[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 37 (Friday, February 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3674]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2005-0044; FRL-7700-4]


Full Tribal Pesticide Program Council Meeting; Notice of Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) will hold a 2 and 
1/2-day meeting, beginning on March 16 and ending on March 18, 2005. 
This notice announces the location and times for the meeting, and sets 
forth the tentative agenda topics. One Tribal Caucus scheduled each 
day.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 16-17 2005 from 9:00 A.M. to 
5:00 P.M. and a half day training for Tribes on March 18.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Embassy Suites Hotel, Crystal 
City, 1300 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia 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 Lillian Wilmore, TPPC 
Facilitator, P.O. Box 470829 Brookline Village, MA. 02447-0829; 
telephone number: (617) 232-5742; fax (617) 277-1656; 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 TPPC's 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 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 either 
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-2005-0044.
    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 St., 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

    1. TPPC State of the Council Report.
    2. Presentation, Questions, and Answers by U.S. EPA Office of 
Pesticide Programs and Field and External Affairs Division.
    3. Reports from Working Groups and TPPC Participation in Other 
Meetings:
    Tribal Traditional Lifeways, Tribal Strategy and FOSTTA, Western 
Region Pesticide Conference, Federal Inspectors Meeting.
    4. Tribal Caucus (two).
    5. Reports from Other Organizations:
    State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group, TOC, Regional 
Tribal Operations Committee, Intertribal Agriculture Council, National 
Tribal Environmental Council, Intertribal Agriculture Council, and 
TASWER.
    6. Endangered Species Protection Program - Update.
    7. Homeland Security Update.
    8. Development of a Pesticides Pamphlet for Basketweavers.
    9. OECA Enforcement Priorities.
    10. Memorandum of Understanding Between U.S. EPA Region 7 and 8, 
Nebraska Department of Agriculture, and Oglala Sioux - Update.
    11. FIFRA Section 18 and 24c Issues: Yakama Pilot Project 12.
    12. Tribes and Certification and Training (C and T) Issues 
Discussion.
    13. QAPPs and Quality Management Development.
    14. Tribal Training Discussion.
    15. Data Collection to Support the Need for Resources for Tribal 
Pesticide Programs: Discussion and Training (Tribes only).
    16. Regions Updates - Sub-lead Region 9.
    17. TPPC Working Group Invasive Species: the Tribal Invasive 
Species Committee.
    18. Mosquito Misters - State FIFRA Issue Research and Evaluation 
Group (SFIREG) paper.
    19. Performance Measures Update.
    20. Report on 2004 Special Project Awards and Information the 2005 
Special Projects Solicitation.
    21. Lifeline Project Update.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, insert additional terms as appropriate.

    Dated: February 14, 2005.
William R. Diamond,
Acting Division Director, Field External Affairs Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-3674 Filed 2-24-05; 8:45 am]
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