[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 12097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6384]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00526; FRL-5777-9]


Pesticides and A National Strategy for Health Care Providers; 
Open Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A coalition of Federal agencies has initiated a national 
effort to improve the education and training of health professionals in 
the prevention and management of health problems associated with 
pesticide related illness and injury. This initiative is sponsored by 
EPA, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, 
the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Labor. The first 
national workshop for this effort will be held on April 23-24, 1998, in 
Arlington, VA. This notice announces the location and times for the 
meetings. The meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Thursday, April 23, 1998, from 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, April 24, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: Sheraton National Hotel, 
Columbia Pike and Washington Boulevard, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Kevin Keaney or Ameesha 
Mehta, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Telephone number: (703) 305-7666, Fax number: (703) 308-2962, E-mail: 
[email protected].

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: March 6, 1998.

Anne E. Lindsay,

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

[FR Doc. 98-6384 Filed 3-11-98; 8:45 am]
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