

[Federal Register: July 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 137)]
[Notices]               
[Page 39415-39416]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0137; FRL-8140-1]

 
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee: Registration Review 
Implementation Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA's Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC):

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Registration Review Implementation Work Group will hold a public 
meeting on July 24, 2007. An agenda for this meeting will be developed 
and posted on EPA's Web site. The Registration Review Implementation 
Work Group will review initial registration review dockets for 
antimicrobial and biopesticide cases, and may make recommendations to 
improve future dockets.

DATES: The Registration Review Work Group meeting will be held on July 
24, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Future meetings will be announced on 
the work group's Web sites (see: Active Workgroups menu at: http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/ppdc/
).

    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 all be held at EPA's offices at 2777 South 
Crystal Dr., First Floor Conference Center, Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amaris Johnson, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-9542; fax 
number: (703) 308-7090; e-mail address: johnson.amaris@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 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide 
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, 
or use of pesticides. Since others also may 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 
persons 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-2007-0137. Publicly 
accessible docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, 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 D. 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.
    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

    The Office of Pesticide Programs is entrusted with the 
responsibility of ensuring the safety of the American food supply, 
protection and education of those who apply or are exposed to 
pesticides occupationally or through use of products, and the general 
protection of the environment and special ecosystems from potential 
risks posed by pesticides.
    PPDC was established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, in September 1995 for a two-year term and 
has been renewed every two years since that time. PPDC provides advice 
and recommendations to OPP on a broad range of pesticide regulatory, 
policy, and program implementation issues that are associated with 
evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides. The following 
sectors are represented on the PPDC: pesticide industry and trade 
associations; environmental/public interest and consumer groups; farm 
worker organizations; pesticide user, grower, and commodity groups; 
federal/state/local/ and tribal governments; the general public; 
academia; and public health organizations.
    Copies of the PPDC charter are filed with appropriate committees of 
Congress, the Library of Congress, and are available upon request.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.


    Dated: March 5, 2007.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division
[FR Doc. E7-13629 Filed 7-17-07; 8:45 am]

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