# Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention Subcommittee Conference Call MeetingDecember 11, 1996, 2:00-4:00 EST > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-29795 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** November 21, 1996 - **Citation:** 61 FR 59229 ## Text ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-5653-6] 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 59230]] 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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-29795. Public record. Not legal advice.