[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24177-24178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11665]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00536; FRL-5788-6]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Pesticide Operations and 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 and Management Working Committee will hold a 2-day 
meeting, May 18 and 19, 1998. 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 Operations and 
Management will meet on Monday, May 18, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. and Tuesday, May 19, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The Claremont Hotel, 2000 
Fourth Avenue at Virginia, Seattle, WA 98121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Field and 
External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506C) 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington-Crystal City, VA 22202, CM-II, (703) 305-5306, (703) 308-1850 
(fax); e-mail: [email protected].


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tentative agenda of the SFIREG Working 
Committee on Pesticide Operations Management includes the following.
    1. Consumer Information Sheets for the purchase of treated wood 
products.
    2. Anti-coagulant rodenticides and non-target wildlife deaths.
    3. Labeling of chlorine gas products for agricultural use.
    4. Results of AAPCO federal facilities compliance survey.
    5. Use of commodity fumigant methyl bromide for structural 
fumigation.
    6. Enforceability of restrictive label statements - statements 
required by the agency vs. statements included at registrant's request.
    7. EPA's custom blend policy.
    8. Proposal to amend the Worker Protection Standard requirement to 
provide specific information about pesticide applications.
    9. Pesticide advertising on the WEB.
    10. Pesticide Inspector Regulatory Training.
    11. Greenhouse pesticide labeling and enforcement.
    12. Update on the Certification and Training Advisory Group.
    13. Pesticide Use in the Commercial Practice of Animal Damage 
Control.
    14. Use of federal vs. state credentials during inspections.
    15. Antimicrobial compliance program.
    16. Waiver of liability statements on pesticide labels.
    17. Reports from committee members.
    18. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: April 23, 1998.

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

[FR Doc. 98-11665 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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