SFIREG Committee Meeting Announcement - June 18-19th

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SFIREG will meet on Monday, June 18th, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the following day, Tuesday, June 19th, from 8:00 a.m. until approximately noon. The meeting will be held in the 1st floor Conference Room, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs facility, located at 2777 South Crystal Drive, One Potomac Yards (South Building), Arlington, VA.
Travel details and information on blocked rooms at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel are in the attached document. For hotel reservations call 1-703-413-1300. The room rate is $189/night plus tax. The cut-off date for reservations is May 26, 2012; thereafter, reservations are on a space and rate available basis only. Please make your reservations early.

To allow EPA the time necessary to publish the required Federal Register Notice, and prepare for the meeting, SFIREG members (as well as other state pesticide officials) must submit potential agenda topics no later than May 18th to Steve Dwinell, FL, Chair of SFIREG, (Telephone 850-617-7913; E-mail- Steven.Dwinell@freshfromflorida.com). In your communications to Mr. Dwinell, please copy Ron Kendall, at Kendall.ronald@epa.gov.


SFIREG Meeting Announcement
June 18-19, 2012


TO: SFIREG Committee
State Lead Agency Officials
EPA HQ and Regional Pesticide Officials
Interested Parties

FROM: Grier Stayton, Executive Secretary, SFIREG

DATE: May 23, 2012

SUBJECT: State FIFRA Issues, Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG)
Meeting Announcement and Travel Arrangements

Meeting Location: SFIREG will meet on Monday, June 18th, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the following day, Tuesday, June 19th, from 8:00 a.m. until approximately noon. The meeting will be held in the 1st floor Conference Room, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs facility, located at 2777 South Crystal Drive, One Potomac Yards (South Building), Arlington, VA.

Hotel Reservations: In preparation for the meeting, a block of rooms has been reserved under the designation of “American Pesticide” at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA 22202. For hotel reservations call 1-703-413-1300. The room rate is $189/night plus tax.

The cut-off date for reservations is May 26, 2012; thereafter, reservations are on a space and rate available basis only. Please make your reservations early.

The Renaissance Hotel is located across the street from the meeting location at EPA Potomac Yards office. Details regarding the hotel location and amenities may be found at http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/w ... iew-hotel/

Travel Arrangements: SFIREG representatives are urged to obtain the lowest round trip airfare possible. Use of an on-line “fare-watcher” may help minimize your airfare (realizing that each state’s travel policies may dictate how tickets can be purchased). Two examples of fare-watcher web sites are http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/ and http://travel.travelocity.com/mystuff/R ... Watcher.do. Expedia and other web sites have similar travel services. Another suggestion is to book your flight on a Thursday for a cheaper rate. Your help in containing travel costs is appreciated.

The Renaissance has courtesy shuttle service to and from Reagan National. The shuttle phone is (703) 413-1300.
• Alternate transportation: SuperShuttle; fee: 10 USD (one way) ;reservation required
• Subway service, fee: 2 USD (one way)
• Estimated taxi fare: 10 USD (one way)
For anyone driving to the Renaissance, the hotel can be reached by traveling south off the 14th St. bridge onto Rte. 1 (Jeff Davis Highway) to 27th St.; make a left turn and at Crystal Drive, you will see the Renaissance. Parking is $22 per day. For Metro subway service in the Washington DC area, please download a map from: http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm.

Meeting Preparation and Topics: To allow EPA the time necessary to publish the required Federal Register Notice, and prepare for the meeting, SFIREG representatives (as well as other state pesticide officials) should submit potential agenda topics to Steve Dwinell, SFIREG Chair, via Tel. (850) 617-7913; Fax (850) 488-2164; or email at steven.dwinell@freshfromflorida.com no later than Friday, May 18th. In your communications to Mr. Dwinell, please copy Ron Kendall, EPA SFIREG Project Officer, at Kendall.ron@epa.gov.

Any documents intended for distribution at the meeting should be provided to Ron Kendall at least one week prior – allowing him time to print copies for the meeting folders. If you plan to use any electronic presentations, please bring the file on a memory stick, and also email it in advance to my attention (aapco-sfireg@comcast.net).

If you have any questions, call me at 302-422-8152.