[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 49 (Monday, March 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6275]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-00266; FRL-6069-3]


Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open 
Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Four projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action 
(FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to the public at the time and place 
listed below in this notice. The public is encouraged to attend the 
proceedings as observers. However, in the interest of time and 
efficiency, the meeting is structured to provide maximum opportunity 
for state, tribal, and EPA invited participants to discuss items on the 
predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the chair of the project, an 
effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers attending 
the proceedings.

DATES: The four projects will meet March 29, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and on March 30, 1999, from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be a 
plenary session on OPPT's FY '99 budget, programs, and activities on 
Monday, March 29, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900 
Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260-6904; e-mail: 
[email protected]. Any observer wishing to speak should advise the 
DFO at the telephone number or e-mail address listed above no later 
than 4 p.m. on March 26, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA, a group of state and tribal toxics 
environmental managers, is intended to foster the exchange of toxics-
related program and enforcement information among the states, tribes, 
EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), 
and Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). FOSTTA 
currently consists of the Coordinating Committee and four issue-
specific projects. The projects are the: (1) Toxics Release Inventory 
Project; (2) Pollution Prevention Project; (3) Chemical Management 
Project; and (4) Lead (Pb) Project.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: March 3, 1999.

Joseph S. Carra,

Acting Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 99-6275 Filed 3-12-99; 8:45 am]
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