[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53894-53895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26911]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00250; FRL-6034-4]
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open
Meetings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Four projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action
(FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to the public at the time and place
listed below in this notice. The public is encouraged to attend the
proceedings as observers. However, in the interest of time and
efficiency, the meeting is structured to provide maximum opportunity
for state, tribal, and EPA invited participants to discuss items on the
predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the chair of the project, an
effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers attending
the proceedings.
DATES: The four projects will meet October 26, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. and October 27, 1998, from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be a plenary
session on OPPT's FY '99 programs and activities on Monday, October 26,
1998, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. In addition, the Division Directors will
address how FOSTTA can best help OPPT in achieving its goals.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900
Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of
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Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260-6904; e-mail:
harrod.darlene@epamail.epa.gov. Any observer wishing to speak should
advise the DFO at the telephone number or e-mail address listed above
no later than 4 p.m. on October 21, 1998.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA, a group of state and tribal toxics
environmental managers, is intended to foster the exchange of toxics-
related program and enforcement information among the states, tribes,
EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS),
and Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). FOSTTA
currently consists of the Coordinating Committee and four issue-
specific projects. The projects are the: (1) Toxics Release Inventory
Project; (2) Pollution Prevention Project; (3) Chemical Management
Project; and (4) Lead (Pb) Project.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: September 29, 1998.
Susan B. Hazen,
Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 98-26911 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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