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will be provided on a first-come, firstserved basis; therefore the public is

encouraged to register in advance to

present oral comments by contacting

ERG’s conference registration line at

(781) 674–7374.

For questions about the overall dioxin

exposure assessment, contact John

Schaum, National Center for

Environmental Assessment—

Washington Office, Office of Research

and Development, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Washington, DC

20460; telephone (202) 564–3237,

Facsimile number: (202) 565–0076; email: schaum.john@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In 1992, EPA’s Office of Research and

Development (ORD) began an effort to

reassess the exposure and health effects

associated with dioxin. As originally

conceived and drafted, the exposure

portion of the Reassessment did not

include an emissions inventory

component. ORD was concerned that

there were inadequate test data to

construct an inventory, and that the

time and resources needed to conduct

an extensive testing program were

outside the scope of the Reassessment.

In 1992, special workshops were held to

provide expert review and comment on

early drafts of both the exposure and

health components of the Reassessment.

Reviewers of these early drafts strongly

urged EPA to attempt an emissions

inventory using the available data.

Responding to this suggestion an

inventory was developed and first

published in September 1994 as part of

the overall draft Reassessment. The draft

Reassessment underwent reviews by

both the public and EPA’s Science

Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB

supported the general approach used to

produce the draft inventory, but

suggested several changes. Most

notably, they recommended that the

inventory be specific about the time

frame it represents. The SAB did not

suggest that any of the exposure

chapters including the emissions

inventory be resubmitted for SAB

review. In addition to the SAB

comments, EPA received a number of

public comments regarding the

emissions inventory. In response to all

of these comments and the availability

of additional data, a number of changes

have been made to the inventory since

the 1994 draft. These changes have

resulted in significant revisions to both

the inventory structure and actual

emission estimates. Consequently ORD

has decided it would be prudent to

conduct an additional round of peer

review of the revised inventory before

incorporating it into the final

Reassessment.

Dated: April 10, 1998.

William H. Farland,

Director, National Center for Environmental

Assessment.

[FR Doc. 98–10864 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6004–4]

Announcement of Stakeholders

Meeting on Treatment Technology

Lists for Small Drinking Water Systems

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of stakeholders meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a two-day public meeting on EPA’s

treatment technology lists for Small

Drinking Water Systems. The purpose of

this meeting is to have a dialogue with

stakeholders and the public at large on

the process of determining Compliance

Technologies and Variance

Technologies for Small Drinking Water

Systems. EPA published a list of small

system compliance technologies for the

Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR)

in August 1997. Section

1412(b)(4)(E)(iii) of the amended Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires

EPA to publish the list of affordable

small system compliance technologies

for all other regulated contaminants by

August 6, 1998. EPA is also required to

publish a list of small system variance

technologies, for those contaminants

where appropriate, by August 6, 1998.

The first day of the stakeholder meeting

will focus on the eligibility criteria for

variance technologies, including

national-level affordability. The second

day will focus on treatment technology

performance, including an evaluation of

Point-Of-Use and Point-Of-Entry devices

as potential compliance technologies. At

the upcoming meeting, EPA is seeking

input from national, state, Tribal,

municipal, and individual stakeholders

and other interested parties on the lists

of technologies for small systems.

DATES: The stakeholders meeting on

Technologies for Small Drinking Water

Systems will be held on May 18–19,

1998. The meeting will run from 8:30

a.m to 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, May

18 and from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT

on Tuesday, May 19.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

RESOLVE, 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Suite

275, Washington, D.C. 20037. For

additional information, please contact

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, at

phone: (800) 426–4791, fax: (703) 285–

1101, or by e-mail at <hotlinesdwa@epamail.epa.gov>. Members of

the public wishing to attend the meeting

may register by phone by contacting the

Safe Drinking Water Hotline by May 10,

1998. Those registered for the meeting

by May 8 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 register with

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline by May

8 as well. Members of the public who

cannot participate via conference call or

in person may submit comments in

writing by July 15, 1998, to Tara

Cameron, at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.

(4607), Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about the meeting

logistics, please contact the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline, at phone: (800)

426–4791, fax: (703) 285–1101, or by email at: <hotlinesdwa@epamail.epa.gov>. For other

information on Technologies for Small

Drinking Water Systems, please contact

Jeffrey Kempic, at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Phone: (202) 260–9567, Fax: (202) 260–

3762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

The SDWA, as amended in 1996,

required that EPA publish a Compliance

Technology List for Small Systems that

meet the SWTR. EPA published a Small

System Compliance Technology List for

the SWTR in August 1997 and will be

updating this document in August 1998.

EPA is also required to publish a list of

affordable small system compliance

technologies for all other regulated

contaminants by August 6, 1998. The

1996 Amendments specifically direct

EPA to focus on three small system

population size categories: systems

serving 10,000–3,301; 3,300–501; and

500–25. EPA is also required to publish

a list of small system variance

technologies, for those contaminants

where appropriate, by August 6, 1998.

When variance technologies are listed,

EPA will also publish any assumptions

used in determining that there were no

affordable compliance technologies for a

particular system size category and

source water quality combination.

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

The upcoming meeting deals

specifically with EPA’s efforts to

compile the lists of compliance and
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variance technologies for the National

Primary Drinking Water Regulations.

The meeting will be divided into two

parts. The first part involves getting

ideas and insights from stakeholders on

approaches to the national level

affordability criteria that will be used to

determine which pathway (compliance

technology or a variance) a system will

proceed along and which technologies

would be available for the system. The

second part will focus on treatment

technology performance, including an

evaluation of Point-Of-Use and PointOf-Entry devices as potential

compliance technologies.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

[FR Doc. 98–11143 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–30453; FRL–5785–6]

Certain Companies; Applications to

Register Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of applications to register pesticide

products containing new active

ingredients not included in any

previously registered products 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 May 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments identified by the document

control number [OPP–30453] and the

file symbols to: Public Information and

Records Intregrity Branch, Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

person, bring comments to:

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.

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

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 (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this notice may be claimed

confidential by marking any part or all

of that information as 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. The public

docket is available for public inspection

in Rm. 119 at the Virginia address given

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

through Friday, excluding holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Regulatory Action Leader, Biopesticides

and Pollution Prevention Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs (7511W)

listed in the table below:

Regulatory action

leader Office location/telephone number Address

Rita Kumar ..................... 5th Floor, CS1 #1, 703–308–8291, e-mail: kumar.rita@epamail.epa.gov. 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington,

VA 22202

Sharlene Matten ............ 5th Floor, CS #1, 703–605–0514, e-mail: matten.sharlene@epamail.epa.gov. Do.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

received applications as follows to

register pesticide products containing

active ingredients not included in any

previously registered products pursuant

to the provision of section 3(c)(4) of

FIFRA. Notice of receipt of these

applications does not imply a decision

by the Agency on the applications.

I. Products Containing Active

Ingredients Not Included In Any

Previously Registered Products

1. File Symbol: 70115–R. Applicant:

GML Industries, LLC, 2701 Texoma

Drive, P.O. Box 87, Denison TX 75020.

Product Name: A Natureza Flea

Shampoo. Active ingredient: Coocamide

DEA at 10.0 percent. Proposed

classification/Use: None. Controls fleas

on dogs and cats. (Rita Kumar)

2. File Symbol: 62388–R. Applicant:

Bio-Care Technology Pty Ltd., 3085

South Myers Rd., Geneva, OH 44041.

Product Name: NoGall. Microbial

Agent/Bacterial Inoculant. Active

ingredient: Agrobacterium radiobacter,

strain K1026 at 0.25 percent. Proposed

classification/Use: General. Controls

crown gall disease organisms on nonfood and non-bearing plants only.

(Sharlene Matten)

Notice of approval or denial of an

application to register a pesticide

product will be announced in the

Federal Register. The procedure for

requesting data will be given in the

Federal Register if an application is

approved.

Comments received within the

specified time period will be considered

before a final decision is made;

comments received after the time

specified will be considered only to the

extent possible without delaying

processing of the application.

II. Public Record and Electronic

Submissions

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this notice under docket

number [OPP–30453] (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 notice 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 number [OPP–30453].

Electronic comments on this notice may

be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pest, Product registration.