[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4909-4910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2009]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00401; FRL-4933-8]


FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: There will be a 1-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) 
Subpanel on Plant Pesticides to review a set of scientific issues being 
considered by the Agency in connection with Monsanto's application for 
registration of a transgenic plant pesticide. The plant pesticide 
contains the active ingredient Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. 
tenebrionis delta endotoxin protein as produced by the CryIIIA gene and 
its controlling sequences in potatoes.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 1, 1995, from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Crystal Mall #2, 11th Floor 
Conference Room (Fish Bowl), 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
By mail: Robert B. Jaeger, Designated Federal Official, FIFRA 
Scientific Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: Rm. 819B, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5369 or 7351.
    Copies of documents may be obtained by contacting: By mail: Public 
Docket and Freedom of Information Section, Field Operations Division 
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone 
number: Rm. 1128 Bay, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
VA, (703) 305-5805 or 5454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meeting will be available 
from the public docket within a week or two prior to the meeting. 
Copies of information submitted to the Agency in support of this 
registration (MRID# 429322-01 thru 429322-20), and Agency reviews of 
these data will be available from the public docket. The release of 
data is subject to section 10(g) of FIFRA; disclosure requires 
submission of a signed Affirmation of Non-multinational Status form. 
Contact the OPP docket staff to receive a copy of the form. Due to the 
volume of data (in excess of 3,000 pages), callers will receive the 
data on microfiche. A papercopy of the data is available for viewing in 
the docket.
    Any member of the public wishing to submit written comments should 
contact Robert B. Jaeger at the address or the phone number given above 
to be sure that the meeting is still scheduled and to confirm the 
Panel's agenda. Interested persons are permitted to file written 
statements before the meeting. To the extent that time permits and upon 
advance notice to the Designated Federal Official, interested persons 
may be permitted by the chairman of the Scientific Advisory Panel to 
present oral statements at the meeting. There is no limit on written 
comments for consideration by the Panel, but oral statements before the 
panel are limited to approximately 5 minutes. Since oral statements 
will be permitted only as time permits, the Agency urges the public to 
submit written comments in lieu of oral presentations. Persons wishing 
to make oral and/or written statements should notify the Designated 
Federal Official and submit 20 copies of a summary no later than 
February 17, 1995, in order to ensure appropriate consideration by the 
Panel.
    Information submitted as a comment in response to this notice may 
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information 
as ``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). Information so marked 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be 
submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information not marked 
confidential will be included in the public docket without prior 
notice. The public docket will be available for public inspection in 
Rm. 1128 Bay at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. All statements will be made 
part of the record and will be taken into consideration by the Panel.
    Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be 
available 10 to 15 working days after the meeting and may be obtained 
by contacting the Public Docket and Freedom of Information Section at 
the address or telephone number given above.

    Dated: January 19, 1995.
Daniel Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-2009 Filed 1-24-95; 8:45 am]
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