[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9098]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00656; FRL-6554-1]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee; Notice of Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee will hold a 2-day 
meeting, beginning on April 17, 2000 and ending on April 18, 2000. This 
notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth 
the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, April 17, 2000 from 8:30 
a.m. Pacific Standard time (p.s.t.) to 5:00 p.m. p.s.t. and Tuesday, 
April 18, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. p.s.t. to 2:30 p.s.t..

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel on 
Union Square, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.

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 Avenue, 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 this 
document, 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. By mail. Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 
1249, Hardwick, VT 05843-1249.

III. Purpose of Meeting

    Tentative Agenda:
    1. Anti-Bacterial pesticide product labeling.
    2. Pesticide product ``contaminants'' other than active 
ingredients.
    3. Experimental Use Permits - Regulations and Procedures.
    4. Update on Consumer Labeling Initiative.
    5. Update and discussion on 25(b) pesticide regulatory notice.
    6. Update and discussion on conditional registration.
    7. Update and discussion on isomer pesticide products.
    8. Inspector credential initiative.
    9. Results and use of inspector training survey.
    10. Update on rodenticide stakeholders labeling initiative.
    11. Update and discussion on Internet distribution of pesticides.
    12. Update on drift minimization.
    13. Discussion of ``Keep Out of Reach of Children'' issue paper.
    14. Discussion of ``Reentry Label Statements'' issue paper.
    15. Discussion of OECA worker protection standard audit.
    16. American Water Works Association letter to EPA on subject and 
enforcement implications.
    17. Update on phosphine labeling initiative.
    18. Discussion on genetically modified, plant pesticide labeling/
enforcement issues.
    19. Update from the Office of Pesticide Programs.
    20. Update from the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
    21. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: April 6, 2000.
Jay Ellenberger,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-9098 Filed 4-11-00; 8:45 am]
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