Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention Subcommittee Conference Call MeetingFebruary 3, 1998, 2-4 p.m.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention

Subcommittee Conference Call Meeting--February 3, 1998, 2-4 p.m.

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. On June 20, 1996, EPA

published the final rule for risk management programs to address

prevention of accidental releases.

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.

DATES: The Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act

Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on February 3, 1998 from

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Washington Information

Center #12 South, in EPA Headquarters, 401 M St., NW, Washington DC

20460. Members of the public are welcome to attend in 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) 260-1686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

I. Opening Remarks--Jim Makris

II. Discussion of options for making RMP data available through

RMP*Info TM (Security Study)

III. Comments from the public

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

person in Washington DC to the Subcommittee at the February 3 meeting,

must contact Karen Shanahan in writing (by letter, fax, or email--see

previously stated information) no later than 12 noon,

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January 27, 1998, 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, 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 (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 is

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 by email, please send an email to

Karen Shanahan at: [email protected] requesting to be put

on the email list for these groups. Please include your name, address

and phone number.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Karen Shanahan,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 98-1640 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]

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