Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0024-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting (Rescheduling of Meeting)
Posted Date: 2003-05-08T04:00Z

24740
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
89
/
Thursday,
May
8,
2003
/
Notices
otherwise
precluded
under
separate
regulations.
In
addition
to
the
language
quoted
above,
the
Parties
further
agreed
to
request
the
TEAP
to
review
nominations
and
make
recommendations
for
approval
based
on
the
criteria
established
in
paragraphs
(
a)(
ii)
and
(
b)
of
Decision
IX/
6.
III.
How
Will
the
U.
S.
Implement
the
Critical
Use
Exemption?

A.
When
Will
the
Exemption
Become
Available
to
U.
S.
Users
of
Methyl
Bromide?
Under
the
provisions
of
both
the
CAA
and
the
Montreal
Protocol,
the
Critical
Use
Exemption
will
be
available
to
approved
uses
on
January
1,
2005.
Until
that
date,
all
production
and
import
of
methyl
bromide
(
except
for
those
quantities
that
qualify
for
the
quarantine
and
preshipment
exemption)
must
conform
to
the
phasedown
schedule
listed
above
(
see
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section
II
A).
For
more
information
on
the
quarantine
and
preshipment
exemption,
please
refer
to
68
FR
238
(
January
2,
2003).

B.
What
Is
the
Projected
Timeline
for
the
Critical
Use
Exemption
Application
Process?

There
is
both
a
domestic
and
international
component
to
the
Critical
Use
Exemption
process.
The
following
outline
represents
a
projected
timeline
for
the
process:

May
8,
2003
................................
Solicit
applications
for
the
methyl
bromide
Critical
Use.
August
6,
2003
............................
Deadline
for
submitting
Critical
Use
Exemption
applications
to
EPA.
Late
2003
....................................
U.
S.
government
(
EPA,
Department
of
State,
U.
S.
Department
of
Agriculture,
and
other
interested
federal
agencies)
create
U.
S.
Critical
Use
nomination
package.
January
31,
2004
........................
Deadline
for
U.
S.
government
to
submit
U.
S.
nomination
package
to
the
Protocol
Parties.
Early
2004
...................................
Review
of
the
nominations
packages
for
Critical
Use
Exemptions
by
the
Technical
and
Economic
Assessment
Panel
(
TEAP)
and
Methyl
Bromide
Technical
Options
Committee
(
MBTOC).
Early
2004
...................................
EPA
publishes
proposed
rule
for
allocating
Critical
Use
Exemptions
in
the
U.
S.
Mid
2004
......................................
Parties
consider
TEAP/
MBTOC
recommendations.
Late
2004
....................................
Parties
authorize
Critical
Use
Exemptions
for
methyl
bromide.
Late
2004
....................................
EPA
publishes
final
rule
allocating
Critical
Use
Exemptions
in
the
U.
S.
January
1,
2005
..........................
Critical
Use
Exemption
permits
the
limited
production
and
import
of
methyl
bromide
beyond
the
phaseout
date
for
specific
uses.

Authority:
42
U.
S.
C.
7414,
7601,
7671
 
7671q.

Dated:
April
30,
2003.
Robert
Brenner,
Acting
Assistant
Administrator,
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
11476
Filed
5
 
7
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0024;
FRL
 
7308
 
3]

FIFRA
Scientific
Advisory
Panel;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
June
3
 
5,
2003,
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
Scientific
Advisory
Panel
(
FIFRA
SAP)
face­
to­
face
meeting
to
review
the
effects
of
atrazine
on
amphibians
has
been
rescheduled.
Due
to
scheduling
conflicts,
the
May
21st
premeeting
teleconference
has
been
canceled.
For
further
information,
please
notify
the
Designated
Federal
Official
(
DFO)
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
or
see
the
Federal
Register
of
February
24,
2003
(
68
FR
8593)
(
FRL
 
7291
 
9).
DATES:
The
new
meeting
date
is
June
17
 
20,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Crowne
Plaza
Hotel,
Washington
­
National
Airport,
1489
Jefferson
Davis
Highway,
Arlington,
VA.
The
telephone
number
for
the
hotel
is
(
703)
310
 
8980.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Paul
Lewis,
DFO,
Office
of
Science
Coordination
and
Policy
(
7202M),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
8450;
fax
number:
(
202)
564
 
8382;
e­
mail
addresses:
lewis.
paul@
epa.
gov.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
April
30,
2003.
Joseph
J.
Merenda,
Director,
Office
of
Science
Coordination
and
Policy.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
11479
Filed
5
 
7
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7494
 
7]

Proposed
CERCLA
Section
122(
h)
Administrative
Agreement
for
Recovery
of
Past
Costs
for
the
Nelson
Galvanizing
Superfund
Site,
New
York
City,
Queens
County,
NY
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
ACTION:
Notice;
request
for
public
comment.

SUMMARY:
In
accordance
with
section
122(
i)
of
the
Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation,
and
Liability
Act
of
1980,
as
amended
(``
CERCLA''),
42
U.
S.
C.
9622(
i),
notice
is
hereby
given
by
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(``
EPA''),
Region
II,
of
a
proposed
administrative
agreement
pursuant
to
section
122(
h)
of
CERCLA,
42
U.
S.
C.
9622(
h),
with
John
T.
Sweeney,
Nelson
Foundry,
Inc.
and
Nelson
Galvanizing,
Inc.,
for
recovery
of
past
response
costs
concerning
the
Nelson
Galvanizing
Superfund
Site
(``
Site'')
located
at
11
 
02
Broadway,
in
the
Long
Island
City
area
of
Queens
County,
New
York
City,
New
York.
The
settlement
requires
the
settling
parties
to
pay
$
244,000
in
reimbursement
of
EPA's
past
costs
at
the
Site.
The
settlement
includes
a
covenant
not
to
sue
the
settling
parties
pursuant
to
section
107(
a)
of
CERCLA,
42
U.
S.
C.
9607(
a),
in
exchange
for
their
payment
of
monies.
For
thirty
(
30)
days
following
the
date
of
publication
of
this
notice,
EPA
will
receive
written
comments
relating
to
the
settlement.
EPA
will
consider
all
comments
received
and
may
modify
or
withdraw
its
consent
to
the
settlement
if
comments
received
disclose
facts
or
considerations
that
indicate
that
the
proposed
settlement
is
inappropriate,
improper
or
inadequate.
EPA's
response
to
any
comments
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