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Acephate, Disulfoton, and Methamidophos, Revised Pesticide Risk Assessment; Notice of Public Meeting

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[Federal Register: January 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 13)]
[Notices]
[Page 3231-3232]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-34217; FRL-6489-2]


Acephate, Disulfoton, and Methamidophos, Revised Pesticide Risk
Assessment; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

[[Page 3232]]

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  EPA will hold a public meeting to present the revised risk
assessments for three organophosphate pesticides: Acephate, disulfoton,
and methamidophos, to interested stakeholders. This public meeting,
called a ``Technical Briefing,'' will provide an opportunity for
stakeholders to learn about the data, information, and methodologies
that the Agency used in revising its risk assessments for acephate,
disulfoton, and methamidophos. In addition, representatives of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) will also provide ideas on possible
risk management for acephate, disulfoton, and methamidophos.

DATES: The technical briefing will be held on Thursday, February 3,
2000. The disulfoton technical briefing is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m., and the acephate and methamidophos (concurrent) technical
briefing is scheduled from 1 p.m to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The technical briefing will be held at the Radisson Hotel,
901 North Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA, (703) 683-6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Karen Angulo, Special Review
and Registration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-8004; e-
mail address: angulo.karen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
    This action applies to the public in general. As such, the Agency
has not attempted to specifically describe all the entities potentially
affected by this action. The Agency believes that a wide range of
stakeholders will be interested in technical briefings on
organophosphate pesticides, including environmental, human health, and
agricultural advocates, the chemical industry, pesticide users, and
members of the public interested in the use of pesticides on food. 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 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/.
    To access information about organophosphate pesticides, you can
also go directly to the Home Page for the Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/. In addition, brief
summaries of the acephate, disulfoton, and methamidophos revised risk
assessments are now available at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/
status.htm/, as well as in paper as part of the public version of the
official record as described in Unit I.B.2.
    2. In person. The Agency has established an official record for the
organophosphate pesticides: Acephate, disulfoton, and methamidophos
under docket control numbers OPP-34164A for acephate, OPP-34165A for
disulfoton, and OPP-34166A for methamidophos. The official record
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, 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 does not include
any information claimed as CBI. The public version of the official
record, which includes printed, paper versions of any electronic
comments 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.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This document announces the Agency's intention to hold a technical
briefing for the organophosphate pesticides: Acephate, disulfoton, and
methamidophos. The Agency is presenting the revised risk assessments
for acephate, disulfoton, and methamidophos to interested stakeholders.
This technical briefing is designed to provide stakeholders with an
opportunity to become even more informed about an organophosphate's
risk assessment. EPA will describe in detail the revised risk
assessments: Including the major points (e.g., contributors to risk
estimates); how public comment on the preliminary risk assessment
affected the revised risk assessment; and the pesticide use
information/data that was used in developing the revised risk
assessment. Stakeholders will have an opportunity to ask clarifying
questions. In addition, representatives of the USDA will provide ideas
on possible risk management.
    The technical briefing is part of the pilot public participation
process that EPA and USDA are now using for involving the public in the
reassessment of pesticide tolerances under the Food Quality Protection
Act (FQPA), and the reregistration of individual organophosphate
pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). The pilot public participation process was developed as
part of the EPA-USDA Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (TRAC),
which was established in April 1998 as a subcommittee under the
auspices of EPA's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy
and Technology. A goal of the pilot public participation process is to
find a more effective way for the public to participate at critical
junctures in the Agency's development of organophosphate risk
assessment and risk management decisions. EPA and USDA began
implementing this pilot process in August 1998 in response to Vice
President Gore's directive to increase transparency and opportunities
for stakeholder consultation.
    The Agency will issue a Federal Register notice to provide an
opportunity for public viewing of the acephate, disulfoton, and
methamidophos revised risk assessments and related documents to the
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch and the OPP Internet
web site that are described in Unit I.B.1, and to provide an
opportunity for a 60-day public participation period during which the
public may submit risk management and mitigation ideas, and
recommendations and proposals for transition.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: January 13, 2000.
Lois A. Rossi,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-1365 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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