

[Federal Register: February 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 28)]
[Notices]               
[Page 7040-7041]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0068; FRL-7760-8]

 
Full Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) will hold a 2 and 
1/2-day meeting, beginning on March 8 and ending on March 10, 2006. 
This notice announces the location and times for the meeting, and sets 
forth the tentative agenda topics. One Tribal Caucus scheduled each 
day.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 8-9, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and a half day training for Tribes on March 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Doubletree Hotel (Crystal City), 
300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia McDuffie, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 605-0195; fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-
mail address: mcduffie.georgia@epa.gov or Lillian Wilmore, TPPC 
Facilitator, P.O. Box 470829 Brookline Village, MA 02447-0829; 
telephone number: (617) 232-5742; fax (617) 277-1656; e-mail address: 
naecology@aol.com


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you may be 
potentially affected by this action if you are interested in TPPC's 
information exchange relationship with EPA regarding important issues 
related to

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human health, environmental exposure to pesticides, and insight into 
EPA's decision-making process. All parties are invited and encouraged 
to attend the meetings and participate as appropriate. Potentially 
affected entities may include, but are not limited to those persons who 
are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under 
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. 
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to 
a particular entity, consult either person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. Potentially affected entities may include, but are 
not limited to:
     This action is directed to the public in general, and may 
be of particular interest to those persons who are or may be required 
to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug 
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

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 number (ID) [OPP-EPA-HQ-2006-0068; FRL-7760-8]. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
at http://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 at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

    EDOCKET, EPA's electronic public docket and comment system was 
replaced on November 25,2005, by an enhanced Federal-wide electronic 
docket management and comment system located at http://www.regulations.gov/.
 Follow the on-line instructions.


II. Tentative Agenda.

    1. TPPC State of the Council Report.
    2. Update re Section 2ee Finding Section 18s and 24c Pilot Solution 
for Tribes.
    3. Tribal Caucus of the National Tribal Operations Committee.
    4. Reports from: State FIFRA Issues Research Evaluation Group 
(SFIREG) FOSTTA, and Community Education Ideas.
    5. OPP Tribal Strategy.
    6. TPPC Strategic Planning Report and Discussion - Question on How 
to Incorporate Pollution Prevention into all Strategic Planning.
    7. OECA Report on the National Tribal Compliance Assistance 
Priority.
    8. Tribal Caucus (Closed to the Public and to EPA).
    9. Presentation - Questions and Answers by Deputy Director EPA 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
    10. Biopesticides.
    11. Certification & Training in Indian Country Discussion.
    12. Reports from EPA Regions.
    13. Producer Establishment Inspections.
    14. Report on Tribal Special Project Awards and the New Year 
Special Projects Solicitation.
    15. Lifeline, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
Act (NAGPRA), First Nations of Canada
    16. Performance Measures.
    17. Presentation on the National Museum of the American Indian/
Smithsonian.
    18. A half day training (Tribes only).

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: February 2, 2006.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Field External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs
[FR Doc. E6-1848 Filed 2-9-06; 8:45 am]

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