82 FR 60011 - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) Request for Ad Hoc Expert Nominations; Notice of Public Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 241 (December 18, 2017)

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The Agency is issuing this notice to announce the opportunity to provide additional nominations for experts to serve as ad hoc members for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) reviewing physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to address pharmacokinetic differences between and within species on six selected pesticidal active ingredients. This meeting of the FIFRA SAP, originally scheduled for October 24-27, 2017, has been postponed until 2018. New dates for this meeting will be announced in a separate notice.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0180; FRL-9970-45]


Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific 
Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) Request for Ad Hoc Expert Nominations; 
Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agency is issuing this notice to announce the opportunity 
to provide additional nominations for experts to serve as ad hoc 
members for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) reviewing physiologically-based 
pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to address pharmacokinetic differences 
between and within species on six selected pesticidal active 
ingredients. This meeting of the FIFRA SAP, originally scheduled for 
October 24-27, 2017, has been postponed until 2018. New dates for this 
meeting will be announced in a separate notice.

DATES: The meeting will be rescheduled for 2018. The Agency will issue 
another announcement once the new date for the SAP meeting on PBPK 
modeling has been determined.
    Nominations. Nominations of candidates to serve as ad hoc members 
of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should be provided on or before January 
17, 2018. See Request for Nominations section for more detail.
    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: Dr. Marquea D. King, DFO, Office of

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Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: 202-564-3626; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

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 entities that may 
be affected by this action.
    Request for nominations to serve as ad hoc expert members of FIFRA 
SAP for this meeting. As part of a broader process for developing a 
pool of candidates, FIFRA SAP staff routinely solicits the stakeholder 
community for nominations of prospective candidates for service as ad 
hoc members of FIFRA SAP. Both U.S. citizens and permanent residents 
who can demonstrate they are actively seeking U.S. citizenship will be 
considered. 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: PBPK modeling, 
pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamic (PD) modeling, in vitro to in vivo 
extrapolation, human health risk assessment, neurotoxicity, 
organophosphate pesticides, pyrethroids pesticides, N-methyl carbamate 
pesticides, fungicides, acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and exposure 
assessment. Nominees should be scientists who have sufficient 
professional qualifications, including training and experience, to be 
capable of providing 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 January 17, 2018. 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 review, 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 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.
    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 
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 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 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 the final 
meeting report. The list of FIFRA SAP members participating at this 
meeting will be posted on the FIFRA SAP website at https://www.epa.gov/sap or may be obtained from the OPP Docket at http://www.regulations.gov.

II. Background

Purpose of FIFRA SAP

    The Agency is issuing this notice to announce the opportunity to 
provide additional nominations for experts to serve as ad hoc members 
for the FIFRA SAP reviewing PBPK modeling to address pharmacokinetic 
differences between and within species on six selected pesticidal 
active ingredients. The meeting, originally scheduled for October 24-
27, 2017 as announced in the Federal Register on June 6, 2017 (82 FR 
26086) (FRL 9962-78), has been postponed until 2018. The new meeting 
dates will be announced once they are selected. For additional 
information, please visit the public docket for this meeting at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0180), the FIFRA SAP 
website at http://www.epa.gov/sap or contact the Designated Federal 
Official (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et. seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.

    Dated: November 16, 2017.
Stanley Barone, Jr.,
Acting Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy.
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issues. issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
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available for review at the Commission the request for certification, including requirements, interventions, protests,
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viewed on the Commission’s website at agency received the request; or (3) can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
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n. Anyone may submit comments, a
protest, or a motion to intervene in DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
accordance with the requirements of
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Federal Energy Regulatory
385.210, .211, and .214. In determining AGENCY
Commission
the appropriate action to take, the [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0180; FRL–9970–45]
Commission will consider all protests or Combined Notice of Filings
other comments filed, but only those Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
who file a motion to intervene in Take notice that the Commission has Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory
accordance with the Commission’s received the following Natural Gas Panel (FIFRA SAP) Request for Ad Hoc
Rules may become a party to the Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Expert Nominations; Notice of Public
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or Filings Instituting Proceedings Meeting
motions to intervene must be received
Docket Number: PR18–2–001. AGENCY: Environmental Protection
on or before the specified comment date
Applicants: Acacia Natural Gas, L.L.C. Agency (EPA).
for the particular application.
Description: Tariff filing per ACTION: Notice.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
284.123(b),(e)+(g): Acacia Natural Gas
letters the title PROTEST, MOTION TO
Filing—December 6, 2017 to be effective SUMMARY: The Agency is issuing this
INTERVENE, COMMENTS, REPLY
12/6/2017. notice to announce the opportunity to
COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS,
Filed Date: 12/6/17. provide additional nominations for
TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or
Accession Number: 201712065111. experts to serve as ad hoc members for
PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set forth in the
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/17. the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
heading the name of the applicant and
284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/ Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory
the project number of the application to
27/17. Panel (FIFRA SAP) reviewing
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
Docket Numbers: RP18–244–000. physiologically-based pharmacokinetic
the name, address, and telephone
Applicants: National Fuel Gas Supply (PBPK) modeling to address
number of the person protesting or
Corporation. pharmacokinetic differences between
intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: and within species on six selected
with the requirements of 18 CFR
Security Administrator to be effective pesticidal active ingredients. This
385.2001 through 385.2005. All
12/31/9998. meeting of the FIFRA SAP, originally
comments, recommendations, terms and
Filed Date: 12/7/17. scheduled for October 24–27, 2017, has
conditions or prescriptions must set
Accession Number: 20171207–5081. been postponed until 2018. New dates
forth their evidentiary basis and
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/19/17. for this meeting will be announced in a
otherwise comply with the requirements
Docket Numbers: RP18–245–000. separate notice.
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from Applicants: Empire Pipeline, Inc. DATES: The meeting will be rescheduled
the applicant. A copy of any protest or Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Empire for 2018. The Agency will issue another
motion to intervene must be served Security Administrator to be effective announcement once the new date for
upon each representative of the 12/31/9998. the SAP meeting on PBPK modeling has
applicant specified in the particular Filed Date: 12/7/17. been determined.
application. A copy of all other filings Accession Number: 20171207–5112. Nominations. Nominations of
in reference to this application must be Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/19/17. candidates to serve as ad hoc members
accompanied by proof of service on all The filings are accessible in the of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should
persons listed in the service list Commission’s eLibrary system by be provided on or before January 17,
prepared by the Commission in this clicking on the links or querying the 2018. See Request for Nominations
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR docket number. section for more detail.
4.34(b) and 385.2010. Any person desiring to intervene or Submit nominations to serve as ad
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You may also register online at http:// protest in any of the above proceedings hoc members of FIFRA SAP, requests
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ must file in accordance with Rules 211 for special accommodations, or requests
esubscription.asp to be notified via and 214 of the Commission’s to present oral comments to the DFO
email of new filings and issuances Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
related to this or other pending projects. 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
For assistance, contact FERC Online time on the specified date(s). Protests FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Support. may be considered, but intervention is Marquea D. King, DFO, Office of

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Science Coordination and Policy the Panel and the expertise needed to II. Background
(7201M), Environmental Protection address the Agency’s charge to the
Purpose of FIFRA SAP
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Panel. No interested scientists shall be
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone ineligible to serve by reason of their The Agency is issuing this notice to
number: 202–564–3626; email address: membership on any other advisory announce the opportunity to provide
king.marquea@epa.gov. committee to a Federal department or additional nominations for experts to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: agency or their employment by a serve as ad hoc members for the FIFRA
Federal department or agency, except SAP reviewing PBPK modeling to
I. General Information EPA. Other factors considered during address pharmacokinetic differences
Does this action apply to me? the selection process include between and within species on six
availability of the potential Panel selected pesticidal active ingredients.
This action is directed to the public The meeting, originally scheduled for
in general. This action may be of member to fully participate in the
Panel’s review, absence of any conflicts October 24–27, 2017 as announced in
interest to persons who are or may be the Federal Register on June 6, 2017 (82
required to conduct testing of chemical of interest or appearance of lack of
impartiality, independence with respect FR 26086) (FRL 9962–78), has been
substances under the Federal Food, postponed until 2018. The new meeting
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and to the matters under review, and lack of
bias. Although financial conflicts of dates will be announced once they are
FIFRA. Since other entities may also be selected. For additional information,
interested, the Agency has not interest, the appearance of lack of
impartiality, lack of independence, and please visit the public docket for this
attempted to describe all the specific meeting at http://www.regulations.gov
entities that may be affected by this bias may result in disqualification, the
absence of such concerns does not (Docket number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–
action. 0180), the FIFRA SAP website at http://
Request for nominations to serve as assure that a candidate will be selected
to serve on FIFRA SAP. Numerous www.epa.gov/sap or contact the
ad hoc expert members of FIFRA SAP
qualified candidates are identified for Designated Federal Official (DFO) listed
for this meeting. As part of a broader
each Panel. Therefore, selection under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
process for developing a pool of
decisions involve carefully weighing a CONTACT.
candidates, FIFRA SAP staff routinely
solicits the stakeholder community for number of factors including the Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et. seq.; 21 U.S.C.
nominations of prospective candidates candidates’ areas of expertise and 301 et seq.
for service as ad hoc members of FIFRA professional qualifications and Dated: November 16, 2017.
SAP. Both U.S. citizens and permanent achieving an overall balance of different Stanley Barone, Jr.,
residents who can demonstrate they are scientific perspectives on the Panel.
Acting Director, Office of Science
actively seeking U.S. citizenship will be FIFRA SAP members are subject to Coordination and Policy.
considered. Any interested person or the provisions of 5 CFR part 2634— [FR Doc. 2017–27213 Filed 12–15–17; 8:45 am]
organization may nominate qualified Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
individuals to be considered as Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of
prospective candidates for a specific Divestiture, as supplemented by EPA in
meeting. Individuals nominated for this 5 CFR part 6401. In anticipation of this
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
meeting should have expertise in one or requirement, prospective candidates for
COMMISSION
more of the following areas: PBPK service on FIFRA SAP will be asked to
modeling, pharmacokinetics, submit confidential financial [OMB 3060–1171]
pharmacodynamic (PD) modeling, in information which shall fully disclose,
vitro to in vivo extrapolation, human among other financial interests, the Information Collection Being Reviewed
health risk assessment, neurotoxicity, candidate’s employment, stocks, and by the Federal Communications
organophosphate pesticides, pyrethroids bonds, and where applicable, sources of Commission
pesticides, N-methyl carbamate research support. EPA will evaluate the AGENCY: Federal Communications
pesticides, fungicides, candidate’s financial disclosure form to Commission.
acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and assess whether there are financial ACTION: Notice and request for
exposure assessment. Nominees should conflicts of interest, appearance of a comments.
be scientists who have sufficient lack of impartiality, or any prior
professional qualifications, including involvement with the development of SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
training and experience, to be capable of the documents under consideration to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
providing expert comments on the (including previous scientific peer required by the Paperwork Reduction
scientific issues for this meeting. review) before the candidate is Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Nominees should be identified by name, considered further for service on FIFRA Communications Commission (FCC or
occupation, position, address, email SAP. Those who are selected from the Commission) invites the general public
address, and telephone number. pool of prospective candidates will be and other Federal agencies to take this
Nominations should be provided to the asked to attend the public meetings and opportunity to comment on the
DFO listed under FOR FURTHER to participate in the discussion of key following information collections.
INFORMATION CONTACT on or before issues and assumptions at these Comments are requested concerning:
January 17, 2018. The Agency will meetings. In addition, they will be asked Whether the proposed collection of
consider all nominations of prospective to review and to help finalize the information is necessary for the proper
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candidates for this meeting that are meeting minutes and the final meeting performance of the functions of the
received on or before that date. report. The list of FIFRA SAP members Commission, including whether the
However, final selection of ad hoc participating at this meeting will be information shall have practical utility;
members for this meeting is a posted on the FIFRA SAP website at the accuracy of the Commission’s
discretionary function of the Agency. https://www.epa.gov/sap or may be burden estimate; ways to enhance the
The selection of scientists to serve on obtained from the OPP Docket at http:// quality, utility, and clarity of the
FIFRA SAP is based on the function of www.regulations.gov. information collected; ways to minimize

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		The meeting will be rescheduled for 2018. The Agency will issue another announcement once the new date for the SAP meeting on PBPK modeling has been determined.
Contact		Dr. Marquea D. King, DFO, Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
FR Citation		82 FR 60011