[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12652-12653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5878]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-2004-0062; FRL-7349-6]
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 April 6, 2004. This notice announces the location and time
for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
DATES: The meeting will be held on April 6, 2004, 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James C. Lin, Environmental Fate and
Effects Division (7507C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9591; 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. EPA Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for
this action under docket ID number OPP-2004-0062. 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
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
1. Welcome and introductions.
2. Old action items.
3. Brief updates.
EPA's Pesticide Root Zone Model/Exposure
Analysis Modeling System (PRZM/EXAMS) model.
Direct application of herbicides to water
bodies.
GW model.
Drinking Water Treatment Workshop.
Terrestrial Field Dissipation Symposium.
Environmental Fate and Effects Division (EFED)
Water Quality projects.
4. Major topics:
Morning Session
The Refined Level II Aquatic Models for
Probabilistic Ecological Assessments of Pesticides.
A summary of the Fumigant Emission Modeling
System (FEMS).
Afternoon Session
Introduction and Demonstration of EFED's
Pesticide Fate Data base.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides, Pests, Modeling.
Dated: March 9, 2004.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticides
Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-5878 Filed 3-16-04; 8:45 am]
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