[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64368-64369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26712]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2002-0292; FRL-7278-5]


Agricultural Worker Risk Assessment Process; 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 seminar 
on the agricultural worker risk assessment decision process on October 
29-30, 2002. The agenda is being developed and will be posted by 
October 15, 2002, on EPA's website at www.epa.gov/pesticides/. The 
following topics are being planned for presentation and discussion: 
Overview of the worker risk assessment process; agricultural handler 
risk assessment for selected crop/handler scenarios; post application 
risk assessment for selected crop/post application worker scenarios; 
and presentations relating to post exposure evaluation.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2002, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Wednesday, October 30, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Georgetown University 
Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Road, Washington, DC, in the Leavey 
Center (Entrance 1 to the Georgetown University Medical 
Center), Salon C. The telephone number is 202-687-3200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Margie Fehrenbach, Office of 
Pesticide Programs, 7501C, Environmental ProtectionAgency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
308-4775; fax 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; however, persons 
may be interested who work in agricultural settings or 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. Potentially affected entities may include, 
but are not limited to:
    Agricultural workers and farmers; pesticide industry and trade 
associations; environmental, consumer and farmworker groups; pesticide 
users and growers; pest consultants; State, local and tribal 
governments; academia; public health organizations; food processors; 
and the public.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket ID number OPP-2002-0292. The official public docket 
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any 
public comments received, and other information related to this action. 
Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does not 
include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official public docket 
is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at 
the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 
Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This 
docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number is 703-
305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
     An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, 
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Although not all docket materials may be available 
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available 
docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. 
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate 
docket ID number.

II. Background

     Stakeholders from two of EPA's Federal advisory committees, the 
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) and the Committee to Advise 
on Reassessment and Transition (CARAT), have expressed interest in 
better understanding the process followed by the Office of Pesticide 
Programs when developing agricultural worker risk assessments. EPA is 
planning two seminars to address these issues. The first seminar will 
focus on the inputs, decisions, calculations and end results of the 
worker risk assessment process for agricultural handlers and post 
applicators. Presentations will include

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information about occupational incident data bases and post exposure 
evaluations. There will also be presentations by the Task Forces for 
Agricultural Handlers Exposure and Agricultural Reentry. The public is 
invited to these seminars. Participation from the two advisory 
committees is also invited and represent the following sectors: 
Pesticide user, grower and commodity groups; industry and trade 
associations; environmental/public interest and farmworker groups; 
Federal, State and tribal governments; public health organizations; 
animal welfare; and academia.

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

    This meeting will be open to the public. Opportunity will be 
provided for questions and comments by the public. 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 listed under 
Unit I.B.1.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agriculture, Agricultural workers, 
Chemicals, Foods, Pesticides, Pests, Risk assessment.

    Dated: October 15, 2002.
Kathleen D. Knox,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
 [FR Doc. 02-26712 Filed 10-16-02; 3:21 pm]
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