[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-926]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OPPTS-00231; FRL-5765-9]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific
Advisory Panel; Panel on Bacillus Thuringiensis Plant Pesticides and
Resistance Management; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: There will be a 2-day meeting of a Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
Subpanel on managing the emergence of resistance in insect pest
populations to Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) plant-pesticides. The
meeting will be open to the public. The Panel will discuss specific
questions posed by the Agency based on an EPA report. This meeting will
be the second in a series of SAP meetings the Agency intends to hold on
resistance management and Bt. The first meeting was held on March 1,
1995. EPA anticipates it will hold a third meeting in late 1998 or
early 1999, to review a second report it intends to prepare issuing
information submitted to EPA in late 1997 and 1998.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday and Tuesday, February 9 and
10, 1998, starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. Should this meeting
be canceled because of weather-related problems, the meeting will then
be rescheduled for February 17 and 18, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at EPA, Crystal Mall #2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Highway, Rm. 1126, Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Creavery Lloyd, SAP Committee
Management Assistant, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, (MC-7101), Rm. E-625, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Telephone: 202-260-6900, Fax: 202-260-0949, E-mail:
lloyd.creavery@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability: Electronic copies of this document and the
report are available from the EPA Home Page at the Federal Register--
Environmental Documents entry for this document under ``Laws and
Regulations'' (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).
The Panel will discuss specific questions posed by the Agency based
on an EPA report. The report evaluates scientific data generated by
companies in the 1996 growing season and submitted to EPA on plants
expressing Bt delta endotoxins, i.e., Bt field corn, Bt cotton, and Bt
potato. The report also analyzes information gathered on the 1996
bollworm infestation in Brazos Valley in Texas in 1996. Finally, the
report compiles and analyzes testimony offered at the two public
hearings held by EPA under FIFRA section 21 on March 21, 1997, in
Washington, DC and on May 21, 1997, in College Station, TX. The EPA
report may be found in the docket for this meeting. EPA anticipates
crops other than corn, cotton, or potato may be modified to express
various Bt toxins and believes its experience with corn, cotton, and
potato expressing various Bt toxins may be useful in determining
whether and what components of a management program would be
appropriate for such crops.
The public will be given an opportunity to comment at the meeting.
Members of the public are requested to contact the Agency in advance
concerning their desire to comment at the meeting. Attendance by the
public will be limited by available space. Persons interested in
attending or making public comment should contact Creavery Lloyd, and
forward a copy of any public comments, no later than February 2, 1998.
Dated: January 8, 1998.
Lynn R. Goldman,
Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances.
[FR Doc. 98-926 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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