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action. Potentially affected entities may 

include but are not limited to: 

Agricultural workers and farmers; 

pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental, consumer, 

and farmworker groups; pesticide users 

and growers; pest consultants; State, 

local, and Tribal governments; 

academia; public health organizations; 

food processors; and the public. If you 

have any questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2004–0345. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 

Crystal Mall #2, 1801 South Bell St., 

Arlington, VA. This docket facility is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the appropriate docket ID number. 

II. Background 

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs is 

entrusted with responsibility to help 

ensure the safety of the American food 

supply, the education and protection 

from unreasonable risk of those who 

apply or are exposed to pesticides 

occupationally or through use of 

products, and general protection of the 

environment and special ecosystems 

from potential risks posed by pesticides. 

PPDC was established under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), Public Law 92–463, in 

September 1995, for a 2–year term and 

has been renewed every 2 years since 

that time. PPDC provides advice and 

recommendations to the Office of 

Pesticide Programs on a broad range of 

pesticide regulatory, policy, and 

program implementation issues that are 

associated with evaluating and reducing 

risks from use of pesticides. The 

following sectors are represented on the 

PPDC: Pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental/public 

interest and consumer groups; farm 

worker organizations; pesticide user, 

grower, and commodity groups; Federal 

and State/local/Tribal governments; the 

general public; academia; and public 

health organizations. 

Copies of the PPDC Charter are filed 

with appropriate committees of 

Congress and the Library of Congress 

and are available upon request.

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural workers, Agriculture, 

Chemicals, Foods, Pesticides, Pests, 

Public health, Risk assessment, 

Tolerance reassessment.

Dated: September 27, 2004. 

James Jones, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 04–22236 Filed 10–1–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPPT–2004–0115; FRL–7682–9]

Forum on State and Tribal Toxics 

Action; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

meeting of the Forum on State and 

Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) to 

collaborate on environmental protection 

and pollution prevention issues. 

Representatives and invited guests of 

the Chemical Information and 

Management Project, the Pollution 

Prevention Project, and the Tribal 

Affairs Project (TAP), components of 

FOSTTA, will be meeting October 18-

19, 2004. The meeting is being held to 

provide participants an opportunity to 

have in-depth discussions on the 

environment and human health issues. 

This notice announces the location and 

times for the meeting and sets forth 

some tentative agenda topics. EPA 

invites all interested parties to attend 

the public meeting.

DATES: The three projects will meet on 

Monday, October 18, 2004, from 9:45 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, 

October 19, 2004, from 8 a.m. to noon. 

A plenary session is being planned for 

the participants on the Integrated Toxics 

Management Project on Monday, 

October 18, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 

a.m.

Requests to participate in the meeting, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number OPPT–2004–0115, must be 

received on or before October 14, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North 

Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Requests to participate in the meeting 

may be submitted to the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact: Colby 

Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, 

Environmental Assistance Division 

(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address: 

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

For technical information contact: 

Darlene Harrod, Environmental 

Assistance Division (7408M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–8814; e-mail address: 

harrod.darlene@epa.gov.

Margaret Sealey, Environmental 

Council of the States, 444 North Capitol 

Street, NW., Suite 445, Washington, DC 

20001; telephone number: (202) 624–

3661; fax number: (202) 624–3662; email address: msealey@sso.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are interested in 

FOSTTA and hearing about the 

perspectives of the states and tribes on 

EPA programs and information 

exchange regarding important issues 

related to human health and 

environmental exposure to toxic 

chemicals. Potentially affected entities 

may include, but are not limited to:

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• States and federally recognized 

tribes

• State, federal, and local 

environmental and public health 

organizations

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information?

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPPT–2004–

0115. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the EPA Docket 

Center, Rm. B102-Reading Room, EPA 

West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center 

Reading Room telephone number is 

(202) 566–1744 and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket, which is 

located in the EPA Docket Center, is 

(202) 566–0280.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the appropriate docket ID number.

II. Background

The Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 

U.S.C. 2609, section 10(g), authorizes 

EPA and other federal agencies to 

establish and coordinate a system for 

exchange among federal, state, and local 

authorities of research and development 

results respecting toxic chemical 

substances and mixtures, including a 

system to facilitate and promote the 

development of standard data format 

and analysis and consistent testing 

procedures. Through FOSTTA, the 

Chemical Information and Management 

Project (CIMP) focuses on EPA’s 

chemical program and works to develop 

a more coordinated effort involving 

federal, state, and tribal agencies. The 

Pollution Prevention (P2) Project 

promotes the prevention ethic across 

society, helping companies incorporate 

P2 approaches and techniques and 

integrating P2 into mainstream 

environmental activities at both the 

federal level and among the states and 

tribes. The TAP concentrates on 

chemical and pollution prevention 

issues that are most relevant to the 

tribes, including lead control and 

abatement, tribal traditional/subsistence 

lifeways, and hazard communications 

and outreach. FOSTTA’s vision is to 

focus on major policy-level issues of 

importance to states and tribes, recruit 

more senior state and tribal leaders, 

increase outreach to all 50 states and 

some 560 federally recognized tribes, 

and vigorously seek ways to engage the 

states and tribes in ongoing substantive 

discussions on complex and oftentimes 

controversial environmental issues.

In January 2002, the Environmental 

Council of the States (ECOS), in 

cooperation with the National Tribal 

Environmental Council (NTEC), was 

awarded the new FOSTTA cooperative 

agreement. ECOS, NTEC, and EPA’s 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT) are co-sponsoring the 

meetings. As part of a cooperative 

agreement, ECOS facilitates ongoing 

efforts of the state and tribal leaders and 

OPPT to increase understanding and 

improve collaboration on toxic 

chemicals and pollution prevention 

issues, and to continue a dialogue on 

how federal environmental programs 

can best be implemented among the 

states, tribes, and EPA.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in 

this Meeting?

You may submit a request to 

participate in this meeting to the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not 

submit any information in your request 

that is considered CBI. Requests to 

participate in the meeting, identified by 

docket ID number OPPT–2004–0115, 

must be received on or before October 

14. 

IV. The Meeting

In the interest of time and efficiency, 

the meetings are structured to provide 

maximum opportunity for state, tribal, 

and EPA participants to discuss items 

on the predetermined agenda. At the 

discretion of the chair, an effort will be 

made to accommodate participation by 

observers attending the proceedings. 

The FOSTTA representatives and EPA 

will collaborate on environmental 

protection and pollution prevention 

issues. The tentative agenda items 

identified by the states and the tribes 

follow:

1. High Production Volume (HPV) 

Challenge Program database 

demonstration

2. Moving the HPV outreach plan 

from strategy to implementation

3. Multimedia Pollution Prevention 

Forum (M2P2) presentation

4. Performance Partnership Grants 

(PPG) guidance for FY 2005

5. TAP working plan

6. Tribal college Interagency 

Personnel Agreement (IPA) proposal

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pollution 

prevention, Chemical information and 

management.

Dated: September 24, 2004. 

Barbara A. Cunningham, 

Director, Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 04–22237 Filed 10–1–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7823–5] 

Papers Addressing Scientific Issues in 

the Risk Assessment of Metals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) today announces the 

availability of five scientific papers on 

metals risk assessment. The papers 

include: (1) Issue Paper on the 

Environmental Chemistry of Metals; (2) 

Issue Paper on Metal Exposure 

Assessment; (3) Issue Paper on the 

Ecological Effects of Metals; (4) Issue 

Paper on the Human Health Effects of 

Metals; and (5) Issue Paper on the 

Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of