FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meetings and Request for Nomination of Ad Hoc Expert Reviewers, 40047-40050 [2019-17336]
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Dated: August 2, 2019.
Panagiotis E. Tsirigotis,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards.
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FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel;
Notice of Public Meetings and Request
for Nomination of Ad Hoc Expert
Reviewers
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: There will be a 4-day, public,
in-person meeting of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel
(SAP) to consider and review the
Approaches for Quantitative Use of
Surface Water Monitoring Data in
Pesticide Drinking Water Assessments.
Preceding the in-person meeting, there
will be a preparatory, public, virtual
meeting, conducted via teleconference
and webcast using Adobe Connect, to
consider the scope and clarity of the
draft charge questions for this peer
review. In addition, EPA is requesting
nominations of prospective candidates
for service as ad hoc reviewers to assist
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the FIFRA SAP with this review. Any
interested person or organization may
nominate qualified individuals to be
considered as prospective candidates for
this review by following the instructions
provided in this notice.
DATES:
Meetings: The 4-day, public, inperson meeting will be held November
19 to November 22, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.
to approximately 5:00 p.m. (EST). The
date, time, and registration instructions
for the preparatory, public, virtual
meeting will be announced on the
FIFRA SAP website (https://
www.epa.gov/sap) by late-August. You
may subscribe to the following listserv
for alerts when notices regarding this
and other SAP-related activities are
published: https://
public.govdelivery.com/accounts/
USAEPAOPPT/subscriber/new?topic_
id=USAEPAOPPT_101.
Nominations: Nominations of
candidates to serve as ad hoc reviewers,
to assist the FIFRA SAP with this
review, should be provided on or before
September 12, 2019.
Special accommodations: Requests
for special accommodations should be
submitted on or before October 29,
2019, to allow EPA time to process your
request.
Comments: The Agency encourages
written comments and requests for oral
comments be submitted on or before
October 4, 2019. However, written
comments and requests to make oral
comments may be submitted until the
date of the in-person meeting, but
anyone submitting such comments and
requests after October 4, 2019, should
contact the Designated Federal Official
(DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional
instructions, see Unit I.D. and Unit I.E.
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES:
In-Person Meeting: The location of the
4-day, public, in-person meeting will be
announced on the FIFRA SAP website
at https://www.epa.gov/sap. This meeting
may also be viewed via webcast. Please
refer to the FIFRA SAP website at https://
www.epa.gov/sap for information on
how to access the webcast. Please note
that this webcast is a supplementary
public process provided only for
convenience. If difficulties arise
resulting in webcasting outages, the inperson meeting will continue as
planned.
Virtual Meeting: The preparatory,
virtual meeting is open to the public
and will be conducted via webcast using
Adobe Connect and telephone.
Registration is required to participate
during the preparatory, virtual meeting.
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Please refer to the FIFRA SAP website
at https://www.epa.gov/sap for additional
information including how to register.
Nominations: Submit nominations of
candidates to serve as ad hoc reviewers,
to assist the FIFRA SAP with this
review, to the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Special accommodations: For
information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, and to
request accommodation for a disability,
please contact the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Comments. Submit requests to present
oral comments to the DFO listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Submit your written comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0417, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not electronically submit any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional information on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets. For additional
instructions related to this meeting, see
Unit I.D. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tamue L. Gibson, MS, DFO, Office of
Science Coordination and Policy
(7201M), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: 202–564–7642; email address:
gibson.tamue@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general. This action may 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) and
FIFRA. Since other entities may also be
interested, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific
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entities that may be affected by this
action.
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B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. If your
comments contain any information that
you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected, please contact the DFO listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT to obtain special instructions
before submitting your comments.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your
comments, see Tips for Effective
Comments at https://www.epa.gov/
dockets/comments.html.
C. Request for Nominations To Serve as
Ad Hoc Expert Reviewers To Assist the
FIFRA SAP With This Review
As part of a broader process for
developing a pool of candidates for each
review, FIFRA SAP staff routinely
solicits the stakeholder community for
nominations of prospective candidates
for service as ad hoc reviewers. Any
interested person or organization may
nominate qualified individuals to be
considered as prospective candidates for
a specific topic. Individuals nominated
for this meeting should have expertise
in one or more of the following areas:
(i) Statistician (experience in water
quality data—preferably pesticides); (ii)
environmental exposure scientist
(experience in aquatic modeling
preferably); (iii) environmental risk
assessor (experience in pesticides,
environmental fate of pesticides); (iv)
water quality expert (experience in
pesticides); (v) water quality monitoring
specialist; (vi) hydrologist; (vii) aquatic
modeler; (viii) aquatic model developer;
and (ix) GIS specialist. Nominees
should be scientists who have sufficient
professional qualifications, including
training and experience, to provide
expert comments on the scientific issues
for this review. Nominees should be
identified by name, occupation,
position, address, email address, and
telephone number. Nominations should
be provided to the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or
before September 12, 2019. The Agency
will consider all nominations of
prospective candidates for this review
that are received on or before that date.
However, final selection of ad hoc
reviewers is a discretionary function of
the Agency.
The selection of scientists to serve on
a FIFRA SAP review is based on the
function of the Panel and the expertise
needed to address the Agency’s charge
to the Panel. No interested scientists
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shall be ineligible to serve 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
EPA. Other factors considered during
the selection process include
availability of the potential reviewer to
fully participate in the Panel’s review,
absence of any conflicts of interest or
appearance of loss of impartiality,
independence with respect to the
matters under review, and lack of bias.
Although financial conflicts of interest,
the appearance of loss of impartiality,
lack of independence, and bias may
result in disqualification, the absence of
such concerns does not assure that a
candidate will be selected to serve on a
FIFRA SAP review. Numerous qualified
candidates are identified for each
review; therefore, selection decisions
involve carefully weighing a number of
factors, including the candidates’ areas
of expertise and professional
qualifications and achieving an overall
balance of different scientific
perspectives on the Panel. In order to
have the collective breadth of
experience needed to address the
Agency’s charge for this review, the
Agency anticipates selecting
approximately 12 ad hoc scientists.
FIFRA SAP members and ad hoc
reviewers are subject to the provisions
of the Standards of Ethical Conduct for
Employees of the Executive Branch at 5
Code of Federal Regulations Part 2635,
conflict of interest statutes in Title 18 of
the United States Code, and related
regulations. In anticipation of these
requirements, prospective candidates
for service on FIFRA SAP will be asked
to submit confidential financial
information which shall fully disclose,
among other financial interests, the
candidate’s employment, stocks, and
bonds, and where applicable, sources of
research support. EPA will evaluate the
candidate’s financial disclosure form to
assess whether there are financial
conflicts of interest, appearance of a loss
of impartiality, or any prior involvement
with the development of the documents
under consideration (including previous
scientific peer review) before the
candidate is considered further for
service on FIFRA SAP. Those who are
selected from the pool of prospective
candidates will be asked to attend the
public meetings and to participate in the
discussion of key issues and
assumptions at these meetings. In
addition, they will be asked to review
and to help finalize the meeting minutes
and final report. The list of FIFRA SAP
members and ad hoc reviewers
participating at this meeting will be
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posted on the FIFRA SAP website at
https://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap or may
be obtained from the OPP Docket at
https://www.regulations.gov.
D. How may I participate in the inperson meeting?
You may participate in the in-person
meeting by following the instructions in
this unit. To ensure proper receipt of
comments, nominations or other
requests by EPA, it is imperative that
you identify docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OPP–2019–0417 in the subject line
on the first page of your request.
1. Written comments. The Agency
encourages written comments for the inperson meeting be submitted using the
instructions in ADDRESSES and Unit I.B.,
on or before October 4, 2019, to provide
FIFRA SAP the time necessary to
consider and review the written
comments. FIFRA SAP may not be able
to fully consider written comments
submitted after October 4, 2019. Written
comments are accepted until the date of
the meeting, but anyone submitting
written comments after October 4, 2019,
should contact the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Anyone
submitting written comments at the
meeting should bring 30 copies for
distribution to the FIFRA SAP by the
DFO.
2. Oral comments. The Agency
encourages each individual or group
wishing to make brief oral comments to
the FIFRA SAP during the in-person
meeting to submit their request to the
DFO listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT on or before
October 4, 2019, in order to be included
on the meeting agenda. Requests to
present oral comments will be accepted
until the date of the in-person meeting
and, to the extent that time permits, the
Chair of the FIFRA SAP may permit the
presentation of oral comments at the inperson meeting by interested persons
who have not previously requested
time. The request should identify the
name of the individual making the
presentation, the organization (if any)
the individual will represent, and any
requirements for audiovisual
equipment. Oral comments before the
FIFRA SAP during the in-person
meeting are limited to 5 minutes unless
arrangements have been made prior to
October 4, 2019. In addition, each
speaker should bring 30 copies of his or
her comments and presentation to the
meeting for distribution to the FIFRA
SAP by the DFO.
3. Seating at the meeting. Seating at
the in-person meeting will be open and
on a first-come basis.
4. Webcast. This meeting may also be
viewed via webcast. Please refer to the
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The 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
(NIH) and the National Science
Foundation (NSF). FIFRA established a
Science Review Board (SRB) consisting
of at least 60 scientists who are available
to FIFRA SAP on an ad hoc basis to
E. How may I participate in the
assist in reviews conducted by FIFRA
preparatory virtual meeting?
SAP. As a scientific peer review
mechanism, FIFRA SAP provides
Registration for the preparatory
comments, evaluations, and
virtual meeting is required. To
recommendations to improve the
participate by listening or making a
effectiveness and quality of analyses
comment during this meeting, please
visit: https://www.epa.gov/sap to register. made by Agency scientists. Members of
Registration online will be confirmed by FIFRA SAP are scientists who have
sufficient professional qualifications,
email that will include the webcast
including training and experience, to
meeting Adobe Connect link and audio
provide expert advice and
teleconference information.
recommendation to the Agency.
1. Written comments. Written
comments for the preparatory virtual
B. Public Meeting
meeting should be submitted, using the
Pesticides are regulated in the U.S.
instructions in ADDRESSES and Unit I.B.,
under both FIFRA and FFDCA. In 1996,
on or before October 4, 2019.
Congress passed the Food Quality
2. Oral comments. Registration is
Protection Act (FQPA) which amended
required to participate in the
preparatory virtual meeting. Please visit both FIFRA and FFDCA. Under FQPA,
for human health, EPA must consider
the FIFRA SAP website at https://
combined exposures (i.e., aggregate
www.epa.gov/sap to register online.
exposure) to a single pesticide and the
Each individual or group wishing to
associated transformation products
make brief oral comments to the FIFRA
across multiple exposure routes (i.e.,
SAP during the preparatory virtual
oral, dermal, and inhalation) and across
meeting should submit their request
when registering online or with the DFO multiple pathways (e.g., food, drinking
water, and residential uses).
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Historically, the Agency has used
CONTACT on or before October 4, 2019.
aquatic exposure models to estimate
Oral comments before the FIFRA SAP
potential pesticide concentrations in
during the preparatory virtual meeting
drinking water sources across the
are limited to approximately 5 minutes
country.
due to the time constraints of this
Recently, EPA developed a drinking
meeting.
water framework document that
3. Webcast. The preparatory meeting
describes the existing and longstanding
will be webcast only. Please refer to the
continuum of approaches used to assess
FIFRA SAP website at https://
pesticide exposure in drinking water.
www.epa.gov/sap for information on
EPA used a tiered approach, which
how to access the webcast. Registration
began with simple and conservative
is required.
assumptions and moved towards more
refined, less conservative assumptions
II. Background
and approaches, as needed. The most
A. Purpose of the FIFRA SAP
refined tiers considered the use of
The FIFRA SAP serves as one of the
surface water monitoring to estimate
primary scientific peer review
pesticide concentrations. Historically,
mechanisms of EPA’s Office of
EPA has generally used surface water
Chemical Safety and Pollution
monitoring for characterization and not
Prevention (OCSPP) and is structured to to estimate pesticide concentrations.
provide independent scientific advice,
Pesticide surface water monitoring data
information and recommendations to
rarely have been used as a quantitative
the EPA Administrator on pesticides
measure of exposure in drinking water,
and pesticide-related issues as to the
but rather are typically used as a line of
impact of regulatory actions on human
evidence to support the conceptual
health and the environment. FIFRA SAP exposure model or ground truth model
is a Federal advisory committee
estimated concentrations.
Further, most surface water
established in 1975 under FIFRA that
monitoring programs typically collect
operates in accordance with
samples on a nondaily basis, such as
requirements of the Federal Advisory
weekly or biweekly, even in relatively
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix).
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FIFRA SAP website at https://
www.epa.gov/sap for information on
how to access the webcast. Please note
that this webcast is a supplementary
public process provided only for
convenience. If difficulties arise
resulting in webcasting outages, the inperson meeting will continue as
planned.
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high-sampling frequency programs.
Based on EPA’s review of available
surface water monitoring data, it is not
uncommon for monitoring sites to be
sampled once per year or quarterly, and
in many cases, the same monitoring
sites are not sampled every year. The
quantitative use of pesticide surface
water monitoring data in drinking water
assessments requires an understanding
of the impact of numerous variables on
the frequency and magnitude of
pesticide occurrence (e.g., sample site
location, sample frequency, watershed
characteristics, pesticide use, rainfall
patterns, etc.). Because of the nature of
pesticide concentrations in surface
water (e.g., spikes in concentration
following rainfall events, followed by
lower concentrations over longer
periods of time) and limited sampling
frequencies, available surface water data
may not provide a reliable estimate of
the true range of pesticide
concentrations relevant to the durations
of exposure associated with cancer and
non-cancer risks. Moreover, based on
the Agency’s review of available surface
water monitoring sites, sampling sites
are often not located in the vulnerable
areas where pesticide concentrations are
expected to be at the upper end of the
anticipated concentration range,
although targeted surface water
monitoring data may be available for
some pesticides.
The Agency is interested in using
surface water monitoring data to
confidently estimate pesticide
concentrations in surface water that may
be sourced by community water
systems.
Specifically, the Agency is seeking
advice and recommendation from the
FIFRA SAP on scientific issues
associated with the evaluation and
utility of SEAsonalWAVEQ with
EXtended capabilities model
(SEAWAVE–QEX), long-term sampling
bias factors, watershed regressions, and
optimization of short-term sampling
bias factors.
EPA has a method for better utilizing
available pesticide surface water quality
monitoring data that are temporally and
spatially limited for estimating upperbound concentrations relevant for use in
drinking water assessments. As part of
the SAP, EPA is soliciting comments
from the panel on approaches for
quantitative use of surface water
monitoring data in its drinking water
assessments.
C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting
Minutes
The EPA’s background paper, the
supporting materials, and draft charge/
questions to FIFRA SAP will be
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available by late-August. In addition, a
list of candidates under consideration as
prospective ad hoc panelists for this
meeting will be available for a 15-day
public comment period by mid to lateSeptember. The Agency will provide
additional background documents (e.g.,
the meeting agenda) as the materials
become available. You may obtain
electronic copies of these documents,
and certain other related documents that
might be available, at https://
www.regulations.gov in docket EPA–
HQ–OPP–2019–0417 and on the FIFRA
SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap.
The 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 at
https://www.epa.gov/sap or may be
obtained from the OPP Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et. seq.; 21 U.S.C.
301 et seq.
Dated: August 2, 2019.
Hayley Hughes,
Director, Office of Science Coordination and
Policy.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
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public and other Federal Agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC
seeks specific comment on how it might
‘‘further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25
employees.’’
The Commission may not conduct or
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subject to the PRA that does not display
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DATES: Written comments should be
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2019. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments but find it
difficult to do so with the period of time
allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contacts listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
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to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
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Include in the comments the OMB
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
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‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
the downward-pointing arrow in the
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select ‘‘Federal Communications
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(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
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when the list of FCC ICRs currently
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of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited
the general public and other Federal
Agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information
collection. Comments are requested
concerning: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Commission, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission’s burden estimates; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Pursuant to the Small Business
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the FCC seeks specific comment on how
it might ‘‘further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25
employees.’’
OMB Control No.: 3060–0936.
Title: Sections 95.1215, 95.1217,
95.1223 and 95.1225, Medical Device
Radiocommunications Service
(MedRadio).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,120
respondents; 3,120 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–3
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, third party
disclosure requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151 and 303
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 9,120 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
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this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: The Federal
Communications Commission is
requesting that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approve for a period of three years an
extension for the information collection
requirements contained in this
collection.
The information collection
requirements that are approved under
this information collection are
contained in 47 CFR 95.1225(b) and (c),
95.1217(a)(3) and (c), 95.1223 and
95.1225 which relate to the Medical
Device Radiocommunication Service
(MedRadio).
The information is necessary to allow
the coordinator and parties using the
database to contact other users to verify
information and resolve potential
conflicts. Each user is responsible for
determining in advance whether new
devices are likely to cause or be
susceptible to interference from devices
already registered in the coordination
database.
OMB Control No.: 3060–1159.
Title: Part 25—Satellite
Communications; and Part 27—
Miscellaneous Wireless Communication
Services: 2.3 GHz Band.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0417; FRL-9997-78]
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meetings and
Request for Nomination of Ad Hoc Expert Reviewers
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: There will be a 4-day, public, in-person meeting of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific
Advisory Panel (SAP) to consider and review the Approaches for
Quantitative Use of Surface Water Monitoring Data in Pesticide Drinking
Water Assessments. Preceding the in-person meeting, there will be a
preparatory, public, virtual meeting, conducted via teleconference and
webcast using Adobe Connect, to consider the scope and clarity of the
draft charge questions for this peer review. In addition, EPA is
requesting nominations of prospective candidates for service as ad hoc
reviewers to assist the FIFRA SAP with this review. Any interested
person or organization may nominate qualified individuals to be
considered as prospective candidates for this review by following the
instructions provided in this notice.
DATES:
Meetings: The 4-day, public, in-person meeting will be held
November 19 to November 22, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00
p.m. (EST). The date, time, and registration instructions for the
preparatory, public, virtual meeting will be announced on the FIFRA SAP
website (https://www.epa.gov/sap) by late-August. You may subscribe to
the following listserv for alerts when notices regarding this and other
SAP-related activities are published: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USAEPAOPPT/subscriber/new?topic_id=USAEPAOPPT_101.
Nominations: Nominations of candidates to serve as ad hoc
reviewers, to assist the FIFRA SAP with this review, should be provided
on or before September 12, 2019.
Special accommodations: Requests for special accommodations should
be submitted on or before October 29, 2019, to allow EPA time to
process your request.
Comments: The Agency encourages written comments and requests for
oral comments be submitted on or before October 4, 2019. However,
written comments and requests to make oral comments may be submitted
until the date of the in-person meeting, but anyone submitting such
comments and requests after October 4, 2019, should contact the
Designated Federal Official (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. For additional instructions, see Unit I.D. and Unit I.E. of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES:
In-Person Meeting: The location of the 4-day, public, in-person
meeting will be announced on the FIFRA SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap. This meeting may also be viewed via webcast. Please
refer to the FIFRA SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap for
information on how to access the webcast. Please note that this webcast
is a supplementary public process provided only for convenience. If
difficulties arise resulting in webcasting outages, the in-person
meeting will continue as planned.
Virtual Meeting: The preparatory, virtual meeting is open to the
public and will be conducted via webcast using Adobe Connect and
telephone. Registration is required to participate during the
preparatory, virtual meeting. Please refer to the FIFRA SAP website at
https://www.epa.gov/sap for additional information including how to
register.
Nominations: Submit nominations of candidates to serve as ad hoc
reviewers, to assist the FIFRA SAP with this review, to the DFO listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Special accommodations: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, and to request accommodation for a
disability, please contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Comments. Submit requests to present oral comments to the DFO
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Submit your written comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0417, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not
electronically submit any information you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional information on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. For additional instructions related to this
meeting, see Unit I.D. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamue L. Gibson, MS, DFO, Office of
Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: 202-564-7642; email 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
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) and FIFRA. Since other entities may also be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific
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entities that may be affected by this action.
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. If your comments contain any information that
you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected, please contact the DFO
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to obtain special
instructions before submitting your comments.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see Tips for Effective Comments at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
C. Request for Nominations To Serve as Ad Hoc Expert Reviewers To
Assist the FIFRA SAP With This Review
As part of a broader process for developing a pool of candidates
for each review, FIFRA SAP staff routinely solicits the stakeholder
community for nominations of prospective candidates for service as ad
hoc reviewers. Any interested person or organization may nominate
qualified individuals to be considered as prospective candidates for a
specific topic. Individuals nominated for this meeting should have
expertise in one or more of the following areas: (i) Statistician
(experience in water quality data--preferably pesticides); (ii)
environmental exposure scientist (experience in aquatic modeling
preferably); (iii) environmental risk assessor (experience in
pesticides, environmental fate of pesticides); (iv) water quality
expert (experience in pesticides); (v) water quality monitoring
specialist; (vi) hydrologist; (vii) aquatic modeler; (viii) aquatic
model developer; and (ix) GIS specialist. Nominees should be scientists
who have sufficient professional qualifications, including training and
experience, to provide expert comments on the scientific issues for
this review. Nominees should be identified by name, occupation,
position, address, email address, and telephone number. Nominations
should be provided to the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT on or before September 12, 2019. The Agency will consider all
nominations of prospective candidates for this review that are received
on or before that date. However, final selection of ad hoc reviewers is
a discretionary function of the Agency.
The selection of scientists to serve on a FIFRA SAP review is based
on the function of the Panel and the expertise needed to address the
Agency's charge to the Panel. No interested scientists shall be
ineligible to serve 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 EPA. Other factors considered
during the selection process include availability of the potential
reviewer to fully participate in the Panel's review, absence of any
conflicts of interest or appearance of loss of impartiality,
independence with respect to the matters under review, and lack of
bias. Although financial conflicts of interest, the appearance of loss
of impartiality, lack of independence, and bias may result in
disqualification, the absence of such concerns does not assure that a
candidate will be selected to serve on a FIFRA SAP review. Numerous
qualified candidates are identified for each review; therefore,
selection decisions involve carefully weighing a number of factors,
including the candidates' areas of expertise and professional
qualifications and achieving an overall balance of different scientific
perspectives on the Panel. In order to have the collective breadth of
experience needed to address the Agency's charge for this review, the
Agency anticipates selecting approximately 12 ad hoc scientists.
FIFRA SAP members and ad hoc reviewers are subject to the
provisions of the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the
Executive Branch at 5 Code of Federal Regulations Part 2635, conflict
of interest statutes in Title 18 of the United States Code, and related
regulations. In anticipation of these requirements, prospective
candidates for service on FIFRA SAP will be asked to submit
confidential financial information which shall fully disclose, among
other financial interests, the candidate's employment, stocks, and
bonds, and where applicable, sources of research support. EPA will
evaluate the candidate's financial disclosure form to assess whether
there are financial conflicts of interest, appearance of a loss of
impartiality, or any prior involvement with the development of the
documents under consideration (including previous scientific peer
review) before the candidate is considered further for service on FIFRA
SAP. Those who are selected from the pool of prospective candidates
will be asked to attend the public meetings and to participate in the
discussion of key issues and assumptions at these meetings. In
addition, they will be asked to review and to help finalize the meeting
minutes and final report. The list of FIFRA SAP members and ad hoc
reviewers participating at this meeting will be posted on the FIFRA SAP
website at https://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap or may be obtained from the
OPP Docket at https://www.regulations.gov.
D. How may I participate in the in-person meeting?
You may participate in the in-person meeting by following the
instructions in this unit. To ensure proper receipt of comments,
nominations or other requests by EPA, it is imperative that you
identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0417 in the subject line on
the first page of your request.
1. Written comments. The Agency encourages written comments for the
in-person meeting be submitted using the instructions in ADDRESSES and
Unit I.B., on or before October 4, 2019, to provide FIFRA SAP the time
necessary to consider and review the written comments. FIFRA SAP may
not be able to fully consider written comments submitted after October
4, 2019. Written comments are accepted until the date of the meeting,
but anyone submitting written comments after October 4, 2019, should
contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Anyone
submitting written comments at the meeting should bring 30 copies for
distribution to the FIFRA SAP by the DFO.
2. Oral comments. The Agency encourages each individual or group
wishing to make brief oral comments to the FIFRA SAP during the in-
person meeting to submit their request to the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or before October 4, 2019, in order to
be included on the meeting agenda. Requests to present oral comments
will be accepted until the date of the in-person meeting and, to the
extent that time permits, the Chair of the FIFRA SAP may permit the
presentation of oral comments at the in-person meeting by interested
persons who have not previously requested time. The request should
identify the name of the individual making the presentation, the
organization (if any) the individual will represent, and any
requirements for audiovisual equipment. Oral comments before the FIFRA
SAP during the in-person meeting are limited to 5 minutes unless
arrangements have been made prior to October 4, 2019. In addition, each
speaker should bring 30 copies of his or her comments and presentation
to the meeting for distribution to the FIFRA SAP by the DFO.
3. Seating at the meeting. Seating at the in-person meeting will be
open and on a first-come basis.
4. Webcast. This meeting may also be viewed via webcast. Please
refer to the
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FIFRA SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap for information on how to
access the webcast. Please note that this webcast is a supplementary
public process provided only for convenience. If difficulties arise
resulting in webcasting outages, the in-person meeting will continue as
planned.
E. How may I participate in the preparatory virtual meeting?
Registration for the preparatory virtual meeting is required. To
participate by listening or making a comment during this meeting,
please visit: https://www.epa.gov/sap to register. Registration online
will be confirmed by email that will include the webcast meeting Adobe
Connect link and audio teleconference information.
1. Written comments. Written comments for the preparatory virtual
meeting should be submitted, using the instructions in ADDRESSES and
Unit I.B., on or before October 4, 2019.
2. Oral comments. Registration is required to participate in the
preparatory virtual meeting. Please visit the FIFRA SAP website at
https://www.epa.gov/sap to register online. Each individual or group
wishing to make brief oral comments to the FIFRA SAP during the
preparatory virtual meeting should submit their request when
registering online or with the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT on or before October 4, 2019. Oral comments before the FIFRA
SAP during the preparatory virtual meeting are limited to approximately
5 minutes due to the time constraints of this meeting.
3. Webcast. The preparatory meeting will be webcast only. Please
refer to the FIFRA SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap for
information on how to access the webcast. Registration is required.
II. Background
A. Purpose of the FIFRA SAP
The FIFRA SAP serves as one of the primary scientific peer review
mechanisms of EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
(OCSPP) and is structured to provide independent scientific advice,
information and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on pesticides
and pesticide-related issues as to the impact of regulatory actions on
human 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 (5 U.S.C.
Appendix). The 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 (NIH) and the National
Science Foundation (NSF). FIFRA established a Science Review Board
(SRB) consisting of at least 60 scientists who are available to FIFRA
SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in reviews conducted by FIFRA SAP. As
a scientific 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
Pesticides are regulated in the U.S. under both FIFRA and FFDCA. In
1996, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) which
amended both FIFRA and FFDCA. Under FQPA, for human health, EPA must
consider combined exposures (i.e., aggregate exposure) to a single
pesticide and the associated transformation products across multiple
exposure routes (i.e., oral, dermal, and inhalation) and across
multiple pathways (e.g., food, drinking water, and residential uses).
Historically, the Agency has used aquatic exposure models to estimate
potential pesticide concentrations in drinking water sources across the
country.
Recently, EPA developed a drinking water framework document that
describes the existing and longstanding continuum of approaches used to
assess pesticide exposure in drinking water. EPA used a tiered
approach, which began with simple and conservative assumptions and
moved towards more refined, less conservative assumptions and
approaches, as needed. The most refined tiers considered the use of
surface water monitoring to estimate pesticide concentrations.
Historically, EPA has generally used surface water monitoring for
characterization and not to estimate pesticide concentrations.
Pesticide surface water monitoring data rarely have been used as a
quantitative measure of exposure in drinking water, but rather are
typically used as a line of evidence to support the conceptual exposure
model or ground truth model estimated concentrations.
Further, most surface water monitoring programs typically collect
samples on a nondaily basis, such as weekly or biweekly, even in
relatively high-sampling frequency programs. Based on EPA's review of
available surface water monitoring data, it is not uncommon for
monitoring sites to be sampled once per year or quarterly, and in many
cases, the same monitoring sites are not sampled every year. The
quantitative use of pesticide surface water monitoring data in drinking
water assessments requires an understanding of the impact of numerous
variables on the frequency and magnitude of pesticide occurrence (e.g.,
sample site location, sample frequency, watershed characteristics,
pesticide use, rainfall patterns, etc.). Because of the nature of
pesticide concentrations in surface water (e.g., spikes in
concentration following rainfall events, followed by lower
concentrations over longer periods of time) and limited sampling
frequencies, available surface water data may not provide a reliable
estimate of the true range of pesticide concentrations relevant to the
durations of exposure associated with cancer and non-cancer risks.
Moreover, based on the Agency's review of available surface water
monitoring sites, sampling sites are often not located in the
vulnerable areas where pesticide concentrations are expected to be at
the upper end of the anticipated concentration range, although targeted
surface water monitoring data may be available for some pesticides.
The Agency is interested in using surface water monitoring data to
confidently estimate pesticide concentrations in surface water that may
be sourced by community water systems.
Specifically, the Agency is seeking advice and recommendation from
the FIFRA SAP on scientific issues associated with the evaluation and
utility of SEAsonalWAVEQ with EXtended capabilities model (SEAWAVE-
QEX), long-term sampling bias factors, watershed regressions, and
optimization of short-term sampling bias factors.
EPA has a method for better utilizing available pesticide surface
water quality monitoring data that are temporally and spatially limited
for estimating upper-bound concentrations relevant for use in drinking
water assessments. As part of the SAP, EPA is soliciting comments from
the panel on approaches for quantitative use of surface water
monitoring data in its drinking water assessments.
C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting Minutes
The EPA's background paper, the supporting materials, and draft
charge/questions to FIFRA SAP will be
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available by late-August. In addition, a list of candidates under
consideration as prospective ad hoc panelists for this meeting will be
available for a 15-day public comment period by mid to late-September.
The Agency will provide additional background documents (e.g., the
meeting agenda) as the materials become available. You may obtain
electronic copies of these documents, and certain other related
documents that might be available, at https://www.regulations.gov in
docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0417 and on the FIFRA SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap.
The 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 at https://www.epa.gov/sap or may be obtained from the OPP Docket at https://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et. seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.
Dated: August 2, 2019.
Hayley Hughes,
Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-17336 Filed 8-12-19; 8:45 am]
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