Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0008-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: SFIREG Environmental Quality Issues Working Committee Meeting
Posted Date: 2009-09-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 183)]
[Notices]               
[Page 48545-48546]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0008; FRL-8436-2]

 
SFIREG Environmental Quality Issues Working Committee 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), 
Environmental Quality Issues (EQI) Working Committee will hold a 2-day 
meeting, beginning on October 19, 2009 and ending October 20, 2009. 
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, October 19, 2009 from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m to 12 noon on Tuesday October 20, 2009
    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 open meeting will be held at EPA. One Potomac Yard 
(South

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Bldg.) 2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington VA. 1st Floor South 
Conference Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Kendall, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5561 fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-
mail address: kendall.ron@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: grierstaytonaapco-
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. 
You 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 Cosmetics 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

    Topics may include but are not limited to:
    1. Update on the EPA's NPDES general permit for pesticides.
    2. Report on USGS study on Pesticide Occurrence in the Lakes of the 
Ridge Citrus Region of Central Florida.
    3. Office of Water-Update on Harmonization of Risk Assessment- 
Scoping Paper.
    4. Office of Water-Update on atrazine water quality criteria and 
May SAP.
    5. Update on Revision to Advisory Statements-Outcome of full SFIREG 
Meeting.
    6. Fumigant label comments and label development.
    7. OECA update.
    8. Update on Office of Water's CCL3 and UCMR programs.
    9. POINTS database summary and updates.
    10. Briefing from the Federal-State Toxicology and Risk Analysis 
Committee(FSTRAC)- Discussion on SFIREG and FSTRAC working together.
    11. NAWQA Cycle 3 update.
    12. Spot on pet products. EPA's evaluation of these products and 
incident Data.

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

    This meeting is open for the public to attend. You may attend the 
meeting without further notification.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection,

    Dated: September 15, 2009.
 William R. Diamond,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs
[FR Doc. E9-22620 Filed 9-22-09; 8:45 a.m.]

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