[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 56054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20985]


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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0062; FRL-7677-7]


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 one-day 
meeting on October 4, 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 October 4, 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), 1801 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 22202.

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. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (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, 
1801 S. Bell Street, 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
     - PRZM/EXAMS model, EXPRESS (RD Jones, L. Burns)
     - Review of Public Comments on EFED's Modeling Scenarios (RD 
Jones)
     - Terrestrial Field Dissipation / New Technical Document (M. 
Corbin)
     - Direct Application of Herbicides to Water Bodies (M. Corbin)
     - Spray Drift Update (N. Birchfield)
     - Cumulative Drinking Water Assessment - Methods Review (N. 
Thurman)

V. Major Topics

     ILSI Risk Science Institute Project on CARES (B. Julien)
     Overview of CARES with a Focus on Drinking Water 
Assessment (S. Jackson)
     Ground Water Mapping Using Classification And Regression 
Tree Analysis: An EarthSat Approach (J. Cooper, F. Smith)
     EFED Ground Water Modeling Development Effort (D. Young)
     Evaluation of Vadose Zone Solute Transport Models (T. 
Nolan)
     Assessing the Vulnerability of Ground Water to 
Contamination - Recent Approaches and Future Prospects (J. Barbash)

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Modeling, Pesticides, Pests.

    Dated: September 10, 2004.
Steve Bradbury,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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