Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0252-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee's Registration Review Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2003-07-10T04:00Z

41131
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
132
/
Thursday,
July
10,
2003
/
Notices
Davis
Highway,
Arlington,
VA.
The
telephone
number
is
(
703)
418
 
6800.
The
Hilton
Crystal
City
is
a
5
 
minute
walk
from
the
Crystal
City
Metro
Station
and
about
a
10
minute
taxi
ride
from
National
Airport.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Margie
Fehrenbach,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Mail
code
7501C,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
703
 
308
 
4775;
fax
number:
703
 
308
 
4776;
e­
mail
address:
Fehrenbach.
Margie@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general;
however,
persons
may
be
interested
who
work
in
agricultural
settings
or
persons
who
are
concerned
about
implementation
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA);
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA);
and
the
amendments
to
both
of
these
major
pesticide
laws
by
the
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
(
FQPA)
of
1996.
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.
Potentially
affected
entities
may
include
but
are
not
limited
to:
Agricultural
workers
and
farmers;
pesticide
industry
and
trade
associations;
environmental,
consumer
and
farmworker
groups;
pesticide
users
and
growers;
pest
consultants;
State,
local
and
Tribal
governments;
academia;
public
health
organizations;
food
processors;
and
the
public.
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
 
0247.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
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
agenda
has
been
developed
and
is
posted
on
EPA's
website
at
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticides/
carat.
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
The
Committee
to
Advise
on
Reassessment
and
Transition
(
CARAT)
was
established
in
accordance
with
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act
to
provide
advice
and
counsel
to
the
Administrator
of
EPA
and
the
Secretary
of
Agriculture
regarding
strategic
approaches
for
pest
management
planning
and
tolerance
reassessment
for
pesticides
as
required
by
the
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
of
1996
(
FQPA).
Through
CARAT,
EPA
and
the
USDA
are
working
together
to
ensure
smooth
implementation
of
FQPA
through
use
of
sound
science,
consultation
with
stakeholders,
increased
transparency,
and
reasonable
transition
for
agriculture.
CARAT
is
composed
of
a
balanced
group
of
participants
from
the
following
sectors:
Pesticide
user,
grower
and
commodity
groups;
industry
and
trade
associations;
food
processors
and
distributors;
environmental/
public
interest
and
farmworker
groups;
Federal,
State
and
Tribal
governments;
public
health
organizations;
and
academia.
The
CARAT
Work
Group
on
Transition
was
established
to
identify
barriers
to
the
development
and
adoption
by
users
of
new,
safer
and
effective
pest
management
techniques
and
to
formulate
recommendations
for
Federal
agency
actions
that,
in
partnership
with
the
range
of
stakeholders,
will
reduce
or
eliminate
these
barriers.

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

This
meeting
will
be
open
to
the
public.
Opportunity
will
be
provided
for
questions
and
comments
by
the
public.
Any
person
who
wishes
to
file
a
written
statement
may
do
so
before
or
after
the
meeting.
These
statements
will
become
part
of
the
permanent
record
and
will
be
available
for
public
inspection
at
the
address
listed
under
Unit
I.
B.
1.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Agricultural
workers,
Agriculture,
Chemicals,
Foods,
Pesticides,
Pests,
Risk
assessment.

Dated:
July
7,
2003.
James
Jones,
Director,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.

[
FR
Doc.
03
 
17608
Filed
7
 
9
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0252;
FRL
 
7318
 
9]

Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee's
Registration
Review
Work
Group;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
will
hold
a
public
meeting
of
the
Registration
Review
Work
Group
of
the
Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee
(
PPDC)
on
July
16,
2003.
The
Registration
Review
Work
Group
was
established
as
a
forum
to
provide
advice
and
recommendations
to
the
PPDC
regarding
a
registration
review
program
that
is
efficient
and
fair
to
all
stakeholders,
focuses
on
risk
reduction,
and
considers
user
needs
for
agricultural,
non­
agricultural
and
public
health
pesticides.
Under
section
3(
g)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act,
EPA
must
publish
procedures
for
reviewing
the
registration
of
pesticides
every
15
years.
DATES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
Wednesday,
July
16,
2003,
from
9
a.
m.
to
5
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Sheraton
Crystal
City,
1800
Jefferson
Davis
Highway,
Arlington,
VA.
The
telephone
number
is
(
703)
486
 
1111.

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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
132
/
Thursday,
July
10,
2003
/
Notices
The
Sheraton
Crystal
City
is
one
block
from
the
Crystal
City
Metro
Station.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION:
Margie
Fehrenbach,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Mail
code
7501C,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
703
 
308
 
4775;
fax
number:
703
 
308
 
4776;
e­
mail
address:
Fehrenbach.
Margie@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general;
however,
persons
may
be
interested
who
work
in
agricultural
settings
or
persons
who
are
concerned
about
implementation
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA);
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA);
and
the
amendments
to
both
of
these
major
pesticide
laws
by
the
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
(
FQPA)
of
1996.
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.
Potentially
affected
entities
may
include
but
are
not
limited
to:
Agricultural
workers
and
farmers;
pesticide
industry
and
trade
associations;
environmental,
consumer
and
farmworker
groups;
pesticide
users
and
growers;
pest
consultants;
State,
local
and
Tribal
governments;
academia;
public
health
organizations;
food
processors;
and
the
public.
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
 
0252.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
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
agenda
has
been
developed
and
is
posted
on
EPA's
website
at
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticides/
ppdc.
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
The
PPDC
is
composed
of
42
members
appointed
by
EPA's
Deputy
Administrator.
Committee
members
were
selected
from
a
balanced
group
of
participants
from
the
following
sectors:
Pesticide
user,
grower
and
commodity
groups;
industry
and
trade
associations;
environmental/
public
interest
and
farmworker
groups;
Federal,
State
and
Tribal
governments;
public
health
organizations;
animal
welfare;
and
academia.
PPDC
was
established
to
provide
a
public
forum
to
discuss
a
wide
variety
of
pesticide
regulatory
development
and
reform
initiatives,
evolving
public
policy,
program
implementation
issues,
and
science
policy
issues
associated
with
evaluating
and
reducing
risks
from
use
of
pesticides.
PPDC's
Registration
Review
Work
Group
was
recently
established
and
is
comprised
of
22
members
with
balanced
representation
from
the
broad
group
of
stakeholders.
The
Registration
Review
Work
Group
is
Chaired
by
Jay
Ellenberger,
Acting
Director,
Field
and
External
Affairs
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
and
Betty
Shackleford,
Acting
Director,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
III.
How
Can
I
Request
to
Participate
in
this
Meeting?

This
meeting
will
be
open
to
the
public.
Opportunity
will
be
provided
for
questions
and
comments
by
the
public.
Any
person
who
wishes
to
file
a
written
statement
may
do
so
before
or
after
the
meeting.
These
statements
will
become
part
of
the
permanent
record
and
will
be
available
for
public
inspection
at
the
address
listed
under
Unit
I.
B.
1.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Agriculture,
Agricultural
workers,
Chemicals,
Foods,
Inert
Ingredients,
Pesticides,
Pests,
Registration,
Risk
assessment.

Dated:
July
7,
2003.
James
Jones,
Director,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.

[
FR
Doc.
03
 
17607
Filed
7
 
9
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7527
 
1]

Science
Advisory
Board;
Air
Toxics
Research
Strategy/
Multi­
Year
Plan
Review
Panel;
Notification
of
An
Upcoming
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
EPA's
Science
Advisory
Board
(
SAB)
is
announcing
a
public
meeting
of
the
Air
Toxics
Research
Strategy/
Multi­
Year
Plan
Review
(
Panel)
to
conduct
a
review
of
the
Agency's
Air
Toxics
Research
Strategy/
Multi­
Year
Plan.

DATES:
July
23
 
24,
2003
 
The
public
meeting
for
the
SAB
Panel
will
begin
at
9
am
and
adjourn
no
later
than
5:
30
pm
(
Eastern
Time)
each
day.
The
meeting
agenda
and
final
charge
questions
will
be
posted
on
the
SAB
Web
site
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
sab/
agendas.
htm
one
week
before
the
meeting.
ADDRESSES:
The
public
meeting
of
the
Panel
will
be
held
at
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
109
T.
W.
Alexander
Drive,
Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
27709.
The
room
number
is
C111
 
C
for
July
23
and
C111
 
B
for
July
24.
For
further
information
concerning
the
public
meeting,
please
contact
Dr.
James
Rowe,
Designated
Federal
Officer
(
DFO)
(
see
contact
information
below).

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Any
member
of
the
public
wishing
further
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