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FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open Meeting

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 [Federal Register: July 14, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 134)]
[Notices]
[Page 37584-37585]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14jy97-86]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00490; FRL-5731-4]


FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: There will be a two-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to review a set of scientific
issues being considered by the Agency in connection with Exposure
Assessment Methodologies for Residential Scenarios, Developing
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methodologies for Aquatic and Terrestrial
Risks, Efficacy Testing for Public Health Antimicrobial Pesticides, and
Criteria for Requiring In-utero Cancer Studies. The SAP also will be
briefed on progress concerning Food Quality Protection Act Risk
Assessment Methodology Issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 9
and 10, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1300
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202. The telephone
number for the hotel is: (703) 979-9799.
    By mail, submit written comment (one original and 20 copies) to:
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources
and Services Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
In person, bring comments to: Rm. 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by following
the instructions under Supplementary Information of this document. No
Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-
mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St.,
S.W., Washington, DC 20460; Office location: Rm. 819B, CM#2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-
5369/7351; e-mail: dorsey.larry@epamail.epa.gov.
    Copies of EPA documents may be obtained by contacting: Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources and
Services Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; Office
location: Rm. 1132 Bay, CM#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,
VA 22202; telephone: (703) 305-5805.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any member of the public wishing to submit
written comments should contact Larry C. Dorsey at the address or the
phone number given above. Interested persons are permitted to file
written statements before the meeting. To the extent that time permits
and upon advanced written request to the Designated Federal Official,
interested persons may be permitted by the Chair of the Scientific
Advisory Panel to present oral statements at the meeting. There is no
limit on the length of written comments for consideration by the Panel,
but oral statements before the Panel are limited to approximately five
minutes. As oral statements only will be permitted as time permits, the
Agency urges the

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public to submit written comments in lieu of oral presentations.
Persons wishing to make oral and/or written statements should notify
the Designated Federal Official and submit twenty copies of the summary
information no later than August 22, 1997, to ensure appropriate
consideration by the Panel.
    Information submitted as a comment in response to this notice may
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information
as ``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). Information marked CBI
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR Part 2. An edited copy of the comment that does not contain the
CBI material must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information not marked confidential will be included in the public
docket. All comments and materials received will be made part of the
public record and will be considered by the Panel.
    The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
has been established for this notice under docket control number ``OPP-
00490'' (including comments and data submitted electronically as
described below). A public version of this record, including printed,
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
official record is located at the address in ``ADDRESSES''.
    Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
    opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

    Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption. Comment and data
will also be accepted on disks in Wordperfect 5.1 file format or ASCII
file format. All comments and data in electronic form must be
identified by the docket control number OPP-00490. Electronic comments
on this notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository
Libraries.
    Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be
available approximately 15 working days after the meeting and may be
obtained by contacting the Public Response and Program Resources
Branch, at the address or telephone number given above.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: July 8, 1997.

Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-18570 Filed 7-11-97; 8:45 am]
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