Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0102-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Exposure Modeling Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2008-06-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 125)]
[Notices]               
[Page 36511-36512]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0102; FRL-8369-6]

 
Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held for 
one day on July 22, 2008. This notice announces the location and time 
for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 22, 2008 from 9:00 am to 4:00 
pm.
    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 Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South Building), 
1st Floor South Conference Room, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 
22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Barrett, Environmental Fate 
and Effects Division, 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]; 
e-mail address: barrett.michael@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are 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 nay 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 a docket for this action under 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0102.

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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

    On a triannual interval, an Exposure Modeling Public Meeting will 
be held for presentation and discussion of current issues in modeling 
pesticide fate, transport, and exposure in support of risk assessment 
in a regulatory context. Meeting dates and abstract requests are 
announced through the ``empmlist'' forum on the LYRIS list server at 
https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_forums/.

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. Do not submit any 
information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests to 
participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2008-0102, must be received on or before July 14, 2008.

IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting

    1. General Theme: Terrestrial Modeling
    2. Specific Topics:
    a. Discussion of PlantEX Model
    b. Overview of T-REX and T-HERPES
    c. TIM Model (Avian Probabilistic Model)
    d. Chloropicrin Manufacturing Task Force Presentation on Chain 2-D 
Model
    e. Riparian Ecosystem Management Model (REMM) and Runoff Study to 
Validate Model
    f. Fumigant Emission Physical Factors and Measures for Mitigating 
Exposure Incidences

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Modeling, Monitoring, Pesticides, Pest.

    Dated: June 17, 2008.
Arthur Jean Williams,
Acting Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
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