Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0334-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting (MEETING DATE:  June 10, 2003).   ( This FR Was Published under the Wrong Docket  #OPP-2003-0334.  The Docket # should be OPP-2002-0334)
Posted Date: 2003-06-05T04:00Z

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108
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June
5,
2003
/
Notices
OMB
control
number
2060
 
0348
in
any
correspondence.

Dated:
May
21,
2003.
Henry
C.
Thomas,
Jr.,
Acting
Director,
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
14197
Filed
6
 
4
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7507
 
6]

Adequacy
Determination
for
the
Kansas
City
Area
Ozone
Maintenance
State
Implementation
Plan
(
SIP)
for
Transportation
Conformity
Purposes
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
adequacy
determination.

SUMMARY:
In
this
notice,
EPA
is
informing
the
public
that
we
have
found
the
motor
vehicle
emissions
budgets
for
volatile
organic
compounds
and
nitrogen
oxides
in
the
Kansas
City
area
adequate
for
conformity
purposes.
The
budgets
were
submitted
with
the
Kansas
City
Maintenance
Plan
for
Control
of
Ozone
which
addresses
the
second
tenyear
period
from
the
years
2003
through
2012.
The
Plan
was
submitted
under
two
separate
SIP
submittals
by
the
state
of
Kansas
and
the
state
of
Missouri.
The
motor
vehicle
emissions
budgets
in
each
SIP
were
for
the
Kansas
City
Maintenance
area
and
the
budgets
were
the
same
for
both
states.
We
have
determined
that
the
budget
submitted
by
the
state
of
Kansas
is
adequate,
and
that
the
budget
submitted
by
the
state
of
Missouri
is
adequate.
DATE:
This
finding
is
effective
June
20,
2003.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
The
finding
and
the
response
to
comments
will
be
available
at
EPA's
conformity
Web
site:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
otaq/
transp/
traqconf.
htm
(
click
on
``
Adequacy
Web
Pages'').
You
may
also
contact
Heather
Hamilton,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
901
N.
5th
Street,
Kansas
City,
Kansas
66101,
or
e­
mail
at
hamilton.
heather@
epa.
gov,
telephone
(
913)
551
 
7039.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
Throughout
this
document
wherever
``
we,''
``
us,''
or
``
our''
is
used,
we
mean
EPA.
We
sent
a
letter
to
the
Kansas
Department
of
Health
and
Environment
and
the
Missouri
Department
of
Natural
Resources
on
March
17,
2003,
stating
that
the
motor
vehicle
emissions
budgets
in
the
Kansas
City
area
submitted
with
the
Kansas
City
Maintenance
Plan
for
Control
of
Ozone
were
adequate.
The
Kansas
City
Maintenance
Plan
for
Control
of
Ozone
addresses
the
second
ten­
year
period
from
the
years
2003
through
2012.
On
March
2,
1999,
the
D.
C.
Circuit
Court
ruled
that
submitted
SIPs
cannot
be
used
for
conformity
determinations
until
EPA
has
affirmatively
found
them
adequate.
As
a
result
of
our
adequacy
finding,
the
Kansas
City
Area
must
use
the
motor
vehicle
emissions
budgets
from
the
submitted
Kansas
City
Maintenance
Plan
for
Ozone
for
future
conformity
determinations.
We
described
our
process
for
determining
the
adequacy
of
submitted
SIP
budgets
in
a
guidance
memorandum
dated
May
14,
1999,
entitled,
``
Conformity
Guidance
on
Implementation
of
March
2,
1999,
Conformity
Court
Decision.''
We
followed
this
guidance
in
making
our
adequacy
determination.
Transportation
conformity
is
required
by
section
176(
c)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act.
EPA's
conformity
rule
requires
that
transportation
plans,
programs,
and
projects
conform
to
SIPs
and
establishes
the
criteria
and
procedures
for
determining
whether
or
not
they
do.
Conformity
to
a
SIP
means
that
transportation
activities
will
not
produce
new
air
quality
violations,
worsen
existing
violations,
or
delay
timely
attainment
of
the
national
ambient
air
quality
standards.
The
criteria
by
which
we
determine
whether
SIP
motor
vehicle
emission
budgets
are
adequate
for
conformity
purposes
are
outlined
in
40
CFR
93.118(
e)(
4).
We
applied
these
criteria
in
finding
that
the
submitted
budgets
are
adequate.
Please
note
that
an
adequacy
review
is
separate
from
EPA's
completeness
review,
and
it
also
should
not
be
used
to
prejudge
EPA's
ultimate
approval
of
the
SIP.
Even
if
we
find
a
budget
adequate,
the
SIP
could
later
be
disapproved.

Authority:
42
U.
S.
C.
7401
 
7671
q.

Dated:
May
22,
2003.

James
B.
Gulliford,

Regional
Administrator,
Region
7.
[
FR
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4
 
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8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0334;
FRL
 
7311
 
1]

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
10,
2003.
This
notice
announces
the
location
and
time
for
the
meeting
and
sets
forth
the
tentative
agenda
topics.
DATES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
June
10,
2003,
from
9
a.
m.
to
3
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
Room
1126
(
Fishbowl),
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA
22202.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Michael
R.
Barrett,
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division
(
7507C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
6391;
fax
number:
(
703)
305
 
6309;
email
address:
barrett.
michael@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general,
and
may
be
of
particular
interest
to
those
persons
who
are
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA),
the
Federal,
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
or
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA).
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
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0334.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.

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5,
2003
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Notices
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
On
a
quarterly
interval,
the
Exposure
Modeling
Workgroup
meets
to
discuss
current
issues
in
modeling
pesticide
fate,
transport,
and
exposure
to
pesticides
in
support
of
risk
assessment
in
a
regulatory
context.

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

You
may
submit
a
request
to
participate
in
this
meeting
to
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

IV.
Tentative
Agenda
This
section
provides
tentative
agenda
topics
for
the
1
 
day
meeting:
1.
Welcome
and
introductions.
2.
Old
action
items.
3.
Brief
updates.
 
European
Union
activities.
 
U.
S.
Department
of
Agriculture/
Agricultural
Research
Service
(
USDA/
ARS)
Pesticide
Properties
Database.
 
Pesticide
Root
Zone
Model/
Exposure
Analysis
Modeling
System
(
PRZM/
EXAMS)
Model.
 
Rice
modeling.
 
Watershed
Regression
for
Pesticides
(
WARP)
Model.
 
Spray
Drift
Task
Force
progress.
 
AgDrift
EPA
review.
 
EXAMINER.
 
Pesticide
Leaching
U.
S.
(
PLUS).
 
Cumulative
and
Aggregate
Risk
Evaluation
System
(
CARES).
 
Drinking
water
exposure
estimates
for
dietary
risk.
 
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division's
(
EFED)
water
quality
projects.
 
Perspective
Groundwater
(
PGW)
Database.
 
EFED
current
issues
in
fate
modeling.
4.
Major
topics:
 
A
rapid
laboratory
method
for
studying
synergism.
 
Techniques
for
estimating
exposure
time
series
and
peak
exposure
levels.
 
Geographic
Information
System
(
GIS)
watershed
analysis
for
refined
aquatic
risk
assessments.
 
Update
on
pesticide
usage
estimation
procedures
to
support
interpretation
of
monitoring
data.
 
PRZM/
EXAMS
quality
control
issues
update.
 
Software
integrating
frameworks
for
pesticide
models.
5.
Wrap­
up
and
action
items.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides,
Pests,
Modeling.

Dated:
June
2,
2003.
Elizabeth
Leovey,
Acting
Director,
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
14311
Filed
6
 
3
 
03;
1:
31
pm]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7507
 
7]

Meeting
of
the
National
Drinking
Water
Advisory
Council
(
NDWAC)

AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
public
meeting.

SUMMARY:
In
accordance
with
section
10(
a)(
2)
of
Public
Law
92
 
423,
``
The
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act,''
notice
is
hereby
given
of
the
forthcoming
conference
call
meeting
of
the
National
Drinking
Water
Advisory
Council
(
Council),
established
under
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act,
as
amended
(
42
U.
S.
C.
300f
et
seq.).
The
Council
will
discuss
follow­
up
actions
relating
to
a
report
presented
at
the
May
2003
meeting
by
NDWAC's
work
group
on
Affordability.
The
Council
will
determine
whether
it
will
make
specific
recommendations
to
EPA
relating
to
the
Affordability
report.

DATES:
The
Council
meeting
will
be
held
on
June
20,
2003,
from
11
a.
m.
to
1
p.
m.,
Eastern
Standard
Time.

ADDRESSES:
Council
members
teleconference
into
Room
2123
of
the
EPA
East
Building,
which
is
physically
located
at
1201
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Members
of
the
public
that
would
like
to
attend
the
meeting,
present
an
oral
statement,
submit
a
written
statement
in
advance,
or
make
arrangements
to
teleconference
call
into
the
meeting
should
contact
Brenda
Johnson,
Designated
Federal
Officer,
National
Drinking
Water
Advisory
Council,
by
June
13,
2003.
Ms.
Johnson
can
be
reached
at
(
202)
564
 
3791;
by
e­
mail
at
johnson.
brendap@
epa.
gov,
or
by
regular
mail
at
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water
(
M/
C
4601M),
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
The
Council
encourages
the
public's
input
and
will
allocate
30
minutes
for
this
purpose.
A
limited
number
of
additional
phone
lines
may
be
available
for
members
of
the
public
that
are
outside
of
the
Washington,
DC,
metropolitan
commuting
area
and
are
unable
to
attend
in
person.
Any
additional
teleconferencing
lines
that
are
available
will
be
reserved
on
a
first­
come,
firstserve
basis
by
the
Designated
Federal
Officer.
To
ensure
adequate
time
for
public
involvement,
oral
statements
will
be
limited
to
five
minutes,
and
it
is
preferred
that
only
one
person
present
the
statement
on
behalf
of
a
group
or
organization.
Any
person
who
wishes
to
file
a
written
statement
can
do
so
before
or
after
a
Council
meeting.
Written
statements
received
prior
to
the
meeting
will
be
distributed
to
all
members
of
the
Council
before
any
final
discussion
or
vote
is
completed.
Any
statements
received
after
the
meeting
will
become
part
of
the
permanent
meeting
file
and
will
be
forwarded
to
the
Council
members
for
their
information.
Any
person
needing
special
accommodations
at
this
meeting,
including
wheelchair
access,
should
contact
the
Designated
Federal
Officer,
at
the
number
or
e­
mail
listed
under
the
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section,
at
least
five
business
days
before
the
meeting
so
that
the
appropriate
arrangements
can
be
made.

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