[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55839-55840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22219]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2002-0194; FRL-7197-6]


EPA Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs will hold a public meeting 
of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on September 17 and 
18, 2002. An agenda will be available by September 13, 2002, and posted 
on EPA's Web site at www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/. An agenda is being 
developed and will include the following topics: Alternative, i.e., 
non-animal or reduced-animal testing (with special focus on acute 
toxicity testing), pesticide program resource allocations and 
expenditures, follow-up reports from the May 2002, PPDC meeting, and 
other topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2002, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Wednesday, September 18, 2002, from 9 a.m. to 3 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Old Town Holiday Inn Select, 
480 King Street, Carlyle Conference Room fifth floor, Alexandria, VA. 
Telephone: (703) 549-6080.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie Fehrenbach, Office of Pesticide 
Programs (7501C), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-4775; 
fax

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number: (703) 308-4776; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however be of interest to persons who are concerned about 
implementation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the 
amendments to both of these major pesticide laws by the Food Quality 
Protection Act (FQPA) (Public Law 104-170) of 1996.
    Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not 
attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by 
this action. 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 PPDC, go 
directly to the Home Page for EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs at 
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/.
    2. In person. The Agency has established an official record for 
this action under docket ID number OPP-2002-0194. The official record 
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any 
public comments received during an applicable comment period, 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, 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. Background

    The PPDC is composed of 42 members appointed by EPA's Deputy 
Administrator. Committee members were selected from a balanced group of 
participants from the following sectors:
    1. Pesticide user, grower, and commodity groups.
    2. Industry and trade associations.
    3. Environmental/public interest and farmworker groups.
    4. Federal, State and tribal governments.
    5. Public health organizations.
    5. Animal welfare and academia.
    PPDC was established to provide a public forum to discuss a wide 
variety of pesticide regulatory development and reform initiatives, 
evolving public policy, program implementation issues, science policy 
issues associated with evaluating, and reducing risks from use of 
pesticides.

III. How Can I Participate in this Meeting?

    The PPDC meetings and workshops are open to the public under 
section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 
Law 92-463. 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 before or after the 
meeting. These statements will become part of the permanent record and 
will be available for public inspection at the address in Unit I.B.2.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: August 26, 2002.
  Marcia E. Mulkey,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 02-22219 Filed 8-27-02; 4:06 pm]
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