Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 95-030]

Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on

Marine Vapor Control Systems

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems of the

Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee will meet to continue

reviewing tank vessel cleaning facility operations and evaluate

proposed recommendations for safety standards for use of a vapor

control system at these facilities. The meeting will be open to the

public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 1995, from 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. Written material should be submitted no later than May 2, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wyndham Hotel, 12400

Greenspoint Drive, Houston, TX 77060. Personnel attending the meeting

should report to the main floor reception area for direction to the

conference room. Written material should be submitted to Lieutenant

Commander Robert F. Corbin, Commandant (G-MTH-1), U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lieutenant Commander Robert F. Corbin, Commandant (G-MTH-1), U.S.

[[Page 17379]] Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-1217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 1 et seq.

One section of the 1990 Amendments to the Federal Clean Air Act

(CAA) requires states to achieve and maintain a 15% reduction in their

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions level below the 1990 base

year level by 1996 in non-attainment areas within the individual

states. States are presently developing methods to achieve required

compliance levels. One state has recently passed state regulations that

will require vessels that have carried certain VOC cargoes and are

being gas-freed and/or cleaned to utilize a marine vapor control system

or an alternate means of control approved by the state at the tank

vessel cleaning facility. It is anticipated other states will develop

similar regulations as a means of complying with the CAA Amendments for

their states.

The Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee Subcommittee on

Marine Vapor Control Systems has been conducting a detailed review of

tank vessel cleaning facility gas-freeing and tank cleaning operations,

and has been evaluating the hazards associated with the use of marine

vapor control systems at these facilities.

At the last Subcommittee meeting in January 1995, a working group

was formed to develop a draft set of recommendations for proposed

safety standards for use of a vapor control system at tank vessel

cleaning facilities. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the

working group's draft recommendations and develop final proposed safety

standards for submission to the Chemical Transportation Advisory

Committee at their June 1995 meeting.

Dated: March 29, 1995.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety Security and Environmental

Protection.

[FR Doc. 95-8388 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]

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