[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17298-17299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9709]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00431; FRL-5363-4]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working 
Committees on Enforcement-Certification & Registration-Classification; 
Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Working Committees on Enforcement-Certification and Registration-
Classification will hold a 3-day meeting, beginning on Monday, April 
29, 1996 and ending on Wednesday, May 1, 1996. This notice announces 
the location and times for the meetings and sets forth tentative agenda 
topics. The meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The SFIREG Working Committee on Enforcement-Certification will 
meet alone on Monday, April 29, 1996 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the 
two Working Committees will meet together on Tuesday, April 30, 1996 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Working Committee on Registration-
Classification will meet alone on Wednesday, May 1, 1996 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel, 300 Army-
Navy Drive, Crystal City, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Shirley M. Howard, Office of 
Pesticide Programs (7506C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW, Washington, DC 20460.
    Office location and telephone number: Rm. 1100, Crystal Mall #2, 
1921 Jefferson-Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 22202 (703) 305-5306. e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tentative agenda of the SFIREG Working 
Committee on Enforcement-Certification includes the following:
    1.   Update on Certification and Training issues.
    2.   Status of the Worker Protection Standards .
    3.   Update on laboratory communication.
    4.   Discussion of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance policies.
    5.   Discussion of geographic regional restrictions on labels.
    6.   Other topics as appropriate.

    The agenda for the joint session of the SFIREG Working Committees 
on Enforcement-Certification and Registration-Classification includes 
the following:
    1.   Discussion of the State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation 
Group (SFIREG) functions.
    2.   Update on the Federal Insecticide Fungicide Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) section 2(ee).
    3.   Delegation of FIFRA sections 18 and 24(c) authority to regions 
and states.
    4.   Update on the import of unregistered pesticide products.
    5.   Label advisory statements report.
    6.   Status of the enforcement of products label for Roundup 
Soybeans.
    7.   Other topics as appropriate.

    The agenda for the SFIREG Working Committee on Registration-
Classification includes the following:
    1.   Update on consumer labeling initiatives.
    2.   Status of the bee labeling issues.
    3.   Discussion on the co-pack pesticide products.
    4.   Update on electronic commerce: label submission and other 
plans.
    5.   California's HomePage demonstration report.
    7.   Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: April 8, 1996.

William L. Jordan,
Acting Director, Field Operations Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-9709 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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