[Federal Register: June 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 116)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2004-0099; FRL-7364-5]
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the meeting of the Forum on State and Tribal
Toxics Action (FOSTTA) to collaborate on environmental protection and
pollution prevention issues. Representatives and invited guests of the
Tribal Affairs Project (TAP), a component of FOSTTA, will be meeting
June 29-30, 2004. The meeting is being held to provide the participants
an opportunity to have in-depth discussions on issues concerning the
environment and human health. This notice announces the location and
times for the meeting and sets forth some tentative agenda topics. EPA
invites all interested parties to attend the public meeting. The
Chemical Information and Management Project (CIMP) and Pollution
Prevention Project (P2) will not be holding meetings in June.
DATES: The project will meet on June 29, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., and June 30, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID
number OPPT-2004-0099, must be received on or before June 25, 2004.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Albuquerque, 1901
University Boulevard, NE., Albuquerque, NM.
Requests to participate in the meeting may be submitted to the
technical people listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address:
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
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For technical information contact: Darlene Harrod, Environmental
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8814; fax
number: (202) 564-8813; e-mail address: harrod.darlene@epa.gov.
David Conrad, Executive Director, National Tribal Environmental
Council, 2501 Rio Grande Boulevard, NW., Albuquerque, NM 87104;
telephone number: (505) 242-2175; fax number: (505) 242-2654; e-mail
address: dconrad@ntec.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are
interested in FOSTTA and hearing more about the perspectives of the
states and tribes on EPA programs and information exchange regarding
important issues related to human health and environmental exposure to
toxic chemicals. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not
limited to:
States and federally recognized tribes.
State, federal, and local environmental and public health
organizations.
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the technical people listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
action under docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2004-0099. The
official public docket consists of the documents specifically
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other
information related to this action. Although a part of the official
docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials
that is available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center, Rm.
B102-Reading Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. EPA's Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading Room
telephone number is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the
OPPT Docket, which is located in the EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-
0280.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that
are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in
Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
appropriate docket ID number.
II. Background
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2609 section
10(g), authorizes EPA and other federal agencies to establish and
coordinate a system for exchange among federal, state, and local
authorities of research and development results respecting toxic
chemical substances and mixtures, including a system to facilitate and
promote the development of standard data format and analysis and
consistent testing procedures. Through FOSTTA, the CIMP focuses on
EPA's chemical program and works to develop a more coordinated effort
involving federal, state, and tribal agencies. P2 promotes the
prevention ethic across society, helping companies incorporate P2
approaches and techniques and integrating P2 into mainstream
environmental activities at both the federal level and among the states
and tribes. TAP concentrates on chemical and prevention issues that are
most relevant to the tribes, including lead control and abatement,
tribal traditional/subsistence lifeways, and hazard communications and
outreach. FOSTTA's vision is to focus on major policy-level issues of
importance to states and tribes, recruit more senior state and tribal
leaders, increase outreach to all 50 states and some 560 federally
recognized tribes, and vigorously seek ways to engage the states and
tribes in ongoing substantive discussions on complex and oftentimes
controversial environmental issues.
In January 2002, the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), in
cooperation with the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC), was
awarded the new FOSTTA cooperative agreement. ECOS, NTEC, and EPA's
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) are co-sponsoring the
meetings. As part of a cooperative agreement, ECOS facilitates ongoing
efforts of the state and tribal leaders and OPPT to increase
understanding and improve collaboration on toxic chemicals and
pollution prevention issues, and to continue a dialogue on how federal
environmental programs can best be implemented among the states,
tribes, and EPA.
III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?
You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the
technical people listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not
submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests
to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number OPPT-
2004-0099, must be received on or before June 25, 2004.
IV. The Meeting
In the interest of time and efficiency, the meetings are structured
to provide maximum opportunity for state, tribal, and EPA participants
to discuss items on the predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the
chair, an effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers
attending the proceedings. The FOSTTA representatives and EPA will
collaborate on environmental protection and pollution prevention
issues. The tentative agenda items identified by the states and the
tribes follow:
1. Environmental issues in Indian country.
2. State/tribal pollution prevention collaboration.
3. TAP work plan working session.
4. National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee
(NPPTAC) tribal work group.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pollution prevention.
Dated: June 4, 2004.
Barbara A. Cunningham,
Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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