[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60870-60871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24123]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9400-8]


Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held for 1 
day on October 8, 2013. This Notice announces the location and time for 
the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 8, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 4 
p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or 
before October 15, 2013.
    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 (North 
Building), Fourth Floor Conference Center (N-4830), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Carleton, Environmental Fate and 
Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0335; fax number: (703) 347-8011; 
email 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 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. The following list of North American Industrial 
Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, 
but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this 
document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:
     Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (NAICS code 
11).

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     Utilities (NAICS code 22).
     Professional, Scientific and Technical (NAICS code 54).

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-
5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information 
about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Background

    On a biannual interval, an Exposure Modeling Public Meeting will be 
held for presentation and discussion of current issues related to 
modeling pesticide fate, transport, and exposure for risk assessment in 
a regulatory context. Meeting dates and abstract requests are announced 
through the ``empmlist'' forum on the LYRIS list server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_forums.

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 Confidential Business 
Information. Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879, must be received on or before 
October 15, 2013.

IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting

    1. Estimating the magnitude of pesticide effects on avian 
reproductive success: Markov Chain nest productivity model (MCnest).
    2. Testing the Surface Water Calculator.
    3. Development of a conceptual model for estimating aquatic 
exposure from the use of pesticides on rice using the Pesticide Flooded 
Application Model.
    4. Evaluation of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 
kinetics guidance.
    5. Comparison of multiple spray drift deposition data sets.
    6. Guidance on modeling offsite deposition of pesticides via spray 
drift.
    7. Use of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and 
Development, European-North American Soil Geographic Information for 
Pesticide Studies Tool (OECD-ENASGIPS) in U.S. settings.
    8. A better sorption model for predicting pesticide behavior.
    9. The significance of time-dependent sorption on leaching 
potential: A comparison of measured field results and modeled 
estimates.
    10. Evaluation of Pesticide Root Zone Model--Ground Water (PRZM-GW) 
using long-term ground water monitoring data.
    11. Comparing ground water models--why are there differences?
    12. Modeling pesticide fate and transport through flowing water 
bodies for endangered species assessment in the California Central 
Valley.
    13. Spatial Aquatic Model (SAM) pilot project update.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Endangered species assessment, Exposure 
modeling, Groundwater, Kinetics, Leaching, Pesticide exposure 
assessment, Pesticide monitoring, Sorption model, Spray drift, Surface 
water calculator.

    Dated: September 17, 2013.
Jim Cowles,
Acting Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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