60710 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 218 / Wednesday, November 12, 1997 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5920–1]

Announcement of Stakeholders

Meeting Regarding the Use of

Screening Procedures for Drinking

Water Compliance Monitoring

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of stakeholders meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency will be holding a public meeting

on Thursday, December 4, 1997. The

purpose of this meeting is to present

information regarding EPA’s plans for

the approval of screening procedures for

the compliance monitoring of drinking

water contaminants, to solicit public

input on the potential uses of screening

procedures, and to seek the preferences

of the public regarding approaches for

continued public involvement. This

meeting is a continuation of public

meetings that started in 1995 to obtain

input on the Agency’s Drinking Water

Program. These meetings were initiated

as part of the Drinking Water Program

Redirection efforts to help refocus EPA’s

drinking water priorities and to support

strong, flexible partnerships among

EPA, states, local governments, and the

public. At the upcoming meeting, EPA

is seeking input from the regulated

community (public water systems),

method developers/vendors, analytical

laboratories, research and regulatory

personnel, environmental and public

interest groups, and other stakeholders.

Input is requested regarding the current

and potential applications of screening

procedures for drinking water

compliance monitoring, their

anticipated availability and costs, the

development of a framework for the

approval and use of screening

procedures and of a screening procedure

validation protocol, and other

considerations that may shape future

EPA action regarding contaminant

analysis. EPA encourages the full

participation of the public throughout

this process.

DATES: The stakeholders meeting on

Screening Procedures will be held on

December 4, 1997 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

RESOLVE, 1255 23rd Street, NW. (Suite

275), Washington, DC 20037. For

additional information, please contact

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, at

phone: (800) 426–4791 or FAX: (703)

285–1101. Members of the public

wishing to attend the meeting may

register by telephone through the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline by November

21, 1997. Those registered for the

meeting by November 21, 1997 will

receive background materials prior to

the meeting. Members of the public who

cannot attend the meeting in person

may participate via conference call and

should also register with the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline by November

21, 1997. Members of the public who

cannot participate via conference call or

in person may submit comments in

writing by December 19, 1997 to:

William Labiosa, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.

(4607), Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on meeting

logistics, please contact the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline at 1–800–426–

4791. For other information on activities

related to the approval of screening

procedures, please contact William

Labiosa at U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Phone: 202–260–

4835, Fax: 202–260–3762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

On August 6, 1996, the Congress

passed amendments to the Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which

establishes a new charter for the

nation’s public water systems, states,

and EPA in protecting the safety of

drinking water. The amended SDWA

requires EPA to review ‘‘new analytical

methods to screen for regulated

contaminants.’’ After this review, EPA

‘‘may approve such methods as are more

accurate or cost-effective than

established reference methods for use in

compliance monitoring’’ [SDWA,

Section 1445(i)]. EPA is also exploring

the use of screening procedures for use

in the monitoring of unregulated

contaminants with monitoring

requirements. These methods are

expected to provide flexibility to PWSs

in compliance monitoring and are

expected to be ‘‘better and/or cheaper

and/or faster’’ than existing analytical

methods.

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

EPA has announced this public

meeting to obtain stakeholder input to

the development of a framework for the

identification, approval, use, and

validation of screening procedures for

the monitoring of drinking water

contaminants. Approval and method

validation processes based on the

Streamlining protocol that was

proposed on March 28, 1997 [62 FR

14975] will be discussed. EPA is also

seeking input regarding the types of

monitoring and contaminants for which

screening procedures may be most

amenable.

The public is invited to provide

comments on the issues listed above

and other issues related to screening

procedures during the December 4,

1997, meeting or in writing by

December 19, 1997.

Dated: November 5, 1997.

Elizabeth Fellows,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34118; FRL 5753–4]

Notice of Receipt of Requests for

Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain

Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),

as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of

receipt of request for amendment by

registrants to delete uses in certain

pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn,

the Agency will approve these use

deletions and the deletions will become

effective on May 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: James A. Hollins, Office of

Pesticide Programs (7502C),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location for commercial courier,

delivery, telephone number and e-mail:

Room 216, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

(703) 305–5761; e-mail:

hollins.james@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that

a registrant of a pesticide product may

at any time request that any of its

pesticide registrations be amended to

delete one or more uses. The Act further

provides that, before acting on the

request, EPA must publish a notice of

receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register. Thereafter, the

Administrator may approve such a

request.

II. Intent to Delete Uses

This Notice announces receipt by the

Agency of applications from registrants