Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0427-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Data that Support the Registration of Plant-Incorporated Protectants
Posted Date: 2016-08-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57902-57903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20305]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0427; FRL-9950-47]

Public Meeting; Data That Support the Registration of Plant-
Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a one-day 
public symposium on the types of data that support the registration of 
plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs). The symposium is open to the 
public and can be attended in person and online.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 29, 2016, from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m.
    If you wish to participate in person, we encourage registration on 
or before September 26, 2016.
    If you wish to attend in person and would like to request 
accommodation for a disability, please follow the registration link 
under III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting? and follow 
the prompts for in-person attendance. In order to give EPA as much time 
as possible to process your request, we encourage participants to 
request accommodations at least 10 days prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Conference Center Room S1204/06, Lobby Level, One Potomac Yard 
(South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wiebke Tapken, Biopesticides and 
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email 
address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of interest to persons who are or may be required to 
conduct testing of pesticidal

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substances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and/
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.

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-2016-0427, 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

    The purpose of the symposium is to provide a forum for 
biotechnology developers, the agricultural sector, researchers, and the 
public, to receive first-hand information on the scope of the 
scientific pesticide application review process that determines the 
safety of PIPs, including the type of data EPA typically needs to make 
a regulatory decision. We anticipate that this symposium and the 
information being presented will promote transparency, clarity, and 
consistency for EPA's regulation of PIPs. The symposium will provide 
opportunities for the audience to ask questions on each of the topics 
covered. EPA is not requesting public comment or advice on the 
materials being presented during the symposium. Following the meeting, 
the materials that will be presented will be made available in docket 
ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0427.

III. How can I request to participate in this meeting?

    No fees are associated with the attendance of the symposium. You 
may request to participate online and in-person by referring to this 
link and following the prompts: https://www.epa.gov/regulation-biotechnology-under-tsca-and-fifra/plant-incorporated-protectants-data-requirements.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

    Dated: August 16, 2016.
Mark A. Hartman,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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