[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57291-57293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19606]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT[dash]2005-0046; FRL-7739-3]


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 enable state and tribal leaders to 
collaborate with EPA on environmental protection and pollution 
prevention issues. Representatives and invited guests of the Chemical 
Information and Management Project (CIMP), the Pollution Prevention 
(P2) Project, and the Tribal Affairs Project (TAP), components of 
FOSTTA, will be meeting October 17-18, 2005. The meeting is being held 
to provide 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.

DATES: A plenary session is being planned for the participants from 
8:30

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a.m. to 9:45 a.m. on Monday, October 17. The three projects will meet 
on Monday, October 17, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Tuesday, 
October 18, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Requests to participate in 
the meeting, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2005-
0046, must be received on or before October 13, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Arlington Hotel, 950 
N. Stafford Street, Arlington, VA.
     Requests to participate in the meeting may be submitted to the 
technical person 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].
     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].
     Margaret Sealey, Environmental Council of the States, 444 N. 
Capitol Street, NW., Suite 445, Washington, DC 20001; telephone number: 
(202) 624-3662; fax number: (202) 624-3666; 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 in 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 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 ID number OPPT-2005-0046. 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. The EPA Docket 
Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal 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 to integrate P2 into 
mainstream environmental activities at 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 partnership 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 and NTEC facilitate 
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 person 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-
2005-0046, must be received on or before October 13, 2005.

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 states and the tribes

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identified the following tentative agenda items:
    1. National High Production Volume Chemical Data Users Conference.
    2. Resource Conservation Challenge, including Toxic Chemicals of 
National Concern.
    3. Area Source P2 Initiative.
    4. Creating a Set of Guiding Principles for Incorporating P2 in 
Agency Media Programs.
    5. Collaborative Activities--Tribal P2.
    6. Navajo Healthy School Pilot Project.
    7. Navajo Mercury Fish Tissue Sampling Project.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pollution prevention, Chemical 
information and management.

    Dated: September 22, 2005.
Barbara Cunningham,
Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 05-19606 Filed 9- 29-05; 8;45 am]
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