[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33371-33372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16256]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6112-3]


Common Sense Initiative Council (CSIC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory CSI Petroleum Refining and 
Computers

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and Electronics Sector Subcommittee meetings; open meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notification is hereby given that the Petroleum Refining and 
Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittees of the Common Sense 
Initiative Council will meet on the dates and times described below. 
All meetings are open to the public. Seating at the meeting will be on 
a first-come basis and limited time will be provided for public 
comment. For further information concerning specific meetings, please 
contact the individuals listed with the announcement below.

(1) Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee Meeting--July 7-8, 1998

    Notification is hereby given that the Environmental Protection 
Agency will hold an open meeting of the Common Sense Initiative (CSI) 
Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee on July 7-8, 1998. The Equipment 
Leaks and Refinery Air Information Reporting System (RAIRS) Workgroup 
meetings will be held from 1:00 p.m. EST to 6:00 p.m. EST on Monday, 
July 6. The full Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee will meet from 
9:00 a.m. EST to 6:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, July 7 and from 9:00 a.m. 
EST to 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, July 8. The meeting will be held at 
the Old Town Alexandria Holiday Inn Select, 480 King Street, 
Alexandria, VA 22314. The hotel telephone number is 703-549-6080 or 
800-368-5047.
    The preliminary agenda for the Subcommittee meeting includes 
comments from the National Petroleum Refiners Association and the 
American Petroleum Institute on an Equipment Leaks Project Report and a 
discussion of a strategic framework and performance goals for the 
Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittee. There will also be reports of 
the Accidental Release Information Project, the RAIRS Project, and the 
Equipment Leaks Project. Additionally, presentations are planned on 
Marathon Oil Company's Texas City Refinery consolidated leak detection 
and repair program, and the potential of laser technologies as 
alternatives to current emissions monitoring methods. A public comment 
period will also be provided.
    For further information concerning this meeting of the Petroleum 
Refining Sector Subcommittee, please contact either Craig Weeks, 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at US EPA Region 6 (6EN), 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, by telephone at 214-665-7505 or E-mail 
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9beacaca2bae7aabba8a0ae89acb9a8a4a8a0a5e7acb9a8e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80f7e5e5ebf3aee3f2e1e9e7c0e5f0e1ede1e9ecaee5f0e1aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a> or Steve Souders, Alternate DFO, at US 
EPA by mail (5306W), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, by 
telephone at 703-308-8431 or E-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#44372b31202136376a37302132210421342529252d286a2134256a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8dfee2f8e9e8fffea3fef9e8fbe8cde8fdece0ece4e1a3e8fdeca3eae2fb">[email protected]</span></a>.

(2) Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee--July 15 and 16, 1998

    Notification is hereby given that the Environmental Protection 
Agency will hold an open meeting of the Common Sense Initiative (CSI) 
Computers and Electronics Sector Subcommittee on July 15 from 8:30 a.m. 
EST to 5:00 p.m. EST and on July 16 from 8:30 a.m. EST to 3:00 p.m. 
EST. The meeting will be held at the Washington Marriott Hotel at 
1221--22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC. The Hotel telephone number is 
202-872-1500.
    Both days, July 15 and 16, 1998, will include meetings of the full 
subcommittee, and breakout sessions for the three subcommittee 
workgroups (Reporting and Information Access; Overcoming Barriers to 
Pollution Prevention, Product Stewardship, and Recycling; and 
Alternative Strategies). Projects to be discussed include CURE 
(Consolidated Uniform Report for the Environment); BOLDER (Basic On-
Line Disaster and Emergency Response); Green Track, a project to offer 
regulatory flexibility or other incentives for improvement of 
environmental performance at facilities; a project to develop a printed 
resource guide to assist stakeholders to develop constructive 
approaches to address environmental issues in their own communities; 
Evaluation of Models and Development of Best Practices for Electronic 
Equipment Recovery in a San Francisco Recycling Pilot, an examination 
of data from pilot collection projects to identify data gaps and 
develop a report. The subcommittee will also discuss the results of the 
June 9, 1998 meeting of the Common Sense Initiative Council. 
Opportunity for public comment on major issues under discussion will be 
provided at intervals throughout the meeting.
    For further information concerning the meeting of the Computers and 
Electronics Sector Subcommittee meeting, please contact John J. Bowser, 
Acting DFO, U.S. EPA on (202) 260-1771, by fax on (202) 260-1096, by e-
mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afcdc0d8dccadd81c5c0c7c1efcadfcec2cec6c381cadfce81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87e5e8f0f4e2f5a9ede8efe9c7e2f7e6eae6eeeba9e2f7e6a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>., or by mail at U.S. EPA (MC 7405), 
401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460; Mark Mahoney, U.S. EPA Region 
1 on (617) 565-1155; or David Jones, U.S. EPA Region 9 on (415) 744-
2266.
    Inspection of Subcommittee Documents: Documents relating to the 
above Sector Subcommittee announcements will be publicly available at 
the meeting. Thereafter, these documents, together with the official 
minutes for the meeting, will be available for public inspection in 
room 3802M of EPA Headquarters, Common Sense Initiative Staff, 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone number 202-260-7417. Common 
Sense Initiative information can be accessed electronically on our web 
site at
http.//www.epa.gov/commonsense.

    Dated: June 12, 1998.
Helga B. Butler,
Acting Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-16256 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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