[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37584-37585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18570]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00490; FRL-5731-4]


FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: There will be a two-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to review a set of scientific 
issues being considered by the Agency in connection with Exposure 
Assessment Methodologies for Residential Scenarios, Developing 
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methodologies for Aquatic and Terrestrial 
Risks, Efficacy Testing for Public Health Antimicrobial Pesticides, and 
Criteria for Requiring In-utero Cancer Studies. The SAP also will be 
briefed on progress concerning Food Quality Protection Act Risk 
Assessment Methodology Issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 9 
and 10, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1300 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202. The telephone 
number for the hotel is: (703) 979-9799.
    By mail, submit written comment (one original and 20 copies) to: 
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources 
and Services Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by following 
the instructions under Supplementary Information of this document. No 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-
mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated 
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
S.W., Washington, DC 20460; Office location: Rm. 819B, CM#2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-
5369/7351; e-mail: [email protected].
    Copies of EPA documents may be obtained by contacting: Public 
Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources and 
Services Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; Office 
location: Rm. 1132 Bay, CM#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-5805.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any member of the public wishing to submit 
written comments should contact Larry C. Dorsey at the address or the 
phone number given above. Interested persons are permitted to file 
written statements before the meeting. To the extent that time permits 
and upon advanced written request to the Designated Federal Official, 
interested persons may be permitted by the Chair of the Scientific 
Advisory Panel to present oral statements at the meeting. There is no 
limit on the length of written comments for consideration by the Panel, 
but oral statements before the Panel are limited to approximately five 
minutes. As oral statements only will be permitted as time permits, the 
Agency urges the

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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 twenty copies of the summary 
information no later than August 22, 1997, 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 marked CBI 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR Part 2. An edited copy of the comment that does not contain the 
CBI material must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information not marked confidential will be included in the public 
docket. All comments and materials received will be made part of the 
public record and will be considered by the Panel.
    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
has been established for this notice under docket control number ``OPP-
00490'' (including comments and data submitted electronically as 
described below). A public version of this record, including printed, 
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any 
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
official record is located at the address in ``ADDRESSES''.
    Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
    [email protected]


    Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
use of special characters and any form of encryption. Comment and data 
will also be accepted on disks in Wordperfect 5.1 file format or ASCII 
file format. All comments and data in electronic form must be 
identified by the docket control number OPP-00490. Electronic comments 
on this notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository 
Libraries.
    Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be 
available approximately 15 working days after the meeting and may be 
obtained by contacting the Public Response and Program Resources 
Branch, at the address or telephone number given above.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: July 8, 1997.

Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-18570 Filed 7-11-97; 8:45 am]
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