[Federal Register: October 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 194)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-00250; FRL-6034-4]

 
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open 
Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Four projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action 
(FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to the public at the time and place 
listed below in this notice. The public is encouraged to attend the 
proceedings as observers. However, in the interest of time and 
efficiency, the meeting is structured to provide maximum opportunity 
for state, tribal, and EPA invited participants to discuss items on the 
predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the chair of the project, an 
effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers attending 
the proceedings.

DATES: The four projects will meet October 26, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and October 27, 1998, from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be a plenary 
session on OPPT's FY '99 programs and activities on Monday, October 26, 
1998, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. In addition, the Division Directors will 
address how FOSTTA can best help OPPT in achieving its goals.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900 
Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of

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Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260-6904; e-mail: 
harrod.darlene@epamail.epa.gov. Any observer wishing to speak should 
advise the DFO at the telephone number or e-mail address listed above 
no later than 4 p.m. on October 21, 1998.

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 Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). FOSTTA 
currently consists of the Coordinating Committee and four issue-
specific projects. The projects are the: (1) Toxics Release Inventory 
Project; (2) Pollution Prevention Project; (3) Chemical Management 
Project; and (4) Lead (Pb) Project.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: September 29, 1998.

Susan B. Hazen,

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

[FR Doc. 98-26911 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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