[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: [email protected]. 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: [email protected].
    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:
    [email protected].
    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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