[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47204-47208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13344]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0620; FRL-8085-7]


Nominations to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel: Request for 
Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the names, addresses, professional 
affiliations, and selected biographical data of persons nominated to 
serve on the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) established under section 
25(d) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA). The Panel was created on November 28, 1975, and made a 
statutory Panel by amendment to FIFRA, dated October 25, 1988. The 
Agency expects to select one new member to serve on the panel as a 
result of a vacancy that will occur during the current calendar year. 
Public comment on the nominations is invited, as these comments will be 
used to assist the Agency in selecting the new chartered Panel member.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 15, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0620, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation 8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0620. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through 
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made 
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA 
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in 
the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA 
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot 
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your 
comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, 
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index. 
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly 
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available 
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP 
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 
2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this 
Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-
5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrta R. Christian, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8498; fax 
number: (202) 564-8382; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of interest to persons who are or may be required to 
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), FIFRA, and the Food Quality Protection Act of 
1996 (FQPA). 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 person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date, and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.

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    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Background

    Amendments to FIFRA enacted November 28, 1975, include a 
requirement under section 25(d) that notices of intent to cancel or 
reclassify pesticide registrations pursuant to section 6(b)(2), as well 
as proposed and final forms of regulations pursuant to section 25(a), 
be submitted to a Scientific Advisory Panel prior to being made public 
or issued to a registrant. In accordance with section 25(d), the SAP is 
to have an opportunity to comment on the health and environmental 
impact of such actions. The Panel shall also make comments, 
evaluations, and recommendations for operating guidelines to improve 
the effectiveness and quality of analyses made by Agency scientists.
    In accordance with the statute, the SAP is composed of a permanent 
panel of seven members, selected and appointed by the Deputy 
Administrator of EPA from nominees submitted by both the National 
Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The Agency 
expects to select one new member to serve on the panel as a result of a 
vacancy that will occur during the current calendar year. The Agency 
requested nominations of experts to be selected from the field of 
ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment (including probabilistic 
ecological risk assessment). Nominees should be well published and 
current in their fields of expertise. The statute further stipulates 
that the name, address, and professional affiliation of each nominee be 
published in the Federal Register.

III. Charter

    A Charter for the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel dated October 25, 
2004 was issued in accordance with the requirements of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770 (5 U.S.C. App. 
I).

A. Qualifications of Members

    Members are scientists who have sufficient professional 
qualifications, including training and experience, to assess the impact 
of pesticides on health and the environment. No persons are ineligible 
to serve on the Panel by reason of their membership on any other 
advisory committee to a Federal department or agency or their 
employment by a Federal department or agency (except the EPA). The 
Deputy Administrator appoints individuals to serve on the Panel for 
staggered terms of 4 years. Panel members are subject to the provisions 
of 40 CFR part 3, subpart F, Standards of Conduct for Special 
Government Employees, which include rules regarding conflicts of 
interest. Each nominee selected by the Deputy Administrator, before 
being formally appointed, is required to submit a confidential 
statement of employment and financial interests, which shall fully 
disclose, among other financial interests, the nominee's sources of 
research support, if any.
    In accordance with section 25(d)(1) of FIFRA, the Deputy 
Administrator shall require all nominees to the Panel to furnish 
information concerning their professional qualifications, educational 
background, employment history, and scientific publications.

B. Applicability of Existing Regulations

    With respect to the requirements of section 25(d) of FIFRA that the 
Administrator promulgate regulations regarding conflicts of interest, 
the Charter provides that EPA's existing regulations applicable to 
Special Government Employees, which include advisory committee members, 
will apply to the members of the SAP. These regulations appear in 40 
CFR part 3, subpart F. In addition, the Charter provides for open 
meetings with opportunities for public participation.

C. Process of Obtaining Nominees

    In accordance with the provisions of section 25(d) of FIFRA, in 
March 2006, EPA requested the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and 
that the National Science Foundation (NSF) nominate scientists to fill 
one vacancy occurring on the Panel. The Agency requested nominations of 
experts in the field of ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment 
including probabilistic ecological risk assessment. NIH and NSF 
responded by letter, providing the Agency with a total of 12 nominees. 
Seven of the 12 nominees are interested and available to actively 
participate in SAP meetings (see IV Nominees). The following five 
nominees are not available.
    1. Barnthouse, Lawrence, Ph.D., LWB Environmental Services, Inc., 
Oak Ridge, TN.
    2. Harrahy, Elisabeth, Ph.D., Wisconsin Department of Natural 
Resources, Madison, WI.
    3. Kelly, Elizabeth, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los 
Alamos, NM.
    4. Oberdorster, Eva, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 
TX.
    5. Piegorsch, Walter, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 
Columbia, SC.

IV. Nominees

    The following are the names, addresses, professional affiliations, 
and selected biographical data of the seven nominees being considered 
for membership on the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel. The Agency 
expects to select one of the nominees to fill a vacancy occurring this 
year.
    1. Nominee: Autenrieth, Robin L., Ph.D., P.E., Professor, and 
Assistant Department Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A and 
M University, College Station, TX.
    i. Expertise: Biological sciences and environmental engineering.
    ii. Education: B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Maryland; 
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University; Ph.D., 
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University.
    iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Robin L. Autenrieth is a 
Professor in the Division of Environmental and Water Resources of the 
Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A and M University. She 
also has a joint appointment in the Department of Environmental and 
Occupational Health of the Health Science Center's School of Rural 
Public Health. Dr. Autenrieth teaches classes in environmental 
engineering related to biological processes, human health risk 
assessment, and sustainable practices. Her research addresses the fate 
of chemicals in the environment, notably biological degradation, and 
improving estimates of exposure and human health risk estimates. Dr. 
Autenrieth received a B.S. in biological sciences from the University 
of Maryland, a M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from 
Clarkson University. As a professor for over 20 years, Dr. Autenrieth 
integrates her background in biological sciences with engineering. Her 
early research focused on biodegradation of xenobiotic and hazardous 
chemicals with particular emphasis on hydrocarbons released in 
nearshore environments. She was one of the principals in one of the few 
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allowed to exercise controlled releases of oil to wetlands to study 
natural recovery and remediation strategies. Other biodegradation work 
with explosives and chemical warfare agents led to collaborations with 
colleagues in the former Soviet Union. More recently she has been using 
quantitative structural analysis techniques to relate both 
biodegradability and toxicity to generate factors that can be used in 
predicting the behavior of uncharacterized compounds for their fate in 
the environment or potential human health impact upon exposure. 
Laboratory studies to evaluate biodegradation kinetics of a range of 
chemicals have led to current studies on estrogenic compounds (e.g. 
hormones) and antibiotics released from confined animal operations and 
their impact on exposed environments. She is serving on a National 
Academy of Sciences committee to evaluate secondary wastes from the 
destruction of chemical warfare agents and has served on similar 
committees in the past. In Civil Engineering she serves as the 
Assistant Department Head.
    2. Nominee: Chandler, G. Thomas, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, 
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South 
Carolina, Columbia, SC.
    i. Expertise: Ecotoxicology, toxicology, aquatic/marine ecology.
    ii. Education: B.Sc., Biology and Marine Biology, University of 
North Carolina at Wilmington; M.Sc., Zoology, Louisiana State 
University; Ph.D., Zoology (Statistics Minor), Louisiana State 
University.
    iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Chandler received his Ph.D. in 
Zoology with a minor in Applied Statistics from Louisiana State 
University in 1986, where he studied soft-sediment benthic ecology, 
ecotoxicology, and developed novel methods for sediment-based culture 
of meiobenthos. He was awarded a Fulbright Post-Doctoral fellowship in 
1987 to study with Professor Olav Giere of the University of Hamburg. 
Dr. Chandler's research in Germany characterized ecological 
interactions among sediment-associated bacteria, foraminifera and 
copepods inhabiting estuaries of the North Sea Wattenmeer. From 1991 to 
the present, Dr. Chandler has been affiliated with the Arnold School of 
Public Health at the University of South Carolina, where he has 
published more than 70 articles, and progressed from assistant to full 
professor in 7 years. His competitive research support has totaled more 
than 30 projects for over $9-million, with primary support from the 
EPA, NOAA, and the NSF. Dr. Chandler's present research focus is in 
estuarine ecotoxicology with an emphasis on developing rapid screens 
for environmental detection of endocrine disruption in crustaceans 
using copepod models, and evaluating/modeling population-level risks of 
pesticide and ED exposure. He recently authored the ASTM E2317-04 
standard method for lifecycle bioassay of sublethal developmental and 
reproductive toxicants using a 96-well microplate format. This method 
is presently being validated by the OECD for rapid Tier 2 evaluation of 
chemicals' endocrine disrupting potentials. He has published 
extensively on effects, fate and behavior of pesticides used in coastal 
environments of the southeastern US. In collaboration with the NOAA 
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, 
Charleston, SC, Dr. Chandler performs extensive research on the 
toxicological impacts of urban-use pesticides on sediment-dwelling 
fauna exposed to golf-course and sewage effluents in salt-marsh 
estuaries. Dr. Chandler is presently professor and chairman of the 
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, US delegate to the 
Environmental Directorate of the OECD (Paris), and member of the 
Bilateral Biomarker Working Group, Office of Science, French Embassy.
    3. Nominee: deFur, Peter L., Ph.D., President, Environmental 
Stewardship Concepts; and Affiliate Associate Professor, Center for 
Environmental Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
    i. Expertise: Risk assessment and ecological risk assessment.
    ii. Education: B.S. and M.A., Biology, The College of William and 
Mary; Ph.D., Biology, University of Calgary.
    iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Peter L. deFur is president of 
Environmental Stewardship Concepts, an independent private consultant, 
and an Affiliate Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the 
Center for Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University 
where he conducts research on environmental health and ecological risk 
assessment. He served a term on the National Research Council Board on 
Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) and has served on several 
NRC study committees. Dr. deFur has served on federal advisory 
committees and works with professional associations.
    Dr. deFur received B.S. and M.A. degrees in Biology from the 
College of William and Mary in Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Biology (1980) 
from the University of Calgary, Alberta. He was a postdoctoral fellow 
in neurophysiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of 
Calgary. Dr. deFur held faculty positions at George Mason University 
and Southeastern Louisiana University before joining the staff of the 
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in Washington, DC. At EDF, Dr. deFur 
was involved in policy issues that include habitat preservation and 
quality, wetlands regulations, water quality analysis and risk 
assessment.
    Dr. deFur has extensive experience in risk assessment and 
ecological risk assessment regulations, guidance and policy. He served 
on the NAS/NRC Risk Characterization Committee that released its 
report, Understanding Risk, in June 1996. Dr. deFur served on numerous 
scientific reviews of EPA ecological and human health risk assessments, 
including the assessment for the WTI incinerator in Ohio and EPA's 
Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines. Dr. deFur has served on three 
federal advisory committees for EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening and 
Testing Program. Dr. deFur presently serves as technical advisor to 
citizen organizations concerning the cleanup of contaminated sites at 
Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) sites.
    4. Nominee: Harwell, Mark A., Ph.D., Principal, Harwell Gentile and 
Associates, LC, Palm Coast, FL.
    i. Expertise: Ecological risk assessments and ecosystem management.
    ii. Education: B.S., Biology, Emory University; M.S., Marine 
Ecology, University of Miami; Ph.D., Systems Ecology, Emory University.
    ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Harwell is an ecosystems ecologist 
with expertise in ecological risk assessments and ecosystem management. 
He (with colleague Dr. Jack Gentile) is currently a Partner in Harwell 
Gentile and Associates, LC, following a 25-year career in academia at 
Cornell University, the University of Miami Rosenstiel School, and 
Florida A and M University. Drs. Harwell and Gentile were leaders in 
the development of the EPA ecological risk assessment framework, and 
have led several large risk assessments, including comparative 
ecological risk assessments of oil spills in Tampa Bay and the Bay of 
Fundy; an ecological risk assessment of the effects of climate change 
and the South Florida ecosystem restoration on the Everglades and 
Biscayne Bay; an ecotoxicological risk assessment of the Coeur d'Alene 
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the current ecological significance of effects from the Exxon Valdez 
oil spill on Prince William Sound. Dr. Harwell led a series of 
interdisciplinary studies on human interactions with the South Florida 
environment, including field, mesocosm, and modeling studies in 
Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. He 
coordinated interdisciplinary studies in five National Estuarine 
Research Reserves, developing conceptual models of coupled human-
environment systems, and contributing to ecological assessments using 
remote sensing and hyperspectral imagery. Dr. Harwell served for more 
than a decade as a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), 
including two terms as Chair of the Ecological Processes and Effects 
Committee. He led the ecological risk component of the EPA Unfinished 
Business Project, and was a member of the EPA SAB Reducing Risk 
project. He chaired the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Human-Dominated 
Systems Directorate, and led its project on ecological sustainability, 
ecosystem management, and an ecosystem integrity report card framework. 
He led the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) 
5-year international study to assess the global environmental 
consequences of nuclear war (ENUWAR), with emphasis on ecological 
responses to climate change. He directed the PAN-EARTH Project, a 
series of national-level case studies on the ecological and 
agricultural effects of climate variability on Venezuela, India, Japan, 
China, and Sub-Saharan Africa; he was a member of the U.S. Global 
Change Research Program's National Assessment working group on coastal 
resources effects; and he serves as an expert reviewer for the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He served on the National 
Academy of Sciences panel on ecological risks in the U.S. and Poland, 
and was a member of the NAS panel on risk communications. Dr. Harwell 
also served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on 
Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and was elected a Fellow of AAAS.
    5. Nominee: Hooper, Michael, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The 
Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, 
Lubbock, TX.
    i. Expertise: Environmental toxicology.
    ii. Education: B.S., Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State 
University; Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of 
California at Davis.
    iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Michael Hooper is an associate 
professor in the Environmental Toxicology Department and a member of 
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech 
University. He received his B.S. degree in Biochemistry at California 
Polytechnic State University in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and 
Toxicology at the University of California at Davis in 1988. After a 
research faculty position at Western Washington University's Huxley 
College, he moved to Clemson University in 1989 where he was a member 
of the graduate faculty of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute 
of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology. He moved to his current 
position at Texas Tech University in 1997. His area of expertise is the 
impacts of chemical contaminants on the health of wildlife inhabiting 
environments contaminated with pesticides or chemical wastes, with an 
emphasis on the use of such data in regulatory or remediation decision 
making. His current research investigates the bioaccumulation and 
effects of chemicals from mixtures that occur on contaminated sites, 
studying animals that inhabit these sites and working to develop assay 
methods that allow assessments of vertebrate species risk through food 
and water exposure routes. Dr. Hooper was an advisor for the Avian 
Effects Dialog Group, served on the EPA's ECOFRAM panel to establish 
probabilistic risk assessment guidelines for pesticides, and is 
currently a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board panel on Aquatic 
Life Criteria. His research program is funded through grants from 
NIEHS, EPA, USFWS and USGS.
    6. Nominee: Klaine, Stephen J., Ph.D., Professor, Department of 
Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Pendleton, SC.
    i. Expertise: Aquatic toxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment.
    ii. Education: B.S., Biology, University of Cincinnati; M.S., 
Environmental Science, Rice University; Ph.D., Environmental Science, 
Rice University.
    iii. Professional Experience: Stephen J. Klaine is a Professor in 
the Department of Biological Sciences and the Graduate Program of 
Environmental Toxicology at Clemson University. His research interest 
involves quantifying the impact of land use on aquatic ecosystems and 
developing strategies by which economically viable land-use can coexist 
with good environmental quality. He received his doctorate from the 
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Rice University in 
1982 and has spent the last 24 years conducting environmental research 
and educating graduate students. He joined the Department of Biology, 
University of Memphis, in 1982 where he developed an undergraduate 
concentration in toxicology, an extramurally-funded research program in 
environmental toxicology, and a graduate program that produced 8 M.S. 
and 4 Ph.D. graduates. In 1991, he moved his laboratory to Clemson 
University to help found the graduate program in environmental 
toxicology. Since then, he has graduated over 25 M.S. and 20 Ph.D. 
students from Clemson University. Current research in his laboratory 
focuses on characterizing: i. The bioavailablity of metals and 
pesticides in aquatic systems; ii. the comparative phytotoxicity of 
pesticides; iii. the response of aquatic organisms to episodic 
contaminant exposures; iv. the water quality consequences of land use; 
v. the effects of pharmaceuticals on fish behavior; vi. the 
bioavailability of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aquatic systems; 
and vii. the bioavailability of PCBs in aquatic systems and the 
movement of PCBs through the aquatic and terrestrial food chain. In 
addition, he is principal investigator on several proposals and 
projects that focus on integrating natural and social scientists to 
solve problems regarding natural resource management. He has served as 
principle investigator or co-principle investigator on over $8-million 
in research funding. He has previously served on the board of directors 
for the Society of Environmental Toxicology and is currently an aquatic 
toxicology editor for the journal Environmental Toxicology and 
Chemistry. In the last decade, he has served on several EPA Science 
Advisory Panels and Workshops involving pesticide and metal fate, 
effects and risk.
    7. Nominee: Schlenk, Daniel, Ph.D., Professor, Department of 
Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA.
    i. Expertise: Aquatic ecotoxicology.
    ii. Education: B.S., Toxicology, Northeast Louisiana University; 
Ph.D., Toxicology, Oregon State University.
    iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Daniel Schlenk is Professor of 
Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Environmental Toxicology at the University of 
California Riverside. Dr. Schlenk received his Ph.D. in Toxicology from 
Oregon State University in 1989. He was supported by a National 
Institute of Environmental Health Science postdoctoral fellowship at 
Duke University from 1989-1991. Since 2003, he has been a member of the 
Board of Directors for the North American Society of Environmental 
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and Chemistry and has been a visiting Scholar in the Department of 
Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong; a recipient of the Ray 
Lankester Investigatorship of the Marine Biological Association of the 
United Kingdom; a visiting Scholar of the Instituto Del Mare, Venice 
Italy; and a Visiting Scientist at the CSIRO Lucas Heights Laboratory, 
in Sydney Australia. He has served on the EPA Science Advisory Board 
for Aquatic Life Criteria Guidelines and on proposal review panels for 
the EPA, NOAA, and the National Institutes of Health. He is the co-
editor-in chief of Aquatic Toxicology and serves on the editorial 
boards of Toxicological Sciences, Environmental Toxicology and 
Chemistry, The Asian Journal of Ecotoxicology and Marine Environmental 
Research. He has co-edited a 2 volume series entitled ``Target Organ 
Toxicity in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts'' and has published more 
than 115 peer reviewed journal articles. His research interests revolve 
around the fate and effects of pesticides in aquatic organisms. In 
particular, his laboratory has focused on the impacts of hypersaline 
water on the biotransformation and enantioselective toxicity of 
endocrine-modulating pesticides to aquatic organisms.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: August 8, 2006.
Elizabeth Resek,
Acting Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy
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