[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 103 (Friday, May 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 34176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13314]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00661; FRL-6589-2]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water 
Quality/Pesticide Disposal Working Committee Meeting; 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) 
Water Quality/Pesticide Disposal Working Committee will hold a 2-day 
meeting, beginning on June 12, 2000, and ending on June 13, 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, June 12, 2000, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, June 13, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive 
Secretary, P.O. Box 1249, Hardwick, VT 05843-1249; telephone number: 
(802) 472-6956; fax: (802) 472-6957; e-mail address: 
[email protected] or Georgia A. McDuffie, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20405; 
telephone number: (703) 605-0195; 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 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 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. Revising EPA guidance document for the Pesticide Management Plan 
rule.
    2. Probabilistic risk assessment for ecological effects.
    3. State regulation of aquatic use pesticides.
    4. Up-date on Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) activities in 
California.
    5. Report on certain herbicides in surface and ground water in the 
Midwest.
    6. Topics for Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP) course 
on water quality.
    7. General program up-dates from the Office Pesticide Programs 
(OPP) and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA).
    8. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: May 19, 2000.
Jay Ellenberger,
Acting Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-13314 Filed 5-25-00; 8:45 am]
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