[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16390-16391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8118]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0215; FRL-8409-3]


Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a 1-day public meeting on May 4, 2009, 
of the Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM). The location, time, and 
tentative agenda topics are provided in this notice. This meeting will 
present and discuss current issues in modeling pesticide fate, 
transport, and exposure in support of risk assessment in a regulatory 
context.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 4, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0215, must be received on or 
before April 27, 2009.
    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 the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 1\st\ Floor South Conference Room, 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 
Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tiffany Mason, Environmental Fate and 
Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8648; fax number: (703) 308-6181; 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 required 
to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 
Since other entities may also 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 person 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 ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0215. 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

    On a triannual interval, an EMPM will be held for presentation and 
discussion of current issues in modeling pesticide fate, transport, and 
exposure in support of risk assessment in a regulatory context. Meeting 
dates and abstract requests are announced through the ``empmlist'' 
forum on the LYRIS list server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_forums/.

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 confidential business 
information (CBI). Requests to participate in the meeting, identified 
by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0215, must be received on or before 
April 27, 2009.

IV. What Are the Tentative Topics for the Meeting?

A. General Theme

    A variety of topics will be presented at this meeting.

B. Specific Topics

    1. Analysis of Vegetative Filter Strip Models.
    2. Pyrethroid Turf Runoff and Building Material Washoff Studies.
    3. Kow-Based Aquatic Bioaccumulation Model (KABAM).


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List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, KABAM, Modeling, Pesticides and pests, 
Pyrethroids, Vegetative filter strips.

    Dated: April 2, 2009.
 Arthur Jean Williams,
Acting Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-8118 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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