[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1547]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00639; FRL-6488-2]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water 
Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee; Notice of Public 
Meeting

ACTION:  Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY:  The SFIREG Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working 
Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on February 7, 2000 and 
ending on February 8, 2000. This notice announces the location and 
times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES:  The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
will meet on Monday, February 7, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 
on Tuesday, February 8, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. There will 
be a CLOSED SESSION (Open Only to EPA and State Lead Agencies) on 
Monday, February 7, 2000 from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at The Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army 
Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal City, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive 
Secretary, P. O. Box 1249, Hardwick, VT 05843-1249; (802) 472-6956; 
fax: (802) 472-6957; e-mail address: [email protected] or 
Elaine Y. Lyon, Field and External Affairs Division (7506C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios 
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (703) 305-5306; fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, but all parties 
interested in SFIREG's information exchange relationship with EPA 
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental 
exposure to pesticides, and insight into the EPA's decision-making 
process are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and 
participate as appropriate.

II. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this 
Document and Other Related Documents?

    1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of the minutes, 
and certain other related documents that might be available 
electronically, from the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. 
To access this document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and 
Regulations'' and then look up the entry for this document under the 
``Federal Register-Environmental Documents.'' You can also go directly 
to the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. You 
may also obtain electronic copies of the minutes, and certain other 
related documents that might be available electronically, from the 
Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) Internet 
Home Page at http://aapco.ceris.purdue.edu/doc/index.html. To access 
this document, on the Home Page select ``SFIREG'' and then look up the 
entry for this document under the ``SFIREG Meetings.''
    2. In person. The Agency has established an administrative record 
for this meeting under docket control number OPP-00639. The 
administrative record consists of the documents specifically referenced 
in this notice, any public comments received during an applicable 
comment period, and other information related to the State FIFRA Issues 
Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water Quality and Pesticide 
Disposal Working Committee, including any information claimed as 
Confidential Business Information (CBI). This administrative record 
includes the documents that are physically located in the docket, as 
well as the documents that are referenced in those documents. The 
public version of the administrative record, which includes printed, 
paper versions of any electronic comments that may be submitted during 
an applicable comment period, is available for inspection in the Public 
Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 
#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB telephone 
number is (703) 305-5805.

III. Purpose of Meeting

Tentative Agenda:

    1. Working committee issues and updates.
    2. Update on pesticide field data plan.
    3. Update on Total Maximum Daily Load & National Pollution 
Discharge Elimination System Draft Straw Proposal.
    4. Office of Research and Developments grant to study ``The Impact 
of Lawn Care Practices on Aquatic Ecosystems in Suburban Watersheds.''
    5. Update on Pesticides in Ground Water and Surface Water Data 
bases.
    6. Working committee discussion on survey on aquatic pesticides and 
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permitting.
    7. Florida State University grant to develop Indicators.
    8. Updates from the Office of Pesticide Programs and the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
    9. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection,

    Dated: January 14, 2000.
Jay Ellenberger,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-1547 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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