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days of this notice briefly identifying all

the information (reports, papers,

articles, etc.) you wish to submit. The

list should specify by name and CASRN

(Chemical Abstract Service Registry

Number) the chemical substance(s) to

which the information pertains, state

the type of assessment that is being

addressed (e.g., carcinogenicity), and

describe briefly the information to be

submitted for consideration. Where

possible, documents should be listed in

scientific citation format, that is,

author(s), title, journal, and date. Your

cover letter should: state that the

correspondence is an IRIS submission,

describe in general terms the purpose of

the submission, and include names,

addresses, and telephone numbers of

persons to contact for additional

information. Mail two copies of the

submission to the IRIS Submission

Desk, c/o Courtney R. Johnson, National

Center for Environmental Assessment

(8601D), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Washington, DC 20460.

Alternatively, you may submit the

submission inventory and cover letter

electronically to IRIS.desk@epa.gov.

Electronic information must be

submitted in WordPerfect or as an ASCII

file. Information will also be accepted

on 3.5’’ disks. All information in

electronic form must be identified as an

IRIS submission.

2. EPA Replies to Submission

Inventory: In the second step, EPA will

compare the submission inventory to

existing files and identify the

information that should be submitted.

This step will help prevent an influx of

duplicative information. You will

receive notification requesting full

submission of the selected material.

3. Full Submission of Selected

Material: In the third step, you should

send in the information indicated by

EPA within 30 days of EPA’s reply.

Prompt response to EPA will ensure that

your material can be considered in the

assessment in a timely fashion.

Submittals should include a cover letter

addressing all of the points in item 1

above. In addition, when you submit

results of new health effects studies

concerning existing substances on IRIS,

you should include a specific

explanation of how and why the study

results could change the information in

IRIS.

Please send two copies, at least one of

which should be unbound, to the IRIS

Submission Desk, as described in Step

1. The IRIS Submission Desk will

acknowledge receipt of your

information.

Confidential Business Information

(CBI) should not be submitted to the

IRIS Submission Desk. CBI must be

submitted to the appropriate EPA office

via established procedures for

submission of CBI (see 40 CFR, part 2,

subpart B). If you believe that a CBI

submission contains information with

implications for IRIS, please note that in

the cover letter accompanying the

submission to the appropriate office.

You may also request to augment your

submission with a scientific briefing to

EPA staff. Such requests should be

made directly to Amy Mills, IRIS

Program Manager (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT).

Dated: May 4, 2000.

William H. Farland,

Director, National Center for Environmental

Assessment.

[FR Doc. 00–12394 Filed 5–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00660; FRL–6559–6]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel;

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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 the following set of scientific

issues being considered by the Agency

pertaining to Consultation: National

Drinking Water Survey Design for

Assessing Chronic Exposure and

Mammalian Toxicity Assessment

Guidelines for Protein Plant-Pesticides.

The meeting is open to the public.

Seating at the meeting will be on a firstcome basis. Individuals requiring

special accommodations at this meeting,

including wheelchair access, should

contact Larry Dorsey or Paul Lewis at

the address listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT at least 5 business

days prior to the meeting so that

appropriate arrangements can be made.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, June 6 and Wednesday, June 7,

2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

The telephone number for the Sheraton

hotel is: (703) 486–1111.

Requests to participate may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit III. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, your request

must identify docket control number

OPP–00660 in the subject line on the

first page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Dorsey or Paul Lewis, Designated

Federal Officials, FIFRA SAP (7101C),

Office of Science Coordination and

Policy, Environmental Protection

Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460; telephone number: (703)

305–5369; fax number: (703) 605–0656;

e-mail address: dorsey.larry or

lewis.paul@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to those persons who are or

may be required to conduct testing of

chemical substances under the Food

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) or the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other

entities may also be interested, the

Agency has not attempted to describe all

the specific entities that may be affected

by this action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. This 2-day meeting concerns

several scientific issues undergoing

consideration within the EPA Office of

Pesticide Programs (OPP). The topics to

be discussed are the following:

Session 1—Under the FQPA, drinking

water is considered in aggregate

exposure asssesements for pesticide

tolerance reassessments. Since targeted

monitoring data are needed for refined

exposure assessments, OPP has

proposed a design framework for

assessing annual average pesticide

concentrations in surface waters used as

drinking water. Details of survey design

issues and options will be presented on

OPP’s proposed design framework and

on an independently proposed design

framework.

Session 2—For this session, the

Agency is soliciting guidance from the

Panel on the assessment of the potential

mammalian toxicity of proteins

expressed as plant-pesticides. Questions

will be presented on the use of animo

acid homology with known toxins, invitro digestibility, dietary exposure,

mechanisms of toxicity and other topics

regarding the assessment of introduced

proteins for potential mammalian

toxicity.

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Copies of the Panel’s report of their

recommendations will be available

approximately 45 working days after the

meeting and will be posted on the

FIFRA SAP web site. Or, copies may be

obtained by contacting the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB) at the address and

telephone number listed below in Unit

II–2.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. A meeting agenda is

available at present and copies of EPA

background documents for the meeting

will be available by middle May, 2000.

You may obtain electronic copies of

these documents, and certain other

related documents that might be

available electronically, from the

FIFRA/SAP Internet Home Page at http:/

/www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/. To access

this document, on the Home Page, select

‘‘Federal Register Notice Announcing

This Meeting.’’ You can also go directly

to the Federal Register listings at http:/

/www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an administrative record for

this meeting under docket control

number OPP–00660. The administrative

record consists of the documents

specifically referenced in this notice,

any public comments received during

an applicable comment period, and

other information related to the session

topics listed under Unit I of

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, including

any information claimed as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). This

administraive record includes the

documents that are physically located in

the docket, as well as the documents

that are referenced in those documents.

The public version of the administrative

record, which includes printed, paper

versions of any electronic comments

that may be submitted during an

applicable comment period, is available

for inspection in the Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in

this Meeting?

You may submit a request to

participate in this meeting through the

mail, in person, or electronically. Do not

submit any information in your request

that is considered CBI. To ensure proper

receipt by EPA, it is imperative that you

identify docket control number OPP–

00660 in the subject line on the first

page of your request. Members of the

public wishing to submit comments

should contact the persons listed above

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to

confirm that the meeting date and the

agenda have 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 persons listed above in

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,

interested persons may be permitted by

the Chair of the FIFRA SAP to present

oral statements at the meeting. The

request should identify the name of the

individual making the presentation, the

organization (if any) the individual will

represent, and any requirements for

audiovisual equipment (e.g., overhead

projector, 35mm projector, chalkboard,

etc.) 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 5

minutes. The Agency also urges the

public to submit written comments in

lieu of oral presentations. Persons

wishing to make oral or written

statements at the meeting should

contact the persons listed above in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and

submit 30 copies of their presentation

and/or remarks to the Panel. The

Agency encourages that written

statements be submitted before the

meeting to provide Panel Members the

time necessary to consider and review

the comments.

1. By mail. You may submit a request

to: Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs (OPP),

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is

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

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your request electronically by e-mail to:

‘‘opp-docket@epa.gov.’’ Do not submit

any information electronically that you

consider to be CBI. Use WordPerfect

6.1/8.0 or ASCII file format and avoid

the use of special characters and any

form of encryption. Be sure to identify

by docket control number OPP–00660.

You may also file a request online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Martha Shimkin,

Acting Director, Office of Science

Coordination and Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–12378 Filed 5–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6701–9]

Meeting of the Ozone Transport

Commission for the Northeast United

States

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency is

announcing the 2000 Annual Meeting of

the Ozone Transport Commission. This

meeting is for the Ozone Transport

Commission to deal with appropriate

matters within the Ozone Transport

Region in the Northeast and MidAtlantic States, as provided for under

the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

This meeting is not subject to the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, as

amended.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June

1, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to approximately

1 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be held at the

Harraskeet Inn, 162 Main Street,

Freeport, Maine 04032; (800) 342–6423.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Judith M. Katz, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103;

(215) 814–2900.

FOR DOCUMENTS AND PRESS INQUIRIES

CONTACT: Bruce S. Carhart, Ozone

Transport Commission, 444 North

Capitol Street N.W., Suite 638,

Washington, DC 20001; (202) 508–3840;

e-mail: ozone@sso.org; website: http://

www.sso.org/otc

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean

Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain at

Section 184 provisions for the ‘‘Control

of Interstate Ozone Air Pollution.’’

Section 184(a) establishes an ‘‘Ozone

Transport Region’’ (OTR) comprised of

the States of Connecticut, Delaware,

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New