[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30308-30309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10091]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10968-01-R1]


2023 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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
announcing the 2023 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport 
Commission (OTC) and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-
VU). The meeting agenda will include topics regarding reducing ground-
level ozone precursors and matters relative to Regional Haze and 
visibility improvement in Federal Class I areas in a multi-pollutant 
context.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 14, 2023, starting at 1:00 p.m. 
and ending at 3:00 p.m.
    Location: Virtual meeting. Further information on the details for 
the virtual public meeting will be available at http://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: http://www.otcair.org.
    For registration: To register for the virtual meeting, please use 
the online registration form available at http://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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    The Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-VU) was formed at 
in 2001, in response to EPA's issuance of the Regional Haze rule. MANE-
VU'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, the 
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe along with EPA and Federal Land Managers.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Agenda: Copies of the final agenda will be available from the OTC 
office (617) 259-2005; by email: [email protected] or via the OTC 
website at http://www.otcair.org.


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    Dated: May 8, 2023.
David Cash,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2023-10091 Filed 5-10-23; 8:45 am]
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