[Federal Register: May 17, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 96)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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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: ozone@sso.org; 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: ozone@sso.org 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.
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