[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15371]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00484; FRL-5723-8]
Plant Pesticide Registration Workshop; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the Environmental Technology Initiative, EPA will hold a
workshop in conjunction with the National Foundation for Integrated
Pest Management Education to explain the process for registering plant
pesticides pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act, as amended. Industry representatives will also present
information on the research, development and commercialization of plant
pesticides. There will be an opportunity for questions and comments
from the attendees.
DATES: The meeting will be held on July 17, 1997 from 9 a.m to 5 p.m
and July 18, 1997 from 9 a.m to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, National
Airport, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA, and is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Laura Sallmen Smith, Office
of Pesticide Programs (7501W), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number:
5th floor, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, 703-308-8716; e-
mail:sallmen-smith.laura@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As the development and commercialization of
plant pesticides matures, the stakeholders involved in this industry
need a better understanding of the issues facing the regulators and the
regulated community. This understanding can serve to bring these
potentially risk-reducing technologies to faster commercialization and
use. Through a cooperative agreement with EPA, the National Foundation
for Integrated Pest Management Education is sponsoring a workshop to
bring EPA's regulators, the seed industry, researchers, plant pesticide
registrants, and other interested stakeholders together to develop an
understanding of the issues. This agreement was funded by President
Clinton's Environmental Technology Initiative, which was designed to
encourage public/private cooperation toward the goal of commercializing
technologies whose use improves the environment. The conference will
consist of formal presentations by EPA, the seed industry and
researchers with panel discussions on issues of concern.
The following topics will be covered: plant pesticide registration
process; types of studies required for registration and possible
exemptions; labeling requirements; seed research and commercialization
process. Time will be allotted for questions and open discussion.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: June 3, 1997.
Kathleen Knox,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs
[FR Doc. 97-15371 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 a.m]
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