Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention Subcommittee Conference Call MeetingDecember 11, 1996, 2:00-4:00 EST

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention

Subcommittee Conference Call Meeting--December 11, 1996, 2:00-4:00 EST

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section 112(r) required EPA to publish

regulations to prevent accidental releases of chemicals and to reduce

the severity of those releases that do occur. These accidental release

prevention requirements build on the chemical safety work begun by the

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) which sets

forth requirements for industry, State and local governments. On June

20, 1996, EPA published the final rule for risk management programs to

address prevention of accidental releases.

An estimated 66,000 facilities are subject to this regulation based

on the quantity of regulated substances they have on-site. Facilities

that are subject will be required to implement a risk management

program at their facility, and submit a summary of this information to

a central location specified by EPA. This information will be helpful

to State and local government entities responsible for chemical

emergency preparedness and prevention. It will also be useful to

environmental and community organizations, and the public in

understanding the chemical risks in their communities. In addition, we

hope the availability of this information will stimulate a dialogue

between industry and the public to improve accident prevention and

emergency response practices.

The Accident Prevention Subcommittee was created in September 1996

to advise EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office

(CEPPO) on these chemical accident prevention issues, specifically,

section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2,

notice is hereby given that the Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee will hold a public teleconference on

December 11, 1996 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Washington Information

Center #13 North, in EPA Headquarters, 401 M St. NW, Washington, D.C.

20460. Members of the public are welcome to attend in

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person. The Accident Prevention Subcommittee will call into the meeting

by teleconference. Due to the limited teleconference lines, there will

not be additional lines for the public to call in.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public desiring

additional information about this meeting, should contact Karen

Shanahan, Designated Federal Official, US EPA (5101), 401 M. St., SW,

Washington, DC 20460, via the Internet at:

[email protected]., by telephone at (202) 260-2711 or FAX

at (202) 260-7906.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda, meeting summaries and other

information on the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and Electronic

Submission Workgroup are available on the Internet at: http://

www.epa.gov/swercepp/rmp-wg.html

If you would like to automatically receive future information on

the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and the Electronic Submission

Workgroup by email please send an email to Karen Shanahan at:

[email protected] requesting to be put on the email list

for these groups.

Agenda

1. Update of Subcommittee membership.

2. Update on the progress of the Electronic Submission Workgroup.

The Electronic Submission Workgroup has been meeting since October 9th

to develop recommendations on how electronic submission of ``risk

management plans'' (RMPs) can be accomplished and how the public can

best access and utilize the data.

3. Review of Issues in preparation for the next Accident Prevention

Subcommittee meeting in March/April 1997.

Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation in

person in Washington, D.C. to the Subcommittee at the December 11

meeting, must contact Karen Shanahan in writing (by letter, fax, or

email--see previously stated information) no later than 12 noon Eastern

Time, December 5, 1996 in order to be included on the agenda. Written

comments may be submitted to the Accident Prevention Subcommittee or

the Electronic Submission Workgroup up through the date of the meeting.

Please address such material to Karen Shanahan at the above address.

The Accident Prevention Subcommittee expects that public statements

presented at its meetings will not be repetitive or previously

submitted oral or written statements. In general, for teleconference

call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will be limited to no

more than three minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes

total. Written comments (twelve copies) received sufficiently prior to

a meeting date (usually one week prior to a meeting or teleconference),

may be mailed to the Subcommittee prior to its meeting.

Dated: November 18, 1996.

Karen Shanahan,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 96-29795 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]

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