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may then issue a revised risk
assessment, explain any changes to the
draft risk assessment, and respond to
comments. In the Federal Register
notice announcing the availability of the
revised risk assessment, if the revised
risk assessment indicates risks of
concern, the Agency may provide a
comment period for the public to submit
suggestions for mitigating the risk
identified in the revised risk assessment
before developing a proposed
registration review decision on the
pesticides identified above.
As directed by FIFRA section 3(g),
EPA is also reviewing the pesticide
registration for TCVP to ensure that it
continues to satisfy the FIFRA standard
for registration—that is, that TCVP can
still be used without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the
environment. TCVP is an
organophosphate (OP) insecticide used
to control fleas, ticks, flies, lice, and
insect larvae on livestock and domestic
animals and their premises. TCVP is
also applied as a perimeter treatment.
TCVP is formulated into dusts, pet
collars, emulsifiable concentrates, feed
additives (solid and liquid), feed blocks,
wettable powders, pellets and granular
products. This Federal Register notice
is announcing that the EPA has
published the final registration review
TCVP occupational and residential
exposure risk assessment for all TCVP
uses.
The final TCVP registration review
occupational and residential exposure
risk assessment incorporates several
changes, including a reduction of the
oral toxicological point of departure
(POD) from 8.0 milligram/kilogram/day
(mg/kg/day) to 2.8 mg/kg/day; the use of
human research data (Davis, M. et al.,)
‘‘Assessing Intermittent Pesticide
Exposure from Flea Control Collars
Containing the Organophosphorus
Insecticide Tetrachlorvinphos’’ to assess
residential post-application exposure;
and an approach to account for the
potential release of TCVP from pet
collar products as a liquid and solid
form concurrently.
In addition to the final occupational
and residential exposure assessment,
the registration review docket for TCVP
also includes other relevant documents
related to the registration review of this
case. The preliminary registration
review assessments were previously
posted to the published in the Federal
Register of January 20, 2016 for a 60-day
comment period, during which time the
public was invited to submit comments
or new information.
During the 60-day comment period,
comments were received from Bayer
HealthCare (Bayer), The Hartz Mountain
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Corporation (Hartz), the Center for
Biological Diversity (CBD), United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC) and the general public.
The EPA’s response to comments on the
registration review preliminary risk
assessments can be assessed in the
TCVP docket (EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–
0316) at www.regulations.gov.
In compliance with EPA’s rule for
protection of human subjects,
specifically 40 CFR 26.1706(d), EPA is
hereby publishing its full explanation of
the Agency’s decision to rely on data
from human research ‘‘Assessing
Intermittent Pesticide Exposure From
Flea Control Collars Containing the
Organophosphorus Insecticide
Tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP) by M. Keith
Davis, J. Scott Boone, John E. Moran,
John W. Tyler and Janice E. Chambers)
on TCVP exposure from pet collars.
Relying on this data is crucial to EPA’s
decision that more stringent regulatory
restrictions are necessary to protect
public health than could be justified
without the data. EPA’s full explanation
can be found at regulations.gov in
docket number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–
0316, and on OPP’s Web page at https://
www.epa.gov/ingredients-usedpesticide-products/use-tetrachlorvinfosexposure-data-human-research.
1. Other related information.
Additional information on the
registration review status of the
chemicals listed in Tables 1 and 2 of
Unit III, as well as information on the
Agency’s registration review program
and on its implementing regulation is
available at https://www.epa.gov/
pesticide-reevaluation.
2. Information submission
requirements. Anyone may submit data
or information in response to this
document. To be considered during a
pesticide’s registration review, the
submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
• To ensure that EPA will consider
data or information submitted,
interested persons must submit the data
or information during the comment
period. The Agency may, at its
discretion, consider data or information
submitted at a later date.
• The data or information submitted
must be presented in a legible and
useable form. For example, an English
translation must accompany any
material that is not in English and a
written transcript must accompany any
information submitted as an
audiographic or videographic record.
Written material may be submitted in
paper or electronic form.
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• Submitters must clearly identify the
source of any submitted data or
information.
• Submitters may request the Agency
to reconsider data or information that
the Agency rejected in a previous
review. However, submitters must
explain why they believe the Agency
should reconsider the data or
information in the pesticide’s
registration review.
As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the
registration review docket for each
pesticide case will remain publicly
accessible through the duration of the
registration review process; that is, until
all actions required in the final decision
on the registration review case have
been completed.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: January 13, 2017.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879; FRL–9961–76]
Environmental Modeling Public
Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
An Environmental Modeling
Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held on
Wednesday, June 28, 2017. This Notice
announces the location and time for the
meeting and provides tentative agenda
topics. The EMPM provides a public
forum for EPA and its stakeholders to
discuss current issues related to
modeling pesticide fate, transport, and
exposure for pesticide risk assessments
in a regulatory context.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
28, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Requests to participate in the meeting
must be received on or before June 5,
2017.
To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON
CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One
Potomac Yard (South Building), First
Floor Conference Center (S–1200), 2777
S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Wente or Jessica Joyce,
Environmental Fate and Effects
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 305–0001 and (703) 347–8191; fax
number: (703) 305–0204; email address:
wente.stephen@epa.gov and
joyce.jessica@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are required to
conduct testing of chemical substances
under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). 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. The following list of North
American Industrial Classification
System (NAICS) codes is not intended
to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether
this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may
include:
• Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and
Hunting NAICS code 11.
• Utilities NAICS code 22.
• Professional, Scientific and
Technical NAICS code 54.
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified
by docket identification (ID) number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879, is available
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West
Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. The
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Background
On a biannual interval, an
Environmental Modeling Public
Meeting is held for presentation and
discussion of current issues related to
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modeling pesticide fate, transport, and
exposure for risk assessment in a
regulatory context. Meeting dates and
abstract requests are announced through
the ‘‘empmlist’’ forum on the LYRIS list
server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_
forums/.
III. How can I request to participate in
this meeting?
You may submit a request to
participate in this meeting to the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Do not submit any information
in your request that is considered
Confidential Business Information (CBI).
Requests to participate in the meeting,
identified by docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OPP–2009–0879, must be received
on or before June 5, 2017.
IV. Tentative Theme for the Meeting
Subsurface Metabolism: Groundwater
modeling conducted as part of the
pesticide registration and re-evaluation
processes typically assumes that
biologically mediated metabolism does
not occur at depths greater than 1 meter.
The focus of this EMPM meeting
concerns evidence of subsurface
metabolism in groundwater, methods
for measuring subsurface metabolism,
and how to parameterize models to
account for subsurface metabolism. As
always, other timely topics beyond
subsurface metabolism will be
considered as time limits allow.
Authority Code: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 20, 2017.
Marietta Echeuerria,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ORD]
Request for Nominations of Experts to
the EPA Office of Research and
Development’s Board of Scientific
Counselors
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking
nominations for technical experts to
serve on its Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC), a federal advisory
committee to the Office of Research and
Development (ORD). Submission of
nominations is preferred via the BOSC
Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/bosc.
SUMMARY:
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Nominations should be
submitted by June 30, 2017, per
instructions below.
DATES:
Any
member of the public needing
additional information regarding this
Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Mr. Tom Tracy, Office of
Science Policy, Office of Research and
Development, Mail Code 8104–R,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at:
(202) 564–6518; via fax at: (202) 565–
2911; or via email at: tracy.tom@
epa.gov. General information
concerning the BOSC can be found at
the following Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/bosc.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The BOSC is a chartered Federal
Advisory Committee that was
established by the EPA to provide
independent scientific and technical
peer review, advice, consultation, and
recommendations about ORD. As a
Federal Advisory Committee, the BOSC
conducts business in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related
regulations.
The BOSC is comprised of an
Executive Committee and five
supporting subcommittees. The
subcommittees focus on ORD’s research
programs: Air, Climate, and Energy
Research Program; Chemical Safety for
Sustainability Research Program and
Human Health Risk Assessment
Program; Homeland Security Research
Program; Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources Research Program; and
Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Research Program. Please visit https://
www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-officeresearch-and-development-ord to learn
more about these programs.
Members of the BOSC are recognized
experts in various scientific,
engineering, and social science fields.
EPA will consider nominees from
industry, business, public and private
research institutes or organizations,
academia, government (federal, state,
local, and tribal) and non-government
organizations, and other relevant
interest areas. Members are appointed
by the EPA Administrator for a period
of three years and serve as special
government employees. EPA values and
welcomes diversity. In an effort to
obtain nominations of diverse
candidates, EPA encourages
nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9961-76]
Environmental Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: An Environmental Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held
on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. This Notice announces the location and
time for the meeting and provides tentative agenda topics. The EMPM
provides a public forum for EPA and its stakeholders to discuss current
issues related to modeling pesticide fate, transport, and exposure for
pesticide risk assessments in a regulatory context.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June 28, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or
before June 5, 2017.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South
Building), First Floor Conference Center (S-1200), 2777 S. Crystal
Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Wente or Jessica Joyce,
Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0001 and (703)
347-8191; fax number: (703) 305-0204; email address:
wente.stephen@epa.gov and joyce.jessica@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are required
to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
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. The following list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive,
but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this
document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting NAICS code 11.
Utilities NAICS code 22.
Professional, Scientific and Technical NAICS code 54.
B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879, is available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-
5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information
about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Background
On a biannual interval, an Environmental Modeling Public Meeting is
held for presentation and discussion of current issues related to
modeling pesticide fate, transport, and exposure for risk assessment in
a regulatory context. Meeting dates and abstract requests are announced
through the ``empmlist'' forum on the LYRIS list server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_forums/.
III. How can I request to participate in this meeting?
You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not submit any
information in your request that is considered Confidential Business
Information (CBI). Requests to participate in the meeting, identified
by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879, must be received on or before
June 5, 2017.
IV. Tentative Theme for the Meeting
Subsurface Metabolism: Groundwater modeling conducted as part of
the pesticide registration and re-evaluation processes typically
assumes that biologically mediated metabolism does not occur at depths
greater than 1 meter. The focus of this EMPM meeting concerns evidence
of subsurface metabolism in groundwater, methods for measuring
subsurface metabolism, and how to parameterize models to account for
subsurface metabolism. As always, other timely topics beyond subsurface
metabolism will be considered as time limits allow.
Authority Code: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 20, 2017.
Marietta Echeuerria,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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