[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29155]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00512; FRL-5753-8]


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 2-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 Estimating 
Drinking Water Exposure as a Component of the Dietary Risk Assessment 
and a Review of the Spray-Drift Task Force Aerial Data Base. The 
session concerning estimating drinking water exposure will include 
presentations on SCI-GROW: groundwater screening model for predicting 
pesticide concentrations in water, percentage crop based dilution 
factors for run-off and surface water models, description of the 
screening model GENEEC for estimating pesticide concentrations in 
surface water and the run-off model PRZM, screening model for 
predicting pesticide concentrations in flowing surface water and 
drinking water reservoirs and use of water monitoring data for drinking 
water exposure assessments. The Spray-Drift Task Force Aerial Data Base 
review will include presentations on aerial field data, review of 
atomization and physical properties data, a model for predicting 
downwind deposition for agricultural spray-drift and the model 
validation process for agricultural spray-drift.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, December 10 
and 11, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Crystal City Gateway Marriott 
Hotel, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The telephone 
number for the hotel is: (703) 920-3230.
    By mail, submit written comments (one original and 20 copies) to: 
Larry Dorsey, Designated Federal Official for the FIFRA/Scientific 
Advisory Panel, (7509C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person or by delivery service, bring 
comments to: Rm. 819B, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: opp-
[email protected]. Follow the instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION of this document. No Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be 
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as 
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 
record. Information not marked confidential will be included in the 
public docket by EPA without prior notice. The public docket is 
available for public inspection in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia address 
given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated 
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail 
address: Rm. 819B, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 
(703) 305-5369, e-mail: [email protected].
    A meeting agenda is currently available and copies of EPA primary 
background documents for the meeting will be available no later than 
November 10 and may be obtained by contacting: By mail: Public 
Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources and 
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, In person: Rm. 
1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 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 
telephone number given above to confirm that the meeting is still 
scheduled and that the agenda has not been modified or changed. 
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 5 minutes. As oral statements only 
will be permitted 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 the summary information. 
Please note that comments received by December 1, 1997, ensure that the 
Panel Members will have the time necessary to consider and review the 
comments.
    Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be 
available approximately 30 working days after the meeting and may be 
obtained by contacting the Public Information and Records Integrity 
Branch, at the address or telephone number given above.
    The official record for this document, as well as the public 
version, has been established for this document under docket control 
number ``OPP-00512'' (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 Virginia address in 
``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
    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 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket control number ``OPP-00512.'' Electronic comments on this 
document may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.

    Dated: October 29, 1997.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-29155 Filed 11-3-97; 8:45 am]
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