[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67246-67247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31937]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-34251; FRL-6818-5]


Technical Briefing on the Preliminary Organophosphate Pesticide 
Cumulative Risk Assessment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a public technical briefing on January 15, 
2002, to discuss the exposure methodologies proposed for use in the 
organophosphate (OP) cumulative risk assessment for food, drinking 
water, and residential exposures. The briefing will provide the public 
with an explanation in non-technical terms of the proposed exposure 
methodologies. In addition, the briefing will cover how the computer 
software model calculates and combines these exposure estimates. This 
briefing follows the August 22, 2001, briefing on the hazard portion of 
the assessment, the October 3, 2001, briefing on the water exposure 
methodology, and the November 15, 2001, briefing on the food and 
residential methodologies. This technical briefing will complete the 
background briefings on the proposed OP cumulative risk assessment 
methodology.

DATES: The technical briefing will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 
2002, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, from 9 a.m. 
to 4 p.m., EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will hold a 
public meeting of the CARAT Workgroup on Cumulative Risk Assessment/
Public Participation Process.

ADDRESSES: The technical briefing and the CARAT Workgroup Meeting will 
be held at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, 
Alexandria, VA. The telephone number for the hotel is (703) 837-0440. 
The hotel is located across from the King Street Metro Station.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Karen Angulo, Special Review 
and Registration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-8004; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action applies to the public in general. As such, the Agency 
has not attempted to specifically describe all the entities potentially 
affected by this action. The Agency believes that a wide range of 
stakeholders will be interested in technical briefings on 
organophosphate pesticides, including environmental, human health, and 
agricultural advocates, the chemical industry, pesticide users, and 
members of the public interested in the use of pesticides on food. If 
you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a 
particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. 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,'' ``Regulations and Proposed Rules,'' 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/.
    To access information about organophosphate pesticides, you can 
also go directly to the Home Page for the Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP) at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/. In addition, information 
about the cumulative process and the preliminary organophosphate 
cumulative risk assessment documents are found at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative.
    2. In person. The Agency has established an official record under 
docket control number OPP-34251. The official record consists of the 
documents specifically referenced in this action, and other information 
related to this action, including any information claimed as 
Confidential Business Information (CBI). This official 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 official record does not include any information claimed as CBI. 
The public version of the official record, which includes printed, 
paper versions of any electronic comments 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.

II. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

    This meeting is open to the public. Outside statements by observers 
are welcome. Oral statements will be limited to 3 to 5 minutes, and it 
is preferred that only one person per organization present the 
statement. Any person who wishes to file a written statement may do so 
immediately before or after the meeting. These statements will become 
part of the permanent record and will be available for public 
inspection at the address listed in Unit I. of this document.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Organophosphate pesticides.

    Dated: December 19, 2001.
Lois A. Rossi,
Director, Special Review and Registration Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-31937 Filed 12-26-01; 11:01 am]
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