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[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0929; FRL-8103-1]

 
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  EPA is announcing the meeting of the Forum on State and 
Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) to enable state and tribal leaders to 
collaborate with EPA on environmental protection and pollution 
prevention issues. Representatives and invited guests of the Chemical 
Information and Management Project (CIMP), the Pollution Prevention 
(P2) Project, and the Tribal Affairs Project (TAP), components of 
FOSTTA, will be meeting December 11, 2006. The meeting is being held to 
provide participants an opportunity to have in-depth discussions on 
issues concerning the environment and human health. This notice 
announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth some 
tentative agenda topics. EPA invites all interested parties to attend 
the public meeting.

DATES:  The meeting will be held on December 11, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m.
    Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0929 must be received on or 
before December 7, 2006.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the 
technical contact 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 the Radisson Hotel & Suites 
Austin, 111 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78701, telephone number: 
(800) 333-3333, fax number: (512) 473-8399.
    Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID 
number HQ-OPPT-2006-0929, 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: Pam Buster, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8817; fax 
number: (202) 564-8813; e-mail address: Buster.Pamela@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of interest to all parties interested in FOSTTA and in 
hearing more about the perspectives of the States on EPA programs and 
the information exchange regarding important issues related to human 
health and environmental exposure to toxics. 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. However, in the 
interest of time and efficiency, the meetings are structured to provide 
maximum opportunity for State and EPA participants to discuss items on 
the predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the chair, an effort 
will be made to accommodate participation by observers attending the 
proceedings. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of 
this action to a particular entity, consult the people 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-2006-0929. Publicly available docket 
materials are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov 

or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT Docket in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC). The EPA/DC suffered structural damage due to 
flooding in June 2006. Although the EPA/DC is continuing operations, 
there will be temporary changes to the EPA/DC during the clean-up. The 
EPA/DC Public Reading Room, which was temporarily closed due to 
flooding, has been relocated in the EPA Headquarters Library, Infoterra 
Room (Room Number 3334) in the EPA West Building, located at 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the EPA/DC Public Reading Room 
is (202)

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566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket Center is (202) 
566-0280. Visitors to EPA are required to show photographic 
identification and sign the EPA visitor log. Visitors to the EPA/DC 
Public Reading Room will be provided with an EPA/DC badge that must be 
visible at all times while in the EPA Building and returned to the 
guard upon departure. In addition, security personnel will escort 
visitors to and from the new EPA/DC Public Reading Room location. Up-
to-date information about the EPA/DC is on the EPA web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm
.

    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 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2609 section 
10(g), authorizes EPA and other Federal agencies to establish and 
coordinate a system for exchange among Federal, state, and local 
authorities of research and development results respecting toxic 
chemical substances and mixtures, including a system to facilitate and 
promote the development of standard data format and analysis and 
consistent testing procedures. Through FOSTTA, the CIMP focuses on 
EPA's chemical program and works to develop a more coordinated effort 
involving Federal, state, and tribal agencies. P2 promotes the 
prevention ethic across society, helping to integrate P2 into 
mainstream environmental activities at the Federal level and among the 
states and tribes. TAP concentrates on chemical and prevention issues 
that are most relevant to the tribes, including lead control and 
abatement, tribal traditional/subsistence life ways, and hazard 
communications and outreach. FOSTTA's vision is to focus on major 
policy-level issues of importance to states and tribes, recruit more 
senior state and tribal leaders, increase outreach to all 50 states and 
some 560 Federally recognized tribes, and vigorously seek ways to 
engage the states and tribes in ongoing substantive discussions on 
complex and oftentimes controversial environmental issues.
    The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), in partnership with 
the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) and EPA's Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), are co-sponsoring the meetings. 
As part of a cooperative agreement, ECOS and NTEC facilitate ongoing 
efforts of the state and tribal leaders and OPPT to increase 
understanding and improve collaboration on toxic chemicals and 
pollution prevention issues, and to continue a dialogue on how federal 
environmental programs can best be implemented among the states, 
tribes, and EPA.

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-2006-0929, must be received on or before December 7, 2006.

IV. The Meeting

    In the interest of time and efficiency, the meetings are structured 
to provide maximum opportunity for state, tribal, and EPA participants 
to discuss items on the predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the 
chair, an effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers 
attending the proceedings. The FOSTTA representatives and EPA will 
discuss collaboration on all environmental protection and pollution 
prevention issues. The states and the tribes identified the following 
tentative agenda items:
    1. Summary of selected presentations to be made at the Conference 
on Characterizing Chemicals in Commerce: Using Data on High Production 
Volume (HPV) Chemicals, which is taking place December 12-14, 2006; see 
http://www.NEWMOA.org/hpv for more information.

    2. P2 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Review.
    3. P2 integration across EPA.
    4. Prioritization of OPPTS work activities under the OPPTS Tribal 
Strategy.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.


    Dated: November 14, 2006.
Barbara A. Cunningham,
Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 06-9274 Filed 11-16-06; 11:42 am]

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