[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 60442-60443] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-29044] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPP-00628; FRL-6392-1] State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committees on Pesticide Operations and Management and Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal; Open Meeting AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of open meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committees on Pesticide Operations and Management and Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal will hold a 3-day meeting, beginning on November 8, 1999, and ending on November 10, 1999. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics. DATES: The SFIREG Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee will meet alone on Monday, November 8, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Pesticide Operations and Management and Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committees will meet jointly on Tuesday, November 9, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 9, 1999, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and again on Wednesday, November 10, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal City, VA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive Secretary, P. O. Box 1249, Hardwick, VT [[Page 60443]] 05843-1249; telephone number: (802) 472-6956; fax number: (802) 472- 6957; e-mail address: [email protected] or Elaine Y. Lyon, Field and External Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 305-5306; fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-mail address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general, but all parties interested in SFIREG's information exchange relationship with EPA regarding important issues related to human health, environmental exposure to pesticides, and insight into the EPA's decision-making process are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and participate as appropriate. II. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this Document and Other Related Documents? 1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this document, and certain other related documents that might be available electronically, from the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To access this document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and Regulations'' and then look up the entry for this document under the ``Federal Register-Environmental Documents.'' You can also go directly to the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. You may also obtain electronic copies of the minutes, and certain other related documents that might be available electronically, from the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) Internet Home Page at http://aapco.ceris.purdue.edu/doc/index.html. To access this document, on the Home Page select ``SFIREG'' and then look up the entry for this document under the ``SFIREG Meetings.'' 2. In person. The Agency has established an official record for this action under docket control number OPP-00628. The official record consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments received during an applicable comment period, and other information related to this action, including any information claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI). This official record includes the documents that are physically located in the docket, as well as the documents that are referenced in those documents. The public version of the official record, which includes printed, paper versions of any electronic comments that may be submitted during an applicable comment period, is available for inspection in the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305-5805. III. Purpose of the Meeting A. Pesticide Operations Management Working Committee Tentative Agenda 1. Update and discussion of Pesticide Field Data Plan. 2. Cooperative Agreement Grant Funding. 3. Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance topics for discussion: a. Federal Inspector credentials. b. Inspector training. c. Inspector manual. d. Custom Blend policy. e. Worker Protection issues. 4. Outcome of National Endangered Species meeting. 5. Registration and labeling issues on fumigants: a. Methyl bromide. b. Phosphide REDS. 6. Rodenticide project - ``Rats are Us.'' 7. Region 9 Issue Paper on Increased EPA Support for State Lead Agency Laboratory Formulation Work. 8. Working Committee reports. 9. Updates from the Office of Pesticide Programs and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. 10. Other topics as appropriate. B. Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee and Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee Joint Meeting Tentative Agenda 1. Labeling issues: a. Status of Label Accountability project. b. Consumer Labeling/Disposal Initiative (CLI). c. Use directions on labels. d. Update on Pesticide Registration Notice on Mandatory v. Advisory Language. 2. Pesticide management plan issues. 3. Status on language for spray drift minimization update and discussion. 4. Conditional Registration update and discussion. 5. Aquatic Pesticide update and discussion. 6. Laboratory Issue Paper: ``State Lab Capabilities for Analysis of New Pesticide Products.'' 7. AAPCO Initiative. a. State lab needs - present and future. b. Support for regulatory programs. 8. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System update and discussion. 9. Total Maximum Daily Load update and discussion. 10. Active Ingredient Isomers issues. 11. Inert distributions of EPA registered and non registered pesticides. 12. EPA Strategic Plan Workshop update. 13. Updates from the Office of Pesticide Programs and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. 14. Other topics as appropriate. C. Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee Tentative Agenda 1. Pesticide Biocumulative Toxins (PBT) National Action Plan for Level One Pesticides. 2. Status of Pesticide Management Plan. 3. California Ground Water Initiative Workshops. 4. EPA Ground Water report to Congress. 5. U.S. Geological Survey reports - ``Distribution of Major Herbicides in Ground Water.'' 6. Updates from the Office of Pesticide Programs and Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. 7. Working Committee reports. 8. Other topics as appropriate. List of Subjects Environmental protection. Dated: October 29, 1999. Anne E. Lindsay, Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 99-29044 Filed 11-2-99; 4:42 pm] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F