[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47126-47127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22780]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00449; FRL-5394-8]
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel, Open Meeting; Extension of
Comment Period on Proposed Test Guidelines
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting and extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: There will be a 2-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
to review a set of scientific issues being considered by the Agency in
connection with the Agency Test Guidelines, Series 870, Health Effects
for OPPTS. These Test Guidelines have been updated and harmonized, to
the extent possible, with the OECD Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals,
and other relevant international standards. Two specific risk
assessment methodology issues will be addressed. The first concerns
applying an extra 10-fold safety factor when using developmental
effects and the second, in-utero exposure for carcinogenicity studies.
The SAP also will review carcinogenicity assessments for the chemicals
alachlor and vinclozolin as well as the developmental effects
assessment for vinclozolin. EPA is also extending the comment period
for a notice published in the Federal Register of June 20, 1996,
announcing the availability of proposed testing guidelines for Series
870--Health Effects Test Guidelines.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 29
and 30, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Comments on the proposed guidelines for Series 870 will be accepted
until September 19, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Holiday Inn at Ballston, 4610
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (I-66 and Glebe Road),
Telephone: (703) 243-9900. Submit written comments (one original and 20
copies) to: By mail: Public Response and Program Resources Branch,
Field Operations Division (7506C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401
M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm.
1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be
accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format or ASCII file format.
All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by the
docket number ``OPP-00449.'' No Confidential Business Information (CBI)
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this
document may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Larry C. Dorsey, Designated
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7501C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, Office location: Rm. 815B, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22203, Telephone: (703) 305-5369/7351, e-
mail: dorsey.larry@epamail.epa.gov.
Copies of EPA documents may be obtained by contacting: By mail:
Public Response and Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division
(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, Office location: Rm. 1132 Bay, CM
#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22203, Telephone: (703)
305-5805.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 20, 1996 (61 FR 31522) (FRL-5367-7),
the Agency issued a Notice of Availability and request for comments for
the proposed Health Effects Testing Guidelines that are the subject of
this meeting. In that Notice, the deadline for comments was cited as
August 19, 1996. The Agency will continue to accept comments on these
proposed guidelines until September 19, 1996. All comments received as
per the June 20th Notice in addition to comments received as per this
Notice will be used as background material for the upcoming SAP
meeting.
Any member of the public wishing to submit written comments should
contact Larry C. Dorsey at the address or the telephone number given
above to be sure that the meeting is still scheduled and to confirm the
Panel's agenda. Interested persons are permitted to file written
statements before the meeting. To the extent that time permits and upon
advanced written request to the Designated Federal Official, interested
persons may be permitted by the chairman of the Scientific Advisory
Panel to present oral statements at the meeting. There is no limit on
written comments for consideration by the Panel, but oral statements
before the Panel are limited to approximately 5 minutes. As oral
statements will be permitted only as time permits, the Agency urges the
public to submit written comments in lieu of oral presentations.
Persons wishing to make oral and/or written statements should notify
the Designated Federal Official and submit 20 copies of a summary no
later than October 1, 1996, to ensure appropriate consideration by the
Panel.
Information submitted as a comment in response to this notice may
be claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information
as CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the
comment that does not contain CBI must be submitted for inclusion in
the public docket. Information not marked confidential will be included
in the public docket without prior notice. All statements will be made
part of the record and will be taken into consideration by the Panel.
A public record has been established for this notice under docket
number ``OPP-00449'' (including comments and data submitted
electronically as described below). A public version of this record,
including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which does
not include any information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The public record is located in Rm. 1132 Bay of the Public Response and
Program Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will
transfer all comments received electronically into printed, paper form
as they are received and will place the paper copies in the official
record which will also include
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all comments submitted directly in writing. The official record is the
paper record maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the
beginning of this document.
Copies of the Panel's report of their recommendations will be
available 10 to 15 working days after the meeting and may be obtained
by contacting the Public Response and Program Resources Branch, at the
address or telephone number given above.
Dated: August 28, 1996.
Daniel Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-22780 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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