[Federal Register: January 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 12)]
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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 Winter meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be 
held on February 11, 1999.
    This meeting is for the Ozone Transport Commission to deal with 
appropriate matters within the transport region, 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 February 11, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. to 
3:00 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be held at: The Hershey Hotel, Hotel Road, 
Hershey, PA 17033, (717) 533-2171.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

EPA

    Susan Studlien, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, 
John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 918-1510.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Stephanie A. Cooper, 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 
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 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 
Transport Commission is to deal with ground level oxone formation, 
transport, and control within the transport region.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce that this Commission will 
meet on February 11, 1999. 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 Stephanie 
Cooper 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, February 4, 
1999. 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 of the Clean Air Act, to 
evaluate the potential for additional emission reductions through new 
motor vehicle emission standards, and to discuss market-based programs 
to reduce pollutants that cause ozone. The OTC will also hold a special 
election to elect its new Vice Chair.

    Dated: January 11, 1999.
John DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region I.
[FR Doc. 99-1258 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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