[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71122-71123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33833]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00573; FRL-6051-2]
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 Thursday, January 7, 1999 from 9:00
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, January 8, 1999 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the: Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C
St., SW., Washington, DC 20024; telephone number: (202) 479-4000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Margie Fehrenbach or Terria
Northern, Office of Pesticide Programs (7501C), Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office
location and telephone number: 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal
Mall 2 (CM #2), Rm. 1119, Arlington, VA 22202. Office telephone number;
(703) 305-7090; Internet address: Fehrenbach.Margie@epamail.epa.gov or
Northern.Terria@epamail.epa.gov.
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;
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consumer and environmental/public interest groups, including
representatives from the general public; academia; and the public
health community. The Committee was formed to foster communication and
understanding among the parties represented on the Committee and with
OPP, and to provide advice and guidance to the Agency 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 three to five
minutes, and it is preferred that only one person per organization
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. 119, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 305-5805.
An agenda and background information are being developed and will
be posted on the Agency's website December 30, 1998, at: http://
www.epa.gov/pesticides.
To date, topics planned for discussion at the January 7-8, 1999
meeting will include: Inerts strategy, FQPA implementation activities,
ecological standards, and BT resistance management.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: December 11, 1998.
Marcia E. Mulkey
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-33833 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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