[Federal Register: March 23, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 55)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2005-0018; FRL-7705-9]
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the meeting of the Forum on State and Tribal
Toxics Action (FOSTTA) to enable state and tribal leaders to
collaborate with EPA on environmental protection and pollution
prevention issues. Representatives and invited guests of the Chemical
Information and Management Project, the Pollution Prevention Project,
and the Tribal Affairs Project (TAP), components of FOSTTA, will be
meeting April 4-5, 2005. The meeting is being held to provide
participants an opportunity to have in-depth discussions on issues
concerning environmental and human health. This notice announces the
location and times for the meeting and sets forth some tentative agenda
topics. EPA invites all interested parties to attend the public
meeting.
DATES: The three projects will meet on Monday, April 4, 2005, from 9:45
a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Tuesday, April 5, 2005, from 8 a.m. to noon. A
plenary session is being planned for the participants.
Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket
identification (ID) number OPPT-2005-0018, must be received on or
before April 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Requests to participate in the meeting may be submitted to the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address:
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
For technical information contact: Darlene Harrod, Environmental
Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8814; e-mail
address: harrod.darlene@epa.gov.
Margaret Sealey, Environmental Council of the States, 444 North
Capitol Street, NW., Suite 445, Washington, DC 20001; telephone number:
(202) 624-3661; fax number: (202) 624-3662; e-mail address:
msealey@sso.org.
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 FOSTTA and hearing about the perspectives of the states
and tribes on EPA programs and information exchange regarding important
issues related to human health and environmental exposure to toxic
chemicals. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not
limited to:
States and federally recognized tribes.
State, federal, and local environmental and public health
organizations.
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the technical 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 ID number OPPT-2005-0018. 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 EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102-Reading Room, EPA
West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading Room telephone
number is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket,
which is located in the EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-0280.
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 submit or 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
The Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2609 section 10(g),
authorizes
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EPA and other federal agencies to establish and coordinate a system for
exchange among federal, state, and local authorities of research and
development results respecting toxic chemical substances and mixtures,
including a system to facilitate and promote the development of
standard data format and analysis and consistent testing procedures.
Through FOSTTA, the Chemical Information and Management Project (CIMP)
focuses on EPA's chemical program and works to develop a more
coordinated effort involving federal, state, and tribal agencies. The
Pollution Prevention Project (P2) promotes the prevention ethic across
society, helping to integrate P2 into mainstream environmental
activities at the federal level and among the states and tribes. The
Tribal Affairs Project (TAP) concentrates on chemical and prevention
issues that are most relevant to the tribes, including lead control and
abatement, tribal traditional/subsistence lifeways, and hazard
communications and outreach. FOSTTA's vision is to focus on major
policy-level issues of importance to states and tribes, recruit more
senior state and tribal leaders, increase outreach to all 50 states and
some 560 federally recognized tribes, and vigorously seek ways to
engage the states and tribes in ongoing substantive discussions on
complex and oftentimes controversial environmental issues.
In January 2002, the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS),
in cooperation with the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC),
was awarded the new FOSTTA cooperative agreement. ECOS, NTEC, and EPA's
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) are co-sponsoring the
meetings. As part of a cooperative agreement, ECOS and NTEC facilitate
ongoing efforts of the state and tribal leaders and OPPT to increase
understanding and improve collaboration on toxic chemicals and
pollution prevention issues, and to continue a dialogue on how federal
environmental programs can best be implemented among the states,
tribes, and EPA.
III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?
You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not
submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests
to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number OPPT-
2005-0018, must be received on or before April 1, 2005.
IV. The Meeting
In the interest of time and efficiency, the meetings are
structured to provide maximum opportunity for state, tribal, and EPA
participants to discuss items on the predetermined agenda. At the
discretion of the chair, an effort will be made to accommodate
participation by observers attending the proceedings. The FOSTTA
representatives and EPA will collaborate on environmental protection
and pollution prevention issues. The tentative agenda items identified
by the states and the tribes follow:
1. High Production Volume Challenge Program.
2. High Production Volume Data Users Conference.
3. Area Sources Categories - The Pollution Prevention Project will
hold a discussion on voluntary, pollution prevention approaches as an
alternative to the standard control technology to reduce air emissions
under Section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act.
4. Discussion on mercury auto switch issue.
5. Tribal Pollution Prevention Portal Demonstration.
6. Integrated Tribal Strategy.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pollution prevention, Chemical
information and management.
Dated: March 14, 2005.
Barbara Cunningham,
Acting Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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