FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel: Feb. 23-25

EPA's FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel is holding a three-day meeting Feb. 23-25 “to consider and review a set of scientific issues being considered by the agency pertaining to an Evaluation of the Resistance Risks from Using a Seed Mix Refuge with Pioneer's Optimum AcreMax 1 Corn Rootworm-Protected Corn.” The meeting will be held at the EPA Conference Center, Lobby Level, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, Va. EPA requests that written comments be submitted by Feb. 9 and requests to make oral comments by Feb. 16. But both may be submitted until the date of the meeting. For more information, contact Designated Federal Officer Joseph Bailey, Office of Science Coordination and Policy, at (202) 564-2045 or bailey.joseph@epa.gov, or go to: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-29114.htm. Nominations of individuals to serve as ad hoc members of the FIFRA SAP for this meeting should be provided to Bailey on or before Dec. 24.