[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 29993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14590]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00242; FRL-5794-9]
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open
Meetings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Three projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action
(FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to the public at the time and place
listed below in this notice. The Pollution Prevention Project will not
be meeting this session. The public is encouraged to attend the
proceedings as observers. However, in the interest of time and
efficiency, the meeting is structured to provide maximum opportunity
for state, tribal, and EPA invited participants to discuss items on the
predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the chair of the project, an
effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers attending
the proceedings.
DATES: The three projects will meet June 15, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. and June 16, 1998, from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be a plenary
session on OPPT's Strategic Plan and Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative
on Monday, June 15, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900
Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260-6904; e-mail:
harrod.darlene@epamail.epa.gov. Any observer wishing to speak should
advise the DFO at the telephone number or e-mail address listed above
no later than 4 p.m. on June 12, 1998.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA, a group of state and tribal toxics
environmental managers, is intended to foster the exchange of toxics-
related program and enforcement information among the states/tribes and
between the states/tribes and EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) and Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (OECA). FOSTTA currently consists of the Coordinating
Committee and four issue-specific projects. The projects are the: (1)
Toxics Release Inventory Project; (2) Pollution Prevention Project; (3)
Chemical Management Project; and (4) Lead (Pb) Project.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: May 26, 1998.
Susan B. Hazen,
Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 98-14590 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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