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PA EPA-USDA TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD FINAL PUBLIC MEETING SEPTEMBER 15-16 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Release Date: 09/04/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1998
EPA-USDA TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TO HOLD FINAL PUBLIC MEETING SEPTEMBER 15-16 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
TO HOLD FINAL PUBLIC MEETING SEPTEMBER 15-16 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
The EPA-USDA Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (TRAC) will hold its final meeting on September 15-16, 1998 at the Ramada Conference & Exhibition Center, 8500 Annapolis Road, New Carrollton, Md. 20784 (telephone: 301-459-6700). The TRAC was established in April 1998 to provide EPA and USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) with guidance on implementing the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). The committee will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16. EPA and USDA are considering options for extending this meeting, such as an evening session on Tuesday, Sept. 15, or an afternoon session on Wednesday, Sept. 16. All meetings are open to the public and both written and oral statements from observers are welcome. Oral statements presented during the committee meeting will be limited to 2-3 minutes by one person per organization. Written statements can be filed before or after the meeting. TRAC meeting materials can be obtained from the EPA TRAC website at: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/trac, or can be obtained from the OPP Docket (telephone # 703-305-5805, room 101, Crystal Mall #2, Arlington, Va.) or by calling 703-305-7090. TRAC was established as a subcommittee under the EPA National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT).
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