80 FR 22733 - Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 78 (April 23, 2015)

Page Range		22733-22734
FR Document		2015-09478

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs is announcing a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on May 14-15, 2015. In addition, EPA is announcing meetings on May 13, 2015, of the following PPDC Workgroups: Integrated Pest Management, Comparative Safety Statements, 21st Century Toxicology/New Integrated Testing Strategies, and Public Health. These meetings provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with pesticide regulatory development and reform initiatives, evolving public policy and program implementation issues, and science issues associated with evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0277; FRL-9926-63]


Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs 
is announcing a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue 
Committee (PPDC) on May 14-15, 2015. In addition, EPA is announcing 
meetings

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on May 13, 2015, of the following PPDC Workgroups: Integrated Pest 
Management, Comparative Safety Statements, 21st Century Toxicology/New 
Integrated Testing Strategies, and Public Health. These meetings 
provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues 
associated with pesticide regulatory development and reform 
initiatives, evolving public policy and program implementation issues, 
and science issues associated with evaluating and reducing risks from 
use of pesticides.

DATES: Meeting: The PPDC meeting will be held on Thursday, May 14, 
2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, May 15, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 
12 p.m.
    Work Group Meetings: On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, PPDC Work Group 
meetings are scheduled as follows: Integrated Pest Management Work 
Group, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Comparative Safety Statements Work 
Group, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., 21st Century Toxicology/New Integrated 
Testing Strategies Work Group, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and Public Health Work 
Group, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda: A draft agenda will be posted on or before April 30, 2015.
    Accommodations requests: To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

ADDRESSES: The PPDC Meeting and PPDC Work Group meetings will be held 
at 1 Potomac Yard South, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The PPDC 
meeting will be held in the lobby-level Conference Center. The PPDC 
Work Group meetings will be held as follows: Integrated Pest Management 
Work Group and the Comparative Safety Statements Work Group in the 
lobby-level Conference Center; 21st Century Toxicology/New Integrated 
Testing Strategies Work Group in the fourth floor conference room 
number N4850-70; and Public Health Work Group in the seventh floor 
conference room number PYS7100.
    EPA's Potomac Yard South Bldg. is approximately 1 mile from the 
Crystal City Metro Station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dea Zimmerman, Office of Pesticide 
Programs (LC-8J), Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; telephone number: (312) 353-6344; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you work in an 
agricultural settings or if you are concerned about implementation of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the amendments to 
both of these major pesticide laws by the Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) of 1996; the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, and the 
Endangered Species Act. Potentially affected entities may include, but 
are not limited to: Agricultural workers and farmers; pesticide 
industry and trade associations; environmental, consumer, and farm 
worker groups; pesticide users and growers; animal rights groups; pest 
consultants; State, local, and tribal governments; academia; public 
health organizations; and the public. If you have 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 copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0277, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Background

    The PPDC is a federal advisory committee chartered under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463. EPA 
established the PPDC in September 1995 to provide advice and 
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with 
pesticide regulatory development and reform initiatives, evolving 
public policy and program implementation issues, and science issues 
associated with evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides. 
The following sectors are represented on the current PPDC: 
Environmental/public interest and animal rights groups; farm worker 
organizations; pesticide industry and trade associations; pesticide 
user, grower, and commodity groups; Federal and state/local/tribal 
governments; the general public; academia; and public health 
organizations.

III. How can I request to participate in this meeting?

    PPDC meetings are free, open to the public, and no advance 
registration is required. Public comments may be made during the public 
comment session of each meeting or in writing to the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: April 16, 2015.
Jack Housenger,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Accession Number: 20150415–5328.
L.L.C., Commonwealth Edison Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/13/15.
Company. The filings are accessible in the
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35.13(a)(2)(iii): ComEd submits clicking on the links or querying the
Federal Energy Regulatory ministerial revisions to OATT docket number.
Commission Attachment H–13A to be effective 6/1/ Any person desiring to intervene or
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Take notice that the Commission Accession Number: 20150415–5285. and 214 of the Commission’s
received the following electric corporate Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/6/15. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
filings: Docket Numbers: ER15–1517–000. 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
Docket Numbers: EC15–122–000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, time on the specified comment date.
Applicants: AIA Energy North L.L.C. Protests may be considered, but
America LLC, Cross-Sound Cable Description: Tariff Withdrawal per intervention is necessary to become a
Company, LLC. 35.15: Notice of Cancellation of Original party to the proceeding.
Description: Application for Service Agreement No. 3687; Queue No. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
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Federal Power Act and Request for Filed Date: 4/16/15. requirements, interventions, protests,
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North America LLC, et al. Docket Numbers: ER15–1518–000. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
Filed Date: 4/15/15. Applicants: ITC Midwest LLC. other information, call (866) 208–3676
Accession Number: 20150415–5333. Description: § 205(d) rate filing per (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
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Docket Numbers: EC15–123–000. Agreement with Guthrie County REC to Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Applicants: Alta Wind X, LLC, Alta be effective 6/15/2015. Deputy Secretary.
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Authorization under Section 203 of the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/7/15.
Federal Power Act and Request for Docket Numbers: ER15–1519–000.
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Filed Date: 4/16/15.
Applicants: Samchully Power & Agency (EPA).
Accession Number: 20150416–5203.
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on May 13, 2015, of the following PPDC I. General Information Environmental/public interest and
Workgroups: Integrated Pest animal rights groups; farm worker
A. Does this action apply to me?
Management, Comparative Safety organizations; pesticide industry and
Statements, 21st Century Toxicology/ You may be potentially affected by trade associations; pesticide user,
New Integrated Testing Strategies, and this action if you work in an agricultural grower, and commodity groups; Federal
Public Health. These meetings provide settings or if you are concerned about and state/local/tribal governments; the
advice and recommendations to the EPA implementation of the Federal general public; academia; and public
Administrator on issues associated with Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide health organizations.
pesticide regulatory development and Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the III. How can I request to participate in
reform initiatives, evolving public
amendments to both of these major this meeting?
policy and program implementation
issues, and science issues associated pesticide laws by the Food Quality PPDC meetings are free, open to the
with evaluating and reducing risks from Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996; the public, and no advance registration is
use of pesticides. Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, required. Public comments may be
and the Endangered Species Act. made during the public comment
DATES: Meeting: The PPDC meeting will Potentially affected entities may session of each meeting or in writing to
be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015, include, but are not limited to: the person listed under FOR FURTHER
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, May Agricultural workers and farmers; INFORMATION CONTACT.
15, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. pesticide industry and trade
Work Group Meetings: On Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
associations; environmental, consumer,
Wednesday, May 13, 2015, PPDC Work and farm worker groups; pesticide users Dated: April 16, 2015.
Group meetings are scheduled as and growers; animal rights groups; pest Jack Housenger,
follows: Integrated Pest Management consultants; State, local, and tribal Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
Work Group, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., governments; academia; public health [FR Doc. 2015–09478 Filed 4–22–15; 8:45 am]
Comparative Safety Statements Work organizations; and the public. If you BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
Group, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., 21st have questions regarding the
Century Toxicology/New Integrated applicability of this action to a
Testing Strategies Work Group, 1 p.m. to particular entity, consult the person
3 p.m., and Public Health Work Group, listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CONTACT. CORPORATION
Agenda: A draft agenda will be posted B. How can I get copies of this document
on or before April 30, 2015. Sunshine Act Meeting
and other related information?
Accommodations requests: To request Pursuant to the provisions of the
The docket for this action, identified
accommodation of a disability, please ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5
by docket identification (ID) number
contact the person listed under FOR U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0277, is available
FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, at 10:34 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21,
at http://www.regulations.gov or at the
preferably at least 10 days prior to the 2015, the Board of Directors of the
Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
meeting, to give EPA as much time as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
possible to process your request. met in closed session to consider
Environmental Protection Agency
ADDRESSES: The PPDC Meeting and matters related to the Corporation’s
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
PPDC Work Group meetings will be supervision, corporate, and resolution
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
held at 1 Potomac Yard South, 2777 S. activities.
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The PPDC In calling the meeting, the Board
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
meeting will be held in the lobby-level determined, on motion of Vice
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Conference Center. The PPDC Work Chairman Thomas M. Hoenig, seconded
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
Group meetings will be held as follows: by Director Jeremiah O. Norton
holidays. The telephone number for the
Integrated Pest Management Work (Appointive), concurred in by Director
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
Group and the Comparative Safety Thomas J. Curry (Comptroller of the
and the telephone number for the OPP
Statements Work Group in the lobby- Currency), Director Richard Cordray
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
level Conference Center; 21st Century (Director, Consumer Financial
the visitor instructions and additional
Toxicology/New Integrated Testing Protection Bureau), and Chairman
information about the docket available
Strategies Work Group in the fourth Martin J. Gruenberg, that Corporation
at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
floor conference room number N4850– business required its consideration of
70; and Public Health Work Group in II. Background the matters which were to be the subject
the seventh floor conference room The PPDC is a federal advisory of this meeting on less than seven days’
number PYS7100. committee chartered under the Federal notice to the public; that no earlier
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public notice of the meeting was practicable;
EPA’s Potomac Yard South Bldg. is that the public interest did not require
approximately 1 mile from the Crystal Law 92–463. EPA established the PPDC
in September 1995 to provide advice consideration of the matters in a
City Metro Station. meeting open to public observation; and
and recommendations to the EPA
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dea that the matters could be considered in
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Administrator on issues associated with
Zimmerman, Office of Pesticide pesticide regulatory development and a closed meeting by authority of
Programs (LC–8J), Environmental reform initiatives, evolving public subsections (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),
Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson policy and program implementation (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10) of the
Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; telephone issues, and science issues associated ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5
number: (312) 353–6344; email address: with evaluating and reducing risks from U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),
zimmerman.dea@epa.gov. use of pesticides. The following sectors (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: are represented on the current PPDC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Meeting: The PPDC meeting will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, May 15, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Contact		Dea Zimmerman, Office of Pesticide Programs (LC-8J), Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; telephone number: (312) 353-6344; email
FR Citation		80 FR 22733