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are Eastern Time. All meetings are open

to the public. Due to limited space,

seating at meetings will be on a firstcome basis. For further information

concerning specific meetings, please

contact the individuals listed below.

Documents that are the subject of SAB

reviews are normally available from the

originating EPA office and are not

available from the SAB Office.

1. Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee (CASAC)

The Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee (CASAC) of the Science

Advisory Board will meet on Monday,

December 15, 1997 at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

(USEPA), Environmental Research

Center, Main Auditorium, Route 54 and

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711. The meeting will begin

at 9 am and end no later than 5 pm. At

this meeting, the Committee will receive

briefings from Agency Staff concerning:

(a) the project work plan for preparation

of the air quality criteria document for

Carbon Monoxide (CO), which will

serve as the scientific basis for the next

periodic review of the CO National

Ambient Air Quality Standards

(NAAQS); (b) the schedule for the

Particulate Matter (PM) NAAQS review;

and (c) an overview of the Agency’s

plans for upcoming reviews of the other

NAAQS. These briefings will help set

the stage for subsequent meetings of the

Committee as it begins its review

responsibilities for the various NAAQS.

Interested parties may obtain a copy

of the CO Project Work Plan by writing

to the CO Project Manager, USEPA,

Office of Research and Development,

National Center for Environmental

Assessment, Research Triangle Park, NC

27711 or by sending a request via fax

(919–541–1818) or e-mail

(ray.diane@epamail.epa.gov). The

review schedule for the PM NAAQS is

contained in 62 FR 55201 (October 23,

1997).

2. Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC)

The Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC) of the Science

Advisory Board, will meet on Tuesday,

December 16, 1997 in the Science

Advisory Board Conference Room,

Room 2103 Mall Level (entry near the

Safeway Supermarket), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters Building, 401 M St. SW,

Washington, DC 20460. The meeting

will begin at 8:30 am and end no later

than 4:30 pm. The purpose of the

meeting is to receive briefings from

Agency Staff on the Office of Research

and Development’s (ORD) strategic

planning and budgeting process and to

discuss the upcoming RSAC review of

the ORD budget and the role of RSAC

in ORD’s strategic planning process.

For Further Information

Members of the public desiring

additional information about either

meeting should contact Mr. Robert

Flaak, Designated Federal Officer, Clean

Air Scientific Advisory Committee

(CASAC) and Research Strategies

Advisory Committee (RSAC), Science

Advisory Board (1400), Room 2812, U.S.

EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460; telephone/voice mail at (202)

260–5133; fax at (202) 260–7118; or via

the INTERNET at FLAAK.ROBERT

@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Those

individuals requiring a copy of the draft

Agenda for either meeting should

contact Ms. Dorothy Clark at (202) 260–

8414 or by FAX at (202) 260–7118 or via

the INTERNET at CLARK.DOROTHY

@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Additional

information concerning the Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

and composition, may be found in The

Annual Report of the Staff Director

which is available from the SAB

Publications Staff at (202) 260–8414.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation to either

Committee must contact Mr. Flaak in

writing (by letter or by fax—see

previously stated information) no later

than 12 Noon Eastern Time, Tuesday,

December 9, 1997 in order to be

included on the respective Agenda.

Public comments will be limited to five

minutes per speaker or organization.

The request should identify the name of

the individual who will make the

presentation, the organization (if any)

they will represent, the name of the

committee (CASAC or RSAC) they wish

to address, any requirements for audio

visual equipment (e.g., overhead

projector, 35mm projector, chalkboard,

etc), and at least 35 copies of an outline

of the issues to be addressed or the

presentation itself. Public comments

should focus on scientific or technical

aspects of the matters before the

respective Committee at its meeting.

There will be time allocated for public

comment at subsequent meetings when

the Committees are actually involved in

substantive review activities.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements. In general, each individual

or group making an oral presentation

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. For conference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will be

limited to no more than five minutes per

speaker and no more than fifteen

minutes total. Written comments (at

least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

comments received too close to the

meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of the meeting.

A. Robert Flaak,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31136 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00513; FRL–5758–5]

State FIFRA Issues Research and

Evaluation Group (SFIREG); Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues

Research and Evaluation Group

(SFIREG) will hold a 2–day meeting,

December 8, and December 9, 1997.

This notice announces the location and

times for the meetings and sets forth the

tentative agenda topics. The meetings

are open to the public.

DATES: The SFIREG will meet on

Monday, December 8, 1997, from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, December

9, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Airport Doubletree Hotel,

300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal

City, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Office of Pesticide

Programs (7506C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Crystal Mall #2, Rm.

1113I, Arlington-Crystal City, VA; (703)

305–5306; (703) 308–1850 (fax); e-mail:

Lyon.elaine.@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

tentative agenda of the SFIREG includes

the following:

1. Update on the Food Quality

Protection Act:

a. Tolerance reassessment program.

b. Minor crops - office interactions

with USDA for use data collection.
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c. Section 18 regulations.

2. Section 18 homepage.

3. Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance (OECA) Updates:

a. Performance partnerships status.

b. Urban pesticide initiative

activities and states funding request.

c. Cooperative agreement issues.

4. Antimicrobial Issues:

a. Definition of pest in the

antimicrobial rule.

b. Clarification of state support in

the antimicrobial area.

c. Office of Enforcement and

Compliance assurance plans for efficacy

testing.

d. State lab involvement.

5. Performance Measures:

a. Results of September 1997

workshop.

b. Future activities.

c. OECA’s direction regarding

measures and GPRA.

6. Policy to address changes to worker

risk mitigation measures.

7. Quality assurance/quality control/

national environmental laboratory

program.

8. Pesticide regulatory education

program course offerings.

9. Regional reports and introduction

of issue papers.

10. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: November 20, 1997.

Jay Ellenberger,

Director, Field and External Affairs Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–31129 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[PF–777; FRL–5754–4]

Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

initial filing of pesticide petitions

proposing the establishment of

regulations for residues of certain

pesticide chemicals in or on various

food commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by the

docket control number PF–777, must be

received on or before December 26,

1997.

ADDRESSES: By mail submit written

comments to: Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch (7502C),

Information Resources and Services

Division, Office of Pesticides Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

person bring comments to: Rm. 1132,

CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.’’ No confidential

business information should be

submitted through e-mail.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’

(CBI). CBI should not be submitted

through e-mail. Information marked as

CBI 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 may be disclosed publicly

by EPA without prior notice. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address

given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Joanne Miller (PM 23),

Registration Division (7505C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location,

telephone number, and e-mail address:

Rm. 237, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703

305–6224, e-mail:

miller.joanne@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has

received pesticide petitions as follows

proposing the establishment and/or

amendment of regulations for residues

of certain pesticide chemicals in or on

various food commodities under section

408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and

Comestic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a.

EPA has determined that these petitions

contain data or information regarding

the elements set forth in section

408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully

evaluated the sufficiency of the

submitted data at this time or whether

the data supports granting of the

petition. Additional data may be needed

before EPA rules on the petition.

The official record for this notice of

filing, as well as the public version, has

been established for this notice of filing

under docket control number [PF–777]

(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 address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

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 [PF–777] and

appropriate petition number. Electronic

comments on this notice may be filed

online at many Federal Depository

Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Agricultural commodities, Food

additives, Feed additives, Pesticides and

pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: November 4, 1997.

James Jones,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

Summaries of Petitions

Petitioner summaries of the pesticide

petitions are printed below as required

by section 408(d)(3) of the FFDCA. The

summaries of the petitions were

prepared by the petitioners and

represent the views of the petitioners.

EPA is publishing the petition

summaries verbatim without editing

them in any way. The petition summary

announces the availability of a

description of the analytical methods

available to EPA for the detection and

measurement of the pesticide chemical

residues or an explanation of why no

such method is needed.

BASF Corporation

PP 6F4604, 4F3041 and FAP 4H5428

EPA has received pesticide petitions

(PP 6F4604, 4F3041, and FAP 4H5428)

from BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive,

Research Triangle Park, P.O. Box 13528,

NC 27709, proposing pursuant to

section 408 (d) of the Federal Food,

Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C.

346a(d), to amend 40 CFR 180.227 by