Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices 67247

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Karen Angulo, Special Review and

Registration Division (7508C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 308–8004; email address: angulo.karen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action applies to the public in

general. As such, the Agency has not

attempted to specifically describe all the

entities potentially affected by this

action. The Agency believes that a wide

range of stakeholders will be interested

in technical briefings on

organophosphate pesticides, including

environmental, human health, and

agricultural advocates, the chemical

industry, pesticide users, and members

of the public interested in the use of

pesticides on food. 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 Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations

and Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

To access information about

organophosphate pesticides, you can

also go directly to the Home Page for the

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) at

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/. In

addition, information about the

cumulative process and the preliminary

organophosphate cumulative risk

assessment documents are found at

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/

cumulative.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record under

docket control number OPP–34251. The

official record consists of the documents

specifically referenced in this action,

and other information related to this

action, including any information

claimed as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

II. How Can I Request to Participate in

this Meeting?

This meeting is open to the public.

Outside statements by observers are

welcome. Oral statements will be

limited to 3 to 5 minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person per

organization present the statement. Any

person who wishes to file a written

statement may do so immediately before

or after the meeting. These statements

will become part of the permanent

record and will be available for public

inspection at the address listed in Unit

I. of this document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Organophosphate pesticides.

Dated: December 19, 2001.

Lois A. Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Registration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–31937 Filed 12–26–01; 11:01

am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7122–6 ]

EPA Science Advisory Board;

Notification of Public Advisory

Committee Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Engineering Committee

(EEC) of the US EPA Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will meet via public

teleconference on the dates and times

noted below. All times noted are Eastern

Time. All meetings are open to the

public, however, seating is limited and

available on a first come basis.

Important Notice: Documents that are

the subject of SAB reviews are normally

available from the originating EPA office

and are not available from the SAB

Office—information concerning

availability of documents from the

relevant Program Office (if any) is

included below. Subsequent

teleconference meetings of the EEC are

planned for March 13, 2002, May 1,

2002, July 3, 2002, September 4, 2002

and November 6, 2002. Information

concerning these meetings will appear

in future Federal Register notices.

1. Environmental Engineering

Committee (EEC)—January 30, 2002

The Environmental Engineering

Committee of the US EPA Science

Advisory Board (SAB), will conduct a

public teleconference meeting on

January 30, 2002 in Room 6450C

location, USEPA, Ariel Rios Building

North, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20004. The meeting

will begin at 12:00 pm and adjourn no

later than 2:00 pm. The meeting will be

coordinated through a conference call

connection in Room 6450C, USEPA,

Ariel Rios Building North, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20004. The public is encouraged to

attend the meeting in the conference

room noted above, however, the public

may also attend through a telephonic

link if lines are available. Additional

instructions about how to participate in

the conference call can be obtained by

calling Mary Winston (see contact

information below).

Purpose of the Meeting

The primary purpose of this meeting

will be to review for approval the

reports of the EEC’s Surface

Impoundments Study Subcommittee

and the Risk Reduction Options

Selection Subcommittee, if available. If

the reports are not available, the time

will be used to update the EEC on other

activities of the SAB and for planning

the committee’s FY2002 activities. The

Surface Impoundments Study

Subcommittee reviewed Industrial

Surface Impoundments in the United

States for the Office of Solid Waste as

announced in Federal Register notices

66 FR 30917–30920 June 8, 2001 and 66

FR 9671–49672 September 28, 2001. At

the request of the Committee, the Risk

Reduction Options Selection

Subcommittee has prepared an update

of the risk reduction options selection

methodology first proposed in the SAB’s

Toward Integrated Environmental

Decision-Making (EPA–SAB–EC–00–

011—Please see http://www.epa.gov/

sab/ecirp011.pdf).

Availability of Review Materials

The availability of Industrial Surface

Impoundments in the United States was

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announced previously in the FRs cited

above. The other task is self-initiated

and there is no review document.

For Further Information—Please see

below.

2. Environmental Engineering

Committee (EEC)—January 31, 2002

The Environmental Engineering

Committee of the EPA Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will conduct a public

teleconference meeting on January 31,

2002 between the hours of 12:00 noon

and 2:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time).

The meeting(s) will be coordinated

through a conference call connection in

Room 6450C, USEPA, Ariel Rios

Building North, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004.

The public is encouraged to attend the

meeting in the conference room noted

above, however, the public may also

attend through a telephonic link if lines

are available. Additional instructions

about how to participate in the

conference call can be obtained by

calling Mary Winston (see below).

Purpose of the Meeting

The purpose of this meeting is for

staff from EPA’s Office of Research and

Development to provide background

briefings sufficient for the Committee to

plan the requested review of the Risk

Management Evaluation (RME) Protocol.

The review will NOT be conducted on

this conference call.

The draft RME Protocol document

was developed from the lessons learned

and success stories from the focused

pilot RME program, as well as from a

review of the latest developments in risk

management, including from outside of

EPA. The draft Protocol provides a

structure and format for: (a) Compiling

state-of-the-science in risk management

and assessment associated with a

specific risk or set of risks; (b)

identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing

promising long-term and short-term risk

management options to manage these

risks (e.g., control technologies,

pollution prevention measures, process

modifications, remediation, best

management practices, market-based

incentives, social and behavioral

measures); (c) evaluating feasibility,

performance (risk reduction potential),

cost, and applicability of these risk

management strategies; (d) identifying

gaps in the available data; (e)

recommending future research efforts to

reduce these data gaps; and (f)

developing and providing tools/models

to evaluate, prioritize and optimize

these risk management options and

reduce uncertainties in the data.

The overriding purpose of the draft

RME Protocol is to formalize a

foundation, structure and general

approach for NRMRL, other ORD

laboratories and centers, and others both

within and outside of EPA, to identify

areas where knowledge in risk

management is currently sufficient to

effectively manage risks, versus areas

where additional research is required. In

this way the Protocol will serve as a tool

to assist ORD and other research groups

in planning and prioritizing risk

management research programs, as well

as provide an approach to: (a) Analyze

sources of potential, perceived or actual

risk; (b) evaluate promising risk

management options for adapting,

preventing, and reducing these risks;

and (c) evaluate the availability, cost

and effectiveness of the identified

options. It is envisioned that the RME

Protocol will provide the basis for

developing EPA risk management

guidance documents.

Charge to the Subcommittee

The tentative charge, which will be

the subject of further discussion and

negotiation is:

(a) Is the document clear and

internally consistent? Is it written at the

proper level of technical depth and

complexity? Is it adequately and

appropriately referenced?

(b) Is the RME Protocol presented in

the document logical, complete, and

understandable?

(c) Is the RME Protocol an adequate

and effective framework and guide for

conducting risk management

evaluations (RMEs)?

(d) Based on review of the draft RME

Protocol and pilots, are risk

management evaluations (RMEs)

potentially effective and useful tools for

enhancing risk management decisions,

whether by EPA or others?

Availability of Review Materials

No review is being conducted at this

meeting. The document to be eventually

reviewed is still in the draft stages and

unavailable to both the Committee and

the public. When the review dates are

set, an announcement will be published

in the FR about the meeting and the

availability of review materials. A onepage request for the review can be

obtained from Ms. White (see below), or

on the SAB website (www.epa.gov/SAB)

prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any

member of the public wishing further

information concerning either of these

teleconference meetings or who wishes

to submit brief oral comments (3

minutes or less) must contact Ms.

Kathleen White, Designated Federal

Officer, EPA Science Advisory Board

(1400A), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone

(202) 564–4559; FAX (202) 501–0582; or

via e-mail at white.kathleen@epa.gov.

Requests for oral comments must be in

writing (e-mail, fax or mail) and

received by Ms. White no later than

noon Eastern Time January 23, 2002. An

agenda or information on participation

in either of the above teleconference

meetings may be obtained from Ms.

Mary Winston, Management Assistant,

EPA Science Advisory Board (1400A),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)

564–4538, FAX (202) 501–0582; or via

e-mail at winston.mary@epa.gov.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

It is the policy of the EPA Science

Advisory Board to accept written public

comments of any length, and to

accommodate oral public comments

whenever possible. The EPA Science

Advisory Board expects that public

statements presented at its meetings will

not be repetitive of previously

submitted oral or written statements.

Oral Comments: In general, each

individual or group requesting an oral

presentation at a face-to-face meeting

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes (unless otherwise indicated).

For teleconference meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will

usually be limited to no more than three

minutes per speaker and no more than

fifteen minutes total. Deadlines for

getting on the public speaker list for a

meeting are given above. Speakers

should bring at least 35 copies of their

comments and presentation slides for

distribution to the reviewers and public

at the meeting. Written Comments:

Although the SAB accepts written

comments until the date of the meeting

(unless otherwise stated), written

comments should be received in the

SAB Staff Office at least one week prior

to the meeting date so that the

comments may be made available to the

committee for their consideration.

Comments should be supplied to the

appropriate DFO at the address/contact

information noted above in the

following formats: one hard copy with

original signature, and one electronic

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format:

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files

(in IBM–PC/Windows 95/98 format).

Those providing written comments and

who attend the meeting are also asked

to bring 25 copies of their comments for

public distribution.

General Information—Additional

information concerning the EPA Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

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and composition, may be found on the

SAB Website (http://www.epa.gov/sab)

and in The FY2000 Annual Report of

the Staff Director which is available

from the SAB Publications Staff at (202)

564–4533 or via fax at (202) 501–0256.

Committee rosters, draft Agendas and

meeting calendars are also located on

our website.

Meeting Access—Individuals

requiring special accommodation at this

meeting, including wheelchair access to

the conference room, should contact Ms.

White at least five business days prior

to the meeting so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

Dated: December 18, 2001.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, EPA Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 01–31940 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34250; FRL–6816–5]

Preliminary Organophosphorous

Cumulative Risk Assessment; Notice

of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the preliminary

cumulative risk assessment for the

organophosphorous pesticides, which

was developed as part of EPA’s process

for tolerance reassessments under the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(FFDCA), as amended by the Food

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

The Agency is interpreting the results of

these analyses, therefore, it is too soon

to draw firm conclusions about risks or

consider risk management possibilities.

By allowing access and opportunity for

comment on the preliminary risk

assessment, EPA is seeking to

strengthen stakeholder involvement and

help ensure our decisions under FQPA

are transparent and based on the best

available information.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number OPP–34250, must be

received on or before March 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative

that you identify docket control number

OPP–34250 in the subject line on the

first page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Angulo, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 308–8004; fax

number: (703) 308–8005; e-mail address:

angulo.karen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, 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 use of pesticides

on food. Since other entities may also 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 Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations,’’ ‘‘Regulations

and Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up

the entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

EPA has made the preliminary

cumulative risk assessment available on

the Internet at the following address:

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/

cumulative/.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–34250. The official record consists

of the documents specifically referenced

in this action, any public comments

received during an applicable comment

period, and other information related to

this action, including any information

claimed as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–34250 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is open from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305-

5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your comments electronically by e-mail

to: opp-docket@epa.gov, or you can

submit a computer disk as described in

this unit. Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Electronic

submissions will be accepted in

WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number OPP–34250. Electronic

comments may also be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

D. How Should I Handle CBI that I Want

to Submit to the Agency?

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. You may claim information that

you submit to EPA in response to this

document as CBI by marking any part or