Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Notice.
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.
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.
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
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:
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
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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
The Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2609 section 10(g), authorizes
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.
You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the technical person listed under
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.
Environmental protection, Pollution prevention, Chemical information and management.