15178 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 61 / Monday, March 31, 1997 / Notices

Wednesday, May 7

8:30 am William Telliard, USEPA,

Welcome

8:45 am TBD, Keynote Address

Program Policy

9:15 am James Hanlon, USEPA,

Harmonization of Methods Across

EPA’s Water Programs

9:45 am William Telliard, USEPA,

Updates on Proposal and/or

Promulgation of Streamlining and on

Methods for Oil and Grease, Trace

Metals, Dioxins/Furans, Cyanides,

and Other Substances of Regulatory

Concern

10:15 am Break

Cryptosporidium

10:30 am Frank Schaefer, USEPA,

Methods for Determination of

Parasites at Levels Necessary to

Protect Public Health

11:00 am Ephraim King, USEPA,

Implementation of the Information

Collection Rule (ICR)

11:30 am Lunch

1:00 pm Jennifer Clancy, CEC,

Performance Characteristics of an

Improved Method for Determination

of Cryptosporidium in Water Using

Vortex-flow and Capsule Filtration

Combined with Immuno-magnetic

Separation

1:30 pm Ricardo DeLeon, Metropolitan

Water District of Southern California,

Novel Techniques for Detection of

Cryptosporidium

Drinking Water

2:00 pm Mark Keating, North Carolina

Cooperative Extension Service, Public

Participation in Drinking Water

Protection: Results from an EPA

Environmental Justice Initiative in

Northampton and Bertie Counties,

North Carolina

2:30 pm Dick Reding, USEPA, Recent

Technological Advances in Drinking

Water Methods

3:00 pm Break

3:15 pm TBD

Organics

3:45 pm M. Coreen Hamilton, Brian

Fowler, and Dale Hoover, Axys

Corporation, Implementation of

Method 1668 for Determination of

Toxic PCBs in Fish Tissue

4:15 pm Al Uhler and G.S. Durrell,

Battelle Ocean Sciences, and Mary

Sue Brancato, Parametrix, Inc.,

Determination of Butyltin Compounds

in Seawater at the 1 Part-per-trillion

Level

4:45 pm Tamra Schumacher, Lancaster

Laboratories, Fast Pre-screening of

Environmental Samples Using Solidphase Micro-extraction (SPME)

Thursday, May 8

Trace Metals and Metals Speciation

9:00 am John Donat, Old Dominion

University, Determination of Free

Copper Cu2+ and Copper-organic

Complexes in Marine and Other

Natural Waters

9:30 am Nicholas Bloom, Frontier

Geosciences, Speciation and Analysis

of Mercury in Natural Waters

10:00 am Break

10:15 am Gregory Cutter, Old

Dominion University, Bioavailability

and Toxicity of Selenium: The Need

for Chemical Speciation Data

10:45 am Ken Robillard, Eastman

Kodak, Determination of Silver

Species at Sub-part-per-billion Levels

in Natural Waters and Effluents

Conventionals

11:15 am Mike Straka, A Comparison

of Streamlined Proposal of WAD

Cyanide Method 1677 (1996–1997)

and Nationwide Approval of TKN

ATPs (1989–1995)

11:45 am Lunch

Endocrine Disruptors

1:30 pm TBD, Tufts University School

of Medicine, Methods for

Determination of Endocrine

Disruptors

Detection and Quantitation

2:00 pm Robert A. Gibbons, University

of Illinois at Chicago: Raymond F.

Maddalone, TRW, Inc.; David E.

Coleman, Alcoa Research; James K.

Rice, James K. Rice Consulting; Babu

R. Nott, Electric Power Research

Institute; Larry LaFleur, National

Council of the Paper Industry for Air

and Stream Improvement, Industry

Perspective on Detection and

Quantitation Limits

2:30 pm Henry D. Kahn, USEPA and

Kathleen Stralka, SAIC, Alternate

Estimates of Detection and

Quantification

3:00 pm Break

3:15 pm Roger Stewart, Virginia DEQ,

Analytical Variability Versus

Concentration

Quality Control

4:00 pm Nicholas Bloom, Frontier

Geosciences, EPA–CLP Quality

Assurance Protocols: The Wrong Path

to High Quality Data

4:15 pm Marcia Kuehl, M.A. Kuehl

Company, The Corruption of DQOs:

Boilerplate, Statistics, and Reality

Dated: March 20, 1997.

Tudor T. Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

[FR Doc. 97–8092 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5805–4]

Microbial and Disinfectants/

Disinfection Byproducts Advisory

Committee; Notice of Open Meeting

Under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.

2, notice is hereby given that a meeting

of the Microbial and Disinfectants/

Disinfection Byproducts Advisory

Committee will be held on April 16,

1997, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and

on April 17, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. until

4:00 p.m. at the Sheraton City Center

Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave.

Northwest., Washington, DC 20037. The

Committee was established earlier this

year (on February 21, 1997, at 62 FR

8012) to assist the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) in the

development of regulations, guidance

and policies to address microorganisms

and disinfectants/disinfection

byproducts in drinking water.

The purpose of the meeting is to

discuss issues related to the

development of an Interim Enhanced

Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR)

and a Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection

Byproducts (D/DBP) rule. The agenda

for the meeting will include

presentation and discussion of

information and data related to

microbial and disinfection byproducts

issues developed by the Committee’s

technical working group. The agenda

will also include discussion and

evaluation of options to be considered

for inclusion in EPA’s Notice of Data

Availability for the IESWTR and Stage

1 D/DBP rule, with particular focus on

turbidity; predisinfection and a

microbial backstop; and Maximum

Contaminant Levels and enhanced

coagulation, as needed. In addition, the

Committee may begin consideration of

other issues, including but not limited

to what to do about recycling of filter

backwash (including filter-to-waste and

other options); a physical removal credit

for Cryptosporidium for conventional

treatment; and sanitary surveys.

The meeting will be open to the

public. Members of the public may

attend the meeting, make oral

statements at the meeting to the extent

time permits and/or file written

statements with the Committee for its

consideration.

Members of the public who would

like more information or who would

like to present an oral statement or

submit a written statement are requested

to contact the Committee’s Designated

Federal Officer, Steve Potts, at the Office

of Ground Water and Drinking Water,

U.S. EPA, Mail Code 4607, 401 M Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20460. Mr. Potts
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may also be reached by telephone at

(202) 260–5015 or contacted by e-mail at

Potts.Steve@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

Dated: March 26, 1997.

William R. Diamond,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

[FR Doc. 97–8106 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Public Meetings—Updated

Schedule; National Guidance on

Source Water Protection

On March 12, 1997 (Volume 62,

number 48), the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) published a

schedule for Regional source water

protection stakeholder meetings being

held around the country. The purpose of

these public meetings is to discuss

EPA’s draft source water assessment and

protection guidance and to encourage

stakeholder involvement in the

development of strong State source

water assessment and protection

programs. This notice provides an

update to that published schedule. The

changes are as follows: (1) There is not

a meeting in Raleigh, NC on May 6,

1997, rather the meeting in Raleigh is

May 28 and 29, 1997; (2) There is a

meeting in Columbus, OH on April 14,

1997; (3) The meeting in Las Vegas, NV

has been rescheduled for May 16, 1997;

(4) A new meeting has been scheduled

in Huntington, WV on May 15, 1997; (5)

The meeting in Fond Du Lac, WI is on

May 13, 1997; (6) The meeting in Alaska

is in Fairbanks on April 21, 1997; and

(7) The meeting in Boise, ID is on May

2, 1997.

The Final Meeting Schedule is as

follows:

EPA region Location Date

1 ................ Worcester, MA May 28, 1997.

Concord, NH .. May 29, 1997.

2 ................ Suffern, NY .... April 29, 1997.

3 and 4 ..... Raleigh, NC ... May 28 & 29,

1997.

3 ................ Pittsburgh, PA May 21 & 22,

1997.

4 ................ Atlanta, GA .... May 6 & 7,

1997.

3, 4 and 5 Huntington,

WV.

May 15, 1997.

5 ................ Lansing, MI .... April 1, 1997.

Springfield, IL April 11, 1997.

Columbus, OH April 14, 1997.

St. Cloud, MN April 22, 1997.

Indianapolis,

IN.

April 28, 1997.

Fond Du Lac,

WI.

May 13, 1997.

6 ................ Dallas, TX ...... April 2 & 3,

1997.

EPA region Location Date

7 ................ Lenexa, KS .... May 14, 1997.

8 ................ Denver, CO ... April 22 & 23,

1997.

9 ................ Las Vegas,

NV.

May 16, 1997.

Los Angeles,

CA.

May 21, 1997.

10 .............. Salem, OR ..... April 30, 1997.

Fairbanks, AK April 21, 1997.

Boise, ID ........ May 2, 1997.

Lacey, WA ..... May 6, 1997.

Please call the Safe Drinking Water

Hotline 1–800–426–4791 (9 a.m.–5:30

p.m. Monday–Friday) for detailed

information on meeting times and

locations, to pre-register (space will be

limited) and for any additional schedule

changes.

For more information about EPA’s

Source Water Protection efforts and the

Regional Stakeholder meetings please

visit the Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water home page at http://

www.epa.gov/OGWDW/swp.html. If

you are interested in receiving a copy of

the draft guidance and/or attending one

of the meetings, please call the EPA

Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800–426–

4791 (9 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday–Friday)

or send an e-mail message to hotlinesdwa@epamail.epa.gov.

Written comments on the guidance

are requested to be sent by June 13,

1997, to EPA’s Office of Ground Water

and Drinking Water, Implementation

and Assistance Division, Prevention and

Support Branch, 401 M St. SW., Mail

Code 4606, Washington, DC 20460.

Dated: March 24, 1997.

Robert W. Barles,

Chief, Program Support Branch, Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water.

[FR Doc. 97–8091 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

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[OPP–30431; FRL–5590–9]

Eden BioScience Corp; Application to

Register a Pesticide Product

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of an application to register the

pesticide product GG-1000, containing

technical grade active ingredients not

included in any previously registered

product pursuant to the provisions of

section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), as amended.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by April 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments identified by the document

control number [OPP–30431] and the

(File Symbol 69834–R) to: Public

Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

person, bring comments to:

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.

1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will be accepted on

disks in Wordperfect in 5.1 file format

or ASCII file format. All comments and

data in electronic form must be

identified by the docket number [OPP–

30431]. No ‘‘Confidential Business

Information’’ (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments on

this notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submission

can be found below in this document.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this notice may be claimed

confidential by marking any part or all

of that information as ‘‘Confidential

Business Information’’ (CBI).

Information so marked 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

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Diana Horne, Regulatory Action

Leader, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division (7501W), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: Rm. CS51B6,

Westfield Building North Tower, 2800

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202,

(703–308–8367); e-mail:

horne.diana@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

received an application from Eden

BioScience Corporation, 5795 NE

Minder Road, Poulsbo, WA 98370, to

register the pesticide product GG-1000,