[Federal Register: December 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 242)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0334; FRL-7338-8]

 
Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Exposure Modeling Work Group (EMWG) will hold a 1-day 
meeting on January 6, 2004. This notice announces the location and time 
for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on January 6, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 3 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall 2, Room 
1126 (Fishbowl), 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James C. Lin, Environmental Fate and 
Effects Division (7507C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9591; fax number: (703) 305-6309; e-
mail address: lin.james@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
particular interest to those persons who are or may be required to 
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA), the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 
Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not 
attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by 
this action. 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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2003-0334. The 
official public docket consists of the documents specifically 
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other 
information related to this action. Although a part of the official 
docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials 
that is available for public viewing at the Public Information and 
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 
1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, 
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Although not all docket materials may be available 
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available 
docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. 
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate 
docket ID number.

II. Background

    On a quarterly interval, the EMWG meets to discuss current issues 
in modeling pesticide fate, transport, and exposure to pesticides in 
support of risk assessment in a regulatory context.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

IV. Tentative Agenda

    This section provides tentative agenda topics for the 1-day 
meeting:
    1. Welcome and introductions.
    2. Old action items.
    3. Brief updates.
    [sbull] EPA's Pesticide Root Zone/Exposure Analysis Modeling System 
(PRZM/EXAMS) model.
    [sbull] Perspective groundwater (PGW) guidance.
    [sbull] PE4 (Environmental Fate Effects Division (EFED)'s Shell).
    [sbull] Groundwater model.
    [sbull] Regional plate count agar (PCA).
    [sbull] Drinking water treatment workshop.
    [sbull] Proposal of soil dissipation meeting at the American 
Chemical Society (ACS) (spring 2004).
    [sbull] EFED water quality projects.
    4. Major topics.

Morning session

    [sbull] Use of foliar dissipation study for exposure purpose.
    [sbull] Update on FOCUS kinetics group.

Afternoon session

    [sbull] Use of Geographical Information System (GIS) for design of 
water monitoring study.
    [sbull] A degree-day concept for estimating degradation time under 
field conditions.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides, Pests, Modeling.

    Dated: December 10, 2003.
 Steven Bradbury,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-31007 Filed 12-16-03; 8:45 am]

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