Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0029-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Sound Management of Chemicals Working Group (Canada, Mexico and U.S.); Public Meeting Including Regional Implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
Posted Date: 2007-03-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register: March 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 44)]
[Notices]               
[Page 10209-10210]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0029; FRL-8118-9]

 
Sound Management of Chemicals Working Group (Canada, Mexico and 
U.S.); Public Meeting Including Regional Implementation of the 
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to announce that EPA will be hosting a 
stakeholder meeting to solicit comments in preparation for the meeting 
of the Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) Working Group. The SMOC 
Working Group seeks to implement the SAICM in North America, 
facilitating the movement of chemicals and their products across 
borders without compromising human health or the environment. At the 
April SMOC Working Group meeting, the Working Group will be discussing 
the implementation of its Strategy to 2020 with the North American 
stakeholders. This public meeting will serve as an opportunity for U.S. 
stakeholders to share their interest in participating in the strategy 
drafted by the SMOC WG. EPA will be seeking comments on the areas of 
work proposed by the SMOC Working Group and will be inviting 
stakeholders to develop project proposals.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 14, 2007 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 
p.m.
    Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or 
before March 14, 2007.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the 
technical 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 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Room 4225, EPA East (4th Floor), Washington, DC 20460.
    Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0029, may be submitted to 
the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby 
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: 
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

    For technical information contact: Ana Corado, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-0140; e-mail 
address: corado.ana@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
particular interest to industry, trade associations, and non-
governmental organizations that deal with and are interested in 
chemicals management in North America.
    If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the technical 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 a docket for this action under 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0029. All documents in the docket are 
listed in the docket's index available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly 
available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other 
material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only 
in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in 

hard copy, at the OPPT Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC PublicReading Room hours of 
operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
Federal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC Public Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is 
(202) 566-0280. Docket visitors are required to show photographic 
identification, pass through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor 
log. All visitor bags are processed through an X-ray machine and 
subject to search. Visitors will be provided an EPA/DC badge that must 
be visible at all times in the building and returned upon departure.
    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

    An agenda for this public meeting will be available 5 days prior to 
the meeting in the docket. In addition, the docket contains the advance 
notification for the April meeting of the Sound Management of Chemicals 
(SMOC) Working Group.
    The Strategy to 2020 of the SMOC Working Group, as well as other 
relevant documents for the SMOC Working Group meeting will be posted by 
the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Secretariat at their 
web site: http://www.cec.org/programs_projects/pollutants_health/project/index.cfm?projectID=25&varlan=english
, as they become 

available.

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

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
technical 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-
OPPT-2005-0029, must be received on or before March 14, 2007.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, chemical management, toxic chemicals, 
chemical health and safety.

    Dated: February 27, 2007.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
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