Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast United States; Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast United States;

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency is

announcing a meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be held on

February 1, 1994.

This meeting is for the 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 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500

Calvert Street, NW., Washington, DC 20008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Gutro, State Relations Coordinator, Region I, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203,

(617) 666-3383.

For press inquiries contact: Brenda Box, Air Resources Management

Division, D.C. Environmental Regulation Administration, 2100 Martin

Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE., suite 404, Washington, DC 20020-5732,

(202) 404-1136.

For documents contact: Stephanie A. Cooper, Ozone Transport Commission,

444 North Capitol Street NW., suite 604, Washington, DC 20001, (202)

508-3840.

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 appropriate matters within the

transport region.

The purpose of this notice is to announce that this Commission will

meet on February 1, 1994. 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 Transport Commissions are not subject to

the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This meeting will

be open to the public as space permits, a time to be determined (see

below).

Type of meeting: Open.

Agenda: Copies of the final agenda will be available from Stephanie

Cooper of the OTC office (202) 508-3840 on Wednesday, January 26, 1994.

The final agenda will include the starting and adjournment times of the

meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to receive reports from its

committees, particularly on the Low Emission Vehicle program and

control measures being studied for the November 15, 1994 State

Implementation Plan revisions.

Paul Keough,

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region I.

[FR Doc. 94-1738 Filed 1-26-94; 8:45 am]

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