[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 19155] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-9716] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6328-1] Oxygenate Use in Gasoline Panel Meeting AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On November 30, 1998, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol M. Browner announced the creation of a blue-ribbon panel of leading experts from the public health and scientific communities, automotive fuels industry, water utilities, and local and State government to review the important issues posed by the use of MTBE and other oxygenates in gasoline. EPA created the panel to gain a better understanding of the public health concerns raised by the discovery of MTBE in some water supplies. The panel will be chaired by Mr. Daniel Greenbaum, President of the Health Effects Institute (HEI) of Cambridge, Massachusetts. This document announces the time and place for the fourth meeting of the panel. DATES: The blue-ribbon panel reviewing the use of oxygenates in gasoline will conduct its fourth meeting on Thursday and Friday, April 29 and 30, 1999, in Arlington, VA beginning at 8:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 29th and from 8:30 a.m. until approximately 12:00 p.m. on Friday, April 30th at the Sheraton Crystal City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Smith at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation, 401 M Street, SW (6406J), Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 564-9674, or John Brophy at (202) 564-9068. Information can also be found at www.epa.gov/oms/ consumer/fuels/oxypanel/blueribb.htm SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the fourth in a series of meetings at locations around the country to hear from regional and national experts on the facts concerning oxygenate use in fuel. There will be no open public comment period during this meeting. Written comments to the panel can be mailed to US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Mail Code 6406J (Attn: Blue-Ribbon Panel), Washington, DC 20460. Panel members will be provided with copies of all written submissions. Dated: April 12, 1999. Margo T. Oge, Director, Office of Mobile Sources. [FR Doc. 99-9716 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P