[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17414-17415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9534]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00534; FRL-5784-6]
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel and Science Advisory Board; Open
Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: There will be a joint two-day meeting of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) and the Agency
Science Advisory Board (SAB) to review a set of scientific issues being
considered by the Agency concerning the development of the Agency's
endocrine disruptor screening and testing program as required by the
1996 Food Quality Protection Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. This
meeting will focus on scientific issues identified by the Endocrine
Disruptors Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) in their
draft report. Agenda items include the conceptual framework for the
operation of the EDSTAC, the endocrine disruptors priority setting
process, the proposed endocrine disruptors screening battery and
testing scheme, and a discussion of the near-term endocrine disruptors
program implementation activities. Information from the draft EDSTAC
report and from this meeting as well as public comments will be used by
the Agency to develop the endocrine disruptors program. A second
meeting of this peer review panel will be convened later this year to
review scientific issues concerning the Agency's proposed approach to
implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act and Food Quality Protection
Act endocrine disruptor program.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday May 5 and 6,
1998 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Holiday Inn (Arlington at
Ballston), I-66 and Glebe Road, 4610 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA
22203. The telephone number for the hotel is: (703) 243-9800.
By mail: Submit written comments (one original and 25 copies) to:
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources
and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
In person or by delivery service, bring comments to: Rm. 119, CM #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The
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telephone number for the docket is (703) 305-5805.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by following
the instructions under ``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION'' in this document.
No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through
e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St.,
SW., Washington, DC 20460; Office location: Rm. 819B, CM #2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-
5369; e-mail: dorsey.larry@epamail.epa.gov.
A meeting agenda and copies of the draft Endocrine Disruptors
Screening and Testing Advisory Committee report are available and may
be obtained by contacting: Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460; Office location: Rm. 119, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-5805. These
documents are also available at the internet site: www.epa.gov/
pesticides/SAP/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any member of the public wishing to make an
oral presentation at the meeting should contact Larry C. Dorsey at the
address or the phone number given in ``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT'' to confirm that the meeting is still scheduled and that the
agenda has not been modified or changed. Interested persons are
permitted to file written statements before the meeting. To the extent
that time permits and upon advanced written request to the Designated
Federal Official, interested persons may be permitted by the Chair to
present oral statements at the meeting. There is no limit on the length
of written comments for consideration by the Panel, but oral statements
before the Panel are limited to approximately five minutes. As oral
statements only will be permitted as time permits, the Agency urges the
public to submit written comments in lieu of oral presentations.
Information submitted as a comment in response to this notice may
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information
as CBI. Information marked CBI will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. An edited copy
of the comment that does not contain the CBI material must be submitted
for inclusion in the public docket. Information not marked confidential
will be included in the public docket. All comments and materials
received will be made part of the public record and will be considered
by the Panel.
A public record has been established for this notice under docket
control number ``OPP-00534'' (including comments and data submitted
electronically). A public version of this record, including printed
versions of electronic comments, which does not include information
claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public
record is located in Rm. 119 of the Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, CM #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data
will also be accepted on disks in Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by
the docket control number ``OPP-00534''. Electronic comments on this
notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will transfer all comments
received electronically into printed, paper form as they are received
and will place the paper copies in the official record which will also
include all comments submitted directly in writing. The official record
is the paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the
beginning of this document.
Copies of the minutes from this meeting will be available
approximately 30 working days after the meeting and may be obtained by
contacting the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch, at the
address or telephone number given in ``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT''.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: April 3, 1998.
Lynn R. Goldman,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances.
[FR Doc. 98-9534 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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