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• Commits to public outreach and

performance reporting; and

• Has a record of sustained

compliance with environmental

requirements.

EPA uses the information in the

application, the results of a compliance

screen, and information from

consultations with EPA regional offices,

State agencies, and community

references in evaluating a facility’s

qualifications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Performance Track Information Center

at 1–888–339–7875 or e-mail

ptrack@indecon.com. You may also

contact Julie Spyres at 202–260–6787 or

e-mail her at spyres.julie@epa.gov.

Detailed information is available in the

Federal Register Notice posted July 6,

2000, FRL–6730–5, Program Description

of the National Environmental

Achievement Track or visit the web site

at www.epa.gov/performancetrack.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Environmental Achievement

Track was launched in June 26, 2000.

Applications were first accepted from

July 5, 2000 through September 30,

2000. More than 250 facilities applied,

and 228 were approved as Charter

Members of the National Environmental

Achievement Track. Current members

are listed at www.epa.gov/

performancetrack/particip/particip.htm.

Benefits for participation in the

Achievement Track include:

• National Recognition

• Administrative Streamlining

• Information Exchange

• Reduced Reporting and Monitoring

E-mailed complete the application

package (an application and

environmental checklist) to

ptrack@indecon.com no later than April

30, 2001. When the application package

is submitted by e-mail, the SelfCertification page with an authorizing

signature must be faxed (1–617–354–

0463) or mailed to: Performance Track

Information Center c/o Industrial

Economics Incorporated 4th Floor, 2067

Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

02140.

Mail application packages completed

in hard copy to the Performance Track

Information Center address above,

postmarked no later than April 30, 2001.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Alex Cristofaro,

Office Director, Office of Business and

Community Innovation.

[FR Doc. 01–3731 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00702; FRL–6768–9]

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel;

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: There will be a 4–day meeting

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food

Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to

review a set of issues being considered

by the Agency pertaining to advancing

ecological risk assessment methods in

the EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs.

The meeting is open to the public.

Seating at the meeting will be on a firstcome basis. Individuals requiring

special accommodations at this meeting,

including wheelchair access, should

contact Paul Lewis at the address listed

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT at least 5 business days prior

to the meeting so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

March 13 to March 16, from 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hilton Hotel Crystal City at National

Airport, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22202. The telephone

number for the Hilton Hotel Crystal City

at National Airport is (703) 418–6800.

Requests to participate 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, your request

must identify docket control number

OPP–00702 in the subject line on the

first page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Lewis, Designated Federal Official,

Office of Science Coordination and

Policy (7101C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 305–5369; fax

number: (703) 605–0656; e-mail address:

lewis.paul@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 persons who are or may be

required to conduct testing of chemical

substances under the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),

FIFRA, and FQPA. 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. A meeting agenda is

now available; EPA’s primary

background documents should be

available by mid February. In addition,

the Agency may provide additional

background documents as the material

becomes available. You may obtain

electronic copies of these documents,

and certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the FIFRA SAP Internet Home Page at

http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap. To

access this document on the Home Page

select Federal Register notice

announcing this meeting. You can also

go directly to the Federal Register

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

2. In person. The Agency has

established an administrative record for

this meeting under docket control

number OPP–00702. The administrative

record consists of the documents

specifically referenced in this notice,

any public comments received during

an applicable comment period, and

other material information, including

any information claimed as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). This

administrative record includes the

documents that are physically located in

the docket, as well as the documents

that are referenced in those documents.

In addition, the Agency may provide

additional background documents as the

material becomes available. The public

version of the administrative record,

which includes printed, paper versions

of any electronic comments that may be

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 Can I Request to Participate in

this Meeting?

You may submit a request to

participate in this meeting through the

mail, in person, or electronically. Do not

submit any information in your request

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that is considered CBI. To ensure proper

receipt by EPA, it is imperative that you

identify docket control number OPP–

00702 in the subject line on the first

page of your request. Interested persons

are permitted to file written statements

before the meeting. To the extent that

time permits, and upon advance written

request to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,

interested persons may be permitted by

the Chair of the FIFRA SAP to present

oral statements at the meeting. The

request should identify the name of the

individual making the presentation, the

organization (if any) the individual will

represent, and any requirements for

audiovisual equipment (e.g., overhead

projector, 35 mm projector, chalkboard).

There is no limit on the extent of

written comments for consideration by

the Panel, but oral statements before the

Panel are limited to approximately 5

minutes. The Agency also urges the

public to submit written comments in

lieu of oral presentations. Persons

wishing to make oral and/or written

statements at the meeting should

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and

submit 30 copies of their presentation

and/or remarks to the Panel. The

Agency encourages that written

statements be submitted before the

meeting to provide Panel Members the

time necessary to consider and review

the comments.

1. By mail. You may submit a request

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. 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 request electronically by e-mail to:

‘‘opp-docket@epa.gov.’’ Do not submit

any information electronically that you

consider to be CBI. Use WordPerfect

6.1/8.0 or ASCII file format and avoid

the use of special characters and any

form of encryption. Be sure to identify

by docket control number OPP–00702.

You may also file a request online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

II. Background

A. Purpose of the Meeting

In April 2000, the EPA, Office of

Pesticide Programs (OPP), met with the

SAP to present a progress report on its

initiative to revise the ecological

assessment process for pesticides. This

included an update regarding the

progress of the initiative and

corresponding Panel recommendations

on the approach. A key component of

the April 2000 meeting was an overview

of the conceptual risk assessment model

proposed by OPP. Since the meeting,

OPP has conducted a generic case study,

which incorporated many of the

comments and recommendations by the

SAP. OPP is meeting with the SAP again

to review this generic case study and is

seeking their suggestions for

improvement.

B. Panel Report

The Agency anticipates that the

Panel’s report of their recommendations

will be available approximately 60 days

after the meeting. The Panel’s report

will be posted on the FIFRA SAP web

site or may be obtained by contacting

the Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch at the address or

telephone number listed in Unit I. of

this document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Steven Galson,

Director, Office of Science Coordination and

Policy.

[FR Doc. 01–3509 Filed 2–13–01 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34237; FRL–6765–3]

Atrazine; Availability of Preliminary

Risk Assessment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of documents that were

developed as part of EPA’s pilot public

participation process for making

reregistration eligibility decisions for

the organophosphate and certain other,

non-organophosphate pesticides and for

tolerance reassessments consistent with

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic

Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

These documents are the preliminary

human health risk assessment and

related documents for atrazine. This

notice also starts a 60-day public

comment period for the preliminary risk

assessment. Comments are to be limited

to issues directly associated with the

one pesticide that has risk assessment

documents placed in the docket and

should be limited to issues raised in

those documents. 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. The tolerance reassessment

process will ensure that the United

States continues to have the safest and

most abundant food supply. The Agency

cautions that risk assessments at this

stage are preliminary assessments only

and that further refinements of the risk

assessments may be appropriate for this

pesticide. These documents reflect only

the work and analysis conducted as of

the time they were produced and it is

appropriate that, as new information

becomes available and/or additional

analyses are performed, the conclusions

they contain may change.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number OPP–34237 for Atrazine

must be received on or before April 16,

2001.

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 the docket control

number for atrazine, OPP–34237, in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kimberly Lowe, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;

telephone number: (703) 308–8059; email address: lowe.kimberly@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 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). Since

other entities may also be interested, the

Agency has not attempted to describe all