53004 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 6, 2005 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7965–1] 

Federal Advisory Committee To 

Examine Detection and Quantitation 

Approaches in Clean Water Act 

Programs 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee 

Meeting Announcement. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency is announcing two meetings of 

the Federal Advisory Committee on 

Detection and Quantitation Approaches 

and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) 

Programs. 

DATES: Two meetings of the Federal 

Advisory Committee on Detection and 

Quantitation Approaches and Uses in 

Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs will 

be held on Thursday and Friday, 

September 29, 2005, and September 30, 

2005, and on December 8, 2005 and 

December 9, 2005. The meeting on 

September 29, will be from 9 a.m. until 

5 p.m. e.d.t.; and on September 30, 

2005, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. e.d.t.; and 

the meeting on December 8, 2005, will 

be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; and on 

December 9, 2005, will be from 9 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. All times are eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The September 2005 and 

December 2005 meetings of the 

Committee will be held at the L. 

William Seidman Center, 3501 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, across 

from the Virginia Square Metro stop on 

the Orange line. Members of the public 

may attend this meeting in person or via 

teleconference. The public may obtain 

the call-in number and access code for 

the teleconference lines from Marion 

Kelly, whose contact information is 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. 

Document Availability: The draft 

agenda for this meeting is provided in 

the General Information section of this 

notice or may be obtained from Marion 

Kelly whose contact information is 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. The draft 

agenda may also be viewed through 

EDOCKET, as provided in section I.A. of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

Any member of the public interested 

in making an oral presentation at the 

Committee meeting may contact Richard 

Reding, whose contact information is 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. Requests 

for making oral presentations will be 

accepted up to 2 business days prior to 

each meeting date. In general, each 

individual making an oral presentation 

will be limited to a total of three 

minutes. 

Submitting Comments 

Written comments may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided in section I.B of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

Written comments will be accepted up 

to two business days prior to each 

meeting date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marion Kelly, Engineering and Analysis 

Division, Mail Code 4303T, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; Telephone number: (202) 

566–1045; Fax number: (202) 566–1053; 

E-mail address: 

Kelly.Marion@EPA.GOV; Richard 

Reding, Designated Federal Officer, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Water, Mail Code 4303T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; Telephone number: (202) 

566–2237; Fax number: (202) 566–1054; 

E-mail address: 

Reding.Richard@EPA.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

This notice announces two meetings 

of the Federal Advisory Committee on 

Detection and Quantitation Procedures 

and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) 

Programs. The purpose of these 

meetings is to evaluate and recommend 

detection and quantitation procedures 

for use in EPA’s analytical methods 

programs for compliance monitoring 

under 40 CFR part 136. The Committee 

will analyze and evaluate relevant 

scientific and statistical approaches, 

protocols, review data and 

interpretations of data using current and 

recommended approaches. The major 

objectives are to provide advice and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on policy issues related 

to detection and quantitation, and 

scientific and technical aspects of 

procedures for detection and 

quantitation. 

The draft agenda for September 29 

includes a report from the state caucus 

on how states use detection and 

quantitation approaches; it also includes 

reports from the committee’s Technical 

Work Group on draft definitions of 

terms and an initial analysis of 

detection and quantitation procedures. 

On September 30, the advisory 

committee is expected to discuss policy 

issues, identify criteria for narrowing 

the list of detection and quantitation 

procedures, discuss how pilot testing of 

promising procedures might occur, and 

assign tasks to the Technical Work 

Group to carry out before the December 

8 and 9 meeting. When the advisory 

committee reconvenes in December, the 

agenda is expected to include the 

following matters. On December 8, 

2005, the Technical Work Group will 

report on assignments from the 

September 28–29 advisory committee 

meeting, including analysis of detection 

and quantitation approaches and 

procedures. On December 9, 2005, the 

meeting will include discussions 

concerning the Technical Work Group’s 

reports and further assignments to the 

Technical Work Group to carry out 

before the next advisory committee 

meeting. Agendas for the two meetings 

are available on the Internet at http:// 

www.epa.gov/methods/det. 

A. How Can I Get Copies of Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this committee 

under Docket ID NO. OW–2004–0041. 

The official public docket consists of the 

documents specifically referenced in 

this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Documents in the official 

public docket are listed in the index in 

EPA’s electronic public docket and 

comment system, EDOCKET. 

Documents are available either 

electronically or in hard copy. 

Electronic documents may be viewed 

through EDOCKET. Hard copies of the 

draft agendas may be viewed at the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OW 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EDOCKET. 

You may use EDOCKET at http:// 

www.epa.gov/edocket/. To submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

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appropriate docket identification 

number (OW–2004–0041). 

For those wishing to make public 

comments, it is important to note that 

EPA’s policy is that comments, whether 

submitted electronically or on paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket. 

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks mailed or delivered to 

the Docket will be transferred to EPA’s 

electronic public docket. Written public 

comments mailed or delivered to the 

Docket will be scanned and placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

B. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket identification number (OW–

2004–0041) in the subject line on the 

first page of your comment. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. 

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed 

below, EPA recommends that you 

include your name, mailing address, 

and an e-mail address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submittor of the 

comment, and it allows EPA to contact 

you if further information on the 

substance of the comment is needed or 

if your comment cannot be read due to 

technical difficulties. EPA’s policy is 

that EPA will not edit your comment, 

and any identifying or contact 

information provided in the body of a 

comment will be included as part of the 

comment placed in the official public 

docket and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. If EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties and cannot contact you for 

clarification, EPA may not be able to 

consider your comment. 

i. EDOCKET. Your use of EPA’s 

electronic public docket to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Go directly to EDOCKET at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. To access EPA’s 

electronic public docket from the EPA 

Internet Home Page, http:// 

www.epa.gov, select ‘‘Information 

Sources,’’ ‘‘Dockets,’’ and ‘‘EDOCKET.’’

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ and 

then key in Docket ID No. OW–2004–

0041. The system is an anonymous 

access system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, e-mail address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to 

OW.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. OW–2004–0041. In contrast to 

EPA’s electronic public docket, EPA’s email system is not an anonymous access 

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the docket without going 

through EPA’s electronic public docket, 

EPA’s e-mail system automatically 

captures your e-mail address. E-mail 

addresses that are automatically 

captured by EPA’s e-mail system are 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the official public docket, and 

made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM mailed 

to the mailing address identified in 

section I.B.2 of this notice. These 

electronic submissions will be accepted 

in Word, WordPerfect or rich text files. 

Avoid the use of special characters and 

any form of encryption. 

2. By Mail. Send your comments to: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

OW Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

OW–2004–0041. 

3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. 

Deliver your comments to: EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West 

Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket 

ID No. OW–2004–0041 (note: this is not 

a mailing address). Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the docket’s 

normal hours of operation as identified 

in section I.A.1 of this notice. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Marion Kelly at (202) 566–1045 

or email: Kelly.Marion@EPA.GOV to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

at least ten days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: August 26, 2005. 

Richard Reding, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–17616 Filed 9–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0084; FRL–7730–5] 

Dimethoate Revised Risk 

Assessments; Notice of Availability 

and Solicitation of Risk Reduction 

Options 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s revised risk 

assessments for the organophosphate 

pesticide dimethoate. In addition, this 

notice solicits public comment on risk 

reduction options for dimethoate. The 

public is encouraged to suggest risk 

management ideas or proposals to 

address the risks identified. EPA is 

developing an Interim Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (IRED) for 

dimethoate through the full, 6–Phase 

public participation process that the 

Agency uses to involve the public in 

developing pesticide reregistration and 

tolerance reassessment decisions. 

Through these programs, EPA is 

ensuring that all pesticides meet current 

health and safety standards. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 7, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket identification (ID) number OPP–

2005–0084, may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided in Unit I. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Plummer, Special Review 

and Reregistration Division (7508C), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–0076; fax number: (703) 308–

7042; e-mail address: 

plummer.stephanie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: