

[Federal Register: October 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 198)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0816; FRL-8097-3]

 
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials State 
FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Working Committee on Water 
Quality Pesticide Disposal; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials 
(AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) 
Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WQ/PD) will 
hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on November 6, 2006 and ending November 
7, 2006. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting 
and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 6, 2006 from 8.30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon on November 7, 2006.
    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 Radisson Hotel Reagan National 
Airport, 2020 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia McDuffie, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), 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 Philip H. Gray, SFIREG 
Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 1249, Hardwick, VT 05843-1249; telephone 
number: (802) 472-6956; fax (802) 472-6957; e-mail address: 
aapco@plainfield.bypass.com.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you all parties 
interested in SFIREG information exchange relationship with EPA 
regarding important issues related to human health, environmental 
exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process 
are invited and

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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).

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-2006-0816. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 

copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Drive Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

II. Tentative Agenda

    1. Office of Pesticide Programs-Office of Water Partnerships in 
Pesticide Water Quality Programs.
    2. Disposal of Pesticide-Treated Seed.
    3. Prioritizing Ambient Water Criteria for Pesticides.
    4. Endangered Species and Pesticide Water Quality Issues.
    5. Atrazine Special Review Progress.
    6. Pesticide Degradates.
    7. EPA Water Quality Performance Measures/State End-of-year 
Reporting.
    8. Committee Workgroups Issues Papers, Updates, Surveys.
    9. FIFRA/CWA: Court Cases, USEPA Proposed Rules.
    10. Water Quality Pesticide Regulatory Education Program Course 
Review.
    11. Container/Containment Rule Implementation; Container Recycling: 
State Information Gathering.
    12. Toxicity and Fate Data Retrieval Protocol for States.
    13. Pyrethroid Registration Evaluation and Lab Analytical Issues.
    14. Water Quality Benchmarks for Screening-Level Assessments.
    15. EPA Update/Briefing:
     a. Office of Pesticide Programs Update.
     b. Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance Update.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pest.

    Dated: October 4, 2006.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Field External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs
[FR Doc. E6-16910 Filed 10-12-06; 8:45 am]

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