Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0292-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agricultural Worker Risk Assessment Process; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2002-10-18T04:00Z

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Dated:
October
15,
2002.
Joseph
C.
Montgomery,
Director,
NEPA
Compliance
Division,
Office
of
Federal
Activities.
[FR
Doc.
02–
26594
Filed
10–
17–
02;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
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6560–
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ENVIRONMENTAL
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AGENCY
[OPP–
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0292;
FRL–
7278–
5]

Agricultural
Worker
Risk
Assessment
Process;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
will
hold
a
public
seminar
on
the
agricultural
worker
risk
assessment
decision
process
on
October
29–
30,
2002.
The
agenda
is
being
developed
and
will
be
posted
by
October
15,
2002,
on
EPA's
website
at
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticides/.
The
following
topics
are
being
planned
for
presentation
and
discussion:
Overview
of
the
worker
risk
assessment
process;
agricultural
handler
risk
assessment
for
selected
crop/
handler
scenarios;
post
application
risk
assessment
for
selected
crop/
post
application
worker
scenarios;
and
presentations
relating
to
post
exposure
evaluation.

DATES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
Tuesday,
October
29,
2002,
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
5
p.
m.,
and
on
Wednesday,
October
30,
2002,
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Georgetown
University
Conference
Center,
3800
Reservoir
Road,
Washington,
DC,
in
the
Leavey
Center
(Entrance
#1
to
the
Georgetown
University
Medical
Center),
Salon
C.
The
telephone
number
is
202–
687–
3200.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Margie
Fehrenbach,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
7501C,
Environmental
ProtectionAgency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
703–
308–
4775;
fax
number:
703–
308–
4776;
e­
mail
address:
Fehrenbach.
Margie@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

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

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general;
however,
persons
may
be
interested
who
work
in
agricultural
settings
or
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.
Potentially
affected
entities
may
include,
but
are
not
limited
to:
Agricultural
workers
and
farmers;
pesticide
industry
and
trade
associations;
environmental,
consumer
and
farmworker
groups;
pesticide
users
and
growers;
pest
consultants;
State,
local
and
tribal
governments;
academia;
public
health
organizations;
food
processors;
and
the
public.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
ID
number
OPP–
2002–
0292.
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/.
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.
Background
Stakeholders
from
two
of
EPA's
Federal
advisory
committees,
the
Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee
(PPDC)
and
the
Committee
to
Advise
on
Reassessment
and
Transition
(CARAT),
have
expressed
interest
in
better
understanding
the
process
followed
by
the
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
when
developing
agricultural
worker
risk
assessments.
EPA
is
planning
two
seminars
to
address
these
issues.
The
first
seminar
will
focus
on
the
inputs,
decisions,
calculations
and
end
results
of
the
worker
risk
assessment
process
for
agricultural
handlers
and
post
applicators.
Presentations
will
include
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18,
2002
/
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information
about
occupational
incident
data
bases
and
post
exposure
evaluations.
There
will
also
be
presentations
by
the
Task
Forces
for
Agricultural
Handlers
Exposure
and
Agricultural
Reentry.
The
public
is
invited
to
these
seminars.
Participation
from
the
two
advisory
committees
is
also
invited
and
represent
the
following
sectors:
Pesticide
user,
grower
and
commodity
groups;
industry
and
trade
associations;
environmental/
public
interest
and
farmworker
groups;
Federal,
State
and
tribal
governments;
public
health
organizations;
animal
welfare;
and
academia.

III.
How
Can
I
Request
to
Participate
in
this
Meeting?

This
meeting
will
be
open
to
the
public.
Opportunity
will
be
provided
for
questions
and
comments
by
the
public.
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
listed
under
Unit
I.
B.
1.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Agriculture,
Agricultural
workers,
Chemicals,
Foods,
Pesticides,
Pests,
Risk
assessment.
Dated:
October
15,
2002.
Kathleen
D.
Knox,
Acting
Director,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[FR
Doc.
02–
26712
Filed
10–
16–
02;
3:
21
pm]

BILLING
CODE
6560–
50–
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–
7395–
1]

Clean
Water
Act
Section
303(
d):
Availability
of
37
Total
Maximum
Daily
Loads
(TMDLs)

AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA).

ACTION:
Notice
of
availability.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
the
availability
for
comment
of
the
administrative
record
file
for
37
TMDLs
and
the
calculations
for
these
TMDLs
prepared
by
EPA
Region
6
for
waters
listed
in
the
state
of
Arkansas,
under
section
303(
d)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
(CWA).
These
TMDLs
were
completed
in
response
to
the
lawsuit
styled
Sierra
Club,
et
al.
v.
Browner
et
al.,
No.
LR–
C–
99–
114.

DATES:
Comments
must
be
submitted
in
writing
to
EPA
on
or
before
November
18,
2002.

ADDRESSES:
Comments
on
the
37
TMDLs
should
be
sent
to
Ellen
Caldwell,
Environmental
Protection
Specialist,
Water
Quality
Protection
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Region
6,
1445
Ross
Ave.,
Dallas,
TX
75202–
2733.
For
further
information,
contact
Ellen
Caldwell
at
(214)
665–
7513.
The
administrative
record
file
for
these
TMDLs
are
available
for
public
inspection
at
this
address
as
well.
Documents
from
the
administrative
record
file
may
be
viewed
at
www.
epa.
gov/
region6/
water/
artmdl.
htm,
or
obtained
by
calling
or
writing
Ms.
Caldwell
at
the
above
address.
Please
contact
Ms.
Caldwell
to
schedule
an
inspection.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Ellen
Caldwell
at
(214)
665–
7513.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
In
1999,
five
Arkansas
environmental
groups,
the
Sierra
Club,
Federation
of
Fly
Fishers,
Crooked
Creek
Coalition,
Arkansas
Fly
Fishers,
and
Save
our
Streams
(plaintiffs),
filed
a
lawsuit
in
Federal
Court
against
the
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA),
styled
Sierra
Club,
et
al.
v.
Browner
et
al.,
No.
LR–
C–
99–
114.
Among
other
claims,
plaintiffs
alleged
that
EPA
failed
to
establish
Arkansas
TMDLs
in
a
timely
manner.
EPA
proposes
these
TMDLs
pursuant
to
a
consent
decree
entered
in
this
lawsuit.

EPA
Seeks
Comments
on
37
TMDLs
By
this
notice
EPA
is
seeking
comment
on
the
following
37
TMDLs
for
waters
located
within
the
state
of
Arkansas:

Segment­
reach
Waterbody
name
Pollutant
11140203–
20–
11.9
......................................................................
Dorcheat
Bayou
..........................................................................
Mercury.
11140203–
22–
8.4
........................................................................
Dorcheat
Bayou
..........................................................................
Mercury.
11140203–
24–
7
...........................................................................
Dorcheat
Bayou
..........................................................................
Mercury.
11140203–
26–
23.3
......................................................................
Dorcheat
Bayou
..........................................................................
Mercury.
11110206–
02–
8.7
........................................................................
Fourche
LaFave
River
................................................................
Mercury.
11010014–
36
...............................................................................
South
Fork
Little
Red
River
........................................................
Mercury.
11140203
.....................................................................................
Columbia
Lake
............................................................................
Mercury.
11110206
.....................................................................................
Cove
Creek
Lake
........................................................................
Mercury.
11110206
.....................................................................................
Dry
Fork
Lake
.............................................................................
Mercury.
11110206
.....................................................................................
Nimrod
Lake
................................................................................
Mercury.
11010014
.....................................................................................
Johnson
Hole
..............................................................................
Mercury.
11110201
.....................................................................................
Shepherd
Springs
Lake
..............................................................
Mercury.
11110207
.....................................................................................
Lake
Sylvia
..................................................................................
Mercury.
11110207
.....................................................................................
Spring
Lake
.................................................................................
Mercury.
08040201–
02–
22.5
......................................................................
Ouachita
River
............................................................................
Mercury.
08040201–
04–
2.5
........................................................................
Ouachita
River
............................................................................
Mercury.
08040202
.....................................................................................
Oxbow
River—
Oxbows
below
Camden
.....................................
Mercury.
08040202
.....................................................................................
Felsenthal
Wildlife
Refuge
..........................................................
Mercury.
08040202–
02–
4
...........................................................................
Ouachita
River
............................................................................
Mercury.
08040202–
03–
8.4
........................................................................
Ouachita
River
............................................................................
Mercury.
08040202–
04–
28.9
......................................................................
Ouachita
River
............................................................................
Mercury.
08040203
.....................................................................................
Lake
Winona
...............................................................................
Mercury.
08040203–
01–
0.2
........................................................................
Saline
River
.................................................................................
Mercury.
08040204–
01–
2.8
........................................................................
Saline
River
.................................................................................
Mercury.
08040204–
02–
53
.........................................................................
Saline
River
.................................................................................
Mercury.
08040204–
04–
16.4
......................................................................
Saline
River
.................................................................................
Mercury.
08040204–
06–
17.5
......................................................................
Saline
River
.................................................................................
Mercury.
08040201–
01–
12
.........................................................................
Moro
Creek
.................................................................................
Mercury.
08040201–
03–
20
.........................................................................
Champagnolle
Creek
..................................................................
Mercury.
08040202–
03–
8.4
........................................................................
Little
Champagnolle
....................................................................
Mercury.
08040205–
02–
17.9
......................................................................
Bayou
Bartholomew
....................................................................
Mercury.

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