19276 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 1, 1996 / Notices

of pesticides under FIFRA section

3(c)(7)(B) and 3(c)(7)(C) that were filed

during the immediately preceding fiscal

year. The information collected under

this information collection request is the

pesticide production volume for the

previous fiscal year.

The information collected under

section 29 of FIFRA is required by

Congress to monitor the conditional

registration program. The submission of

annual production data is a requirement

of a conditional registration as described

in 40 CFR Part 152.115(b).

There are no third party disclosures

associated with this activity.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Producers of pesticide products who

seek conditional registrations.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 12.

Estimated Annual burden per

respondent: 3 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 36 hours.

Frequency of Collection: This

information is collected once per year

for the report to congress when a

conditional registration is needed.

Burden Statement: The total annual

public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 36 hours. This

estimate includes the time needed to

read correspondences, plan activities,

gather information, compile and review

information, and complete paperwork.

No person is required to respond to a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. The OMB control numbers for

EPA’s regulations are displayed in 40

CFR Part 9.

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate, or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the following addresses. Please refer to

EPA No. 1504.03 and OMB Control No.

2070–0107, or EPA No. 601.05 and OMB

Control No. 2070–0026 as appropriate,

in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Information Policy

Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 96–10810 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[OPP–00433; FRL–5366–3]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open

Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

SUMMARY: There will be a 3-day meeting

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific

Advisory Panel (SAP) to review a set of

scientific issues being considered by the

Agency in connection with: (1)

Proposed testing guidelines for the

following two series: Series 835–Fate,

Transport and Transformation Test

Guidelines and Series 850–Ecological

Effects Test Guidelines (Only the Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

(OPPT) guidelines from the 835 Series

are being reviewed at this time. The

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)

guidelines will be made available at a

later date.); (2) Carbofuran

environmental risk assessment; (3)

TriButylTin (TBT) long-term monitoring

issues; and (4) ‘‘Corn Cluster’’

environmental risk assessment. The test

guidelines (Series 835 and 850) were

made available in a Federal Register

notice published at 61 FR 16486, April

15, 1996 (OPP–00430; FRL–5363-1).

These test guidelines have been updated

and harmonized, to the extent possible,

with the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD)

guidelines for testing of chemicals, and

other relevant international standards. A

schedule is available from the docket

which identifies when each of the above

topics will be considered by the FIFRA

SAP.

DATES: The meetings will be held May

29 thru May 31, 1996, daily from 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The full comment period for written

comments to these test guidelines is 60

days from the April 15, 1996, Federal

Register notice of availability and

request for comments. Written

comments on the test guidelines must

be submitted on or before June 14, 1996.

Comments received after the FIFRA SAP

meetings will be taken into full

consideration by the Agency in the final

revision of these guidelines.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

at: The Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel,

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22202. A meeting room

will be announced in the hotel. The

phone number for the hotel is (703)

920–3230.

Submit written comments (1 original

and 20 copies) to: By mail: Public

Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., Washington, DC

20460. In person, bring comments to:

Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, 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 also 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–00433.’’ No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments on

this document may be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

Additional information on electronic

submissions can be found under

‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.’’

Information submitted as a comment

in response to 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 docket.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public docket

without prior notice. All statements will

be made part of the record and will be

taken into consideration by the Panel.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Robert B. Jaeger, Designated

Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific

Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: Rm. 815B, CM

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA (703) 305–5369 or 305–

7351; e-mail:

jaeger.bruce@epamail.epa.gov.

Copies of the EPA document and

Series 835 and 850 guidelines may be

obtained by contacting: By mail: Public

Docket and Freedom of Information

Section, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

person or for courier pick-up: Office

location and telephone number: Rm.

1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305–

5805. By internet: e-mail requests to:

guidelines@epamail.epa.gov or via the

EPA Public Access Gopher

(gopher.epa.gov) under the heading
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‘‘Environmental Test Methods and

Guidelines.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

member of the public wishing to submit

written comments should contact Robert

B. Jaeger at the address or the phone

number given above to be sure that the

meetings are still scheduled and to

confirm the Panel’s agenda. Interested

persons are permitted to file written

statements before the meetings. To the

extent that time permits and upon

advanced written request to the

Designated Federal Official, interested

persons may be permitted by the

chairman of the Scientific Advisory

Panel to present oral statements at the

meetings. There is no limit on written

comments for consideration by the

Panel, but oral statements before the

Panel are limited to approximately 5

minutes. Since oral statements will be

permitted only as time permits, the

Agency urges the public to submit

written comments in lieu of oral

presentations. Persons wishing to make

oral and/or written statements should

notify the Designated Federal Official

and submit twenty copies of a summary

no later than May 20, 1996, in order to

ensure sufficient time for appropriate

consideration by the Panel.

A public record has been established

for this notice under docket number

‘‘OPP-00433’’ (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 informaiton

claimed as CBI, is available for

inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

Rm. 1132, Public Response and Program

Resources Branch, Field Operations

Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

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.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Copies of the Panel’s report of their

recommendations will be available 10 to

15 working days after the meetings and

may be obtained by contacting the

Public Response and Program Resources

Branch, at the address or telephone

number given above.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Test

guidelines.

Dated: April 23, 1996.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–10805 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[FRL–5465–8]

Public Workshop on Privatization of

the National Radon Proficiency

Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Public Workshop.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce a public workshop on the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) National Radon Proficiency

Program, and provide information about

the workshop date, time and location.

The purpose of the workshop is to

discuss EPA’s options for privatization.

This notice includes a description of the

workshop materials and background

information being made available before

the workshop, and information on how

to request them. The Agency expects a

wide variety of organizations to attend,

including those with an interest in

operating the program, states with

similar programs, radon industry

practitioners, program participants and

members of the general public.

DATES: EPA will hold the public

workshop on privatization of the

National Radon Proficiency Program on

Thursday, May 30, 1996, in Washington,

D.C. Details of the workshop location

and time will be included in the preworkshop materials. The workshop is

expected to start at 8:00 a.m. and

conclude at 5:00 p.m.

Written comments about the Agency’s

plan to privatize the National Radon

Proficiency Program will be accepted

until July 1, 1996, and should be

submitted to the public docket or to Mr.

Ed Chu as indicated in addresses below.

ADDRESSES: A package of information

about the National Radon Proficiency

Program and the public workshop,

including the agenda, fact sheets,

program design description,

administrative costs, the Agency’s

strawman privatization plan, and other

relevant materials may be obtained

before the workshop by phone, fax or Email. Although these materials will also

be available at the workshop, EPA

recommends that background materials

be obtained and reviewed before the

workshop. To request the package of

information before the workshop,

contact Ms. Taunya Davis (202) 233–

9398, or Ms. Estelle Mackall (202) 233–

9390, or by facsimile at (202) 233–9555.

Ms. Davis and Ms. Mackall are with the

Indoor Environments Division (6604–J),

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, 401

M Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20460.

Facsimile requests should clearly

identify this public workshop in any

cover sheet used, and include the

requester’s full name and address,

phone and facsimile number and e-mail

address (if any). You may also request

the information package by e-mail at

‘‘davis.taunya@epamail.epa.gov’’.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ed Chu, RPP Privatization Workgroup,

U.S. EPA/Office of Air and Radiation,

Indoor Environments Division (6604–J),

401 M Street SW., Washington, D.C.

20460; telephone (202) 233–9347 or by

e-mail at ‘‘chu.ed@epamail.epa.gov’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Authority

After smoking, human exposure to

radon gas is the second leading cause of

death due to lung cancer. EPA and

others believe that radon is responsible

for about 14,000 deaths each year. To

ensure accurate radon measurements

and proper mitigation of homes with

high radon levels, Congress directed

EPA to establish and operate a radon

proficiency program as part of the

Radon Abatement Act (IRAA) of 1988

(U.S.C. 2661 et seq.).

The Agency’s National Radon

Proficiency Program is a non-regulatory,

voluntary program that is open to

anyone who provides radon

measurement and mitigation services.

The primary purpose of the program is

to improve the quality of radon services

that consumers and organizations

receive, and to assist individual states in

protecting consumers and public health.

II. Background

The EPA established the National

Radon Proficiency Program in late 1985.

At that time the states and consumers

needed an objective means for

evaluating the radon measurement and

mitigation services being offered to the

public by a then fledgling radon services

industry. In recent years, more than 20