[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33901-33902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13688]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2004-0099; FRL-7364-5]


Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the meeting of the Forum on State and Tribal 
Toxics Action (FOSTTA) to collaborate on environmental protection and 
pollution prevention issues. Representatives and invited guests of the 
Tribal Affairs Project (TAP), a component of FOSTTA, will be meeting 
June 29-30, 2004. The meeting is being held to provide the participants 
an opportunity to have in-depth discussions on issues concerning the 
environment and human health. This notice announces the location and 
times for the meeting and sets forth some tentative agenda topics. EPA 
invites all interested parties to attend the public meeting. The 
Chemical Information and Management Project (CIMP) and Pollution 
Prevention Project (P2) will not be holding meetings in June.

DATES: The project will meet on June 29, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m., and June 30, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID 
number OPPT-2004-0099, must be received on or before June 25, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Albuquerque, 1901 
University Boulevard, NE., Albuquerque, NM.
    Requests to participate in the meeting may be submitted to the 
technical people listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby 
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].

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    For technical information contact: Darlene Harrod, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8814; fax 
number: (202) 564-8813; e-mail address: [email protected].
    David Conrad, Executive Director, National Tribal Environmental 
Council, 2501 Rio Grande Boulevard, NW., Albuquerque, NM 87104; 
telephone number: (505) 242-2175; fax number: (505) 242-2654; 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 FOSTTA and hearing more about the perspectives of the 
states and tribes on EPA programs and information exchange regarding 
important issues related to human health and environmental exposure to 
toxic chemicals. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not 
limited to:
     States and federally recognized tribes.
     State, federal, and local environmental and public health 
organizations.
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides 
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this 
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be 
affected. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the technical people 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 OPPT-2004-0099. 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 EPA Docket Center, Rm. 
B102-Reading Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC. EPA's Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading Room 
telephone number is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the 
OPPT Docket, which is located in the EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-
0280.
    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 submit or 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

    The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2609 section 
10(g), authorizes EPA and other federal agencies to establish and 
coordinate a system for exchange among federal, state, and local 
authorities of research and development results respecting toxic 
chemical substances and mixtures, including a system to facilitate and 
promote the development of standard data format and analysis and 
consistent testing procedures. Through FOSTTA, the CIMP focuses on 
EPA's chemical program and works to develop a more coordinated effort 
involving federal, state, and tribal agencies. P2 promotes the 
prevention ethic across society, helping companies incorporate P2 
approaches and techniques and integrating P2 into mainstream 
environmental activities at both the federal level and among the states 
and tribes. TAP concentrates on chemical and prevention issues that are 
most relevant to the tribes, including lead control and abatement, 
tribal traditional/subsistence lifeways, and hazard communications and 
outreach. FOSTTA's vision is to focus on major policy-level issues of 
importance to states and tribes, recruit more senior state and tribal 
leaders, increase outreach to all 50 states and some 560 federally 
recognized tribes, and vigorously seek ways to engage the states and 
tribes in ongoing substantive discussions on complex and oftentimes 
controversial environmental issues.
    In January 2002, the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), in 
cooperation with the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC), was 
awarded the new FOSTTA cooperative agreement. ECOS, NTEC, and EPA's 
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) are co-sponsoring the 
meetings. As part of a cooperative agreement, ECOS facilitates ongoing 
efforts of the state and tribal leaders and OPPT to increase 
understanding and improve collaboration on toxic chemicals and 
pollution prevention issues, and to continue a dialogue on how federal 
environmental programs can best be implemented among the states, 
tribes, and EPA.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
technical people listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not 
submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests 
to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number OPPT-
2004-0099, must be received on or before June 25, 2004.

IV. The Meeting

    In the interest of time and efficiency, the meetings are structured 
to provide maximum opportunity for state, tribal, and EPA participants 
to discuss items on the predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the 
chair, an effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers 
attending the proceedings. The FOSTTA representatives and EPA will 
collaborate on environmental protection and pollution prevention 
issues. The tentative agenda items identified by the states and the 
tribes follow:
    1. Environmental issues in Indian country.
    2. State/tribal pollution prevention collaboration.
    3. TAP work plan working session.
    4. National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee 
(NPPTAC) tribal work group.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pollution prevention.


    Dated: June 4, 2004.
Barbara A. Cunningham,
Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 04-13688 Filed 6-16-04; 8:45 am]
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