

[Federal Register: January 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 13)]
[Notices]               
[Page 3292-3293]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0517; FRL-7758-7]

 
Endangered Species Protection Program; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs will hold a public meeting 
on February 22, 2006. This notice announces the location and times for 
the meeting, and sets forth the tentative agenda topics. The focus of 
the meeting is to inform the public about aspects of EPA's Endangered 
Species Protection Program field implementation, including EPA's 
overall approach to field implementation, under what circumstances EPA 
will be employing this approach, the responsibilities of the public, 
and the roles of other government agencies. The meeting will also 
provide an opportunity for the public to ask specific questions and 
receive answers.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2006, from 9 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Thynge, Environmental Fate and 
Effects Division (7507C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6005; fax number: (703) 305-6309; e-
mail address:thynge.megan@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 State and Tribal regulatory partners, other 
interested Federal agencies, environmental or public interest groups, 
pesticide registrants and pesticide users. 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.

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 identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0517. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either electronically athttp://www.regulations.gov
 or in hard copy at the Public Information and 

Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 
1801 S. Bell St., 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 athttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.


II. Background

    In the Federal Register of November 2, 2005 (70 FR 66392) (FRL-
7739-7), EPA published a notice announcing its approach to field 
implementation of its Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP). The 
goal of the ESPP is to carry out responsibilities under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in compliance with 
the Endangered Species Act (ESA), while at the same time not placing 
unnecessary burden on agriculture and other pesticide users. The 
implementation approach will relay geographically specific pesticide 
use limitations to the pesticide user when necessary to protect listed 
species. All pesticide products EPA determines ``may affect'' a listed 
species or their designated critical habitat, may be subject to the 
ESPP.
    This public meeting will address ESPP program elements so that the 
public will understand EPA's overall approach to field implementation, 
what their responsibilities will be, under what circumstances EPA would 
be employing this approach, and the roles of other government agencies. 
The meeting will also provide an opportunity for the public to ask 
specific questions and receive answers.

III. Tentative Agenda

    The tentative meeting agenda is outlined below, and the final 
agenda will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/espp, along with hotel 

information and meeting logistics.
    1. Overview of Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Endangered Species 
Protection Program (ESPP).
    2. Scope of ESPP.
    3. Implementation process.
    4. Label language and enforcement.
    5. Endangered Species Protection Bulletins (Bulletins).
    6. Public participation and the role of States and Tribes.
    7. Implementation timing.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Endangered species, Pesticides.

    Dated: January 13, 2006.
James Jones,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E6-648 Filed 1-19-06; 8:45 am]

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