83 FR 49091 - Request for Nominations of Experts To Consider for ad hoc Participation on Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 189 (September 28, 2018)

Page Range		49091-49092
FR Document		2018-21196

The EPA requests public nominations of scientific experts to be considered for ad hoc participation on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) through membership on the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Science Review Board (SRB). All nominees will be considered for ad hoc participation providing independent scientific advice to the EPA on health and safety issues related to pesticides. The FIFRA SAP is comprised of biologists, statisticians, toxicologists and other experts and is assisted in their reviews by members of the FQPA SRB.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0632; FRL-9983-92]


Request for Nominations of Experts To Consider for ad hoc 
Participation on Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA), Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA requests public nominations of scientific experts to 
be considered for ad hoc participation on the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) 
through membership on the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Science 
Review Board (SRB). All nominees will be considered for ad hoc 
participation providing independent scientific advice to the EPA on 
health and safety issues related to pesticides. The FIFRA SAP is 
comprised of biologists, statisticians, toxicologists and other experts 
and is assisted in their reviews by members of the FQPA SRB.

DATES: Nominations. Nominations should be provided to the Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on 
or before November 13, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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 
number: (202) 564-3626; 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, 
however, be of interest to those who are or may be required to conduct 
testing of chemical substances and provide submissions to the EPA 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 nominations for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or email. If your nomination contains any information 
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise

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protected, please contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT to obtain special instructions before submitting your 
nomination.
    2. Request for nominations to be considered for ad hoc 
participation on the FIFRA SAP. As part of a broader process for 
developing a pool of experts known as the Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) Science Review Board (SRB), Office of Science Coordination and 
Policy (OSCP) staff solicits the public and stakeholder communities 
nominations of prospective candidates for service as ad hoc 
participants on FIFRA SAP reviews. Any interested person or 
organization may nominate qualified individuals to be considered as 
prospective candidates. Individuals may self-nominate. Individuals 
nominated should have expertise in one or more of the following areas: 
Biochemistry; chemistry; epidemiology; human health risk assessment; 
pathology; PBPK modeling; aquatic modeling; pharmacology; ecological 
risk assessment; environmental exposure and fate; environmental 
toxicology; occupational, consumer, and general exposure assessment; 
toxicology; dose response modeling; environmental engineering; 
statistics; water quality monitoring; hydrologist; GIS specialist; 
computational toxicology; entomology; veterinary entomology; medical 
entomology, insect ecology, allergenicity, research veterinarian; 
inhalation toxicology; volatile organics; endocrinology, alternative 
testing methods, high throughput testing approaches, adverse outcome 
pathways, cross species extrapolation, and systematic review. Nominees 
should be scientists who have sufficient professional qualifications, 
including training and experience, and can provide expert comments on 
the pesticide health and safety related issues for a FIFRA SAP 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 
November 13, 2018. The Agency will consider all nominations of 
prospective candidates for service as ad hoc participants on the FIFRA 
SAP that are received on or before that date. However, final selection 
of ad hoc participants is at the discretion of the Agency.
    The selection of scientists to serve as ad hoc participants of the 
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 prospective candidate to fully participate in the Panel's reviews, 
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 FIFRA SAP. Often, 
numerous available and qualified candidates are identified for ad hoc 
participation. 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 candidates' financial 
disclosure forms 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. The list of ad hoc 
participants and FIFRA SAP members participating at each meeting will 
be posted on the FIFRA SAP website 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

    The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Scientific 
Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) serves as a 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 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. The 
FIFRA SAP is assisted in their reviews by ad hoc participation from 
members of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Science Review Board 
(SRB). 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. The FIFRA SAP is not 
required to reach consensus in its recommendations to the Agency but 
consensus is a preferred outcome and possible under FACA.
    At this time, EPA is seeking nominations to augment the FQPA SRB, a 
pool of experts who can be available to the SAP on an ad hoc basis to 
assist in peer reviews conducted by the Panel. EPA anticipates 
selecting experts from this pool, as needed, to assist the SAP in their 
peer review of EPA's issues related to the health and safety of 
pesticides.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2625 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 et seq.

    Dated: September 19, 2018.
Stanley Barone Jr.,
Acting Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0632; FRL–9983–92]
[FRL–9984–31–Region 9] Background. EPA approved the State of
Hawaii’s original application for PWSSP Request for Nominations of Experts To
Public Water System Supervision Consider for ad hoc Participation on
primary enforcement authority which,
Program Revision for the State of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
following the public notice period,
Hawaii Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Scientific
became effective on October 20, 1977
AGENCY: Environmental Protection (42 FR 47244, no request for public Advisory Panel (SAP)
Agency (EPA). hearing received). EPA subsequently AGENCY: Environmental Protection
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. approved and finalized revisions to the Agency (EPA).
State of Hawaii’s PWSSP on the ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that following dates: May 6, 1993 (58 FR
the State of Hawaii revised its approved 17892); July 19, 1993 (58 FR 33442); SUMMARY: The EPA requests public
Public Water System Supervision September 29, 1993 (58 FR 45491); nominations of scientific experts to be
Program (PWSSP) under the federal Safe March 13, 1995 (60 FR 7962); May 23, considered for ad hoc participation on
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by 1996 (61 FR 17892); July 31, 2015 (80 the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
adopting the Stage 1 Disinfectants and FR 45656), and December 8, 2017 (82 FR Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific
Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Stage 2 57981). Advisory Panel (SAP) through
Disinfectants and Disinfection membership on the Food Quality
Byproducts Rule, Long Term 2 Public process. Any interested party
Protection Act (FQPA) Science Review
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment may request a public hearing on this
Board (SRB). All nominees will be
Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term determination. A request for a public considered for ad hoc participation
Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications, hearing must be submitted by October providing independent scientific advice
Revised Total Coliform Rule, and the 29, 2018, to the Regional Administrator to the EPA on health and safety issues
expanded Public Water System at the EPA Region 9 address shown related to pesticides. The FIFRA SAP is
definition. The Environmental above. The Regional Administrator may comprised of biologists, statisticians,
Protection Agency (EPA) has deny frivolous or insubstantial requests toxicologists and other experts and is
determined that these revisions by the for a hearing. If a substantial request for assisted in their reviews by members of
State of Hawaii are no less stringent a public hearing is made by October 29, the FQPA SRB.
than the corresponding Federal 2018, EPA Region 9 will hold a public DATES: Nominations. Nominations
regulations and otherwise meet hearing. Any request for a public should be provided to the Designated
applicable SDWA primacy hearing shall include the following Federal Officer (DFO) listed under FOR
requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to information: 1. The name, address, and FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or
approve these revisions to the State of telephone number of the individual, before November 13, 2018.
Hawaii’s PWSSP. organization, or other entity requesting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
DATES: Request for a public hearing a hearing; 2. A brief statement of the Marquea D. King, DFO, Office of
must be received on or before October requesting person’s interest in the Science Coordination and Policy
29, 2018. Regional Administrator’s determination (7201M), Environmental Protection
and a brief statement of the information Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to
that the requesting person intends to Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
this determination are available for
submit at such hearing; and 3. The number: (202) 564–3626; email address:
inspection between the hours of 8:30
signature of the individual making the king.marquea@epa.gov.
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through
request, or, if the request is made on
Friday, except official State holidays SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
behalf of an organization or other entity,
(for the Hawaii location) and official
the signature of a responsible official of I. General Information
Federal holidays (for the two EPA
locations), at the following offices: the organization or other entity.
A. Does this action apply to me?
Hawaii Department of Health, Safe If EPA Region 9 does not receive a
This action is directed to the public
Drinking Water Branch, 2385 Waimano timely and appropriate request for a
in general. This action may, however, be
Home Road, Uluakupu Building 4, Pearl hearing and the Regional Administrator
of interest to those who are or may be
City, Hawaii 96782; United States does not elect to hold a hearing on his
required to conduct testing of chemical
Environmental Protection Agency, own motion, this determination shall substances and provide submissions to
Region 9, Pacific Islands Office, 300 Ala become final and effective on October the EPA under the Federal Food, Drug,
Moana Blvd., Room 5124, Honolulu, 29, 2018, and no further public notice and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and FIFRA.
Hawaii 96850; and United States will be issued. Since other entities may also be
Environmental Protection Agency, Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe interested, the Agency has not
Region 9, Drinking Water Management Drinking Water Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. attempted to describe all the specific
Section, 75 Hawthorne Street (WTR–3– 300g–2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the entities that may be affected by this
1), San Francisco, California 94105. National Primary Drinking Water action.
Documents relating to this Regulations.
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determination are also available online B. What should I consider as I prepare
at http://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/public- Dated: August 24, 2018. my nominations for EPA?
notices/ for inspection. Deborah Jordan, 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region information to EPA through
Anna Yen, EPA Region 9, Drinking 9. regulations.gov or email. If your
Water Management Section, at the [FR Doc. 2018–20853 Filed 9–27–18; 8:45 am] nomination contains any information
address given above; telephone number: BILLING CODE 6560–50–P that you consider to be CBI or otherwise

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protected, please contact the DFO listed to serve by reason of their membership II. Background
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on any other advisory committee to a
A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP
CONTACT to obtain special instructions Federal department or agency or their
before submitting your nomination. employment by a Federal department or The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
2. Request for nominations to be agency, except EPA. Other factors and Rodenticide Act, Scientific
considered for ad hoc participation on considered during the selection process Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) serves as
the FIFRA SAP. As part of a broader include availability of the prospective a primary scientific peer review
process for developing a pool of experts candidate to fully participate in the mechanism of EPA’s Office of Chemical
known as the Food Quality Protection Safety and Pollution Prevention
Panel’s reviews, absence of any conflicts
Act (FQPA) Science Review Board (OCSPP) and is structured to provide
of interest or appearance of loss of
(SRB), Office of Science Coordination scientific advice, information and
and Policy (OSCP) staff solicits the impartiality, independence with respect
recommendations to the EPA
public and stakeholder communities to the matters under review, and lack of
Administrator on pesticides and
nominations of prospective candidates bias. Although financial conflicts of pesticide-related issues as to the impact
for service as ad hoc participants on interest, the appearance of loss of of regulatory actions on health and the
FIFRA SAP reviews. Any interested impartiality, lack of independence, and environment. FIFRA SAP is a Federal
person or organization may nominate bias may result in disqualification, the advisory committee established in 1975
qualified individuals to be considered absence of such concerns does not under FIFRA that operates in
as prospective candidates. Individuals assure that a candidate will be selected accordance with requirements of the
may self-nominate. Individuals to serve on FIFRA SAP. Often, Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
nominated should have expertise in one numerous available and qualified U.S.C. Appendix). FIFRA SAP is
or more of the following areas: candidates are identified for ad hoc composed of a permanent panel
Biochemistry; chemistry; epidemiology; participation. Therefore, selection consisting of seven members who are
human health risk assessment; decisions involve carefully weighing a appointed by the EPA Administrator
pathology; PBPK modeling; aquatic number of factors including the from nominees provided by the National
modeling; pharmacology; ecological risk candidates’ areas of expertise and Institutes of Health and the National
assessment; environmental exposure professional qualifications and Science Foundation. The FIFRA SAP is
and fate; environmental toxicology; achieving an overall balance of different assisted in their reviews by ad hoc
occupational, consumer, and general scientific perspectives on the Panel. participation from members of the Food
exposure assessment; toxicology; dose Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Science
response modeling; environmental FIFRA SAP members are subject to
Review Board (SRB). As a scientific peer
engineering; statistics; water quality the provisions of 5 CFR part 2634—
review mechanism, FIFRA SAP
monitoring; hydrologist; GIS specialist; Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, provides comments, evaluations, and
computational toxicology; entomology; Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of recommendations to improve the
veterinary entomology; medical Divestiture, as supplemented by EPA in effectiveness and quality of analyses
entomology, insect ecology, 5 CFR part 6401. In anticipation of this made by Agency scientists. The FIFRA
allergenicity, research veterinarian; requirement, prospective candidates for SAP is not required to reach consensus
inhalation toxicology; volatile organics; service on FIFRA SAP will be asked to in its recommendations to the Agency
endocrinology, alternative testing submit confidential financial but consensus is a preferred outcome
methods, high throughput testing information which shall fully disclose, and possible under FACA.
approaches, adverse outcome pathways, among other financial interests, the At this time, EPA is seeking
cross species extrapolation, and candidate’s employment, stocks and nominations to augment the FQPA SRB,
systematic review. Nominees should be bonds, and where applicable, sources of a pool of experts who can be available
scientists who have sufficient research support. EPA will evaluate the to the SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist
professional qualifications, including in peer reviews conducted by the Panel.
candidates’ financial disclosure forms to
training and experience, and can EPA anticipates selecting experts from
assess whether there are financial
provide expert comments on the
conflicts of interest, appearance of a loss this pool, as needed, to assist the SAP
pesticide health and safety related
of impartiality, or any prior involvement in their peer review of EPA’s issues
issues for a FIFRA SAP meeting.
with the development of the documents related to the health and safety of
Nominees should be identified by name,
under consideration (including previous pesticides.
occupation, position, address, email
address, and telephone number. scientific peer review) before the Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2625 et seq.; 5 U.S.C.
Nominations should be provided to the candidate is considered further for Appendix 2 et seq.
DFO listed under FOR FURTHER service on FIFRA SAP. Those who are Dated: September 19, 2018.
INFORMATION CONTACT on or before selected from the pool of prospective Stanley Barone Jr.,
November 13, 2018. The Agency will candidates will be asked to attend the Acting Director, Office of Science
consider all nominations of prospective public meetings and to participate in the Coordination and Policy.
candidates for service as ad hoc discussion of key issues and [FR Doc. 2018–21196 Filed 9–27–18; 8:45 am]
participants on the FIFRA SAP that are assumptions at these meetings. In BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
received on or before that date. addition, they will be asked to review
However, final selection of ad hoc and to help finalize the meeting
participants is at the discretion of the
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minutes. The list of ad hoc participants FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency. and FIFRA SAP members participating
The selection of scientists to serve as Proposed Agency Information
at each meeting will be posted on the
ad hoc participants of the FIFRA SAP is Collection Activities; Comment
FIFRA SAP website at http://
based on the function of the Panel and Request
the expertise needed to address the www.epa.gov/sap or may be obtained
Agency’s charge to the Panel. No from the OPP Docket at http:// AGENCY: Board of Governors of the
interested scientists shall be ineligible www.regulations.gov. Federal Reserve System.

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Collection		Federal Register
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Nominations. Nominations should be provided to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or before November 13, 2018.
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		83 FR 49091