[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37369-37370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15163]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-00294; FRL-6591-3]


Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA); June Meeting 
Planned for Work Groups

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Tribal Affairs Work Group and the Environmental Justice 
Work Group will meet during the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action 
(FOSTTA) session in June. The three FOSTTA projects: Chemical 
Management, Pollution Prevention, and Toxics Release Inventory will not 
meet at this time. These projects met in October and March of this 
fiscal year. The next meeting of the entire FOSTTA membership will be 
in October 2000. OPPT will issue a Federal Register notice in late 
September to announce the details of the October meeting.

DATES: The Tribal Affairs Work Group and the Environmental Justice Work 
Group will meet concurrently on June 22, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
and on June 23, 2000, from 9 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn Old Town, 480 
King Street, Alexandria, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Hagevik, National Conference of 
State Legislatures, 1560 Broadway, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80202; 
telephone: (303) 839-0273; fax: (303) 863-8003; e-mail: 
[email protected] or Darlene Harrod, Liaison Branch, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC; telephone: (202) 260-6904; fax: (202) 260-2219; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. All parties 
interested in FOSTTA and hearing more about the perspectives of the 
States and Tribes on EPA programs and the information exchange 
regarding important issues related to human health and environmental 
exposure to toxics are invited and encouraged to attend. The public is 
encouraged to attend the proceedings as observers. However, in the 
interest of time and efficiency, the meetings are structured to provide 
maximum opportunity for State, Tribal, and EPA participants to discuss 
items on the predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the chair of 
the work group, an effort will be made to accommodate participation by 
observers attending the proceedings.

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

    1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of minutes, and 
certain other related documents that might be available electronically, 
from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Web site at 
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/fostta/fostta.htm. To access this 
document on the EPA Internet Home Page go to http://www.epa.gov and 
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/FOSTTA.
    2. Facsimile. Notify the contacts listed above if you would like 
any of the documents sent to you via fax.

III. Background

    The NCSL and the EPA co-sponsor the meetings. As part of a co-
sponsorship agreement, NCSL facilitates ongoing efforts of the States 
and Tribes to identify, discuss, and address toxics-related issues, and 
to continue the dialogue on how Federal environmental programs can best 
be implemented.
    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 the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). In addition to the two 
work groups, FOSTTA currently is composed of the Coordinating Committee 
and three issue-specific projects: the Chemical Management, Pollution 
Prevention, and Toxics Release Inventory.
    The Tribal Affairs Work Group will focus on issues of particular 
interest to the Tribal representatives as well as on OPPT orientation 
and organizational matters. FOSTTA will also host a stakeholder meeting 
on logistical issues associated with the implementation of Title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act in the States.

IV. Purpose of Meeting

    Tentative agenda items identified by NCSL, the States, and the 
Tribes for the Tribal Affairs Work Group meeting:
    1. AIEO's Baseline Assessment project.
    2. OECA's American Indian Land Environmental Support project.
    3. Subsistence Food Assessment project.
    4. OPPT 101.
    The tentative agenda item identified for the Environmental Justice 
Work Group meeting:
    Logistical issues associated with the implementation of Title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act in the States.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.


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    Dated: June 8, 2000.
Clarence O. Lewis, III,
Acting Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 00-15163 Filed 6-12-00; 2:22 pm]
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