Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0185-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group
Posted Date: 2003-05-23T04:00Z

28214
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
100
/
Friday,
May
23,
2003
/
Notices
copies
of
EPA
comments
can
be
directed
to
the
Office
of
Federal
activities
at
(
202)
564
 
7167.
An
explanation
of
the
ratings
assigned
to
draft
environmental
impact
statements
(
EISs)
was
published
in
FR
dated
April
01,
2003
(
68
FR
16511).

Draft
EISs
ERP
No.
D
 
AFS
 
K65252
 
CA
Rating
LO,
Combined
Array
for
Research
in
Millimeter­
wave
Astronomy
(
CARMA)
Project,
Construction,
Reconstruction
and
Operation
of
23
Antennas
at
the
Juniper
Flat
Site,
Special­
Use­
Permit
Issuance,
Inyo
Mountain,
Inyo
National
Forest,
Inyo
County,
CA.
Summary:
EPA
expressed
a
lack
of
objections
to
this
project.
ERP
No.
D
 
FHW
 
J40160
 
ND
Rating
LO,
Liberty
Memorial
Bridge
Replacement
Project,
Poor
and
Deteriorating
Structural
Rehabilitation
or
Reconstruction,
U.
S.
Coast
Guard
and
U.
S.
Army
COE
Section
10
and
404
Permits
Issuance,
Missouri
River,
Bismarck
and
Mandan,
ND.
Summary:
EPA
has
no
environmental
concerns
or
objections
to
the
proposed
project.
ERP
No.
D
 
NPS
 
L61226
 
AK
Rating
LO,
Glacier
Bay
National
Park
and
Preserve
Vessel
Quotas
and
Operating
Requirements
for
Cruise
Ships
and
Tour,
Charter,
and
Private
Vessels,
Implementation,
AK.
Summary:
EPA
requested
additional
information
on
Environmental
Justice
and
Tribal
Consultation
be
included
in
the
final
EIS.
ERP
No.
DS
 
NPS
 
E61074
 
00
Rating
LO,
Big
South
Fork
National
River
and
Recreation
Area,
General
Management
Plan,
Implementation,
Additional
Information
concerning
Resources,
Roads
and
Trails,
McCreary,
KY
and
Fentress,
Morgan,
Pickett
and
Scott
Counties,
TN.
Summary:
EPA
did
not
identify
any
potential
environmental
impacts
requiring
substantive
changes
to
the
proposal.

Final
EISs
ERP
No.
F
 
AFS
 
K65248
 
CA
North
Fork
Fire
Salvage
Project,
Harvest
Salvage,
Merchantable
Timber
Volume
Sale
and
Sierra
National
Forest
Land
and
Resource
Management
Plan,
Implementation,
Bass
Lake
Ranger
District,
Madera
County,
CA.
Summary:
No
formal
comment
letter
was
sent
to
the
preparing
agency.
ERP
No.
F
 
BLM
 
K60033
 
NV,
Toquop
Energy
Project,
Toquop
Land
Disposal
Amendment
to
the
Caliente
Management
Framework
Plan
(
MFP),
Construction
of
a
1,100­
megawatt
(
MW)
Natural
Gas­
Fired
Water­
Cooled
Electric
Power
Generating
Plant
and
Associated
Features
on
Public
Lands,
Right­
of­
Way
Grant,
Lincoln,
Clark
and
Washoe
Counties,
NV.
Summary:
No
formal
comment
letter
was
sent
to
the
preparing
agency.
ERP
No.
F
 
BLM
 
L65399
 
OR,
Kelsey
Whisky
Landscape
Management
Planning
Area,
Implementation,
Associated
Medford
District
Resource
Management
Plan
Amendments,
Josephine
and
Jackson
Counties,
OR.
Summary:
EPA
continues
to
have
environmental
concerns
with
several
aspects
of
the
plan
including
needs
for:
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
miles
of
roads
to
be
decommissioned
or
closed;
and
protection
of
a
botanical
transition
zone
and
late
succession
reserves
and
important
habitat
for
two
endangered
bird
species.
ERP
No.
F
 
FTA
 
E59002
 
NC,
South
Corridor
Light
Rail
Project
to
Provide
Light
Rail
Service
between
the
Town
of
Pineville
and
Downtown
Charlotte,
City
of
Charlotte,
Charlotte­
Mecklenburg
County,
NC.
Summary:
EPA
has
no
objections
to
the
project
as
proposed.

Dated:
May
20,
2003.
Joseph
C.
Montgomery,
Director,
NEPA
Compliance
Division,
Office
of
Federal
Activities.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
13012
Filed
5
 
22
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0185;
FRL
 
7309
 
6]

The
Association
of
American
Pesticide
Control
Officials/
State
FIFRA
Issues
Research
and
Evaluation
Group
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
Association
of
American
Pesticide
Control
Officials
(
AAPCO)/
State
FIFRA
Issues
Research
and
Evaluation
Group
(
SFIREG)
will
hold
a
2
 
day
meeting,
beginning
on
June
23,
2003
and
ending
June
24,
2003.
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,
June
23,
2003,
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
5
p.
m.,
and
Tuesday,
June
24,
2003,
from
8:
30
a.
m.
until
noon.
ADDRESSES:
This
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Doubletree
Hotel,
300
Army­
Navy
Drive,
Arlington,
VA.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Georgia
A.
McDuffie,
Field
and
External
Affairs
Division
(
7506C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
605
 
0195;
fax
number:
(
703)
308
 
1850;
email
address:
mcduffie.
georgia@
epa.
gov.
Philip
H.
Gray,
SFIREG
Executive
Secretary,
P.
O.
Box
1249,
Hardwick,
VT
05843
 
1249;
telephone
number:
(
802)
472
 
6956;
fax
(
802)
472
 
6957;
e­
mail
address:
aapco@
vtlink.
net.
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
all
parties
interested
in
SFIREG's
information
exchange
relationship
with
EPA
regarding
important
issues
related
to
human
health,
environmental
exposure
to
pesticides,
and
insight
into
EPA's
decision­
making
process.
Interested
parties
are
invited
and
encouraged
to
attend
the
meetings
and
participate
as
appropriate.
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.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0185.
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,
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,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
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/.

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/
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68,
No.
100
/
Friday,
May
23,
2003
/
Notices
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.
Tentative
Agenda
This
unit
provides
tentative
agenda
topics
for
the
2
 
day
meeting.
1.
Certification
issues/
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
(
ADA),
written
tests,
and
language
challenges.
2.
CCA­
treated
wood/
status
of
cancellation/
risk
assessments
and
disposal
issues.
3.
Anti­
microbials
efficacy/
compliance
issues.
4.
Post­
application
liability/
enforcement
issues.
5.
Certification
Training
Assessment
Group
(
CTAG)
activities/
initiatives.
6.
AAPCO/
SFIREG
State
Survey/
Grants
and
State
Funding/
update.
7.
Worker
Protection
Standard
(
WPS)
Program
Element
Review
Report.
8.
Endangered
Species
Program/
FR
Notice
comments
update.
9.
Label
restrictions
for
applications
of
pesticides
in
greenhouses.
10.
Check
sample
program/
status
of
States
participation/
current
issues.
11.
Reports
from
SFIREG
Regional
Representatives
and
Working
Committee
Chairs.
12.
Issues
papers/
action
items.
13.
Update
on
current
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
activities.
14.
Update
on
current
Office
of
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance
activities.
15.
Other
topics,
as
appropriate.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticide
pests.

Dated:
May
15,
2003.
Jay
S.
Ellenberger,
Associate
Director,
Field
and
External
Affairs
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
13004
Filed
5
 
22
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7502
 
8]

Science
Advisory
Board;
Notification
of
Public
Advisory
Committee
Meeting;
Executive
Committee
Teleconference
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
Science
Advisory
Board
(
SAB)
Executive
Committee
(
EC),
a
Federal
Advisory
Committee,
will
hold
a
public
teleconference
meeting
on
the
date
and
time
given
below
to
consider
potential
self­
initiated
projects
for
FY2004.
DATES:
The
conference
call
meeting
will
take
place
June
10,
2003
from
11
a.
m.
to
2
p.
m.
(
EST).
Requests
for
oral
comments,
as
well
as
submission
of
written
comments
must
be
received
by
June
4,
2003.
Please
see
further
details
below.
ADDRESSES:
The
conference
call
will
take
place
via
telephone
only.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Any
member
of
the
public
wishing
further
information
concerning
this
meeting
or
wishing
to
submit
comments
must
contact
Mr.
A.
Robert
Flaak,
Acting
Deputy
Director
and
Designated
Federal
Officer,
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board;
Telephone
(
202)
564
 
4546;
Fax
(
202)
501
 
0582;
or
via
e­
mail
at
flaak.
robert@
epa.
gov.
To
pre­
register
for
the
teleconference
and
obtain
the
phone
number
and
access
code,
please
contact
Ms.
Betty
Fortune,
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board;
Telephone
(
202)
564
 
4533,
Fax
(
202)
501
 
0323;
or
via
e­
mail
at:
fortune.
betty@
epa.
gov.
General
information
about
the
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board,
may
be
found
on
the
SAB
Web
site
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
sab).
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
1.
Summary:
Pursuant
to
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act,
Public
Law
92
 
463,
notice
is
hereby
given
that
the
Executive
Committee
(
EC)
of
the
U.
S.
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board
(
SAB)
will
hold
a
public
teleconference
meeting
to
conduct
an
initial
screening
of
proposed
self­
initiated
projects
for
FY2004.
These
projects,
along
with
projects
submitted
by
the
Agency,
will
be
considered
further
by
the
Executive
Committee
at
a
meeting
scheduled
for
July
16
 
17,
2003,
and
will
be
used
to
establish
the
SAB's
Operating
Plan
for
FY2004.
Self­
initiated
projects
are
scientific
and
technical
projects
developed
by
committees
of
the
Board
for
review
or
consideration,
with
any
advice
developed
subsequently
forwarded
to
the
Agency.
Self­
initiated
projects
are
proposed
outside
of
the
normal
mechanism
of
Agency
requested
consultations,
advisories,
and
peer
reviews,
and
typically
address
critical
needs
for
anticipatory
or
cross­
cutting
scientific/
technical
advice.
In
an
average
year,
the
Board
conducts
a
small
number
of
self­
initiated
projects.
The
interested
public
may
attend
this
teleconference
meeting
through
a
telephonic
link,
to
the
extent
that
lines
are
available.
Pre­
registration
is
necessary.
Additional
instructions
about
how
to
participate
in
the
conference
are
given
above.
2.
Requests
for
Comment:
Requests
for
oral
comments
must
be
in
writing
(
email
fax
or
mail)
and
received
by
Mr.
Flaak
no
later
than
noon
Eastern
Standard
Time
on
June
4,
2003.
Written
comments
should
also
be
sent
to
Mr.
Flaak
prior
to
the
meeting.
Submission
of
written
comments
by
e­
mail
to
Mr.
Flaak
will
maximize
the
time
available
for
review
by
the
EC.
3.
Availability
of
Review
Materials:
Descriptions
of
these
self­
initiated
projects
will
be
available
on
the
SAB
Web
site
no
later
than
June
2,
2003,
at:
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
sab/
whatsnew.
htm).
4.
General
Guidance
on
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
above).
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
face­
toface
meetings.
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
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