81 FR 48794 - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 48794-48796] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-17707] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0385; FRL-9949-22] Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review a set of scientific issues being evaluated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding EPA's evaluation of the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate, a non-selective, phosphonomethyl amino acid herbicide registered to control weeds in various agricultural and non-agricultural settings. DATES: The meeting will be held on October 18-21, 2016, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Comments. The Agency encourages written comments be submitted on or before October 4, 2016, to provide adequate time for the FIFRA SAP to review and consider the comments. The Agency encourages requests for oral comments be submitted on or before October 11, 2016. However, written comments and requests to make oral comments may be submitted until the date of the meeting, but anyone submitting written comments after October 4, 2016, should contact the Designated Federal Official (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional instructions, see Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Nominations. Nominations of candidates to serve as ad hoc members of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should be provided on or before August 25, 2016. Webcast. This meeting may be webcast. Please refer to the FIFRA SAP Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sap for information on how to access the meeting webcast. Please note that the webcast is a supplementary public process provided only for convenience. If difficulties arise resulting in webcasting outages, the meeting will continue as planned. Special accommodations. For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, and to request accommodation of a disability, please contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. ADDRESSES: Meeting: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection Agency, Conference Center, Lobby Level, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. Comments. Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0385, by one of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. Nominations, requests to present oral comments, and requests for special accommodations. Submit nominations to serve as ad hoc members of FIFRA SAP, requests for special accommodations, or requests to present oral comments to the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Knott, DFO, Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-0103; email address: knott.steven@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, however, be of interest to persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical [[Page 48795]] 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 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 the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html. C. How may I participate in this meeting? You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions in this unit. 1. Written comments. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that you identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0385 in the subject line on the first page of your request. The Agency encourages written comments be submitted, using the instructions in ADDRESSES and Unit I.B., on or before October 4, 2016, to provide FIFRA SAP the time necessary to consider and review the written comments. Written comments are accepted until the date of the meeting, but anyone submitting written comments after October 4, 2016, should contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Anyone submitting written comments at the meeting should bring 15 copies for distribution to FIFRA SAP by the DFO. 2. Oral comments. The Agency encourages each individual or group wishing to make brief oral comments to FIFRA SAP to submit their request to the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or before October 11, 2016, in order to be included on the meeting agenda. Requests to present oral comments will be accepted until the date of the meeting and, to the extent that time permits, the Chair of FIFRA SAP may permit the presentation of oral comments at the 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 FIFRA SAP are limited to approximately 5 minutes unless prior arrangements have been made. In addition, each speaker should bring 15 copies of his or her comments and presentation for distribution to FIFRA SAP at the meeting by the DFO. 3. Seating at the meeting. Seating at the meeting will be open and on a first-come basis. 4. Request for nominations to serve as ad hoc members of FIFRA SAP for this meeting. As part of a broader process for developing a pool of candidates for each meeting, FIFRA SAP staff routinely solicits the stakeholder community for nominations of prospective candidates for service as ad hoc members of FIFRA SAP. Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified individuals to be considered as prospective candidates for a specific meeting. Individuals nominated for this meeting should have expertise in one or more of the following areas: Carcinogenicity (mammalian), cancer biostatistics, rodent cancer bioassays, epidemiology (cancer/occupational), genotoxicity/genetic toxicology/mutagenicity (related to human cancer risk), risk assessment, weight of evidence analysis, and mode of action/human relevance/adverse outcome pathway frameworks. Nominees should be scientists who have sufficient professional qualifications, including training and experience, to provide expert comments on the scientific issues for this meeting. 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 August 25, 2016. The Agency will consider all nominations of prospective candidates for this meeting that are received on or before that date. However, final selection of ad hoc members for this meeting is a discretionary function of the Agency. The selection of scientists to serve on FIFRA SAP 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 Panel member to fully participate in the Panel's reviews, absence of any conflicts of interest or appearance of lack of impartiality, independence with respect to the matters under review, and lack of bias. Although financial conflicts of interest, the appearance of lack 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 the FIFRA SAP. Numerous qualified candidates are identified for each Panel. 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. The Agency anticipates selecting approximately eight ad hoc scientists to have the collective breadth of experience needed to address the Agency's charge for this meeting. FIFRA SAP members are subject to the provisions of 5 CFR part 2634--Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of Divestiture, as supplemented by EPA in 5 CFR part 6401. In anticipation of this requirement, prospective candidates for service on FIFRA SAP will be asked to submit confidential financial information which shall fully disclose, among other financial interests, the candidates' employment, stocks, bonds, and where applicable, sources of research support. EPA will evaluate the candidates' financial disclosure forms to assess whether there are financial conflicts of interest, appearance of a lack 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 the 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. The list of FIFRA SAP members participating at this meeting will be posted on the FIFRA SAP Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sap or may be obtained from the OPP Docket at http://www.regulations.gov. II. Background A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP FIFRA SAP serves as the primary scientific peer review mechanism of EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and is structured to provide scientific advice, information and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on pesticides [[Page 48796]] and pesticide-related issues as to the 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 (5 U.S.C. Appendix). 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 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 the FIFRA SAP are scientists who have sufficient professional qualifications, including training and experience, to provide expert advice and recommendations to the Agency. B. Public Meeting Glyphosate is a non-selective, phosphonomethyl amino acid herbicide registered to control weeds in various agricultural and non- agricultural settings. Labeled uses of glyphosate include over 100 terrestrial food crops as well as other non-agricultural sites, such as greenhouses, aquatic areas, and residential areas. Use of glyphosate in the United States and globally has increased overtime, particularly with the introduction of glyphosate-resistant crops; however, usage has stabilized in recent years due to the increased number of weed species becoming resistant to glyphosate. Glyphosate is currently undergoing Registration Review, which is a program where all registered pesticides are reviewed at least every 15 years as mandated by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Recently, several international agencies have evaluated the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. In March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a subdivision of the World Health Organization (WHO), determined that glyphosate was a probable carcinogen (group 2A). Later, in November 2015, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) determined that glyphosate was unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans. In May 2016, the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), another subdivision of the WHO, concluded that glyphosate was unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet. Recently, EPA collected and analyzed a substantial amount of data informing the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate and utilized its draft ``Framework for Incorporating Human Epidemiological & Incident Data in Health Risk Assessment'' to assess the potential carcinogenic hazard. The draft framework provides the foundation for evaluating multiple lines of scientific evidence and includes two key components: Problem formulation and use of the mode of action/adverse outcome pathway (MOA/AOP) frameworks. A comprehensive analysis of data on glyphosate from submitted guideline studies and the open literature was performed. This includes epidemiological, animal carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, metabolism, and mechanistic studies. Guideline studies were collected for consideration from the toxicological databases for glyphosate and glyphosate salts. A fit-for-purpose systematic review was executed to obtain relevant and appropriate open literature studies with the potential to inform the human carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. Furthermore, the list of studies obtained from the toxicological databases and systematic review was cross-referenced with recent internal reviews, review articles from the open literature, and international agency evaluations (i.e., IARC, EFSA, JMPR). Available data from epidemiological, animal carcinogenicity, and genotoxicity studies were reviewed and evaluated for study quality and results to inform the human carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. Additionally, as described in the draft ``Framework for Incorporating Human Epidemiological & Incident Data in Health Risk Assessment,'' the multiple lines of evidence were integrated in a weight-of-evidence analysis using the modified Bradford Hill Criteria considering concepts, such as strength, consistency, dose response, temporal concordance, and biological plausibility. The agency will solicit advice from the SAP on the evaluation and interpretation of the available data for each line of evidence and the weight-of-evidence analysis, as well as how the available data inform cancer classification descriptors according to the agency's 2005 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment. 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 approximately mid-September. 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 at http://www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA SAP Web site at http://www.epa.gov/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 to the FIFRA SAP Web site or may be obtained from the OPP Docket at http://www.regulations.gov. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq. Dated: July 19, 2016. Stanley Barone, Acting Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy. [FR Doc. 2016-17707 Filed 7-25-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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II. What action is the Agency taking? Dated: July 1, 2016. If difficulties arise resulting in
Robert McNally, webcasting outages, the meeting will
Under section 5 of the Federal
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution continue as planned.
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Special accommodations. For
Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide
Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can Programs. information on access or services for
allow manufacturers to field test individuals with disabilities, and to
[FR Doc. 2016–17533 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am]
pesticides under development. request accommodation of a disability,
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
Manufacturers are required to obtain an please contact the DFO listed under FOR
EUP before testing new pesticides or FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least
new uses of pesticides if they conduct ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA
experimental field tests on more than 10 AGENCY as much time as possible to process
acres of land or more than one acre of your request.
water. [EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0385; FRL–9949–22]
ADDRESSES: Meeting: The meeting will
Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and be held at the Environmental Protection
Agency has determined that the
Rodenticide Act Scientific Scientific Agency, Conference Center, Lobby
following EUP application may be of
Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Level, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
regional or national significance, and
Meeting 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA
therefore is seeking public comment on
22202.
the EUP application: AGENCY: Environmental Protection Comments. Submit your comments,
Submitter: Monsanto Company, 800 Agency (EPA). identified by docket identification (ID)
N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO ACTION: Notice. number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0385, by
63137, (524–EUP–RNI). one of the following methods:
Pesticide Chemical: Bacillus SUMMARY: There will be a 4-day meeting • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
thuringiensis mCry51Aa2 protein and of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
the genetic material necessary for its and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory instructions for submitting comments.
production (vector PV–GHIR508523) in Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and Do not submit electronically any
MON 88702 cotton (OECD Unique review a set of scientific issues being information you consider to be
Identifier: MON–887;2–4). evaluated by the Environmental Confidential Business Information (CBI)
Summary of Request: Monsanto Protection Agency (EPA) regarding or other information whose disclosure is
Company is proposing to test MON EPA’s evaluation of the carcinogenic restricted by statute.
88702, a new plant-incorporated potential of glyphosate, a non-selective, • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
protectant (PIP) technology in cotton, phosphonomethyl amino acid herbicide Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
alone and in combination with other registered to control weeds in various DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
registered PIPs in cotton to generate data agricultural and non-agricultural NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
and information that is intended to settings. • Hand Delivery: To make special
support future PIP registration arrangements for hand delivery or
DATES: The meeting will be held on
applications (e.g., PIPs with multiple delivery of boxed information, please
October 18–21, 2016, from
modes of action against hemipteran, follow the instructions at http://
approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
thysanopteran and/or lepidopteran www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Comments. The Agency encourages
cotton pests). Monsanto Company’s Additional instructions on
written comments be submitted on or
proposed experimental program would commenting or visiting the docket,
before October 4, 2016, to provide
begin on March 1, 2017, and continue along with more information about
adequate time for the FIFRA SAP to
until February 28, 2019; would take dockets generally, is available at http://
review and consider the comments. The
place on 2,510 acres in Alabama, www.epa.gov/dockets.
Agency encourages requests for oral Nominations, requests to present oral
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, comments be submitted on or before
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, comments, and requests for special
October 11, 2016. However, written accommodations. Submit nominations
Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, comments and requests to make oral
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, to serve as ad hoc members of FIFRA
comments may be submitted until the SAP, requests for special
Texas, Virginia and Puerto Rico; and date of the meeting, but anyone
would use 8,495.3 grams of active accommodations, or requests to present
submitting written comments after oral comments to the DFO listed under
ingredient. Trial protocols will October 4, 2016, should contact the
concentrate on seed development and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Designated Federal Official (DFO) listed
increase for future testing, nursery FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
observations of traits in various genetic Steven Knott, DFO, Office of Science
CONTACT. For additional instructions,
backgrounds, phenotypic and Coordination and Policy (7201M),
see Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
agronomic observations, efficacy and Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
INFORMATION.
yield benefits, and product Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
Nominations. Nominations of
characterization, performance and DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
candidates to serve as ad hoc members
regulatory studies. (202) 564–0103; email address:
of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should
Following the review of the knott.steven@epa.gov.
be provided on or before August 25,
application and any comments and data 2016. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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received in response to this solicitation, Webcast. This meeting may be I. General Information
EPA will decide whether to issue or webcast. Please refer to the FIFRA SAP
deny the EUP request, and if issued, the Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sap for A. Does this action apply to me?
conditions under which it is to be information on how to access the This action is directed to the public
conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will meeting webcast. Please note that the in general. This action may, however, be
be announced in the Federal Register. webcast is a supplementary public of interest to persons who are or may be
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. process provided only for convenience. required to conduct testing of chemical
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and pesticide-related issues as to the WHO, concluded that glyphosate was to FIFRA SAP, FIFRA SAP composition
impact of regulatory actions on health unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to (i.e., members and ad hoc members for
and the environment. FIFRA SAP is a humans from exposure through the diet. this meeting), and the meeting agenda
federal advisory committee established Recently, EPA collected and analyzed will be available by approximately mid-
in 1975 under FIFRA that operates in a substantial amount of data informing September. In addition, the Agency may
accordance with requirements of the the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate provide additional background
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 and utilized its draft ‘‘Framework for documents as the materials become
U.S.C. Appendix). FIFRA SAP is Incorporating Human Epidemiological & available. You may obtain electronic
composed of a permanent panel Incident Data in Health Risk copies of these documents, and certain
consisting of seven members who are Assessment’’ to assess the potential other related documents that might be
appointed by the EPA Administrator carcinogenic hazard. The draft available at http://www.regulations.gov
from nominees provided by the National framework provides the foundation for and the FIFRA SAP Web site at http://
Institutes of Health and the National evaluating multiple lines of scientific www.epa.gov/sap.
Science Foundation. FIFRA established evidence and includes two key FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting
a Science Review Board (SRB) components: Problem formulation and minutes summarizing its
consisting of at least 60 scientists who use of the mode of action/adverse recommendations to the Agency
are available to FIFRA SAP on an ad hoc outcome pathway (MOA/AOP) approximately 90 days after the
basis to assist in reviews conducted by frameworks. A comprehensive analysis meeting. The meeting minutes will be
FIFRA SAP. As a scientific peer review of data on glyphosate from submitted posted to the FIFRA SAP Web site or
mechanism, FIFRA SAP provides guideline studies and the open literature may be obtained from the OPP Docket
comments, evaluations, and was performed. This includes at http://www.regulations.gov.
recommendations to improve the epidemiological, animal
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C.
effectiveness and quality of analyses carcinogenicity, genotoxicity,
301 et seq.
made by Agency scientists. Members of metabolism, and mechanistic studies.
the FIFRA SAP are scientists who have Guideline studies were collected for Dated: July 19, 2016.
sufficient professional qualifications, consideration from the toxicological Stanley Barone,
including training and experience, to databases for glyphosate and glyphosate Acting Director, Office of Science
provide expert advice and salts. A fit-for-purpose systematic Coordination and Policy.
recommendations to the Agency. review was executed to obtain relevant [FR Doc. 2016–17707 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am]
and appropriate open literature studies BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
B. Public Meeting with the potential to inform the human
Glyphosate is a non-selective, carcinogenic potential of glyphosate.
phosphonomethyl amino acid herbicide Furthermore, the list of studies obtained FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
registered to control weeds in various from the toxicological databases and COMMISSION
agricultural and non-agricultural systematic review was cross-referenced
settings. Labeled uses of glyphosate with recent internal reviews, review Radio Broadcasting Services; AM or
include over 100 terrestrial food crops articles from the open literature, and FM Proposals To Change the
as well as other non-agricultural sites, international agency evaluations (i.e., Community of License
such as greenhouses, aquatic areas, and IARC, EFSA, JMPR).
residential areas. Use of glyphosate in Available data from epidemiological, AGENCY: Federal Communications
the United States and globally has animal carcinogenicity, and Commission.
increased overtime, particularly with genotoxicity studies were reviewed and ACTION: Notice.
the introduction of glyphosate-resistant evaluated for study quality and results
crops; however, usage has stabilized in to inform the human carcinogenic SUMMARY: The following applicants filed
recent years due to the increased potential of glyphosate. Additionally, as AM or FM proposals to change the
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agencies have evaluated the and biological plausibility. The agency 20160513AEF, from Peachtree City, GA,
carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. In will solicit advice from the SAP on the to Union City; Jeff Andrulonis, Station
March 2015, the International Agency evaluation and interpretation of the WEAF, Facility ID 24146, BP–
for Research on Cancer (IARC), a available data for each line of evidence 20160426AAV, from Camden, SC, to
subdivision of the World Health and the weight-of-evidence analysis, as Saint Stephen; Max Radio Of Denver
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glyphosate was a probable carcinogen cancer classification descriptors BPH–20160614AAD, from Strasburg,
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according to the agency’s 2005
the European Food Safety Authority Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Station KOUL, Facility ID 28074, BPH–
(EFSA) determined that glyphosate was Assessment. 20160216ABP, from Benavides, TX, to
unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard Agua Dulce, TX; Radio Partners, LLC,
to humans. In May 2016, the Joint Food C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting Station WKNB, Facility ID 34929, BPH–
and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/ Minutes 20160429ABC, from Clarendon, PA, to
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| Dates | The meeting will be held on October 18-21, 2016, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | |
| Contact | Steven Knott, DFO, Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 48794 |
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