Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879-0175
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Environmental Modeling
Posted Date: 2019-09-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46521-46522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19067]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9998-60]

Environmental Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: An Environmental Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held 
on Wednesday October 16, 2019. This Notice announces the location and 
time for the meeting and provides tentative agenda topics. The EMPM 
provides a public forum for EPA and its stakeholders to discuss current 
issues related to modeling pesticide fate, transport, exposure, and 
ecotoxicity for pesticide risk assessments in a regulatory context.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The meeting will be held on October 16, 2019 from 9:00 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Requests to participate: Requests to participate in the meeting 
must be made or received on or before September 23, 2019.
    Requests for special accommodation: Requests for accommodation of a 
disability should be submitted at least 10 days prior to the meeting to 
give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South 
Building), First Floor Conference Center (S-1200), 2777 S. Crystal 
Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
    Requests to participate and requests for special accommodations: 
Submit requests to participate in the meeting and requests for special 
accommodations to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT by the deadline identified in the DATES section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Lazarus or Zoe Ruge, 
Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0520 and (703) 
347-0111; fax number: (703) 305-0204; email address: 
lazarus.rebecca@epa.gov and a0d2d5c7c58edacfc5e0c5d0c18ec7cfd6.

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. The following list of North American Industrial 
Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, 
but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this 
document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:
     Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting NAICS code 11.
     Utilities NAICS code 22.
     Professional, Scientific and Technical NAICS code 54.

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B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Background

    On a biannual interval, an EMPM is held for presentation and 
discussion of current issues related to modeling pesticide fate, 
transport, and exposure for 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 by the deadline 
identified in the DATES section. Do not submit any information in your 
request that is considered CBI.

IV. Tentative Theme for the Meeting

    The 2019 Fall EMPM will provide a forum for presentations on 
incorporation of pesticide usage data into environmental exposure and 
ecological risk assessments. Potential topics include sources of usage 
data (relating to the actual application of pesticides, in terms of the 
quantity applied or units treated), spatial applications of usage data, 
model parameterization, extrapolation of available usage data to fill 
gaps, and temporal variability of usage. Updates on ongoing topics will 
also be provided.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: August 22, 2019.
Marietta Echeverria,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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