[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17378-17379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8388]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 95-030]


Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on 
Marine Vapor Control Systems

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems of the 
Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee will meet to continue 
reviewing tank vessel cleaning facility operations and evaluate 
proposed recommendations for safety standards for use of a vapor 
control system at these facilities. The meeting will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 1995, from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m. Written material should be submitted no later than May 2, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wyndham Hotel, 12400 
Greenspoint Drive, Houston, TX 77060. Personnel attending the meeting 
should report to the main floor reception area for direction to the 
conference room. Written material should be submitted to Lieutenant 
Commander Robert F. Corbin, Commandant (G-MTH-1), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lieutenant Commander Robert F. Corbin, Commandant (G-MTH-1), U.S. 
[[Page 17379]] Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-1217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 1 et seq.
    One section of the 1990 Amendments to the Federal Clean Air Act 
(CAA) requires states to achieve and maintain a 15% reduction in their 
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions level below the 1990 base 
year level by 1996 in non-attainment areas within the individual 
states. States are presently developing methods to achieve required 
compliance levels. One state has recently passed state regulations that 
will require vessels that have carried certain VOC cargoes and are 
being gas-freed and/or cleaned to utilize a marine vapor control system 
or an alternate means of control approved by the state at the tank 
vessel cleaning facility. It is anticipated other states will develop 
similar regulations as a means of complying with the CAA Amendments for 
their states.
    The Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee Subcommittee on 
Marine Vapor Control Systems has been conducting a detailed review of 
tank vessel cleaning facility gas-freeing and tank cleaning operations, 
and has been evaluating the hazards associated with the use of marine 
vapor control systems at these facilities.
    At the last Subcommittee meeting in January 1995, a working group 
was formed to develop a draft set of recommendations for proposed 
safety standards for use of a vapor control system at tank vessel 
cleaning facilities. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the 
working group's draft recommendations and develop final proposed safety 
standards for submission to the Chemical Transportation Advisory 
Committee at their June 1995 meeting.

    Dated: March 29, 1995.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-8388 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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