97-27630. Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Open Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27630]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00510; FRL-5751-2]


Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act [Public Law 92-463], EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP) is giving notice of a public meeting of the Pesticide Program 
Dialogue Committee (PPDC).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 1997 from 
1:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Thursday, October 23, 1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: the Holiday Inn (Hotel & 
Suites, Historic District Alexandria); 625 First Street; Alexandria, VA 
22314; Phone: [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Margie Fehrenbach or Linda 
Murray, Office of Pesticide Programs (7501C), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and 
telephone number: Rm. 1119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis 
Highway; Arlington, VA; Phone: [phone]; e-mail: 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PPDC is composed of a balanced group of 
participants from the following sectors: pesticide industry and user 
groups; federal agencies and state governments; consumer and 
environmental/public interest groups, including representatives from 
the general public; academia; the public health community; and, 
congressional staff. The Committee was formed to foster communication 
and understanding among the parties represented on the Committee and 
with OPP. The Committee also provides advice and guidance to OPP 
regarding pesticide regulatory, policy, and implementation issues.
    PPDC meetings are open to the public. Outside statements by 
observers are welcome. Oral statements will be limited to five minutes, 
and it is preferred that only one person present the statement. Any 
person who wishes to file a written statement can do so before or after 
a Committee meeting. These statements will become part of the permanent 
file and will be provided to the Committee members for their 
information. Materials will be available for public review at the 
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 1128, 
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, 
[phone].
    Topics to be discussed at the October 22-23, 1997 meeting are:
    1.  Update on FQPA implementation and year-end status report for 
FY-97;
    2.  Communications/Right-to-know: consumer brochure, consumer 
labeling initiative and inerts;
    3.  Antimicrobials: ``treated articles issue'' (products 
impregnated with pesticides);
    4.  Discussion of FQPA issues covered at recent Science Advisory 
Panel (SAP) meeting (criteria for requiring in-utero cancer studies and 
exposure assessment methodologies for residential scenarios);
    5.  Discussion of ILSI workshop on organophosphate (OP) 
recommendations;
    6.  Other science and policy issues/impact on FQPA (e.g., use of 
the 10-fold additional uncertainty factor, reassessment of carcinogens 
under a threshhold model); and,
    7.  Minor use pesticides -- how tolerances are evaluated and set 
for section 18s.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: October 10, 1997.

Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-27630 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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