[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 107 (Monday, June 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 32769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11164]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2005-0152; FRL-7717-9]


The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/ 
State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG); 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) will 
hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on June 27, 2005, and ending June 28, 
2005. 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, June 27, 2005, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m.; and on Tuesday, June 28, 2005, 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], or
    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 the 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 interested 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 the 
persons 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-2005-0152. 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. OPP measures process.
    2. National Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Assessment Report.
    3. OPP report on the Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) 
Review Report.
    4. Pesticide container recycling.
    5. Mosquito misters.
    6. Grant guidance and funding.
    7. Label review comments from SFIREG.
    8. Section 18 process: Developing efficiencies in the process with 
national emergencies.
    9. Section 18: Resistance management challenges.
    10. Worker exposure: How risk is determined drift and 
volatilization: Secondary exposure.
    11. Consumer labeling initiative.
    12. Fumigant cluster.
    13. Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs): Revisions to position 
paper.
    14. Office of Pesticide Programs and Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance reports.
    15. E-Labeling.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.


    Dated: May 26, 2005.
Jay Ellenberger,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.

[FR Doc. 05-11164 Filed 6-3-05; 8:45 am]
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