98-29790. State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee; Open Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59779-59780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29790]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00563; FRL-6044-7]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee will hold a 2-day 
meeting, November 16 and 17, 1998. This notice announces the location 
and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics. 
The meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The SFIREG Working Committee on Pesticide Operations and 
Management will meet on Monday, November 16, 1998, from 8:30 to 5:00 
p.m. and Tuesday, November 17, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The Ronald Reagan National 
Airport, 300 Army-Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal City, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Field and 
External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506C), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA, CM #2; [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tentative agenda of the Working 
Committee on Pesticide Operations and Management includes the 
following.
    1. Update of Pesticide Inspector Regulatory Training.
    2. Submission of field data - 6(a)(2) rule and/other mechanisms.
    3. Enforcement of FIFRA & other Pesticide laws on Federal lands.
    4. Inspector use of credentials.
    5. Antimicrobial compliance program.
    6. Update from the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
    7. Status of PR Notice on Greenhouse Pesticide labeling and 
enforcement.
    8. Labeling issues:
    (a) user compliance with meteorological restrictions.
    (b) hazards of handling & disposal of swimming pool chemicals/
pesticides.
    (c) compliance with surface water precautions.


    9. SFIREG registrations issues:
    (a) addition of domestic/homeowner use to EPA approved for 
agriculture use only.
    (b) marketing of concentrated insecticides for indoor use/
supplemental labels.
    (c) changing labels via ``quick'' notification subsequent to 
registration.


    10. Update on National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation 
Conference policy issues.
    11. Quality management plans/state lead agency mandatory 
compliance.
    12. Update on methyl parathion.
    13. Office of Pesticide Programs update:
    (a) bee labeling.
    (b) isoxaflutole conditional registration.
    (c) indoor insecticide label improvement.

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    (d) disclaimers, warranties & limitations of liability.
    (e) use of chlorine gas as agricultural pesticide.
    (f) modification of Worker Protection Standard posting 
requirements.


    14. Reports from committee members.
    15. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: November 2, 1998.

Charles Franklin,
Acting Acting Director, Field and External Affairs Division.

[FR Doc. 98-29790 Filed 11-3-97; 3:37 pm]
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