[Federal Register: May 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 90)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-00269; FRL-6080-8]

 
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA); June Meeting 
Canceled

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) will not 
meet in June 1999. In March, the FOSTTA Coordinating Committee decided 
to forgo the June meeting due to severe cuts to the Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) fiscal year 1999 budget. In the past, 
three meetings were funded annually and were typically held in October, 
March, and June. The next meeting of FOSTTA will be October 18-19, 1999 
at a new location, the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA. OPPT 
will issue a Federal Register notice in late September to announce the 
October meeting.

DATES: As part of the effort to increase tribal representation in 
FOSTTA, the Tribal Affairs Work Group of FOSTTA will meet on June 28, 
1999, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on June 29, 1999, from 8 a.m. to noon. 
The focus of the meeting will be on orientation and organizational 
matters with the Tribal representatives who attended the March FOSTTA 
meeting. The Tribal Affairs Work Group deals specifically with issues 
of concern to the Indians.

ADDRESSES: The Tribal Affairs Work Group of FOSTTA will meet at the Key 
Bridge Marriott Hotel, 1401 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil Robinson, Chief of the Liaison 
Branch, Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260-3910; e-mail: 
robinson.phil@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA, a group of state and tribal toxics 
environmental managers, is intended to foster the exchange of toxics-
related program and enforcement information among the states, tribes, 
EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS, and 
the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). FOSTTA 
currently consists of the Coordinating Committee, four issue-specific 
projects, and two work groups. The projects and work groups are the: 
Toxic Release Inventory Project, Pollution Prevention Project, Chemical 
Management Project, Lead (Pb) Project, and the Community-Based 
Environment Work Group and the Tribal Affairs Work Group.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: April 30, 1999.

Christine M. Augustyniak,

Acting Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 99-11836 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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