Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0143-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2008-04-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 80)]
[Notices]               
[Page 22152-22153]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0143; FRL-8359-2]

 
Water Quality & Pesticide Disposal; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials 
(AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WQ & PD) 
will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on May 5,

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2008 and ending May 6, 2008. 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, May 5, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10 
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at EPA, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, 4th Floor South Conference 
Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia McDuffie, Field and External 
Affairs Division, (7506P), 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; e-
mail address: mcduffie.georgia@epa.gov or Grier Stayton, SFIREG 
Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 466, Milford, DE 19963; telephone number: 
(302) 422-8152; fax (302) 422-2435; e-mail address: ``grier stayton'' 
<aapco-sfireg@comcast.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are 
interested in SFIREG information exchange relationship with EPA 
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental 
exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process 
are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and participate as 
appropriate. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not 
limited to those persons who are or may be required to conduct testing 
of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA).

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0143. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either in the electronic docket at http://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office 
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One 
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 
hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket 
Facility 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.

II. Background

    1. State Updates/Issues.
    2. Model Assessment for Selection of Reduced Risk Pesticides.
    3. OPP EFED Assignment of Ground Water Statements.
    4. Surface Water Benchmarks Updates.
    5. OPP EFED Tools: Estimating Pesticide Concentrations in Water.
    6. Surface Water Pesticide Monitoring Priorities in California.
    7. Pesticide Concentrations in Urban Low Flow Streams.
    8. Chemigation Label Referral.
    9. POINTS Performance Measures Reporting Tool.
    10. Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP): Planning for 
Water PREP.
    11. SFIREG WQ and PD Committee Scope & Possible Name Change.
    12. Triggers for State Review of New a.i.s.
    13. Draft Atrazine Criteria and Implementation Plans.
    14. Safe Drinking Water Act: Contaminant Candidate List & 
Pesticides.
    15. Water Quality Exchange (WQX) and EPA WQ Data Management.
    16. EPA Update/Briefing.
     a. Office of Pesticide Programs Update.
     b. Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance Update.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: April 9, 2008.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Field External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-8999 Filed 4-23-08; 8:45 a.m.]

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