[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24576]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00553; FRL-6030-4]


FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 guidance for 
conducting small-scale prospective ground water monitoring studies and 
proposed revised guidance for conducting terrestrial field dissipation 
studies. A preliminary document was drafted in March 1998, and 
additional issues for clarification were identified. Following review 
by the FIFRA SAP, the guidance document will be forwarded to the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as a 
proposed test guideline.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 14 and Thursday, 
October 15, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be 
available approximately 30 working days after the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1300 
Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. The telephone number for the hotel 
is (703) 979-9799.
    By mail, submit (1 original and 30 copies) written comments 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, deliver comments to: Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: opp-
[email protected]. Follow the instructions under Unit II. of this 
notice. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted 
through e-mail.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice 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. 119 at the Virginia address 
given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays.
    The Panel's agenda and report of their recommendations may be 
obtained from the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch or 
from the FIFRA SAP Website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/SAP/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated 
Federal Official (DFO), FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7501), Office 
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail: 
Rm. 117S, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA; 
(703) 305-5369; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    At the meeting, the Agency will present its guidance document for 
small-scale prospective ground water monitoring studies for review. 
Data from these prospective studies may be used to evaluate the 
potential of a pesticide and its degradates to leach through the soil. 
The Agency will also present revised guidance for conducting 
terrestrial field dissipation studies. A joint U.S. EPA-Canada 
workgroup under the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 
Technical Working Group on Pesticides is developing revised guidance 
for conducting terrestrial field dissipation studies in the United 
States and Canada. The terrestrial field dissipation studies should 
assess the most probable routes and rates of pesticide dissipation 
under actual use conditions at representative field sites.
    Any member of the public wishing to submit written comments should 
contact the DFO at the address or the telephone number given in the 
``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT'' section of this notice to confirm 
that the meeting is still scheduled and that the agenda has not been 
modified or changed. Interested persons are encouraged to file written 
comments before the meeting. To the extent that time permits and upon 
advanced written request to the DFO, 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 presentations before 
the Panel are generally limited to approximately 5 minutes. Oral 
presentations will only be permitted as time permits, the Agency urges 
the public to submit written comments instead of oral presentations. 
Persons wishing to make oral comments and/or send written comments 
should notify the DFO and submit 1 original and 30 copies. Submit 
written comments as early as possible to ensure that the Panel will 
have the necessary time to consider and review the comments.

II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions

    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
has been established for this notice under docket control number OPP-
00553 (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 notice.
    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-00553. Electronic comments on this notice 
may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pests and pesticides, Water pollution.

    Dated: September 9, 1998.

Marcia E. Mulkey,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc 98-24576 Filed 9-9-98; 3:27 pm]
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