80 FR 72966 - AAPCO/SFIREG Full Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 225 (November 23, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 225 (November 23, 2015)
| Page Range | 72966-72966 | |
| FR Document | 2015-29803 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 72966] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-29803] [[Page 72966]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0086; FRL-9937-08] AAPCO/SFIREG Full Committee; Notice of Public Meeting AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG), Full Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on December 7, 2015, and ending December 8, 2015. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth topics that may be included in the agenda. This notice also announces the discontinuation of SFIREG meeting announcements via the Federal Register. Future meeting announcements will be made at the following Web site: www2.epa.gov/pesticides. DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, December 7, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. To request accommodation for a disability you should please contact the person listed in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT. Please contact EPA at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at EPA, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), First Floor, South Conference Room, 2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvette S. Hopkins, Field and External Affairs Division, Rm. 7506P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-1090; fax number: (703) 305-5884; email address: [email protected] or Amy Bamber, SFIREG Executive Secretary, at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are interested in pesticide regulation issues affecting States and any discussion between EPA and SFIREG on FIFRA field implementation issues related to human health, environmental exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process. You are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and participate as appropriate. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and those who sell, distribute or use pesticides, as well as any non- government organization. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity please consult the person in this notice 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-2015-0086, 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 This section sets forth topics that may be on the agenda of this meeting. 1. Discussion of the Certification and Training (C&T) rule a. Soil fumigation category and its role in certification and training trends (state vs. federal vs. industry oversight) b. Potential problems 2. Awarded Worker Protection (WPS) grants a. Guidance on how SFIREG should interact with these grantees b. Grants for conducting meeting and establishing a group similar to CTAG for WPS c. Developing educational materials 3. WPS inspection guidance document 4. Pesticide Safety and Education Program (PSEP) funding update (Goal 1) 5. Joint Working Committee's proposed Managed Pollinator Protection Plans (MP3) effectiveness metrics 6. Drones [unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)] and pesticides 7. Marijuana and pesticides use 8. Bee kill reporting 9. Laboratory Issues a. Update on persistent herbicide Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) method b. Contaminants in formulation samples 10. Adjusting time allocations for pesticide inspections 11. Federal inspector credentials, program-specific training requirements III. How can I request to participate in this meeting? This meeting is open for the public to attend. You may attend the meeting without further notification. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Dated: November 17, 2015. Jacqueline E. Mosby, Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Protection. [FR Doc. 2015-29803 Filed 11-20-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION decision-making process. You are 7. Marijuana and pesticides use
AGENCY invited and encouraged to attend the 8. Bee kill reporting
meetings and participate as appropriate. 9. Laboratory Issues
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0086; FRL–9937–08]
Potentially affected entities may a. Update on persistent herbicide
AAPCO/SFIREG Full Committee; include, but are not limited to persons Solid Phase Extraction (SPE)
Notice of Public Meeting who are or may be required to conduct method
testing of chemical substances under the b. Contaminants in formulation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act samples
Agency (EPA). (FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, 10. Adjusting time allocations for
ACTION: Notices. Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) pesticide inspections
and those who sell, distribute or use 11. Federal inspector credentials,
SUMMARY: The Association of American pesticides, as well as any non- program-specific training
Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/ government organization. If you have requirements
State FIFRA Issues Research and any questions regarding the
Evaluation Group (SFIREG), Full III. How can I request to participate in
applicability of this action to a
Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, this meeting?
particular entity please consult the
beginning on December 7, 2015, and person in this notice listed under FOR This meeting is open for the public to
ending December 8, 2015. This notice FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. attend. You may attend the meeting
announces the location and times for without further notification.
the meeting and sets forth topics that B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information? Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
may be included in the agenda. This
notice also announces the The docket for this action, identified Dated: November 17, 2015.
discontinuation of SFIREG meeting by docket identification (ID) number Jacqueline E. Mosby,
announcements via the Federal EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0086, is available Director, Field and External Affairs Division,
Register. Future meeting at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Protection.
announcements will be made at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory [FR Doc. 2015–29803 Filed 11–20–15; 8:45 am]
following Web site: www2.epa.gov/ Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
pesticides. Environmental Protection Agency
DATES: The meeting will be held on Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Monday, December 7, 2015, from 8:00 AGENCY
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 8:00 a.m. to Constitution Ave. NW., Washington DC
12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., [FRL–9939–22–OARM]
2015.
To request accommodation for a Monday through Friday, excluding legal Senior Executive Service Performance
disability you should please contact the holidays. The telephone number for the Review Board; Membership
person listed in this notice under FOR Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT. Please
and the telephone number for the OPP AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection
contact EPA at least 10 days prior to the Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review Agency (EPA).
meeting, to give EPA as much time as the visitor instructions and additional ACTION: Notice.
possible to process your request. information about the docket available
at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
membership of the U.S. Environmental
EPA, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), II. Background
Protection Agency (EPA) Performance
First Floor, South Conference Room, This section sets forth topics that may Review Board for 2015.
2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. be on the agenda of this meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Discussion of the Certification and Karen D. Higginbotham, Director,
Yvette S. Hopkins, Field and External Training (C&T) rule Executive Resources Division, 3606A,
Affairs Division, Rm. 7506P, Office of a. Soil fumigation category and its Office of Human Resources, Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental role in certification and training Administration and Resources
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania trends (state vs. federal vs. industry Management, U.S. Environmental
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; oversight) Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
telephone number: (703) 308–1090; fax b. Potential problems Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460
number: (703) 305–5884; email address: 2. Awarded Worker Protection (WPS) (202) 564–7287.
hopkins.yvette@epa.gov or Amy grants
a. Guidance on how SFIREG should SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
Bamber, SFIREG Executive Secretary, at
aapco-sfireg@gmail.com. interact with these grantees 4314(c)(1) through (5) of Title 5, U.S.C.,
b. Grants for conducting meeting and requires each agency to establish in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
establishing a group similar to accordance with regulations prescribed
I. General Information CTAG for WPS by the Office of Personnel Management,
c. Developing educational materials one or more SES performance review
A. Does this action apply to me? boards. This board shall review and
3. WPS inspection guidance document
You may be potentially affected by 4. Pesticide Safety and Education evaluate the initial appraisal of a senior
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this action if you are interested in Program (PSEP) funding update executive’s performance by the
pesticide regulation issues affecting (Goal 1) supervisor, along with any
States and any discussion between EPA 5. Joint Working Committee’s proposed recommendations to the appointment
and SFIREG on FIFRA field Managed Pollinator Protection authority relative to the performance of
implementation issues related to human Plans (MP3) effectiveness metrics the senior executive.
health, environmental exposure to 6. Drones [unmanned aerial vehicles Members of the 2015 EPA
pesticides, and insight into EPA’s (UAV)] and pesticides Performance Review Board are:
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| Dates | The meeting will be held on Monday, December 7, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. | |
| Contact | Yvette S. Hopkins, Field and External Affairs Division, Rm. 7506P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-1090; fax | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 72966 |
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