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FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open Meeting
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[Federal Register: November 4, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 213)]
[Notices]
[Page 59686]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr04no97-47]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00512; FRL-5753-8]
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: There will be a 2-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 Estimating
Drinking Water Exposure as a Component of the Dietary Risk Assessment
and a Review of the Spray-Drift Task Force Aerial Data Base. The
session concerning estimating drinking water exposure will include
presentations on SCI-GROW: groundwater screening model for predicting
pesticide concentrations in water, percentage crop based dilution
factors for run-off and surface water models, description of the
screening model GENEEC for estimating pesticide concentrations in
surface water and the run-off model PRZM, screening model for
predicting pesticide concentrations in flowing surface water and
drinking water reservoirs and use of water monitoring data for drinking
water exposure assessments. The Spray-Drift Task Force Aerial Data Base
review will include presentations on aerial field data, review of
atomization and physical properties data, a model for predicting
downwind deposition for agricultural spray-drift and the model
validation process for agricultural spray-drift.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, December 10
and 11, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Crystal City Gateway Marriott
Hotel, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The telephone
number for the hotel is: (703) 920-3230.
By mail, submit written comments (one original and 20 copies) to:
Larry Dorsey, Designated Federal Official for the FIFRA/Scientific
Advisory Panel, (7509C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St.,
SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person or by delivery service, bring
comments to: Rm. 819B, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: opp-
docket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION of this document. No Confidential Business Information
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance
with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the comment that
does not contain CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public
record. Information not marked confidential will be included in the
public docket by EPA without prior notice. The public docket is
available for public inspection in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia address
given above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7509C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail
address: Rm. 819B, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,
(703) 305-5369, e-mail: dorsey.larry@epamail.epa.gov.
A meeting agenda is currently available and copies of EPA primary
background documents for the meeting will be available no later than
November 10 and may be obtained by contacting: By mail: Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, In person: Rm.
1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 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
telephone number given above to confirm that the meeting is still
scheduled and that the agenda has not been modified or changed.
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 5 minutes. As oral statements only
will be permitted as time permits, the Agency urges the 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 20 copies of the summary information.
Please note that comments received by December 1, 1997, ensure that the
Panel Members will have the time necessary to consider and review the
comments.
Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be
available approximately 30 working days after the meeting and may be
obtained by contacting the Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch, at the address or telephone number given above.
The official record for this document, as well as the public
version, has been established for this document under docket control
number ``OPP-00512'' (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 Virginia address in
``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
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 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by
the docket control number ``OPP-00512.'' Electronic comments on this
document may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
Dated: October 29, 1997.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-29155 Filed 11-3-97; 8:45 am]
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