22578 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Monday, May 8, 1995 / Notices

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Common Sense Initiative Council, Iron

and Steel Sector Subcommittee

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Common Sense Initiative

Council, Iron and Steel Sector

Subcommittee—notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency established the Common Sense

Initiative Council (CSIC) - Iron and Steel

Sector Subcommittee (CSIC-ISS) on

October 17, 1994, to provide

independent advice and counsel to EPA

on policy issues associated with the iron

and steel industry. The charter for CSIC

is authorized through October 17, 1996

under regulations established by the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA). The Iron and Steel Sector

Subcommittee is currently in the

process of identifying issues and

projects that it will pursue.

OPEN MEETING NOTICE: Notice is hereby

given that the Environmental Protection

Agency is convening an open meeting of

the Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee

on Wednesday, May 24, 1995 from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Old Colony Inn,

625 First Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314,

telephone number 703–548–1234.

Seating will be available on a first come,

first served basis.

The Iron and Steel Subcommittee has

created four workgroups which are

responsible for proposing to the full

Subcommittee for its review and

approval potential activities or projects

that the Iron and Steel Sector

Subcommittee will undertake, and for

carrying out projects once approved.

The Subcommittee has approved 12

project concepts for workgroups to

pursue. Workgroups will be meeting on

Tuesday preceding the meeting to

discuss further these projects and

develop more detailed workplans. The

purpose of the Subcommittee meeting

will for the four workgroups to report on

the progress they have made and

provide more details regarding

workplan implementation, and for the

Subcommittee to review and discuss the

workplan activities, to provide further

guidance as necessary, to approve any

proposed changes or additional projects,

and to make implementation decisions.

INSPECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE

DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to the

above topics will be publicly available

at the meeting. Thereafter, these

documents and the minutes of the

meeting will be available for public

inspection in room 2417M of EPA

Headquarters, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone

number 202–260–7417.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information about this meeting,

please call either Ms. Mary Byrne at

312–353–2315 in Chicago, Illinois or

Ms. Judith Hecht at 202–260–5682 in

Washington, D.C.

Dated: April 28, 1995.

Mahesh Podar,

Designated Federal Official.

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Gulf of Mexico Program Management

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the

Management Committee of the Gulf of

Mexico Program.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Program’s

Management Committee will hold a

meeting at the River House, Stennis

Space Center, Mississippi.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Douglas Lipka, Acting Director, Gulf

of Mexico Program Office, Building

1103, Room 202, John C. Stennis Space

Center, Stennis Space Center, MS

39529–6000, at (601) 688–3726.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A meeting

of the Management Committee of the

Gulf of Mexico Program will be held

June 1, 1995, at the River House, Stennis

Space Center, MS. The committee will

meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Agenda

items will include: Symposium

Evaluation and Recommendations;

Leadership Conference Action Items;

Preparation for Mega-meeting; and

Effects of the Federal Participation

Agreement on the Program.

The meeting is open to the public.

Douglas A. Lipka,

Acting Director, Gulf of Mexico Program.

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Notice of Open Meetings for the

Permits Improvement Team

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: National meetings of the permits

improvement team.

SUMMARY: In July of 1994, EPA

Administrator Carol Browner

established the Permits Improvement

Team (PIT) to implement specific

actions to reform the permits process.

These actions will (1) improve the

quality, certainty and timeliness of the

permit decision process; (2) provide for

earlier and better public participation in

the permitting process; and (3) enhance

the use of innovative technologies and

pollution prevention through the

permitting process.

The PIT held meetings in five

different locations in October and

November of last year, to solicit

information and opinions as to how

permit processes ought to be reformed.

Based on this input, the PIT established

six task forces to develop specific

recommendations on the following

topics: administrative streamlining for

permit programs; alternatives to

individual permits; enhanced public

participation in permit processes;

incorporating pollution prevention

incentives into permit programs;

improving training on permit programs;

and establishing performance measures

for permit programs.

From May 16, 1995 to June 2, 1995,

the PIT will be holding a second round

of national stakeholder meetings to

receive input on the draft

recommendations of the PIT’s six task

forces. Meetings will also include

discussion of a draft concept paper on

environmental permitting that is

designed to provide an overall direction

for EPA’s permit reinvention efforts.

The objective of these meetings is to

obtain individual ideas and comments,

rather than to obtain a group consensus

from the meeting participants.

Copies of stakeholder meeting

background materials may be obtained

by calling (202) 260–4610.

DATES: The PIT will be holding national

stakeholder meetings to solicit input on

the PIT’s draft recommendations.

Meetings will be held on May 16 in

Atlanta, May 18 in Chicago, May 22 in

Kansas City, KS, May 24–25 in Los

Angeles, CA, May 31 in Newark, NJ and

June 2 in Washington, D.C. The

meetings are open to the public and will

be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on

these scheduled dates; the second day of

the Los Angeles meeting will be held

from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participants

are requested to notify in writing which

meeting they will be attending.

Notifications are requested: by May 8 for

the Atlanta and Chicago meetings; by

May 10 for the Kansas City and Los

Angeles meetings; and by May 15 for the

Newark and Washington, D.C. meetings.

Notification should be sent to USEPA

Permits Improvement Team, Mail Stop

100, 2890 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ

08837, faxed to 908–321–4381 or made

by phone to 908–321–6782.