Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879-0077
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Exposure Modeling
Posted Date: 2014-06-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36055-36056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14833]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9912-11]

Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting will be held on October 
28, 2014. This Notice announces the location and time for the meeting 
and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 28, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:00

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p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or 
before July 7, 2014.
    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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Biscoe or Christopher Koper, 
Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7106 and (703) 
347-8065; fax number: (703) 347-8011; email address: 
biscoe.melanie@epa.gov and koper.christopher@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. 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

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), EPA West 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 Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (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. 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-
2009-0879, must be received on or before July 7, 2014.

IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting

Spatial Aquatic Modeling (SAM)
Terrestrial Plant Exposure Modeling (Audrey III Model)
Surface Water Concentration Calculator (SWCC) Evaluation
Pesticide Root Zone Model--Ground Water (PRZM-GW) Updates
Unextracted Residues Guidance
EPA Suggestions for Ecotox Presentations
Endangered Species Exposure Modeling
Population Modeling
Pesticide Flooded Application Model (PFAM)
Bias Factors for Water Monitoring Data
Formation/Decline Kinetics for Degradates Formed in Parallel or in 
Sequence
Future Structure of the EMPM Meeting--The EMPM has focused 
predominantly on water models. Is there interest in discussing other 
models?

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Exposure modeling, Public meeting.

    Dated: June 11, 2014.
Donald J. Brady,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
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