Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 214 / Friday, November 3, 2000 / Notices 66245

Dated: October 31, 2000.

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 00–28283 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00687; FRL–6753–4]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel;

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: There will be a 3–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 issues being considered

by the Agency pertaining to the

following topics: (1) LifeLineTM Model

Review, and (2) A Case Study of the

Cumulative Risk of 24 Organophosphate

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 Olga Odiott 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

December 6, 7, and 8, 2000 from 8:30

a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the 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 I.C. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, your request

must identify docket control number

OPP–00687 in the subject line on the

first page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olga

Odiott, Designated Federal Official,

Office of Science Coordination and

Policy, (7101C), Office of Prevention,

Pesticides and Toxic Substances,

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460; telephone number: (703)

305–5369; fax number: (703) 605–0656;

e-mail address: odiott.olga@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. 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 Federal

Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),

FIFRA, and FQPA. 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.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. A meeting agenda

and copies of EPA primary background

documents for the meeting will be

available by November 6, 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/fedregstr/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an administrative record for

this meeting under docket control

number OPP–00687. 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 (1)

LifeLineTM Model review, and (2) A

Case Study of the Cumulative Risk of 24

Organophosphate Pesticides, including

any information claimed as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). This

administrative 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 (CM #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.

C. 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–

00687 in the subject line on the first

page of your request. Members of the

public wishing to submit comments

should contact the person listed under

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to

confirm that the meeting date and

agenda have not been modified.

Interested persons are permitted to file

written statements before the meeting.

To the extent that time permits, and

upon advance written request to the

persons listed under 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, 35 mm projector, chalkboard,

etc.). There is no limit on the extent 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 under 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, 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, CM #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

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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–00687.

You may also file a request online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

II. Background

A. Purpose of the Meeting

This 3–day meeting concerns several

scientific issues undergoing

consideration within the EPA Office of

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic

Substances (OPPTS), as follows.

1. LifeLineTM Model review. Review

key features of the LifeLineTM Model to

include the software code, data

requirements, data inputs, and output

reports. To assist the Panel in their

evaluation of LifeLineTM each Panel

member will be provided a CD

containing the LifeLineTM software and

supporting documentation. The Panel

will be evaluating hypothetical, yet

representative, residue and toxicological

data sets for assessing aggregate and

cumulative exposure and risk via the

dietary, residential and drinking water

pathways.

2. A Case Study of the Cumulative

Risk of 24 Organophosphate Pesticides.

The case study will illustrate data use

and the process for integrating multipathway exposures to 24

organophosphate pesticides from food,

drinking water and residential sources.

This topic will be divided in 4 sessions:

(1) Cumulative risk assessment method

for dietary (food) exposure, (2)

Cumulative risk assessment for

residential exposure, (3) Cumulative

risk assessment for drinking water, and

(4) Integrated cumulative risk

assessment. The first three sessions will

illustrate how the Agency applied the

principles described in the exposure

sections of the cumulative risk

assessment guidance to monitoring data

for residues of organophosphates on

food and water. This approach uses

available surrogate data on residential/

institutional uses to estimate cumulative

exposures/risk using the Relative

Potency Factor Method as reviewed by

the FIFRA SAP in September, 2000. The

background material will describe the

assumptions, procedures, and methods

employed in the assessment to estimate

the cumulative exposures resulting from

each of the three pathways. An

illustration of an approach to integrate

exposures from the three pathways into

a complete cumulative assessment will

be described in session 4.

B. Panel Report

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 may be obtained

by contacting PIRIB at the address and

telephone listed below under Unit I.B.

of this document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: October 27, 2000.

Steven K. Galson,

Director, Office of Science Coordination and

Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–28279 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00439G; FRL–6753–1]

Pesticide Program Dialogue

Committee (PPDC): Inert Disclosure

Stakeholder Workgroup; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

conference call meeting of the Inert

Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup. The

workgroup was established to advise the

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee

on ways of making information on inert

ingredients more available to the public

while working within the mandates of

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and related

Confidential Business Information

concerns.

DATES: The meeting will be held by

conference call on Monday, November

20, 2000 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public may

listen to the meeting discussions on site

at: Crystal Mall #2 (CM #2), 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA;

conference Room 1123. Seating is

limited and will be available on a first

come first serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Cameo Smoot, Office of Pesticide

Programs (7506C), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460,

telephone: (703) 305–5454. Office

locations: 11th floor, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

E-mail smoot.cameo@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Inert

Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup is

composed of a participants from the

following sectors: environmental/public

interest and consumer groups; industry

and pesticide users; Federal, State and

local governments; the general public;

academia and public health

organizations.

The Inert Disclosure Stakeholder

Workgroup, will advise the EPA through

the Pesticide Program Dialogue

Committee (PPDC), on potential

measures to increase the availability to

the public of information about inert

ingredients (also called ‘‘other

ingredients’’) under the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA). Among the factors the

workgroup has been asked to consider

in preparing its recommendations are:

existing law regarding inert ingredients

and Confidential Business Information

(CBI); current Agency processes and

policies for disseminating inert

ingredient information to the public,

including procedures for the protection

of CBI; informational needs for a variety

of stakeholders; and business reasons

for limiting the disclosure of inert

ingredient information.

The Inert Disclosure Stakeholder

Workgroup meeting is open to the

public. Written public statements are

welcome and should be submitted to the

OPP administrative docket OPP–

00439A. Any person who wishes to file

a written statement can do so before or

after the conference call. These

statements will become part of the

permanent file and will be provided to

the Workgroup members for their

information.

How and to Whom Do I Submit the

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–00439A in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services