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impact of regulatory actions on health
and the environment. FIFRA SAP is a
Federal advisory committee established
in 1975 under FIFRA that operates in
accordance with requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. FIFRA
SAP is composed of a permanent panel
consisting of seven members who are
appointed by the EPA Administrator
from nominees provided by the National
Institutes of Health and the National
Science Foundation. FIFRA, as
amended by FQPA, established a
Science Review Board consisting of at
least 60 scientists who are available to
the SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in
reviews conducted by the SAP. As a
peer review mechanism, FIFRA SAP
provides comments, evaluations and
recommendations to improve the
effectiveness and quality of analyses
made by Agency scientists. Members of
FIFRA SAP are scientists who have
sufficient professional qualifications,
including training and experience, to
provide expert advice and
recommendation to the Agency.
B. Public Meeting
The Interim Risk Assessment
Eligibility Document (IRED) for atrazine
in 2003 presented the results of an
ecological risk assessment that
identified the potential for community
and population risk to sensitive aquatic
species. As a condition of reregistration,
the atrazine registrants were required to
develop a monitoring program to
determine the extent to which atrazine
concentrations associated with corn and
sorghum production may be exceeding
levels that could cause effects to aquatic
communities. Forty watersheds out of a
potential 1,172 representing high
atrazine use locations most vulnerable
to atrazine runoff were selected for
monitoring using a stratified, random
statistical survey design. Sampling
within these watersheds began in 2004
and is ongoing in selected watersheds.
The Agency intends to evaluate the
results of the atrazine monitoring study
in order to identify the characteristics of
those watersheds that resulted in
atrazine exposures that exceeded the
Agency’s level of concern (LOC) and to
extrapolate those results to other nonmonitored locations to determine where
other exceedences of the LOC may
occur.
In December 2007, the Agency
presented to the SAP the use of the
Comprehensive Aquatic Systems Model
(CASM) as a tool to determine a LOC
that relates time variable monitoring
data to effects identified in a series of
microcosm and mesocosm studies
which were used in the original atrazine
(IRED) assessment. In addition, the
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Agency presented an approach on how
to identify other potential sites outside
of the 40 that were monitored based on
similar use, watershed vulnerability and
other factors. The SAP recommended
that the Agency make the population
time series more realistic in the
CASM_Atrazine model, provide a better
validation of this model, and perform a
more comprehensive sensitivity
analysis. In May 2009, the Agency will
present evaluations of the applicability
of a revised CASM_Atrazine model to
freshwater atrazine risk assessments and
reasons for deciding not to proceed with
further development and application of
this model. A simpler alternative to the
CASM-based approach will be
presented for relating surface water
monitoring data to the microcosm and
mesocosm data. Other issues presented
will include a revised assessment of the
microcosm and mesocosm exposure
profiles, an update on the monitoring
program results, interpretation of the
surface water monitoring results with
both the revised CASM and the
alternative approach, identification of
the watershed factors driving atrazine
runoff, and extrapolation of those
results to the entire atrazine use area to
identify other areas where atrazine
exposures may exceed the levels of
concern. Finally, EPA’s Office of Water
is examining statistical alternatives for
expressing the model results as a
numeric criterion applicable to
potentially sparse data sets typical of
what is often available for water bodies.
C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting
Minutes
EPA’s background paper, related
supporting materials, charge/questions
to FIFRA SAP, FIFRA SAP composition
(i.e., members and ad hoc members for
this meeting), and the meeting agenda
will be available by April 27, 2009. In
addition, the Agency may provide
additional background documents as the
materials become available. You may
obtain electronic copies of these
documents, and certain other related
documents that might be available
electronically, at https://
www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA
SAP homepage at https://www.epa.gov/
scipoly/sap.
FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting
minutes summarizing its
recommendations to the Agency
approximately 90 days after the
meeting. The meeting minutes will be
posted on the FIFRA SAP website or
may be obtained from the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov.
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Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: February 12, 2009.
Frank Sanders,
Director, Office of Science Coordination and
Policy.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Notice: Sunshine Meeting
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 10 a.m. Eastern Time.
Place: Commission Meeting Room on the First Floor of the EEOC Office
Building, 131 ``M'' Street, NE., Washington, DC 20507.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Open Session:
1. Announcement of Notation Votes, and
2. NPRM to Implement Title II of the Genetic Information Non-
Discrimination Act of 2008.
Note: In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting will be
open to public observation of the Commission's deliberations and
voting. (In addition to publishing notices on EEOC Commission
meetings in the Federal Register, the Commission also provides a
recorded announcement a full week in advance on future Commission
sessions.) Please telephone (202) 663-7100 (voice) and (202) 663-
4074 (TTY) at any time for information on these meetings. The EEOC
provides sign language interpretation at Commission meetings for the
hearing impaired. Requests for other reasonable accommodations may
be made by using the voice and TTY numbers listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Llewellyn, Executive Officer
on (202) 663-4070.
Dated: This Notice Issued February 17, 2009.
Stephen Llewellyn,
Executive Officer Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. E9-3672 Filed 2-19-09; 8:45 am]
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