Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 125 / Thursday, June 27, 1996 / Notices 33619

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–400104A; FRL–5382–3]

Emergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know; Notice of Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA will hold two public

meetings to discuss the Agency’s

proposal and options to add industry

groups to the list of industry groups

subject to reporting requirements under

section 313 of the Emergency Planning

and Community Right-to-Know Act of

1986 (EPCRA).

DATES: The first meeting will take place

in San Francisco, CA on August 7, 1996,

at 9 a.m. and adjourn by 4 p.m. The

second meeting will take place in

Washington, DC on August 14, 1996, at

9 a.m. and adjourn by 4 p.m..

ADDRESSES: The first meeting will be

held at the: Environmental Protection

Agency, Auditorium, 75 Hawthorne St.,

San Francisco, CA 94105. The second

meeting will be held at the:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Auditorium, Education Center, 401 M

St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim

Crawford at 202-260-1715, e-mail:

crawford.tim@epamail.epa.gov, or Brian

Symmes at 202-260-9121, e-mail:

symmes.brian@epamail.epa.gov, or the

Emergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know Information Hotline,

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail

Stop 5101, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460, Toll free: 1-800-535-0202, in

Virginia and Alaska: 703-412-9877 or

Toll free TDD: 1-800-553-7672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1986,

Congress enacted the Emergency

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA). Section 313 of

EPCRA requires certain businesses to

submit reports each year on the amounts

of toxic chemicals their facilities release

into the environment or otherwise

manage. The purpose of this

requirement is to inform the public,

government officials, and industry about

the chemical management practices of

specified toxic chemicals.

Current EPCRA section 313 reporting

requirements apply to facilities

classified in the manufacturing sector

(Standard Industrial Classification codes

20 through 39), that have 10 or more

full-time employees, and that

manufacture, process, or otherwise use

one or more listed section 313

chemicals above certain threshold

amounts.

EPA has been in the process of

evaluating industry groups for potential

addition under EPCRA section 313.

Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal

Register EPA is proposing to add seven

industry groups to the list of industries

subject to EPCRA section 313 reporting

requirements. These public meetings are

being scheduled in order to provide a

forum for dialogue to be shared by EPA,

potentially affected industry groups,

and the public regarding the basis of

EPA’s proposed action, options

provided, and potential impacts and

benefits.

Oral statements will be scheduled on

a first-come first-serve basis by calling

the Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Hotline at

the numbers listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

All statements will be part of the public

record and will be considered in the

development of any rule amendment.

Dated: June 21, 1996.

Susan B. Hazen,

Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 96–16393 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

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