[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55464-55465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7958]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0703; FRL-8093-1]


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 1-day 
meeting on October 3, 2006. This notice announces the location and time 
for the meeting and provides the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 3, 2006 from 9 am to 3 pm.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10 
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South 
Building), Room S-4380, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keara Moore, Environmental Fate and 
Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0878; 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 a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0703. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 
Crystal Drive Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket 
Facility are 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.

II. Background

    On a quarterly interval, the Exposure Modeling Work Group 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. Do not submit any 
information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests to 
participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0703, must be received on or before October 23, 2006.

IV. Tentative Agenda

    1. Welcome and Introductions
    2. Old Action Items
    3. Brief Updates
    4. Major Topics
     Use of Visual PLUMES and EXAMS in the Development and 
Field Evaluation of Aquatic Herbicides (Scott Jackson, BASF)
     Field and Modeling Investigations of Setback Distances for 
Aquatic Pest Management Products (TCB, Dow)
     2-D Canal and Lake Modeling using Finite Element Model 
RMA-11 (TBD, Syngenta)
     Exposure Assessment of Aquatic Pesticides (R David Jones, 
EPA/EFED)
     TBD, (Kurt Getsinger, USACE)
     TBD, (Lars Anderson, USDA-ARS)

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List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Modeling, Pesticides, Pests.

    Dated: September 12, 2006.
Steven Bradbury,
 Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 
Program.
[FR Doc. 06-7958 Filed 9-21-06; 8:45 am]
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