Notice2026-09585
2026 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union
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May 14, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the 2026 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 27332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09585]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-13366-01-R1]
2026 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 2026 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 3, 2026, starting at 9
a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
Location: Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, 155 Temple Street, New
Haven, CT 06510. Further information on the details is available at
<a href="http://otcair.org">http://otcair.org</a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7d8cdd8d9d2f7d8c3d4d6dec599d8c5d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67081d08090227081304060e1549081500">[email protected]</span></a>; website: <a href="http://otcair.org">http://otcair.org</a>.
For registration: To register for the meeting, please use the
online registration form available at <a href="http://otcair.org">http://otcair.org</a>, or contact the
OTC at telephone number: (617) 259-2005 or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea859085848faa859e898b8398c485988d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f100510111a3f100b1c1e160d51100d18">[email protected]</span></a>.
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,\2\ 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).
\2\ On December 24, 2025, EPA received a petition from New
Hampshire requesting to be removed from the OTR under Section 176A
of the Clean Air Act.
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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 telephone number: (617) 259-2005, by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#305f4a5f5e55705f44535159421e5f4257"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="610e1b0e0f04210e15020008134f0e1306">[email protected]</span></a>,
or via the OTC website at <a href="http://www.otcair.org">http://www.otcair.org</a>.
Dated: April 30, 2026.
Mark Sanborn,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2026-09585 Filed 5-13-26; 8:45 am]
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