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Overview of ORD; Overview of ORD’s
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the second teleconference include, but
are not limited to: Overviews of each of
the Long Term Goals for the Clean Air
Research Program. Proposed agenda
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preferably at least ten days prior to the
meeting, to give EPA as much time as
possible to process your request.
Dated: March 31, 2009.
Fred Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0191; FRL–8409–6]
Pesticide Program Dialogue
Committee, Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act Process
Improvement Workgroup; Notice of
Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: EPA’s Pesticide Program
Dialogue Committee (PPDC), Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act (PRIA)
Process Improvement Workgroup will
hold its twelfth public meeting on April
20, 2009. An agenda for this meeting is
being developed. The agenda will
include a discussion of improvements
in the consistency of labeling and in the
content of and the ability to search the
pesticide programs website. The
workgroup is developing advice and
recommendations on topics related to
EPA’s registration and registration
review process.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, April 20, 2009, from 1 p.m. to
4 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
Conference Center, Lobby Level, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Leovey, Immediate Office,
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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 Renewal Act
(PRIA 2), 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 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 a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPPT–2007–0191. 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 Facility 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.
II. Background
EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) is entrusted with the
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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. The 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; 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. Copies
of the minutes of past meetings of this
workgroup are available on https://
www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/pria/
index.html.
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. The public may
participate by telephone by contacting
the individual listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. 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.
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: March 26, 2009.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0045; FRL–8407–6]
Notice of Receipt of Several Pesticide
Petitions Filed for Residues of
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various
Commodities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Agency’s receipt of several initial filings
of pesticide petitions proposing the
establishment or modification of
regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by the docket identification
(ID) number and the pesticide petition
number (PP) for the petition of interest
as shown in the body of this document,
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 Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket
Facility’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 Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
the docket ID number and the pesticide
petition number of interest as shown in
the body of this document. 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 e-mail. The
regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
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or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail 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 available
at https://www.regulations.gov. 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 Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
contact person, with telephone number
and e-mail address, is listed at the end
of each pesticide petition summary. You
may also reach each contact person by
mail at Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division (7511P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are
not limited to:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0191; FRL-8409-6]
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 its twelfth public meeting on April 20, 2009. An agenda for this
meeting is being developed. The agenda will include a discussion of
improvements in the consistency of labeling and in the content of and
the ability to search the pesticide programs website. The workgroup is
developing advice and recommendations on topics related to EPA's
registration and registration review process.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, April 20, 2009, from 1 p.m.
to 4 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 Conference Center, Lobby Level,
One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Leovey, Immediate Office,
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 Renewal Act (PRIA 2), 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 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 a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0191. 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 Facility 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.
II. Background
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is entrusted with the
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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. The
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; 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.
Copies of the minutes of past meetings of this workgroup are available
on https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/pria/.
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. The public may participate by
telephone by contacting the individual listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: March 26, 2009.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-7989 Filed 4-7-09; 8:45 am]
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