The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal; Notice of Public Meeting, 19953 [05-7503]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 72 (Friday, April 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7503]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2005-0091; FRL-7707-7]


The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State 
FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Working Committee on Water 
Quality and 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 Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide 
Disposal (WC/WQ&PD) will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on May 2, 2005 
and ending May 3, 2005. This notice announces the location and times 
for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, May 2, 2005 through Tuesday, 
May 3, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2005 and 8:30 
a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy 
Drive, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia A. 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 
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 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 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 an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0091. The 
official public docket consists of the documents specifically 
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other 
information related to this action. Although, a part of the official 
docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials 
that is available for public viewing 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 https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
     An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, 
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Although, not all docket materials may be available 
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available 
docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. 
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate 
docket ID number.

II. Tentative Agenda

    1. Results of state WQPD issue reporting system.
    2. OPP/OECA budget cuts. Implications for pesticide field programs 
and state pesticide programs.
    3. Performance measures: EPA's plans, state roles
    4. Endangered species implementation update.
    5. EPA interpretive statement on National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) permits for pesticide applications.
    6. Pesticide disposal: Label statements, FIFRA-RCRA issues, 
container recycling.
    7. Pesticide container security.
    8. Pesticide container and containment rule.
    9. Implementation of new active ingredient registration reviews by 
state lead agencies.
    10. Atrazine monitoring/modeling update.
    11. EPA fumigant cluster evaluation process.
    12. California's PRESCRIBE system for endangered species 
restrictions.
    13. Enantiomer-specific pesticide active ingredients.
    14. Emergency powers for potable well cleanup.
    15. State water quality training needs.
    16. Office of Pesticide Programs and Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance Reports.
    17. Wrap up and new issue.

List of Subjects

     Environmental Protection Agency.

    Dated: April 1, 2005.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Office of Pesticide Program Field and External Affairs 
Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7503 Filed 4-14-05; 8:45 am]
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