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Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission for the Northeast United States

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[Federal Register: January 12, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 8)]
[Notices]
[Page 1865-1866]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6522-7]


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 2000 Winter Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission.
This meeting is for the Ozone Transport Commission to deal with
appropriate matters within the Ozone Transport Region in the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic States, 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 January 27, 2000 from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Washington & Towers,
1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC; (202) 483-3000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith M. Katz, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
19103; (215) 814-2900.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Bruce S. Carhart, Ozone
Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street N.W., Suite 638,
Washington, DC 20001; (202) 508-3840; e-mail: ozone@sso.org; website:
http://www.sso.org/otc

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''
(OTR) 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 Ozone
Transport Commission is to deal with ground level ozone formation,
transport, and control within the OTR.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce that this Commission will
meet on January 27, 2000. 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 Bruce
Carhart of the OTC office (202) 508-3840 (by e-mail: ozone@sso.org or
via our website at http://www.sso.org/otc) on Thursday,

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January 20, 2000. 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: January 5, 2000.
Bradley M. Campbell,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 00-728 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am]
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