February 11, 2009

Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC); Notice of Public Meeting

SUMMARY: The Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) will hold a 2-day meeting beginning on Thursday, March 12, 2009 and ending on Friday, March 13, 2009. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
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[Federal Register: February 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 27)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0008; FRL-8402-5]


Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC); Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) will hold a 2-day
meeting beginning on Thursday, March 12, 2009 and ending on Friday,
March 13, 2009. This notice announces the location and times for the
meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 12, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. and March 13, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 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 meeting will be held at the Activities and Recreation
Center, Ballroom A, University of California, Davis, CA (UC-Davis). For
directions to, or information about, the meeting facility only, call
UC-Davis at (530) 754-5306.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Hendricks, Field and External
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506P), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0308; fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-
mail address: hendricks.kristen@epa.gov; or Lillian Wilmore, TPPC
Administrator, 1595 Beacon St. 3, Brookline, MA 02446-4617;
telephone number: (617) 232-5742; fax number: (617) 277-1656; e-mail
address: NAEcology@aol.com. For information about the TPPC, please see

http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/tribes/tppc.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be interested in this meeting if you are interested in the
TPPC's information-exchange relationship with EPA regarding important
issues in Indian country related to human and environmental exposure to
pesticides and insight into EPA's decision-making process. All parties
are invited and encouraged to participate as appropriate. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are not limited to: Those persons
who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances
under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Because 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 either 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 a docket for this action under
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0008. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the electronic docket at http://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA, 22202.
The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility 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.

II. Tentative Agenda

    1. TPPC State of the Council Report.
    2. Tribal reports and presentations.
    3. OPP updates.
    4. Updates from EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance.
    5. Circuit rider programs.
    6. EPA Region and Regional Sub-lead reports.
    7. Report and discussion on the use of restricted-use pesticides in
Indian Country.
    8. Update on EPA OPPTS Strategic Planning.
    9. Tribal Caucus (TPPC Only).

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Tribes, Pesticides.

    Dated: February 4, 2009.
William R. Diamond,
Director, Field External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-2761 Filed 2-10-09; 8:45 am]

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