Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 72 / Tuesday, April 15, 1997 / Notices 18347

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Markey, Vehicle Programs and

Compliance Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions

Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann

Arbor, Michigan, 48105. Telephone:

(313) 668–4534. Fax: (313) 741–7869. Email: Markey.James@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean

Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990

added subsections 202(g) and 202(h) to

the Clean Air Act which required Phase

I (or Tier 1) emission standards for lightduty vehicles and light-duty trucks,

effective with a phase-in starting in

1994. The Amendments added

subsection 202(i), which requires a

Phase II Study (hereafter referred to as

the Tier 2 Study) to consider, ‘‘whether

or not further reductions in emissions

from light-duty vehicles and light-duty

trucks should be required pursuant to

this title.’’

The CAAA also outlined the critical

elements which EPA is to consider in

the course of the Tier 2 study:

• Air quality need. EPA ‘‘shall

examine the need for further reductions

in emissions in order to attain or

maintain the national ambient air

quality standards * * *’’

• Technology assessment. EPA is to

examine ‘‘the availability of technology

(including the costs thereof), in the case

of light-duty vehicles and light-duty

trucks with a loaded vehicle weight

(LVW) of 3,750 lbs. or less, for meeting

more stringent emission standards than

those provided in subsections (g) and

(h) for model years commencing not

earlier than after January 1, 2003, and

not later than model year 2006,

including the lead time and safety and

energy impacts of meeting more

stringent emission standards.’’

• Cost effectiveness assessment. EPA

is to examine ‘‘the need for, and cost

effectiveness of, obtaining further

reductions in emissions from such lightduty vehicles and light-duty trucks,

taking into consideration alternative

means of attaining or maintaining the

national primary ambient air quality

standards pursuant to State

implementation plans and other

requirements of this Act, including their

feasibility and cost effectiveness.’’

With this Notice, the Agency has at

this time completed and released a

White Paper designed to outline the

scope and timing of the Tier 2 Study

and present issues identified by EPA as

having potential importance to the Tier

2 Study. This paper also discusses the

approach the Agency intends to take in

conducting the air quality, technology,

and cost effectiveness assessments

required by the CAAA. This document

is available to the public and may be

inspected at the public docket, No. A–

97–10, at the address provided in

ADDRESSES, above. It is available

electronically on the Internet at the Tier

2 Study home page at http://

www.epa.gov/OMSWWW/tr2home.htm,

and copies may also be obtained by

contacting the contact person listed

above.

The Agency seeks to involve

stakeholders early in the process

through the public workshop. The

White Paper will serve as the basis for

the public workshop and EPA welcomes

comment, in writing or at the workshop,

on the specific issues raised in the

White Paper, as well as comments on

additional issues not captured by this

initial review. It is important to note

that EPA has not made any

determination regarding elements in the

Tier 2 Study, and EPA is particularly

interested in receiving feedback from all

parties as to the scope of the study.

Anyone wishing to make a

presentation at the public workshop (see

DATES) should, if possible, notify the

contact person listed above at least

seven days prior to the day of the

workshop. The contact person should be

given an estimate of the time required

for the presentation and notification of

any need for audio/visual equipment. A

sign-up sheet will be available at the

registration table the morning of the

workshop for scheduling those who

have not notified the contact earlier.

These presentations will be scheduled

on a first-come, first-served basis, and

will follow the presentations that have

been arranged in advance.

The Agency recommends that

multiple copies of the material to be

presented be brought to the workshop

for distribution to EPA and members of

the audience.

Dated: April 9, 1997.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 97–9691 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5811–5]

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee:

Accident Prevention Subcommittee

Meeting—May 9, 1997, 8:30–4:30 EDT

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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-toKnow 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: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 USC App. 2, notice is

hereby given that the Accident

Prevention Subcommittee of the Clean

Air Act Advisory Committee will hold

a public meeting on May 9, 1997, from

8:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight

Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hall of States (Room 333) 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 these

meeting, should contact Karen

Shanahan, Designated Federal Official,

US EPA (5104), 401 M. St., SW,

Washington DC 20460, via the Internet

at: shanahan.karen@epamail.epa.gov.,
18348 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 72 / Tuesday, April 15, 1997 / Notices

by telephone at (202) 260–2711 or FAX

at (202) 260–7906.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

I. Opening Remarks—Jim Makris

(8:30–9:00).

II. Electronic Submission Workgroup

Discussion of Issues (9:00–11:45).

III. Comments from the public on

Electronic Submission (11:45–12:00)

Lunch on your own (12:00–1:30).

IV. How to expand public outreach

and understanding in the risk

management program (1:30–3:00) Break

(3:00–3:15).

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 May 9 meeting,

must contact Karen Shanahan in writing

(by letter, fax, or email—see previously

stated information) no later than 12

noon Eastern Time, May 2, 1997 in

order to be included on the agenda.

Written comments may be submitted to

the Accident Prevention Subcommittee

or the Electronic Submission

Workgroup 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/rmp-wg.html

If you would like to automatically

receive future information on the

Accident Prevention Subcommittee and

the Electronic Submission Workgroup

by email, please send an email to Karen

Shanahan at:

shanahan.karen@epamail.epa.gov

requesting to be put on the email list for

these groups.

Dated: April 7, 1997.

Karen Shanahan,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 97–9693 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5811–8]

EPA’s National Drinking Water

Contaminant Occurrence Data Base

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of a stakeholder

meeting on the National Drinking Water

Contaminant Occurrence Data Base.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a two-day public meeting on EPA’s

development of a National Drinking

Water Contaminant Occurrence Data

Base. The purpose of this meeting is to

have a dialogue with stakeholders and

the public at large on the process of

assembling and maintaining a national

drinking water contaminant occurrence

data base. In recent months, EPA has

been working on a Conceptual

Approach for the National Drinking

Water Contaminant Occurrence Data

Base. At the upcoming meeting, EPA is

seeking input from key national, State,

individual stakeholders and other

interested parties concerning the

development and maintenance of the

national drinking water contaminant

occurrence data base, including such

issues as the structure and design of the

data base, data input parameters and

requirements, and the use and

interpretation of data. EPA encourages

the full participation of stakeholders

throughout this process.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the

National Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base will be held on

May 21–22, 1997 from 1:00–5:00 p.m.

EST on May 21 and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m. EST on May 22.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Large Conference Room 6228 at

USEPA Ariel Rios, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20044.

For additional information, please

contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline,

at phone: (800) 426–4791, fax: (703)

285–1101, or by e-mail at hotlinesdwa@epamail.epa.gov. Members of the

public wishing to attend the meeting

may register by phone by contacting the

Safe Drinking Water Hotline by May 5,

1997. Those registered for the meeting

will receive background materials prior

to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about the meeting

logistics, please contact the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline, at phone: (800)

426–4791, fax: (703) 285–1101, or by email at: hotline-sdwa@epamail.epa.gov.

For other information on the National

Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base please contact

Charles Job, at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Phone: 202–260–

7084, Fax: 202–260–3762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

Background on the National Drinking

Water Contaminant Occurrence Data

Base

The SDWA, as amended in 1996,

states that: Not later than three years

after the date of enactment of the Safe

Drinking Water Act Amendments of

1996, the Administrator shall assemble

and maintain a national drinking water

contaminant occurrence data base using

information on the occurrence of both

regulated and unregulated contaminants

in public water systems obtained under

section 1445(a)(1)(A) or section

1445(a)(2) and reliable information from

other public and private sources. The

National Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base is required to be

developed and maintained by August 1,

1999.

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

The upcoming meeting deals

specifically with EPA’s efforts to

develop the National Drinking Water

Contaminant Occurrence Data Base.

EPA’s goal is to use the data to support

ongoing evaluations of currently

regulated contaminants as well as in

making determinations of which

contaminants to regulate in the future

under section 1412(b)(1) with respect to

the occurrence of a contaminant in

drinking water at a level of public

health concern. The National

Contaminant Occurrence Data Base will

be considered in the listing of

contaminants on the Drinking Water

Contaminant Candidate List which will

be used as a first step in identifying

contaminants to regulate. The

prioritization of contaminants for

drinking water regulation (and for

development of health advisories,

research or monitoring efforts) would

ensure that EPA uses its limited

resources in an efficient manner. The

data base will be used to assist in

establishing these priorities.

The meeting will be divided into two

parts. On May 21, an overview of the

conceptual approach and data bases

which may contribute data to the

National Occurrence Data Base will be

presented. This time will also be used

for stakeholder comments. On May 22,

a structured technical session is

planned to elicit responses on specific

interest in data base design and

structure, data input and requirements,