[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16466-16467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7505]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-42212B; FRL-6777-8]


Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program; Proposed Endocrine 
Disruptor Methods Validation Subcommittee under the National Advisory 
Council for Environmental Policy and Technology; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY:  As mandated by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), 
EPA is implementing an Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). 
The Agency plans to establish an Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation 
Subcommittee (EDMVS) under the National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) to assist its EDSP 
implementation activities. NACEPT is a chartered Federal advisory 
committee subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act. Through NACEPT, the EDMVS will provide technical advice and 
recommendations to EPA regarding the design, conduct, and 
interpretation of studies, and preparation of peer review documents 
necessary to validate endocrine

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disruptor screening and testing methods. The public meeting is intended 
to solicit input from interested stakeholders regarding their views on 
the organization of EDVMS. The Agency is interested in obtaining input 
from the agrichemical and commodity chemical industries; environmental/
public interest organizations; public health organizations; animal 
welfare organizations; Federal agencies; State, local and tribal 
governments; academia; consumers, and the public.

DATES:  The meeting will be held on April 24, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or 
before April 20, 2001.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key 
Bridge, 1900 Fort Meyer Dr., Arlington, VA, 22209 (telephone: 703-807-
2000). Requests to participate may be submitted by mail, 
electronically, or in person. Please follow the detailed instructions 
for each method as provided in Unit III. of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, your request must 
identify docket control number OPPTS-42212B in the subject line on the 
first page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For general information contact: TSCA 
Hotline, Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Telephone 202-554-1404; TDD 202-554-0551; e-mail: 
[email protected].
    For technical information contact: Anthony Maciorowski, Senior 
Technical Advisor, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances; telephone: 202-260-3048; e-mail: 
[email protected] or
    Gary Timm, Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances; telephone: 202-260-1859; e-mail: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. You may be 
interested in the meeting set forth in this notice if you produce, 
manufacture or import pesticide chemicals, substances that may have an 
effect cumulative to an effect of a pesticide, or substances found in 
sources of drinking water. To determine whether you or your business 
may have an interest in this notice you should carefully examine 
section 408(p) of FFDCA, as amended by FQPA (Public Law 104-170), 21 
U.S.C. 346a(p) and amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (Public 
Law 104-182), 42 U.S.C. 300j-17. Since other entities may also be 
interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the technical persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this 
Document or Other Related Documents?

    1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this 
document, and certain other related documents that might be available 
electronically, from the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/scipoly. To access this document, on the Home Page select ``Endocrine 
Disruptors'' which will take you to the OSCP Endocrine Disruptor 
Screening Program Web Site.
    2. In person. The Agency has established an official record for 
this meeting under docket control number OPPTS-42212B. The official 
record consists of the documents specifically referenced in this 
notice, any public comments received during an applicable comment 
period, and other information related to the Endocrine Disruptor 
Methods Validation Subcommittee. This record includes the documents 
that are physically located in the docket, as well as the documents 
that are referenced in those documents. The public version of the 
official record, which includes printed, paper versions of any 
electronic comments that may be submitted during an applicable comment 
period, is available for inspection in the TSCA Nonconfidential 
Information Center, North East Mall Rm. B-607, Waterside Mall, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC. The Center is open from noon to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number 
of the Center is (202) 260-7099.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting through the 
mail, in person, or electronically. Do not submit any information in 
your request that is considered CBI. Your request must be received by 
EPA on or before April 20, 2001. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is 
imperative that you identify docket control number OPPTS-42212B in the 
subject line on the first page of your request.
    1. By mail. You may submit a written request to: Document Control 
Office (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    2. In person or by courier. You may deliver a written request to: 
OPPT Document Control Office (DCO) in the East Tower Rm. G-099, 
Waterside Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC. The DCO is open from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the DCO is (202) 260-7093.
    3. Electronically. You may submit your request electronically by e-
mail to: [email protected]. Do not submit any information 
electronically that you consider to be CBI. Use Wordperfect 6.1/8.0 or 
ASCII file format and avoid the use of special characters and any form 
of encryption. All comments in electronic form must be identified by 
docket control number OPPTS-42212B. You may also file a request online 
at many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Endocrine disruptors, 
Pesticides.

    Dated: March 21, 2001.
Susan B. Hazen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and 
Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 01-7505 Filed 3-22-01; 12:33 pm]
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