Subject: Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) Projects;
X-Comment: U.S. EPA FEDERAL REGISTER TOXIC documents

[Federal Register: November 26, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 229)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60098-60099]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-00202; FRL-5575-9]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The four projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics 
Action (FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to the public, who are 
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 December 9, 1996, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and on December 10, 1996, from 8 a.m. to noon.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7408), U.S. 
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 telephone number or 
E-mail address listed above no later than 4 p.m. on December 6, 1996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA, a group of state and tribal toxics 
environmental managers, is intended to foster the exchange of toxics-
related program enforcement information among the states/tribes and 
between the states/tribes and U.S. 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: (1) The Toxics Release Inventory Project; (2) The State and Tribal 
Enhancement Project; (3) The Chemical Management Project; and (4) The 
Lead (Pb) Project.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.


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    Dated: November 22, 1996.

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

[FR Doc. 96-30372 Filed 11-22-96; 2:50 pm]
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