Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0114-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2002-06-10T04:00Z

39718
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
67,
No.
111
/
Monday,
June
10,
2002
/
Notices
Application
for
Registration
of
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
(
EPA
Form
3540
 
8),
the
Notification
of
Registration
of
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
(
EPA
Form
3540
 
8A),
and
the
Pesticides
Report
for
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
(
EPA
Form
3540
 
16).
Application
for
Registration
of
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
information,
collected
on
EPA
Form
3540
 
8,
is
a
one­
time
requirement
for
all
pesticide­
producing
establishments.
The
reporting
of
pesticide
production
information
collected
on
the
Pesticides
Report
for
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments,
EPA
Form
3540
 
16,
is
required
within
30
days
of
receipt
of
the
Notification
of
Registration
of
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
(
EPA
Form
3540
 
8A);
and
then
annually
thereafter,
on
or
before
March
1.
The
information
is
entered
and
stored
in
EPA's
Office
of
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance
(
OECA)/
Office
of
Compliance
(
OC)
Section
Seven
Tracking
System
(
SSTS),
a
computerized
data
processing
and
record­
keeping
system.
The
Office
of
Compliance/
OECA
collects
the
establishment
and
pesticide
production
information
for
compliance
oversight
and
risk
assessment.
The
information
is
used
by
EPA
Regional
pesticide
enforcement
and
compliance
staffs,
OECA,
and
the
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
within
the
Office
of
Prevention,
Pesticides
and
Toxic
Substances
(
OPPTS),
as
well
as
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Agriculture
(
USDA),
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration
(
FDA),
other
Federal
agencies,
States
under
Cooperative
Enforcement
Agreements,
and
the
public.
An
agency
may
not
conduct
or
sponsor,
and
a
person
is
not
required
to
respond
to,
a
collection
of
information
unless
it
displays
a
currently
valid
OMB
control
number.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
The
Federal
Register
Notice
required
under
5
CFR
1320.8(
d),
soliciting
comments
on
this
collection
of
information
was
published
on
11/
26/
2001
(
66
FR
59017),
and
no
comments
were
received.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
record
keeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
be
an
average
of
18
minutes
for
a
one
time
response
for
the
Application
for
Registration
of
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
(
EPA
Form
3540
 
8),
and
1
hour
and
26
minutes
for
the
annual
yearly
response
for
the
Pesticides
Report
for
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
(
EPA
Form
3540
 
16).
There
is
no
public
burden
associated
with
the
Notification
of
Registration
of
Pesticide­
Producing
Establishments
(
EPA
Form
3540
 
8A)
because
EPA
completes
this
form.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
The
burden
associated
with
this
ICR
is
described
below:
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Pesticide
producing
establishments.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
12,412.
Frequency
of
Response:
One
time
and
yearly.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
17,959
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annualized
Cost
Burden:
$
0.
Send
comments
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
through
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques
to
the
addresses
listed
above.
Please
refer
to
EPA
ICR
No.
0160.07
and
OMB
Control
No.
2070
 
0078
in
any
correspondence.

Dated:
May
29,
2002.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
02
 
14486
Filed
6
 
7
 
02;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
U
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2002
 
0114;
FRL
 
7183
 
4]

Exposure
Modeling
Work
Group;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
Exposure
Modeling
Work
Group
(
EMWG)
will
hold
a
1
 
day
meeting
on
June
18,
2002.
This
notice
announces
the
location
and
time
for
the
meeting
and
sets
forth
the
tentative
agenda
topics.
DATE:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
June
18,
2002,
from
9
a.
m.
to
3
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
This
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
George
Washington
Carver
Center,
Room
4223,
5601
Sunnyside
Ave.,
Beltsville,
MD.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
James
N.
Carleton,
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division
(
7507C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
5736;
fax
number:
(
703)
308
 
6309;
e­
mail
address:
carleton.
jim@
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
Tribes
with
pesticide
programs
or
pesticide
interests.
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
http://
www.
epa.
gov.
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
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr.
2.
In
person.
The
Agency
has
established
an
official
record
for
this
action
under
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0114.
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
does
not
include
any
information
claimed
as
CBI.
The
public
version
of
the
official
record,
which
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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
67,
No.
111
/
Monday,
June
10,
2002
/
Notices
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
#
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.
Tentative
Agenda:

This
unit
provides
tentative
agenda
topics
for
the
1
 
day
meeting.
1.
Welcome
and
introductions.
2.
Old
action
items.
3.
Discussion
of
purpose
of
EMWG.
4.
Update
on
screening
concentration
in
ground
water
(
SCI­
GROW).
5.
Update
on
basin­
scale
modeling.
6.
Fate
database
structure.
7.
Rice
modeling
and
new
Environmental
Fate
Effects
Division
Model.
8.
Update
on
Watershed
Regression
for
Pesticides
(
WARP).
9.
Overview
of
EFED's
procedure
for
developing
new
scenarios.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
June
5,
2002.
Elizabeth
Leovey,
Acting
Director,
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
02
 
14618
Filed
6
 
6
 
02;
1:
50
pm]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2002
 
0109;
FRL
 
7183
 
3]

Technical
Briefing
on
the
Draft
Revised
Organophosphate
Pesticide
Cumulative
Risk
Assessment;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting;
Changes
and
Additions
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
EPA
previously
announced
in
the
Federal
Register
of
May
15,
2002
(
67
FR
34707)
(
FRL
 
6836
 
3),
a
public
technical
briefing
on
the
revisions
to
the
preliminary
organophosphate
pesticide
cumulative
risk
assessment,
followed
the
next
day
by
a
public
meeting
of
the
CARAT
Workgroup
on
Cumulative
Risk
Assessment/
Public
Participation
Process.
The
location
of
the
CARAT
Cumulative
Risk
Assessment/
Public
Participation
Process
Workgroup
meeting
on
June
19,
2002,
has
been
changed
to
be
the
same
as
that
of
the
technical
briefing.
In
addition,
a
meeting
of
the
CARAT
Workgroup
on
Transition
has
been
added
on
June
20,
2002.
All
three
meetings
will
be
held
in
the
same
location.
DATES:
The
technical
briefing
will
be
held
on
Tuesday,
June
18,
2002,
from
9
a.
m.
to
5
p.
m.
In
addition,
EPA
and
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Agriculture
will
hold
public
meetings
of
two
CARAT
Workgroups:
Cumulative
Risk
Assessment/
Public
Participation
Process
Workgroup
on
Wednesday,
June
19,
2002,
from
9
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
and
the
Workgroup
on
Transition
on
Thursday,
June
20,
2002,
from
1
p.
m.
to
5
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
The
technical
briefing
and
both
CARAT
Workgroup
meetings
will
be
held
at
the
Holiday
Inn
Select,
480
King
St.,
Old
Town
Alexandria,
VA.
The
telephone
number
for
the
hotel
is
(
703)
549
 
6080.
The
hotel
is
located
about
10
blocks
from
the
King
Street
Metro
Station.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
By
mail:
Karen
Angulo,
Special
Review
and
Registration
Division
(
7508C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
703
 
308
 
8004;
email
address:
angulo.
karen@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
applies
to
the
public
in
general.
As
such,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
specifically
describe
all
the
entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action.
The
Agency
believes
that
a
wide
range
of
stakeholders
will
be
interested
in
technical
briefings
on
organophosphate
pesticides,
including
environmental,
human
health,
and
agricultural
advocates,
the
chemical
industry,
pesticide
users,
and
members
of
the
public
interested
in
the
use
of
pesticides
on
food.
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
http://
www.
epa.
gov.
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
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr.
To
access
information
about
organophosphate
pesticides,
you
can
also
go
directly
to
the
Home
Page
for
the
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticides/
op:
In
addition,
information
about
the
cumulative
process
and
the
preliminary
organophosphate
cumulative
risk
assessment
documents
are
found
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticides/
cumulative.
2.
In
person.
The
Agency
has
established
an
official
record
under
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0109.
The
official
record
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
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
does
not
include
any
information
claimed
as
CBI.
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
#
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.
How
Can
I
Request
to
Participate
in
this
Meeting?

This
meeting
is
open
to
the
public.
Outside
statements
by
observers
are
welcome.
Verbal
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
immediately
before
or
after
the
meeting.
These
statements
will
become
part
of
the
public
version
of
the
official
record
and
will
be
available
for
public
inspection
at
the
address
listed
in
Unit
I.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Pesticides
and
pests.

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