[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25501-25502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11715]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00595; FRL-6076-3]


Ecological Committee for FIFRA Risk Assessment Methods Scientific 
Peer Input Workshop on Probabilistic Methods

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) will hold a public 
workshop to review The Ecological Committee for FIFRA Risk Assessment 
Methods' (ECOFRAM) proposed probabilistic tools and methods for

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evaluating the impact of pesticides on aquatic and terrestrial non-
target organisms.

DATES: The Aquatic workshop will be held on Tuesday, 22 June 1999, from 
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, 23 June l999, from 8:00 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. The Terrestrial workshop will be held on Wednesday, 23 June 
1999, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, 24 June 1999, from 8:00 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m..

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: the Old Town Holiday Inn 
Select, 480 King Street (corner of King and Royal Streets), Alexandria, 
Virginia 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Ingrid Sunzenauer (7507C), or 
Gail Maske (7507C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone 
numbers and e-mail addresses are as follows: Ingrid Sunzenauer (703) 
305-5196, Sunzenauer.I[email protected]; and Gail Maske (703) 305-
5245, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Electronic Availability

    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/).
    A copy of the prepared ECOFRAM draft reports can be obtained from 
the information contacts or electronically from OPP's Home Page under 
Pesticide Science, Ecological Risk Assessment Page, (http://
www.epa.gov/oppefed1/ecorisk/index.htm) after May 20, 1999.

II. Purpose and Scope of the Scientific Workshop

    The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the scientific aspects of 
the probabilistic tools and methods for evaluating effects of 
pesticides to non-target species developed by the Terrestrial and 
Aquatic ECOFRAM Workgroups. Peer input reviews and comments will be 
presented by an invited group of scientists followed by a discussion 
session with ECOFRAM workgroup members. These participants in the 
workshop will include OPP's Environmental Fate and Effects Division, 
EPA's Office of Research and Development, members of some state 
governments and academia, and other stakeholders (some international 
interested parties). All have prepared reviews of the ECOFRAM's Draft 
Reports on probabilistic tools and methods for ecological risk 
assessment.
    The workshop will focus on the technical reviews by the invited 
participants. Outside observers (interested parties who were not part 
of the technical review) will have an opportunity to comment on 
scientific and technical issues related to the document after the 
initial presentations. Additional comments may also be made at the 
closing discussions, after the reviewers have discussed the issues 
raised. OPP plans to discuss the results of this peer review workshop 
and related issues with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel at a later date.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: April 19, 1999.

Elizabeth Leovey,
Acting Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-11715 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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