[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 18368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7477]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0096; FRL-7351-7]


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 26, 2004, and ending 
April 27, 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 26, 2004, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Tuesday, April 27, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

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

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].
    Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 1249, 
Hardwick, VT 05843-1249; telephone number: (802) 472-6956; fax number: 
(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 persons 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 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-2004-0096. 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 the tentative agenda for the meeting.
    1. Committee review of WQ/DP issue papers.
    a. Response letter to shallow ground water definition.
    b. Surface water monitoring support/funding (Minnesota).
    2. National Pesticide Surveillance Alliance (NPSA) pilot project 
presentations (part 1 and part 2).
    3. A 2005-2007 cooperative grant guidance presentation and 
discussion.
    4. Label review manual and disposal language issue team report.
    5. Registrations review SOP status and handling of CBI.
    6. United States Geological Survey (USGS) InterAgency grant update 
and State cooperative projects.
    7. Open forum.
    8. Atrazine IRED presentation.
    9. State reports and Florida metals investigation report.
    10. Endangered species and surface water.
    11. Office of Pesticide Programs and the Office of Water risk 
assessment methods.
    12. EPA update/briefing.
    a. Office of Pesticide Programs update.
    b. Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance update.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: March 24, 2004.
 Jay S. Ellenberger,
Associate Director, Field External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-7477 Filed 4-6-04; 8:45 am]
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