[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77059-77060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31613]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2002-0334; FRL-7283-5]


Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Exposure Modeling Work Group (EMWG) will hold a 1-day 
meeting on December 17, 2002. This notice announces the location and 
time for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 17, 2002, from 9 
a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall 2, Room 
311, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael R. Barrett, Environmental Fate 
and Effects Division (7507C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6391; fax 
number: (703) 308-6309; 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, and may be of 
particular interest to those persons who are or may be required to 
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 
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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2002-0334. 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, Crstal 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 submit or 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

    The Exposure Modeling Workgroup meets on a roughly quarterly 
interval to discuss current issues in modeling pesticide fate, 
transport, and exposure to pesticides in support of risk assessments in 
a regulatory context.

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

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

IV. Tentative Agenda

    This unit provides tentative agenda topics for the 1-day meeting.
    1. Welcome and introductions.
    2. Old action items.

3. Brief Updates

    [sbull] EPA's pesticide root zone model/exposure analysis modeling 
system (PRZM/EXAMS) model.
    [sbull] Spray drift task force progress.
    [sbull] Rice modeling.
    [sbull] European union activities.
    [sbull] United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) agricultural 
research service activities.

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    [sbull] Environmental fate data base.
    [sbull] New meteorological files.
    [sbull] Turf umbrella.
    [sbull] WARP model.

4. Major Topics

    [sbull] EFED water quality priorities for FY 2003 - themes for 
2003.
    [sbull] European Union activities: FOCUS ground water and surface 
water assessment methods, mitigation measures and processes for 
refining risk assessments.
    [sbull] Prospective ground water data base - data reporting and 
formatting issues.
    [sbull] USDA research service - efforts to address needs of 
regulators in their pesticide mitigation and modeling research, results 
of recent workshop.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: December 10, 2002.
 Steven Bradbury,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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