UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 OFFICIAL BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE $300 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER A 222Environmental News O'Neill (202) 755-0344 Temple (202) 755-0344 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 19 74 EPA SETS NEW SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DDT/TUSSOCK MOTH REQUEST The Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new schedule for public hearings to be held on the request of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for permission to use the pesticide DDT against the tussock moth on a contingency basis. The request applies to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. DDT is not presently registered for this use. The new hearing schedule supersedes the one announced by EPA in the December 27, 1973 Federal Register. The new schedule is: Monday, January 14, 1974, 8:30 a.m. Lloyd Center Community Auditorium 2201 Lloyd Center Portland, Oregon Wednesday, January 16, 1974, 8:30 a.m. Stuart Anderson's Black Angus Restaurant 10 7 North 2nd Street Walla Walla, Washington (more) Raturn thlm shaat if you do NOT with to racaiva this material ~, or if ehanga of addrat* i* naadad ~ (indicate changa. Including zip coda). ePA FORM IStO-1 (HEV. »»72> R-330 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA-335 ------- - 2 - Monday, January 28, 19 74, 8:30 a.m. North Shore Motor Hotel 115 South 2nd Street Coeur D'Alene, Idaho Wednesday, January 30, 19 74, 8:30 a.m. The Civic Center Nisqually Room 30 5 Harrison Street Seattle, Washington Friday, February 1, 19 74, 8:30 a.m. Departmental Auditorium Conference Room B 14th & Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. The hearing record will be kept open for relevant submissions until the close of business February 4, 19 74. The last three hearing dates are intended to provide ample time for interested persons not already familiar with the USDA request to review it for meaningful comment. EPA received the USDA request on January 3, 19 74; the Agency expects to decide on it, after considering all comments, by March 1, 1974. Copies of the request and a supporting 450 page draft environ- mental impact statement are available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 3230, South Agriculture Build- ing, 12th Street and Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. and also at several U.S. Forest Service locations in the north- western States. Persons interested in reviewing the DDT request documents in the Northwest should contact the U.S. Forest Service Regional Information Office in Portland, Oregon at 50 3/221-29 71 for details. Persons interested in participating at any of the EPA hear- ings should write or phone one of these two locations as soon as possible: Office of the Hearing Officer (Harold G. Alford) Room 545 East Tower -Mail Code HM-566 Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 telephone: 202/755-2484 R-330 ------- Robert Poss Chief, Pesticides Branch Environmental Protection Agency Room 11A 1200 Sixth Avenue Seattle, Washington 9 8101 telephone: 206/442-1090 Notice of the hearings will appear soon in the Federal Register. # # # R-330 ------- |