[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 12652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6005]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0069; FRL-7349-2]


The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State 
FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Working Committee on 
Pesticide Operations and Management; 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 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committee 
on Pesticide Operations and Management (WC/POM) will hold a 2-day 
meeting, beginning on April 5, 2004, and ending April 6, 2004. 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 5, 2004, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, April 6, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Edgewater, 2411 Alaskan Way, 
Pier 67, Seattle, WA 98121. Telephone number: (206) 728-7000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia A. 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], or
    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 information exchange relationship with EPA 
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental 
exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process. 
All parties are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and 
participate as appropriate. Potentially affected entities may include, 
but are not limited 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 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-2004-0069. 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 a tentative agenda for the meeting.
    1. Update on Minimum Age Issue paper and Survey of States.
    2. Update on multiple restricted entry intervals.
    3. Telone respirator/OSHA language, enforcement of the label 
requirements.
    4. E-Labeling.
    5. E-Commerce enforcement.
    6. Worker Protection Standard forms workgroup.
    7. 24C use for liability, indemnification statements.
    8. 24C use for sites with section 3 registration.
    9. Phosphide fumigant issues.
    10. POM Working Committee Reports.
    11. Reconciling label directions and waste requirements.
    12. Metolachlor/S-metolachlor registration issues.
    13. Endangered species decisions in 9th Circuit, 
implementation affects and precedents.
    14. Endangered species program implementation status.
    15. Fipronil on poultry.
    16. Container/Containment Rule and implementation issues.
    17. EPA Update/Briefing:
    a. Office of Pesticide Programs update.
    b. Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance update.
    18. POM Working Committee Workgroups issue papers/updates.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: March 5, 2004.
Jay S. Ellenberger,
Associate Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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