Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0194-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: EPA Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting.
Posted Date: 2002-08-30T04:00Z

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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP­
2002­
0194;
FRL­
7197­
6]

EPA
Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice.

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SUMMARY:
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
will
hold
a
public
meeting
of
the
Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee
(
PPDC)
on
September
17
and
18,
2002.
An
agenda
will
be
available
by
September
13,
2002,
and
posted
on
EPA's
Web
site
at
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An
agenda
is
being
developed
and
will
include
the
following
topics:
Alternative,
i.
e.,
non­
animal
or
reduced­
animal
testing
(
with
special
focus
on
acute
toxicity
testing),
pesticide
program
resource
allocations
and
expenditures,
follow­
up
reports
from
the
May
2002,
PPDC
meeting,
and
other
topics.

DATES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
Tuesday,
September
17,
2002,
from
9
a.
m.
to
5
p.
m.,
and
on
Wednesday,
September
18,
2002,
from
9
a.
m.
to
3
p.
m.

ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Old
Town
Holiday
Inn
Select,
480
King
Street,
Carlyle
Conference
Room
fifth
floor,
Alexandria,
VA.
Telephone:
(
703)
549­
6080.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Margie
Fehrenbach,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
7501C),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
308­
4775;
fax
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Page
55840]]

number:
(
703)
308­
4776;
e­
mail
address:
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fehrenbach.
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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
concerned
about
implementation
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA);
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA);
and
the
amendments
to
both
of
these
major
pesticide
laws
by
the
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
(
FQPA)
(
Public
Law
104­
170)
of
1996.
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
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HREF="
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http://
www.
epa.
gov/</
A>.
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
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HREF="
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access.
gpo.
gov/
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http://
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>.
To
access
information
about
PPDC,
go
directly
to
the
Home
Page
for
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
at
<
A
HREF="
http://
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gov/
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&
log=
linklog&
to=
http://
www.
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gov/
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ppdc/">
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticid
es/
ppdc/</
A>.
2.
In
person.
The
Agency
has
established
an
official
record
for
this
action
under
docket
ID
number
OPP­
2002­
0194.
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,
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
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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.
Background
The
PPDC
is
composed
of
42
members
appointed
by
EPA's
Deputy
Administrator.
Committee
members
were
selected
from
a
balanced
group
of
participants
from
the
following
sectors:
1.
Pesticide
user,
grower,
and
commodity
groups.
2.
Industry
and
trade
associations.
3.
Environmental/
public
interest
and
farmworker
groups.
4.
Federal,
State
and
tribal
governments.
5.
Public
health
organizations.
5.
Animal
welfare
and
academia.
PPDC
was
established
to
provide
a
public
forum
to
discuss
a
wide
variety
of
pesticide
regulatory
development
and
reform
initiatives,
evolving
public
policy,
program
implementation
issues,
science
policy
issues
associated
with
evaluating,
and
reducing
risks
from
use
of
pesticides.

III.
How
Can
I
Participate
in
this
Meeting?

The
PPDC
meetings
and
workshops
are
open
to
the
public
under
section
10(
a)(
2)
of
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act
(
FACA),
Public
Law
92­
463.
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
before
or
after
the
meeting.
These
statements
will
become
part
of
the
permanent
record
and
will
be
available
for
public
inspection
at
the
address
in
Unit
I.
B.
2.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
August
26,
2002.
Marcia
E.
Mulkey,
Director,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
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