State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

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 [Federal Register: January 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 15)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00639; FRL-6488-2]


State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water
Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee; Notice of Public
Meeting

ACTION:  Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY:  The SFIREG Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working
Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on February 7, 2000 and
ending on February 8, 2000. This notice announces the location and
times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES:  The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG)
will meet on Monday, February 7, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and
on Tuesday, February 8, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. There will
be a CLOSED SESSION (Open Only to EPA and State Lead Agencies) on
Monday, February 7, 2000 from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at The Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army
Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal City, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Philip H. Gray, SFIREG Executive
Secretary, P. O. Box 1249, Hardwick, VT 05843-1249; (802) 472-6956;
fax: (802) 472-6957; e-mail address: aapco@plainfield.bypass.com or
Elaine Y. Lyon, Field and External Affairs Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (703) 305-5306; fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-mail address:
lyon.elaine@epa.gov.

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 the minutes,
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 administrative record
for this meeting under docket control number OPP-00639. The
administrative record consists of the documents specifically referenced
in this notice, any public comments received during an applicable
comment period, and other information related to the State FIFRA Issues
Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water Quality and Pesticide
Disposal Working Committee, including any information claimed as
Confidential Business Information (CBI). This administrative 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 administrative 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 Meeting

Tentative Agenda:

    1. Working committee issues and updates.
    2. Update on pesticide field data plan.
    3. Update on Total Maximum Daily Load & National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System Draft Straw Proposal.
    4. Office of Research and Developments grant to study ``The Impact
of Lawn Care Practices on Aquatic Ecosystems in Suburban Watersheds.''
    5. Update on Pesticides in Ground Water and Surface Water Data
bases.
    6. Working committee discussion on survey on aquatic pesticides and
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permitting.
    7. Florida State University grant to develop Indicators.
    8. Updates from the Office of Pesticide Programs and the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
    9. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection,

    Dated: January 14, 2000.
Jay Ellenberger,
Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-1547 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal Working Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

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