[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6774-6775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3514]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00209; FRL-5588-7]


Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open 
Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The four projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics 
Action (FOSTTA) will hold meetings

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open to the public at the time and place listed below in this notice. 
The public is encouraged to attend the proceedings as observers. 
However, in the interest of time and efficiency, the meeting is 
structured to provide maximum opportunity for state, tribal, and EPA 
invited participants to discuss items on the predetermined agenda. At 
the discretion of the chair of the project, an effort will be made to 
accommodate participation by observers attending the proceedings.

DATES: The four projects will meet March 3, 1997, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m., with a plenary session on Endocrine Disruptors from 8 a.m. to 9 
a.m., and on March 4, 1997, from 8 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Holiday Inn, 480 King St., 
Alexandria, VA, in Old Town.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7408), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, 
Telephone: (202) 260-6904, e-mail: [email protected]. Any 
observer wishing to speak should advise the DFO at the telephone number 
or e-mail address listed above no later than 4 p.m. on February 27, 
1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA, a group of state and tribal toxics 
environmental managers, is intended to foster the exchange of toxics-
related program and enforcement information among the states/tribes and 
between the states/tribes and EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides 
and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) and Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance (OECA). FOSTTA currently consists of the Coordinating 
Committee and four issue-specific projects. The projects are the: (1) 
Toxics Release Inventory Project; Pollution Prevention Project; (3) 
Chemical Management Project; and (4) Lead (Pb) Project.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: February 5, 1997.
Susan B. Hazen,
Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97-3514 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]
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