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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?
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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.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0814; FRL–8098–7]
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 https://
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.
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Dated: October 4, 2006.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Field External Affairs Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs
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Pesticide Program Dialogue
Committee, Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act Process
Improvement Workgroup; Notice of
Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA’s Pesticide Program
Dialogue Committee (PPDC), Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act (PRIA)
Process Improvement Workgroup will
hold a public meeting on November 2,
2006. An agenda for this meeting is
being developed and will be posted on
EPA’s website. The workgroup is
developing advice and
recommendations on topics related to
EPA’s registration process.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, November 2, 2006, from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
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
Rm. S–4370 and S–4380, One Potomac
Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal,
Drive Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Leovey, 7501P, Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 305–
7328; fax number: (703) 308–4776; email address:leovey.elizabeth@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 particular
interest to persons who are concerned
about implementation of the Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act (PRIA),
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). Other potentially affected
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entities may include but are not limited
to agricultural workers and farmers;
pesticide industry trade associations;
environmental, consumer and
farmworker groups; pesticide users and
growers; pest consultants; State, local
and Tribal governments; academia;
public health organizations; food
processors; and the public. Since other
entities may also be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
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 a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPPT–2006–0814. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in
the electronic docket at https://
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 Building), 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.
2. Electronic access. You may access
thisFederal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
The Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) 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.
The PPDC was established under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), Public Law 92–463, in
September 1995 for a 2 year–term and
has been renewed every 2 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 the use of
pesticides. The following sectors are
represented on the PPDC: Pesticide
industry and trade associations;
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environmental/public interest and
consumer groups; farm worker
organizations; pesticide user, grower
and commodity groups; Federal and
State/local/Tribal governments; the
general public; academia; and public
health organizations. Copies of the
PPDC charter are filed with appropriate
committees of Congress and the Library
of Congress and are available upon
request.
III. How Can I Request to Participate in
this Meeting?
This meeting will be open to the
public and seating is available on a firstcome basis. Persons interested in
attending do not need to register in
advance of the meeting. Opportunity
will be provided for questions and
comments by the public. Any person
who wishes to file a written statement
may do so before or after the meeting by
giving a copy of the statement to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. These statements
will become part of the permanent
record and will be available for public
inspection at the address listed under
Unit 1.B.1. Do not submit any
information in your request that is
considered CBI.
To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: October 4, 2006.
James Jones,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0801; FRL–8097–7]
Petition to Revoke Tolerances
Established for Carbaryl; Notice of
Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is seeking public
comment on a January 10, 2005, petition
from the Washington Toxics Coalition
(Washington Toxics), available in
docket number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0801, requesting that the Agency revoke
all tolerances for the pesticide carbaryl.
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The petitioner, Washington Toxics,
requests this action to obtain what they
believe would be proper application of
the safety standards of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), section 408,
as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
Washington Toxics is filing this petition
in response to a Notice of Availability
for the Carbaryl Interim Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (IRED), published in
the Federal Register on October 27,
2004. The carbaryl IRED is available on
the website https://www.regulations.gov
under docket number EPA–HQ–OPP–
2003–0376 and on the Agency’s
pesticide web page, https://www.epa.gov/
pesticides/reregistration/status.htm.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 13, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0801, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305–
5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0801. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov
website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an
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e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the docket
and made available on the Internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400,
One Potomac Yard (South Building),
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina Scheltema, Special Review
and Reregistration Division (7508P),
Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 308–8000; fax number: (703) 308–
7070; e-mail address:
scheltema.christina@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. This
listing is not intended to be exhaustive,
but rather provides a guide for readers
regarding entities likely to be affected by
this action. Since others also may be
interested, the Agency has not
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0814; FRL-8098-7]
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee, Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act Process Improvement Workgroup; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA's Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC), Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) Process Improvement Workgroup will
hold a public meeting on November 2, 2006. An agenda for this meeting
is being developed and will be posted on EPA's website. The workgroup
is developing advice and recommendations on topics related to EPA's
registration process.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2006, from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
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 Rm. S-4370 and S-4380, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal, Drive Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Leovey, 7501P, Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7328;
fax number: (703) 308-4776; e-mail address:leovey.elizabeth@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
particular interest to persons who are concerned about implementation
of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA), the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Other potentially affected
entities may include but are not limited to agricultural workers and
farmers; pesticide industry trade associations; environmental, consumer
and farmworker groups; pesticide users and growers; pest consultants;
State, local and Tribal governments; academia; public health
organizations; food processors; and the public. Since other entities
may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all
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 a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0814. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at https://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 Building), 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.
2. Electronic access. You may access thisFederal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. Background
The Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 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.
The PPDC was established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, in September 1995 for a 2 year-term and has
been renewed every 2 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 the use of pesticides. The following
sectors are represented on the PPDC: Pesticide industry and trade
associations;
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environmental/public interest and consumer groups; farm worker
organizations; pesticide user, grower and commodity groups; Federal and
State/local/Tribal governments; the general public; academia; and
public health organizations. Copies of the PPDC charter are filed with
appropriate committees of Congress and the Library of Congress and are
available upon request.
III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?
This meeting will be open to the public and seating is available on
a first-come basis. Persons interested in attending do not need to
register in advance of the meeting. Opportunity will be provided for
questions and comments by the public. Any person who wishes to file a
written statement may do so before or after the meeting by giving a
copy of the statement to the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. These statements will become part of the permanent
record and will be available for public inspection at the address
listed under Unit 1.B.1. Do not submit any information in your request
that is considered CBI.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: October 4, 2006.
James Jones,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-16913 Filed 10-12-06; 8:45 am]
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