2024 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union, 32425 [2024-08929]
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AGENCY
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2024 Annual Joint Meeting of the
Ozone Transport Commission and the
Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the 2024 Annual Joint Meeting of the
Ozone Transport Commission (OTC)
and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast
Visibility Union (MANEVU). The
meeting agenda will include topics
covering OTC and MANEVU activities
to reduce regional ground-level ozone
precursors and visibility-impairing fine
particles.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on June 13, 2024, starting at 9 a.m. and
ending at 3 p.m.
SUMMARY:
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Location: Portland, Maine. Further
information on the details is available at
https://otcair.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For documents and press inquiries
contact: Ozone Transport Commission,
89 South St., Suite 602, Boston, MA
02111; (617) 259–2005; email: ozone@
otcair.org; website: https://
www.otcair.org.
For registration: To register for the
meeting, please use the online
registration form available at https://
otcair.org, or contact the OTC at (617)
259–2005 or by email at ozone@
otcair.org.
The Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain
section 184 provisions for the Control of
Interstate Ozone Air Pollution. Section
184(a) establishes an Ozone Transport
Region (OTR) comprised of the States of
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,1
Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
parts of Virginia, and the District of
Columbia. The purpose of the OTC is to
address ground-level ozone formation,
transport, and control within the OTR.
MANEVU was formed in 2001, in
response to EPA’s issuance of the
Regional Haze Rule. MANEVU’s
members include Connecticut,
Delaware, the District of Columbia,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
the Penobscot Indian Nation, and the St.
Regis Mohawk Tribe, along with EPA
and Federal Land Managers.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Agenda: Copies of the final agenda are
available from the OTC office at (617)
259–2005, by email: ozone@otcair.org,
or via the OTC website at https://
www.otcair.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 22, 2024.
David Cash,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
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1 The geographic scope of Maine within the OTR
was subsequently reduced to the portion of Maine
encompassing 111 towns and cities comprising the
Androscoggin Valley, Down East, and Metropolitan
Portland Air Quality Control Regions, commonly
referred to as the ‘‘Portland and Midcoast Ozone
Areas.’’ 87 FR 7734 (February 10, 2022).
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[FR Doc No: 2024-08929]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-11921-01-R1]
2024 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and
the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the 2024 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC)
and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (MANEVU). The meeting
agenda will include topics covering OTC and MANEVU activities to reduce
regional ground-level ozone precursors and visibility-impairing fine
particles.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on June 13, 2024, starting at 9
a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
Location: Portland, Maine. Further information on the details is
available at https://otcair.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For documents and press inquiries contact: Ozone Transport
Commission, 89 South St., Suite 602, Boston, MA 02111; (617) 259-2005;
email: [email protected]; website: https://www.otcair.org.
For registration: To register for the meeting, please use the
online registration form available at https://otcair.org, or contact the
OTC at (617) 259-2005 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain
section 184 provisions for the Control of Interstate Ozone Air
Pollution. Section 184(a) establishes an Ozone Transport Region (OTR)
comprised of the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,\1\ Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, parts of Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The
purpose of the OTC is to address ground-level ozone formation,
transport, and control within the OTR.
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\1\ The geographic scope of Maine within the OTR was
subsequently reduced to the portion of Maine encompassing 111 towns
and cities comprising the Androscoggin Valley, Down East, and
Metropolitan Portland Air Quality Control Regions, commonly referred
to as the ``Portland and Midcoast Ozone Areas.'' 87 FR 7734
(February 10, 2022).
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MANEVU was formed in 2001, in response to EPA's issuance of the
Regional Haze Rule. MANEVU's members include Connecticut, Delaware, the
District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, the
Penobscot Indian Nation, and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, along with EPA
and Federal Land Managers.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Agenda: Copies of the final agenda are available from the OTC
office at (617) 259-2005, by email: [email protected], or via the OTC
website at https://www.otcair.org.
Dated: April 22, 2024.
David Cash,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2024-08929 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]
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