Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast United States

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast

United States

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is

announcing the 2000 Winter 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 January 27, 2000 from 9:00 a.m. to

3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Washington & Towers,

1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC; (202) 483-3000.

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: [email protected]; 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 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 January 27, 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 Bruce

Carhart of the OTC office (202) 508-3840 (by e-mail: [email protected] or

via our website at http://www.sso.org/otc) on Thursday,

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January 20, 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 motor vehicle emission standards, and to discuss

market-based programs to reduce pollutants that cause ozone.

Dated: January 5, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

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