Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Notice.
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services), are holding a 1-day workshop to provide a forum for stakeholders to offer scientific and technical feedback on the interim approaches that were issued in November 2013 by EPA, USDA, and the Services in response to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report entitled, “Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides.” The workshop is an opportunity for stakeholders and agencies to continue their dialogue on the technical aspects of implementing the NAS recommendations, building upon public meetings held in November and December 2013, April 2014, and the implementation of the enhanced stakeholder engagement process that was finalized in March 2013. The workshop is not designed to, or intended to be a decisionmaking forum; consensus will not be sought or developed at the meeting. This meeting furthers the agencies' goal of developing a consultation process for pesticide impacts on listed species that is efficient, inclusive, and transparent.
The meeting will be held on October 6, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or before September 26, 2014.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person listed under
The meeting will be held in the Rachel Carson Room at FWS, Skyline, Bldg. 7, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Bailey's Crossroads, VA. See Unit III. for additional information.
Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, are submitted to the person listed under
You may be potentially affected by this action if you develop, manufacture, formulate, sell, and/or apply pesticide products, and if you are interested in the potential impacts of pesticide use on listed species. The following list of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code 112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, is available at
The workshop is an opportunity for stakeholders and agencies to continue their dialogue on the technical aspects of implementing the NAS recommendations, building upon public meetings held in November and December 2013, April 2014, and the implementation of the enhanced stakeholder engagement process that was finalized in March 2013. The workshop is not designed, or intended to be a decisionmaking forum; consensus will not be sought, or developed at the meeting.
Stakeholders will be asked to provide scientific and technical information that could potentially be used by the agencies to inform various scientific determinations that will be made during the course of evaluation pesticides, including:
1. Systematic methods for implementing “Weight of Evidence” analysis that consider both quantitative and qualitative data.
2. Approaches for ensuring “Data Quality.”
3. The consideration of “uncertainty” in the scientific assessment process.
In addition to the scientific and technical information presented by stakeholders, representatives from Federal agencies will join the dialogue to ask clarifying questions of the presenters and to respond to questions regarding the pesticide registration process and Endangered Species Act consultation. The agencies see this forum as an integral component of the stakeholder engagement process developed for pesticide consultations and contributes to the agencies' commitment to adapt and refine the interim approaches as we progress through the initial consultations.
1. Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, must be received on or before September 26, 2014. Do not submit any information considered confidential business information (CBI) in your request to participate in the meeting sent to the person listed under
2. Public parking is available for attendees; follow the blue signs to the lot. There is a fee for all day parking.
3. Attendees will need to present identification at the Security check-in.
4. Webinar and teleconference information will be provided to participants requesting access via webinar and telephone.
7 U.S.C. 136