[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27673]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00556; FRL-6039-9]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water 
Quality and Pesticide Disposal 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) 
Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee will hold a 2-
day meeting, October 26 and 27, 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 Water Quality and Pesticide 
Disposal will meet on Monday, October 26, 1998, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 
p.m. and Tuesday, October 27, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The Ronald Reagan National 
Airport Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal City, 
VA.

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, Crystal Mall 2 (CM #2), (703) 305-
5306, (fax) (703) 308-1850; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tentative agenda of the SFIREG Working 
Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal includes the 
following:
    1. Update on the Pesticide Management Plan.
    2. Surface water issues.
    3. Aquatic herbicide issues.
    4. Aquatic herbicides labeling workgroup.
    5. Drinking water levels of concern.
    6. Tolerance assessment impacts from water residues under FQPA 
implementation.
    7. Office of Pesticide Programs and Office of Water coordination on 
water assessments and issues: Goals and an action plan.
    8. Use of immunoassay methods in monitoring.
    9. Update on pesticide disposal.
    10. National Environmental Performance Partnership System.
    11. Status of Groundwater Restricted Rule.
    12. Reports from committee members.
    13. Update from the Office of Pesticide Programs.
    14. Update from the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
    15. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: October 8, 1998.

Bruce A. Sidwell,
Acting Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98-27673 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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