[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17414-17415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9534]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00534; FRL-5784-6]


FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel and Science Advisory Board; Open 
Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: There will be a joint two-day meeting of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality 
Protection Act (FQPA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) and the Agency 
Science Advisory Board (SAB) to review a set of scientific issues being 
considered by the Agency concerning the development of the Agency's 
endocrine disruptor screening and testing program as required by the 
1996 Food Quality Protection Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. This 
meeting will focus on scientific issues identified by the Endocrine 
Disruptors Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) in their 
draft report. Agenda items include the conceptual framework for the 
operation of the EDSTAC, the endocrine disruptors priority setting 
process, the proposed endocrine disruptors screening battery and 
testing scheme, and a discussion of the near-term endocrine disruptors 
program implementation activities. Information from the draft EDSTAC 
report and from this meeting as well as public comments will be used by 
the Agency to develop the endocrine disruptors program. A second 
meeting of this peer review panel will be convened later this year to 
review scientific issues concerning the Agency's proposed approach to 
implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act and Food Quality Protection 
Act endocrine disruptor program.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday May 5 and 6, 
1998 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Holiday Inn (Arlington at 
Ballston), I-66 and Glebe Road, 4610 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 
22203. The telephone number for the hotel is: (703) 243-9800.
    By mail: Submit written comments (one original and 25 copies) to: 
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 or by delivery service, bring comments to: Rm. 119, CM #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The

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telephone number for the docket is (703) 305-5805.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by following 
the instructions under ``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION'' in 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., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460; Office location: Rm. 819B, CM #2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-
5369; e-mail: [email protected].
    A meeting agenda and copies of the draft Endocrine Disruptors 
Screening and Testing Advisory Committee report are available and may 
be obtained by contacting: 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; Office location: Rm. 119, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-5805. These 
documents are also available at the internet site: www.epa.gov/
pesticides/SAP/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any member of the public wishing to make an 
oral presentation at the meeting should contact Larry C. Dorsey at the 
address or the phone number given in ``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT'' 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 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 
public to submit written comments in lieu of oral presentations.
    Information submitted as a comment in response to this notice may 
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information 
as 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.
    A public record has been established for this notice under docket 
control number ``OPP-00534'' (including comments and data submitted 
electronically). A public version of this record, including printed 
versions of electronic comments, which does not include information 
claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public 
record is located in Rm. 119 of the Public Information and Records 
Integrity Branch, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, CM #2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
    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. Comments 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-00534''. Electronic comments on this 
notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will transfer all comments 
received electronically into printed, paper form as they are received 
and will place the paper copies in the official record which will also 
include all comments submitted directly in writing. The official record 
is the paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the 
beginning of this document.
    Copies of the minutes from this meeting 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 in ``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT''.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: April 3, 1998.
Lynn R. Goldman,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances.
[FR Doc. 98-9534 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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