[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27975]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00511; FRL-5752-7]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Pesticide Operations Management Working Committee; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Pesticide Operations Management Working Committee will hold a 2-day 
meeting, October 27, and October 28, 1997. This notice announces the 
location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda 
topics. The meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The SFIREG Working Committee on Pesticide and Operations 
Management will meet on Monday, October 27, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Tuesday, October 28, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: the National Airport Doubletree 
Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal City, VA, 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Office of 
Pesticide Programs (7506C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: (703) 
305-5306; (703) 308-1850 (fax); e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tentative agenda of the SFIREG Working 
Committee on Pesticide Operations Management includes the following:
    1.   Policy regarding pesticides used in greenhouses.
    2.   Worker protection standard/restricted-entry interval exception 
for BRAVO (chlorothalonil).
    3.   Worker protection standard language on AZTEC insecticide.
    4.   Enforcement of pesticide laws on federal and tribal lands.
    5.   Pesticide exposure from use of plant parts - Are cultural-
ethnic subgroups considered in risk assessments.
    6.   Clarification of EPA policy on the usurpation of state 24(c) 
authority.
    7.   Update on quality assurance project plans vs. Quality 
management plans vs. National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation 
Program.
    8.   Data quality issues:
      a.   Reference files system vs. Pesticide product information 
system.
      b.   How do states report errors detected in EPA's data.
      c.   Time frame for posting corrections
    9.   Labeling issues with the use of commodity fumigant methyl 
bromide for structural fumigation.
    10.   Indoor structural pest control concerns.
    11.   Further review of 24(c) indemnification/waiver of liability 
language - Mandatory vs. Advisory.
    12.   Office of Enforcement and Compliance Topics:
      a.   Enforceability of post-application operations on pesticide 
labels.
      b.   Custom dilution/blending.
      c.   Antimicrobial efficacy testing.
      d.   Worker protection compliance monitoring/enforcement.
      e.   Cancellation of section 3 for changed active ingredient 
source.
    13.   Reports from committee members and introduction of issue 
papers.
    14.   Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: October 16, 1997.

Jay Ellenberger,

Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-27975 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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