[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33690-33691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14311]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0334; FRL-7311-1]


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 June 10, 2003. This notice announces the location and time 
for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 10, 2003, 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 
1126 (Fishbowl), 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.

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) 305-6309; 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-2003-0334. The 
official public docket consists of the documents specifically 
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other 
information related to this action.

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 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

    On a quarterly interval, the Exposure Modeling Workgroup meets to 
discuss current issues in modeling pesticide fate, transport, and 
exposure to pesticides in support of risk assessment 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 section provides tentative agenda topics for the 1-day 
meeting:
    1. Welcome and introductions.
    2. Old action items.
    3. Brief updates.
    [sbull] European Union activities.
    [sbull] U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research 
Service (USDA/ARS) Pesticide Properties Database.
    [sbull] Pesticide Root Zone Model/Exposure Analysis Modeling System 
(PRZM/EXAMS) Model.
    [sbull] Rice modeling.
    [sbull] Watershed Regression for Pesticides (WARP) Model.
    [sbull] Spray Drift Task Force progress.
    [sbull] AgDrift EPA review.
    [sbull] EXAMINER.
    [sbull] Pesticide Leaching U.S. (PLUS).
    [sbull] Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System (CARES).
    [sbull] Drinking water exposure estimates for dietary risk.
    [sbull] Environmental Fate and Effects Division's (EFED) water 
quality projects.
    [sbull] Perspective Groundwater (PGW) Database.
    [sbull] EFED current issues in fate modeling.
    4. Major topics:
    [sbull] A rapid laboratory method for studying synergism.
    [sbull] Techniques for estimating exposure time series and peak 
exposure levels.
    [sbull] Geographic Information System (GIS) watershed analysis for 
refined aquatic risk assessments.
    [sbull] Update on pesticide usage estimation procedures to support 
interpretation of monitoring data.
    [sbull] PRZM/EXAMS quality control issues update.
    [sbull] Software integrating frameworks for pesticide models.
    5. Wrap-up and action items.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides, Pests, Modeling.


    Dated: June 2, 2003.
Elizabeth Leovey,
Acting Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-14311 Filed 6-3-03; 1:31 pm]
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