[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57097-57098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23133]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0143; FRL-8384-5]
SFIREG Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal;
Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials
(AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG)
Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WQPD) will
hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on October 27, 2008 and ending October
28, 2008. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting
and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, October 27, 2008 from 8:30
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a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m to 12 noon on Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
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 meeting will be held at EPA. One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.) 2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington VA. 4th Floor South Conference Room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Kendall, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5561 fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-
mail address: [email protected]. or Grier Stayton, SFIREG Executive
Secretary, P.O. Box 466, Milford DE 19963; telephone number (302) 422-
8152; fax (302) 422-2435; e-mail address: [email protected].
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 SFIREG information exchange relationship with EPA
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental
exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process.
You are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and participate
as appropriate. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not
limited to:
Those persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of
chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act
(FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA).
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 ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0143. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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
Facility 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
1. State Updates/Issues
2. Assessment of Risks from Semi-volatile Pesticides in Air-State
and Federal Experience and Perspective
3. Surface Water Benchmarks Update - Region 5 Pilot Project status
report
4. USDA National Potable Well Sampling Program
5. Chemigation Label Referral
6. POINTS Performance Measures Reporting Tool
7. Further Cooperation between OPP and OW
8. OPP EFED Assignment of GW Statements /Revision of Chapter 8 of
the Label Review Manual
9. SFIREG WQ&PD Committee Scope and Possible Name Change
10. Development/Availability of Human Health Benchmarks from OGWDW
11. Analytical Methods for Pesticides in Water and Their
Availability and Distribution to States
12. OPP and OECA Updates
13. Aquatic Herbicide Permitting- Examples from Washington and
Michigan
III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?
You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the
person 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 EPA-HQ-OPP-
2008-0143, must be received on or before October 21, 2008.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: September 22, 2008.
W. R. Diamond,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-23133 Filed 9-30-08; 8:45 am]
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