Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0469-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2006-01-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 7)]
[Notices]               
[Page 1749-1750]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0469; FRL-7754-6]

 
Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  The Exposure Modeling Work Group (EMWG) will hold a 1 day 
meeting on January 24, 2006. This notice announces the location and 
time for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES:  The meeting will be held on January 24, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 3 
p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Crystal Mall 2, 
Room 1126 (Fishbowl), 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mark Corbin, Environmental Fate and 
Effects Division (7507C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 605-0033; fax number: (703) 308-6309; e-
mail address: corbin.mark@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 
particular interest to those persons who are or may be required to 
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA), 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 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 identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0469. 
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,

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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/.

     EDOCKET, EPA's electronic public docket and comment system was 
replaced on November 25,2005, by an enhanced Federal-wide electronic 
docket management and comment system located at http://www.regulations.gov/.
 Follow the on-line instructions.

     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

     On a quarterly interval, the Exposure Modeling Workgroup meets to 
discuss current issues in modeling pesticide fate, transport, and 
exposure to pesticides in support of risk assessment in a regulatory 
context.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

     You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not submit any 
information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests to 
participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0269, must be received on or before 30 days after date of 
publication in the Federal Register.

IV. Tentative Agenda

    1. Welcome and Introductions
    2. Old Action Items
    3. Brief Updates
     PRZM3.12.2 Evaluation (J. Hetrick)
     EFED's Modeling Scenarios (M. Corbin)
     Terrestrial Field Dissipation (M. Corbin)
     Spray Drift Update (N. Birchfield)
    4. Major Topics
     The FOCUS Version Control Process - (Russell Jones, Bayer 
CropScience)
     EFED Quality Assurance Procedures for Tools Involving the 
Use of Environmental Data - (Lisa Eisenhauer, OPP-EFED)
     Version Control for Great Lakes Models on Unix Systems - 
(Russell Kreis, ORD-NHERL)
     Model Development and Version Control Using a 
Collaboration Envionment (COLAB) - (TBD, USDA-ARS, Great Plains Systems 
Research Unit)
     Model Version Control in EPA Air Models - (TBD)
     Evaluation of the AGDISP Ground Boom Spray Drift Model - 
(Al Barefoot, CropLife America

List of Subjects

     Environmental protection, Modeling, Pesticides, pests.

    Dated: January 4, 2006.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-101 Filed 1- 10-06; 8:45 am]

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