[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 184 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22077]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0143; FRL-8381-1]


The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State 
FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committee 
on Pesticide Operations and Management; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials 
(AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Working Committee on Pesticide Operations and Management (WC/POM) will 
hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on October 6-7, 2008 and ending October 
7, 2008. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting 
and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008 from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10 
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Grove Hotel, 245 South 
Capitol Blvd., Boise, Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Roelofs, Field and External 
Affairs Division, (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-2964; fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-
mail address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d6f727871727b6e337774705d786d7c337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed9f828881828b9ec3878480ad889d8cc38a829b">[email protected]</span></a> or Grier Stayton, SFIREG Executive 
Secretary, P.O. Box 466, Milford, DE 19963; telephone number: (302) 
422-8152; fax (302) 422-2435; e-mail address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70111100131f5d03161902151730131f1d131103045e1e1504"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d6c6c7d6e62207e6b647f686a4d6e62606e6c7e7923636879">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are 
interested in SFIREG information exchange relationship with EPA 
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental 
exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process 
are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and participate as 
appropriate. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not 
limited to, those persons who are or may be required to conduct testing 
of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA).

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0143. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office 
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One 
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 
hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket 
Facility 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.

II. Background

    1. Discussion on risk mitigation measures for soil fumigants.
    2. Follow up report on updated spray drift language for 
agricultural pyrethroids.
    3. State concerns with proposed labeling changes for picloram.
    4. Refining a system for SFIREG/POM review of proposed pesticide 
labeling.
    5. Improving groundwater advisory statements on pesticide labels.
    6. Developing acceptable, boiler plate language to replace ``For 
Use By'' statements.
    7. Risk of eye injury from certain 2,4-D products.
    8. Food safety issues following pesticide misuse.
    9. EPA Update/Briefing.
    a. Office of Pesticide Programs Update.
    b. Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance Update.
    10. POM Working Committee Workgroups Issue Papers/Updates.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection,


    Dated: September 4, 2008.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs

[FR Doc. E8-22077 Filed 9-19-08; 8:45 am]
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