[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24576]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00553; FRL-6030-4]
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: There will be a 2-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to review a set of scientific
issues being considered by the Agency in connection with guidance for
conducting small-scale prospective ground water monitoring studies and
proposed revised guidance for conducting terrestrial field dissipation
studies. A preliminary document was drafted in March 1998, and
additional issues for clarification were identified. Following review
by the FIFRA SAP, the guidance document will be forwarded to the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as a
proposed test guideline.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 14 and Thursday,
October 15, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be
available approximately 30 working days after the meeting.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1300
Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. The telephone number for the hotel
is (703) 979-9799.
By mail, submit (1 original and 30 copies) written comments 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, deliver comments to: Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: docket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the instructions under Unit II. of this
notice. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted
through e-mail.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance
with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that
does not contain CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public
record. Information not marked confidential will be included in the
public docket by EPA without prior notice. The public docket is
available for public inspection in Rm. 119 at the Virginia address
given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays.
The Panel's agenda and report of their recommendations may be
obtained from the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch or
from the FIFRA SAP Website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/SAP/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated
Federal Official (DFO), FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7501), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail:
Rm. 117S, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA;
(703) 305-5369; e-mail: dorsey.larry@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
At the meeting, the Agency will present its guidance document for
small-scale prospective ground water monitoring studies for review.
Data from these prospective studies may be used to evaluate the
potential of a pesticide and its degradates to leach through the soil.
The Agency will also present revised guidance for conducting
terrestrial field dissipation studies. A joint U.S. EPA-Canada
workgroup under the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Technical Working Group on Pesticides is developing revised guidance
for conducting terrestrial field dissipation studies in the United
States and Canada. The terrestrial field dissipation studies should
assess the most probable routes and rates of pesticide dissipation
under actual use conditions at representative field sites.
Any member of the public wishing to submit written comments should
contact the DFO at the address or the telephone number given in the
``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT'' section of this notice to confirm
that the meeting is still scheduled and that the agenda has not been
modified or changed. Interested persons are encouraged to file written
comments before the meeting. To the extent that time permits and upon
advanced written request to the DFO, interested persons may be
permitted by the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Panel to present oral
statements at the meeting. There is no limit on the length of written
comments for consideration by the Panel, but oral presentations before
the Panel are generally limited to approximately 5 minutes. Oral
presentations will only be permitted as time permits, the Agency urges
the public to submit written comments instead of oral presentations.
Persons wishing to make oral comments and/or send written comments
should notify the DFO and submit 1 original and 30 copies. Submit
written comments as early as possible to ensure that the Panel will
have the necessary time to consider and review the comments.
II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
has been established for this notice under docket control number OPP-
00553 (including comments and data submitted electronically as
described below). A public version of this record, including printed,
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
official record is located at the Virginia address in ``ADDRESSES'' at
the beginning of this notice.
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. Comment 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-00553. Electronic comments on this notice
may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pests and pesticides, Water pollution.
Dated: September 9, 1998.
Marcia E. Mulkey,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc 98-24576 Filed 9-9-98; 3:27 pm]
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