Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention Subcommittee Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention

Subcommittee Meeting

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: The Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act

Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on December 17, 1997 from

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hall of States (Room 383)

located at 444 North Capitol St., NW, Washington D.C., near Union

Station. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public desiring

additional information about this meeting, should contact Karen

Shanahan, Designated Federal Official, U.S. EPA (5104), 401 M. St., SW,

Washington DC 20460, via the Internet at:

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

at (202) 260-1686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

I. Opening Remarks--Jim Makris (8:30-9:00)

II. Update on RMP*Info and RMP*Submit (9:00-11:45)

III. Comments from the public (11:45-12:00)

IV. RMP Implementation Workgroup Update (1:30-3:00)

V. Other Business (3:15-4:15)

VI. Comments from the public (4:15-4:30)

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

person in Washington D.C. to the Subcommittee at the December 17

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

email--see previously stated information) no later than December 10,

1997 in order to be included on the agenda. Written comments may be

submitted to the Accident Prevention Subcommittee 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, opportunities for

oral comment will be limited to no more than three minutes per speaker

and no more than thirty 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.

Additional information on the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and

Electronic Submission Workgroup are available on the Internet at:

http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/acc-pre.html

If you would like to automatically receive future information on

the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and its Workgroups by email,

please send an email to Karen Shanahan at:

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

list. Please include your name, address and phone number.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Karen Shanahan,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 97-30819 Filed 11-21-97; 8:45 am]

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