[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7112-7113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3412]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0041; FRL-7292-7]


Tribal Pesticide Program Council; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) will hold a 2-day 
meeting, on March 13 and 14, 2003. This notice announces the location 
and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2003, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m., including a closed session from 4:30 to 5 p.m. and 
Friday March 14, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., including two closed 
sessions from 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel - 300 Army 
Navy Drive, Arlington, Crystal City, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia McDuffie, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 605-0195; fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-
mail address: [email protected].

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    Lillian Wilmore, TPPC Facilitator, P.O. Box 470829, Brookline 
Village, MA 02447-0829; telephone number: (617) 232-5742; fax (617) 
277-1656; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are 
interested in TPPC's information exchange relationship with EPA 
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental 
exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decisionmaking process. 
All parties are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and 
participate as appropriate.
    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 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-2003-0041. 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. Tentative Agenda

    This unit provides tentative agenda topics for the 2-day meeting.
    1. TPPC state of the council report.
    2. Presentation questions and answers by EPA Office of Pesticide 
Programs and by EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Field and External 
Affairs Division.
    3. Reports from Working Groups and TPPC participation in other 
meetings: Tribal Strategy and Forum on State and Tribal Toxic Actions 
(FOSTTA), Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee, Western Regional 
Pesticide Conference, Certification and Training Advisory Group, and 
Worker Protection.
    4. Tribal caucus.
    5. Reports from other organizations: State FIFRA Issues Research 
and Evaluation Group, American Indian Environmental Office, Tribal 
Operations Committee, Regional Tribal Operations Committee, Intertribal 
Agricultural Council, and National Tribal Environmental Council, 
Intertribal Agricultural Council, and Tribal Air Group.
    6. Videos; EPA and Indian Country; Building Pesticide and Toxic 
Programs in Indian Country and Native American Grave Protection 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) issues; tainted legacy.
    7. Report on Tribal Medicine Project.
    8. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) 
related issues and continuing issues reference data collections 
issues--Form 5700-33H; inspector credentials.
    9. EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 
(OPPTS) Tribal strategy--update.
    10. Update--FIFRA section 18s and section 24c issues (including 
Shoalwater Bay Tribe issues).
    11. Tribal issues raised; Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) 
issues.
    12. Updates from the sub-regional lead officer.
    13. Report from the Working Group--Tribal Traditional Lifeways 
(subsistence issues).
    14. Update on the lifeline project.
    15. Update on the West Nile Virus.
    16. Announcement of requests for proposal--National Environmental 
Exchange Network Grant; other funding announcements.
    17. Water Quality and Pesticides Management; United States 
Geological Survey (USGS) projects on future training efforts.
    18. FIFRA and the Clean Water Act; the talent decision.
    19. Update and overview--Biopesticides (Bt issues).

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: February 4, 2003.
 Jay S. Ellenberger,
Associate Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-3412 Filed 2-11-03; 8:45 am]
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