[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17092-17093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4846]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0273; FRL-7771-6]


The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials State 
FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Working Committee on Water 
Quality and Pesticide Disposal 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) 
Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WC/WQ&PD) 
will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on April 24, 2006 and ending April 
25, 2006. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting 
and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 24, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on April, 25, 2006.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at Mayflower Park Hotel, 4\th\ and 
Olive Streets, Seattle, WA, 98101, telephone number: (206) 623-8700.

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 Philip H. Gray, SFIREG 
Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 1249, Hardwick, VT 05843-1249; telephone 
number: (802) 472-6956; fax (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 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 
are invited and

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encouraged to attend the meetings and participate as appropriate.
    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 Federal Food, Drug and 
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
Docket identification number (ID) EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0273; FRL-7771-6. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Public Information 
and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 
1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is open from 8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Docket Facility 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/.

II. Tentative Agenda

    1. Protecting Water Quality from Pesticides: Opportunities for 
State-Federal Partnerships.
    2. U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Report 
on Pesticides in Streams and Ground Water.
    3. Prioritizing Ambient Water Criteria for Pesticides.
    4. Endangered Species and Pesticide Water Quality Issues.
    5. Pesticide-Impaired Water Bodies.
    6. Pesticide Degradates.
    7. EPA Water Quality Performance Measures.
    8. Water Quality & Pesticide Disposal Working Committee Workgroups 
Issue Papers/Updates.
    9. FIFRA/CWA: Court Cases, USEPA Proposed Rule.
    10. Water Quality Pesticide Regulatory Education Program Course.
    11. Pesticide Recycling Survey.
    12. EPA Update/Briefing:
    a. Office of Pesticide Programs Update.
    b. Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance Update.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Endangered species, Pesticides and pests, 
Recycling, Water quality.

    Dated: March 23, 2006.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-4846 Filed 4-4-06; 8:45 am]
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