[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30449]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00564; FRL-6045-1]
Pesticide Spray Drift Data Review Workshop; Notice of Public
Workshop
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Action: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) will hold a public
workshop to discuss scientific data submitted to the EPA by the
pesticide industry's Spray Drift Task Force (SDTF). This workshop will
focus on the data which was generated to characterize spray drift
associated with orchard airblast, ground hydraulic, chemigation
application methods.
DATES: The workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 1998, from 1
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, December 3, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, Old
Town, 901 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Arnet Jones, Norman
Birchfield, or Gail Maske, Office of Pesticide Programs (7507C),
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Telephone numbers and e-mail addresses: Arnet Jones (703) 305-7416,
jones.arnet@epa.gov; Norman Birchfield (703) 605-0582,
birchfield.norman@epa.gov; and Gail Maske (703) 305-5245,
maske.gail@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the workshop is to discuss
the scientific aspects of the orchard airblast, ground hydraulic, and
chemigation field studies and supporting data (including integration
studies) which the pesticide industry's SDTF submitted to EPA to
fulfill registration requirements. The participants in the workshop
will include OPP's Environmental Fate and Effects Division, EPA's
Office of Research and Development, USDA's Agricultural Research
Service, Environment Canada, and California EPA's Department of
Pesticide Regulation, all of which have prepared reviews of these
studies. In addition to these organizations, four independent
scientists who have prepared reviews under contract to OPP will also
make presentations. A list of studies submitted by the pesticide
industry's SDTF is available from any of the individuals listed under
``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.''
The invited reviewers will present conclusions of their technical
reviews of the studies discussed in this document. However, outside
observers (interested parties who were not part of the technical
review) will have an opportunity to comment on scientific and technical
issues related to the studies after the initial presentations.
Additional comments may also be made on the afternoon of December 3rd,
after the reviewers have discussed the issues raised on the previous
afternoon and have prepared a summary of responses. OPP plans to
discuss the results of this peer review workshop and related issues
with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide (FIFRA)
Scientific Advisory Panel at the Panel's February 1999 meeting.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: November 6, 1998.
Joseph J. Merenda, Jr.,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-30449 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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