\1\ Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, Vermont, parts of Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The 
purpose of the OTC is to address ground-level ozone formation, 
transport, and control within the OTR.
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    \1\ The geographic scope of Maine within the OTR was 
subsequently reduced to the portion of Maine encompassing 111 towns 
and cities comprising the Androscoggin Valley, Down East, and 
Metropolitan Portland Air Quality Control Regions, commonly referred 
to as the ``Portland and Midcoast Ozone Areas.'' 87 FR 7734 
(February 10, 2022).
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    MANEVU was formed in 2001, in response to EPA's issuance of the 
Regional Haze Rule. MANEVU's members include Connecticut, Delaware, the 
District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, the 
Penobscot Indian Nation, and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, along with EPA 
and Federal Land Managers.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Agenda: Copies of the final agenda are available from the OTC 
office at (617) 259-2005, by email: [email protected], or via the OTC 
website at http://www.otcair.org.

    Dated: April 22, 2024.
David Cash,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2024-08929 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]
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