[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16796-16797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8371]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0112; FRL-7299-9]


The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State 
FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group; Working Committee on Water 
Quality and Pesticide Disposal; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials 
(AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WC/WQPD) 
will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on April 28, 2003 and ending April 
29, 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 Monday, April 28, 2003, from 8:30 
a.m. until 5 p.m., and April 29, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. until noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army-
Navy Drive, Arlington, 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].
    Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 1249, 
Hardwick, VT 05843-1249; telephone number: (802) 472-6956; fax (802) 
472-6957; 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 SFIREG's information exchange relationship with EPA 
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental 
pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process.
    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-2003-0112. 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. Atrazine Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) and 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with registrants.
    2. Shallow ground water definition (for precautionary label 
statements and directions).
    3. Disposal Label Language Issue Team.
    4. CCA cancellation update.
    5. Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control 
Administration Project Report.
    6. Registration mechanisms - review and discussion.
    7. Water Quality Registration Issue Team - Approval of EPA 
operating procedure.
    8. Membership recruiting discussion.
    9. Planning for joint meeting with Working Committee on Pesticide 
Operations Management (WC/POM).
    10. WQ/PD Working Committee Workgroups/Updates.
    11. EPA update/briefing.
    a. Office of Pesticide Programs update.
    b. Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance update.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticide pests.


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    Dated: March 21, 2003.
Jay Ellenberger,
Associate Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-8371 Filed 4-4-03; 8:45 am]
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