Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast United States

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 October 8, 1998.

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 October 8, 1998 from 9 a.m. to 3

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Newark Airport Marriott, Newark

International Airport, Newark, NJ, (973) 623-0006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA: Susan Studlien, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency--Region I, John F. Kennedy Federal

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

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 ozone formation,

transport, and control within the transport region.

The purpose of this document is to announce that this Commission

will meet on October 8, 1998. 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 the Ozone Transport Commission 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, October 1, 1998. 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 to evaluate the potential for

additional emission reductions through new motor vehicle emission

standards, and to discuss market-based programs to reduce pollutants

that cause ozone.

Dated: September 16, 1998.

John DeVillars,

Regional Administrator, Region I.

[FR Doc. 98-25452 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]

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