Meetings: State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group,

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Federal Register: November 27, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 228)NoticesPage 65592-65593From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OPP-00572; FRL-6048-6State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG); Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) will hold a 2-day meeting, December 7 and 8, 1998. This notice announces the location and times for this meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics. The meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The SFIREG will meet on Monday, December 7, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday, December 8, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: The Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee Highway, Rosslyn, VA 22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, Crystal Mall 2 (CM #2); (703) 305-5306; fax (703) 308-1850; e-mail: lyon.elaine@.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tentative agenda of the SFIREG includes the following.

1. Food Quality Protection Act implementation update:

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  (a) Minor use coordination on Registration Eligibility Decisions vs. Tolerance reassessments.

  (b) Clarification of EPA - FDA jurisdiction (amendment to Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act).

  (c) Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee update.

  (d) Status of consumer bulletin.

  (e) Section 18 rule.

2. Pesticide Regulatory Education Program courses for 1999.

3. Field Data Plan.

4. Methyl Parathion Long Term Strategy.

5. Outreach to Health Care Providers.

6. FIFRA 25(b)

7. Aluminum and Magnesium Phosphide RED.

8. Rodenticide Stakeholder Meeting.

9. Consumer Labeling Initiative:

  (a) Draft recommendations.

  (b) Pesticide disposal instructions.

10. Office of Pesticide Programs Update.

11. Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Update.

12. Committee Reports and Issue Papers.

13. SFIREG Issues Update Report.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: November 23, 1998.

Jay Ellenberger, Acting Director, Field and External Affairs Division.

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