Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast United States

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5892-9]

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 Fall meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission to be

held on September 19, 1997.

This meeting is for the Ozone 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 September 19, 1997 from 9 a.m. to

3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Sheraton Hotel and Conference

Center, 250 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, (603) 431-2300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

EPA:

Susan Studlien, Region I, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, John F.

Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 565-3800.

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THE STATE CONTACT:

Host Agency:

Kenneth Colburn, New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services, 64

North Main Street, Caller Box 2033, Concord, NH 03302-2033, (603) 271-

1370.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Stephanie A. Cooper, Ozone

Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 638,

Washington, DC 20001, (202) 508-3840 e-mail: [email protected].

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 ground level oxone formation,

transport, and control within the transport region.

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

meet on September 19, 1997. 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.

Type of Meeting: Open.

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

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

on Thursday, September 11, 1997. 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, and to discuss market-based

programs to reduce pollutants that cause ozone.

John DeVillars,

Regional Administrator, EPA Region I.

[FR Doc. 97-24549 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]

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