[Federal Register: February 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 34)]
[Notices]
[Page 7872-7873]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr21fe07-28]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0137; FRL-8116-5]
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee: Azinphos-methyl Transition
Issues Work Group, Spray Drift Work Group, and Registration Review
Implementation Work Group; Notice of Public Meetings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: EPA's Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) will hold
public meetings for three PPDC Work Groups: the Azinphos-methyl (AZM)
Transition Issues Work Group, Spray Drift Work Group, and Registration
Review Implementation Work Group. The public meetings will be held
March 6-8, 2007. Agendas for these meetings are being developed and
will be posted on EPA's website. In light of the recent EPA decision to
phase-out the remaining uses of the organophosphate AZM over the next
few years, the AZM Transition Issues Work Group is being created to
help advise EPA and USDA on the AZM transition planning and
implementation. The Spray Drift Work Group, co-chaired by EPA Offices
of Water and Pesticide Programs, is improving understanding of the
perspectives of all stakeholders regarding spray drift and will provide
recommendations on ways to mitigate spray drift. The Registration
Review Implementation Work Group is developing recommendations for the
Registration Review initial docket opening process.
DATES: The AZM Transition Issues Work Group meeting will be held on
March 6, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Spray Drift Work Group meeting
will be held on March 7, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on March 8,
2007 from 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Registration Review Implementation
Work Group meeting will be held on March 8, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will all be held at EPA's offices at 2777 South
Crystal Dr., First Floor Conference Center. Arlington, VA 22202, except
the second day of the Spray Drift Work Group meeting will be in room S-
12100 of this same building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For AZM Transition Issues Workgroup
questions, contact: Linda Murray; Biological and Economic Analysis
Division (7503P); Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5401; fax number: (703) 308-8091;
email address: murray.linda@epa.gov. For Spray Drift Work Group
questions, contact: Pat Cimino, Biological and Economic Analysis
Division (7503P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9357; fax number: (703) 308-809;
email address: cimino.pat@epa.gov. For Registration Review
Implementation Work Group questions, contact: Kennan Garvey, Special
Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7106; fax
number: (703) 308-7090; e-mail address: garvey.kennan@epa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution,
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the
persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0137 Publicly
accessible docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, available in hard copy, at
the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm.
S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
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.
II. Background
The Office of Pesticide Programs is entrusted with the
responsibility of ensuring the safety of the American food supply,
protection and education of those who apply or are exposed to
pesticides occupationally or through use of products, and the general
protection of the environment and special ecosystems from potential
risks posed by pesticides.
Because of EPA's decision to phase-out the remaining uses of the
organophosphate AZM over the next few years, the AZM Transition Issues
Work Group is being created to help advise EPA and USDA on the AZM
transition planning and implementation
[[Page 7873]]
and is holding a meeting on March 6, 2007. The Spray Drift Work Group,
co-chaired by EPA Offices of Water and Pesticide Programs, is improving
understanding of the perspectives of all stakeholders regarding spray
drift and will provide recommendations on ways to mitigate spray drift
is chairing a meeting on March 7 and 8, 2007. The Registration Review
Implementation Work Group which is developing recommendations for the
Registration Review initial docket opening process will chair a meeting
on March 8, 2007. Future meetings will be announced on the work group's
Web sites (see: Active Workgroups menu at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/
).
PPDC was established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, in September 1995 for a 2-year term and has
been renewed every 2 years since that time. PPDC provides advice and
recommendations to OPP on a broad range of pesticide regulatory,
policy, and program implementation issues that are associated with
evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides. The following
sectors are represented on the PPDC: pesticide industry and trade
associations; environmental/public interest and consumer groups; farm
worker organizations; pesticide user, grower, and commodity groups;
federal/state/local/ and tribal governments; the general public;
academia; and public health organizations.
Copies of the PPDC charter are filed with appropriate committees of
Congress, the Library of Congress, and are available upon request.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated Febrary 12, 2007.
James Jones,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-2871 Filed 2-20-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-S