Ozone Transport Commission

Ozone Transport Commission

Location	Washington, DC
Key people	Chair: Jared Snyder, NYSDEC Vice-Chair: Ben Grumbles, MDE Secretary/Treasurer: David Smalls, DNREC
Website	www.otcair.org
Formerly called	Northeast Ozone Transport Commission

The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) is a multi-state organization founded in 1991 and created under the Clean Air Act.^[1] They are responsible for advising EPA on air pollution transport issues and for developing and implementing regional solutions to the ground-level ozone problem in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. OTC has no regulatory authority, but assists its members in developing model regulations for implementation at the state level. OTC also manages a regional planning organization MANE-VU (Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union), which is charged with regional multi-pollutant air quality planning.^[2]

Member jurisdictions

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Virginia (Only the counties that are in the Washington, D.C. Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area are included in the organization).

List of past chairs

1. Robert Perciasepe, Maryland (May 1991 – June 1992)
2. Dean Marriott, Maine (June 1992 – May 1993)
3. Scott Weiner, New Jersey (May 1993 – January 1994)
4. Arthur Davis, Pennsylvania (January 1994 – November 1994)
5. Timothy Keeney, Connecticut & Rhode Island (November 1994 – May 1996)
6. Robert Shinn, New Jersey (May 1996 – May 1997)
7. Christophe Tulou, Delaware (May 1997 – May 1998)
8. Trudy Coxe, Massachusetts (May 1998 – November 1998)
9. John P. Cahill, New York (November 1998 – June 2000)
10. Arthur Rocque, Jr., Connecticut (June 2000 – March 2001)
11. Nick DiPasquale, Delaware (March 2001 – April, 2001)
12. Jan Reitsma, Rhode Island (June 2001 – November 2003)
13. Bradley M. Campbell, New Jersey (November 2003 – June 2005)
14. Robert Golledge, Massachusetts (July 2005 – June 2006)
15. David K. Paylor, Virginia (July 2006 – June 2007)
16. Lisa Jackson, New Jersey (July 2007 – June 2008)
17. Jared Snyder, New York (July 2008 – June 2009)
18. Shari Wilson, Maryland (June 2009 – June 2010)
19. Laurie Burt, Massachusetts (June 2010 – January 2011)
20. Colin O’Mara, Delaware (January 2011 – June 2012)
21. Daniel C. Esty – Connecticut (June 2012 – June 2013)
22. Robert Summers – Maryland (June 2013 – June 2014)
23. Jane (Kozinski) Herndon – New Jersey (June 2014 – June 2015)
24. Patricia Aho – Maine (June 2015 – September 2015 )
25. Jared Snyder – New York (September 2015 - )

References

1. 42 U.S.C. § 7511c
2. "Visibility - Regional Planning Organizations". Retrieved 17 August 2016.