[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3089-3090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1247]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00581; FRL-6057-1]


FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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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 the following 
issues:
    \ Aggregate exposure assessment guidance for combining exposure 
from multiple sources and routes.
    \ Review of studies on partitioning, toxicity, and bio-availability 
of synthetic pyrethroids in sediments.
    \ Time-sensitive reversibility of Aldicarb-induced Cholinesterase 
inhibition as a factor in acute dietary risk assessment.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 23 
and 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Ballston Holiday Inn, I-66 and 
Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203 The telephone number for the hotel is: 
(703) 243-9800.
    By mail, submit written comments (one original and 20 copies) to: 
Larry Dorsey, Designated Federal Official for the FIFRA/Scientific 
Advisory Panel (7101C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person or by delivery service, bring 
comments to: Rm. 117S, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: opp-
[email protected]. Follow the instructions under Unit III of this 
document. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be 
submitted through e-mail.
    Information submitted as a comment concerning this document 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry Dorsey, Designated 
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7101C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460; Office location: Rm. 117S, Crystal Mall (CM 
#2), 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; telephone: 
(703) 305-5369; e-mail: [email protected].
    A meeting agenda is currently available and copies of EPA primary 
background documents for the meeting will be available no later than 
February 1, 1999. The meeting agenda and EPA primary background 
documents may be obtained by contacting the 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Electronic Availability

    Electronic copies of this document and various support documents 
are available from the EPA home page at the Federal Register-
Environmental Documents entry for this document under ``Laws and 
Regulations'' (http: //www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).
    The meeting agenda and EPA primary background documents are also 
available on the EPA web site http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/SAP/.

II. Procedures for Participation

    Any member of the public wishing to submit written comments should 
contact Larry Dorsey at the address or the phone number given above 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 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 statements before the Panel are limited to approximately 5 
minutes. Persons wishing to make oral and/or written statements should 
notify the Designated Federal Official and submit 35 copies of the 
summary information. The Agency encourages that written statements be 
submitted in advance of the meeting to provide adequate time for the 
Panel Members to consider and review the comments before the meeting.
    Information submitted as a comment in response to this notice may 
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information 
as ``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). Information marked CBI 
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 
40 CFR part 2.

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 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.

III. Public Record and Submission of Electronic Comments

    A public record has been established for this notice under docket 
control number ``OPP-00581'' (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 Room 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, Virginia 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.
    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version, 
as described above 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 Panel's report of their recommendations 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 above.

    Dated: January 13, 1999.
Marcia E. Mulkey,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-1247 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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