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concerned about implementation of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); 

an the amendments to both of these 

major pesticide laws by the Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

Agricultural workers and farmers; 

pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental, consumer, 

and farm worker groups; pesticide users 

and growers; pest consultants; State, 

local and Tribal governments; academia; 

public health organizations; food 

processors; and the public. If you have 

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 Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2005–0255. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 

Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., 

Arlington, VA. This docket facility is 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

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 EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ 

to 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. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

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

the appropriate docket ID number. 

II. Background 

The Office of Pesticide Programs is 

entrusted with responsibility to help 

ensure the safety of the American food 

supply, the education and protection 

from unreasonable risk of those who 

apply or are exposed to pesticides 

occupationally or through use of 

products, and general protection of the 

environment and special ecosystems 

from potential risks posed by pesticides. 

III. How Can I Request to Participate in 

this Meeting? 

PPDC meetings are open to the public 

and seating is available on a first-come 

basis. Persons interested in attending do 

not need to register in advance of the 

meeting. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural workers, Agriculture, 

Chemicals, Foods, Pesticides, Pests, 

Public health, Risk assessment, 

Tolerance reassessment. 

Dated: August 31, 2005. 

James Jones, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–18008 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7968–9] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of an Upcoming Science 

Advisory Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public face-to-face meeting of the 

chartered SAB. The Board will (1) be 

briefed on strategic science issues facing 

EPA, (2) continue its planning for SAB 

activities, and (3) it may review and 

approve of one or more draft SAB 

Committee reports. 

DATES: September 28, 2005. A public 

meeting of the Board will be held from 

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) on 

September 28, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The September 28, 2005 

meeting of the Board will be held in the 

U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board 

Conference Center, Third Floor, 1025 F 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information regarding this 

meeting, or the SAB may contact Mr. 

Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), U.S. EPA Science 

Advisory Board via phone (202–343–

9982) or e-mail at miller.tom@epa.gov. 

The SAB Mailing address is: U.S. EPA, 

Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. General 

information about the SAB, as well as 

any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice—including 

any specific draft report(s) to be 

reviewed, will be posted on the SAB 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: (a) EPA Science Issues and 

SAB Planning—The SAB will receive 

briefings from senior Agency scientists 

on EPA’s strategic science priorities. 

This will allow the Board to discuss 

with EPA, the Agency’s response to the 

Board’s advisory on the FY 2006 science 

budget and prepare the Board to plan its 

advisory interaction with EPA on the FY 

2007 science budget. At this meeting, 

the Board will monitor its own activities 

in support of EPA’s science programs 

for 2005 and continue its planning of its 

FY 2006 program. 

(b) Review of SAB Committee Draft 

Reports: The Board may review one or 

more draft SAB panel or committee 

reports at this meeting. Information on 

any draft reports to be reviewed, as well 

as the draft reports, will be on the SAB 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/ 

drrep.htm prior to the meeting. 

Availability of Review Material for the 

Board Meeting: A final roster of the 

Board, the meeting agenda, and any 

appropriate background documents in 

support of this meeting will be posted 

on the SAB Staff Office Web site ( 

http://www.epa.gov/sab) prior to the 

meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comment: The Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office accepts written public 

comments, and will accommodate oral 

public comments whenever possible, on 

issues before the SAB. Requests to 

provide oral comments at the September 

28, 2005 meeting must be made in 

writing (e-mail, fax or mail) and 

received by Mr. Miller no later than 

September 23, 2005. Oral Comments: 

Each individual or group requesting an 

oral presentation at this face-to-face 

meeting will be limited to no more than 

ten minutes per speaker or organization. 

Speakers should bring at least 75 copies 

of their comments and presentation 

slides for distribution to the participants 

and the public at this meeting. Written 

Comments: Written comments should 

be received in the SAB staff office so 

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that the comments may be made 

available to the Board for their 

consideration. Comments should be 

supplied to the DFO at the address 

noted above in the following formats: 

one hard copy with original signature, 

and one electronic copy via e-mail 

[acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat, 

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files 

(in IBM–PC/Windows 2000/98 format)]. 

Meeting Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation at this meeting, 

including wheelchair access to the 

conference room, should contact Mr. 

Miller at the phone number or e-mail 

address noted above at least five 

business days prior to the meeting so 

that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

Anthony Maciorowski, 

Associate Director for Science, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 05–18240 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0162; FRL–7731–4] 

Carbofuran; Risk Assessment Notice 

of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s human health risk 

assessment and related documents for 

the carbamate pesticide carbofuran, and 

opens a public comment period on these 

documents. EPA is developing an 

Interim Reregistration Eligibility 

Decision (IRED) for carbofuran 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. This notice opens 

phase 3 of the 6–Phase process. 

DATES: Comments, must be received on 

or before November 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket identification (ID) number OPP–

2005–0162, 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: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may 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 Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPP–2005–

0162. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Rm.119, Crystal Mall 

#2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This 

docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

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 EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets 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 appropriate docket ID 

number. 

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in 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, 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 that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff. 

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand