[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10518-10519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04103]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9905-50]
Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting will be held for 1 day on
March 24, 2014. This notice announces the location and time for the
meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
DATES: The meeting will be held on March 24, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or
before March 7, 2014.
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), First Floor Conference Center (S-1204/06), 2777 S. Crystal
Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Biscoe, Environmental Fate and
Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7106; 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).
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 (EMPM)
is 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/. The EMPM scheduled for October 2013
was canceled due to the government shutdown. As a consequence, EPA will
use the October 2013 agenda at the March 24, 2014 meeting with the
addition of a presentation on PRZM-GW model implementation and
evaluation due to extensive stakeholder interest.
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-
2009-0879, must be received on or before March 7, 2014.
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IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting
1. Estimating the magnitude of pesticide effects on avian
reproductive success: Markov chain nest productivity model (MCnest).
2. The Surface Water Concentration 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 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 OECD ENASGIPS tool 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 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.
14. EPA PRZM-GW Evaluation.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Endangered species assessment, Exposure
modeling, Groundwater, Leaching, Pesticide exposure assessment,
Pesticide monitoring, Spray drift.
Dated: February 3, 2014.
Donald J. Brady,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-04103 Filed 2-24-14; 8:45 am]
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