June 17, 2011

Attachment 3

Missing or Non-final Testing Guidelines

Panel comments on these can be found at General Comments (page 20-24) and as identified below.

Availability of OCSPP Test Guidelines1

Section of 

Proposed Rule 

Data Requirement OCSPP Test 

Guideline 

Comments

158.2220 

Product 

performance 

Hard surface products

Products requiring confirmatory

data 

Fabric and textile products

Air sanitizers 

Drinking water, swimming pools 

Human and animal waste

91-2 (810.2100/2200)

91-3 (810.2200/2300)

91-4 (810.2400)

91-5 (810.2500)

91-8 (810.2600)

91-7 (no number 

assigned)

Draft Test Guideline available (November 2009).

Draft Test Guideline available (November 2009).

No Test Guideline available.

No Test Guideline available.

No Test Guideline available.

No Test Guideline available.

See Appendix D, pages 1-4 for comments

 

1

Excerpted and updated from the ACC Biocides Panel main comments submitted to EPA docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110 on 

6 April 2009.] See EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110-0088.1 through 0088.14 for complete Panel comments, available at 

http://www.regulations.gov
Steven Bradbury, Ph.D. and Joan Harrigan-Farrelly

Attachment 3

June 17, 2011

Page 2 of 4

Section of 

Proposed Rule 

Data Requirement OCSPP Test 

Guideline 

Comments

158.2240 

Non-target 

organisms 

Avian acute oral 

Acute freshwater invertebrate 

Acute freshwater fish 

Avian dietary

Avian reproduction 

Acute estuarine and marine 

Acute estuarine and marine 

Acute estuarine and marine 

Acute estuarine and marine 

Acute estuarine and marine 

Fish early-life stage 

Aquatic invertebrate life cycle 

Aquatic invertebrate life cycle 

Fish life cycle 

Aquatic organism bioconc 

Aquatic organism bioconc 

Aquatic organism biomagnif 

Aquatic organism field test 

Whole sediment acute freshwater 

Whole sediment acute marine 

Whole sediment chronic

 (both freshwater and marine) 

Honeybee acute 

Honeybee foliage residue toxicity

850.2100 

850.1010 

850.1075 

850.2200 

850.2300 

850.1025 

850.1035 

850.1045 

850.1055 

850.1075 

850.1400 

850.1300 

850.1350 

850.1500 

850.1710 

850.1730 

850.1850 

850.1950 

850.1735 

850.1740 

NONE 

850.3020 

850.3030 

The entire 850 Test Guideline series was released 

in draft form in April 1996; final guidelines are 

not yet available. 

No Test Guideline currently available for chronic 

toxicity to either freshwater or marine sediment 

organisms.

See Appendix F in its entirety, specifically see 

pages 3-4 re old and outdated and still draft 

testing guidelines for comments.
Steven Bradbury, Ph.D. and Joan Harrigan-Farrelly

Attachment 3

June 17, 2011

Page 3 of 4

Section of 

Proposed Rule 

Data Requirement OCSPP Test 

Guideline 

Comments

158.2250 

Non-target plants 

Seedling emergence Tier II 

Vegetative vigor Tier II 

Aquatic plant growth Tier II 

Aquatic plant growth Tier II 

Terrestrial field 

Aquatic field 

850.4225 

850.4250 

850.4400 

850.5400 

850.4300 

850.4450 

The entire 850 Test Guideline series was released 

in draft form in April 1996; final guidelines are 

not yet available.

See Appendix F in its entirety, specifically see 

page 3-4 re old and outdated and still draft 

testing guidelines for comments.

158.2260 

Applicator 

exposure 

Product Use Information 875.1700 EPA, in its Proposed Rule, committed to finalize 

the Test Guideline for this requirement prior to 

issuance of the Final Rule. See 73 FR 59382 

(October 8, 2008), at 59399.

As of May 2011, no final Test Guidelines are yet 

issued.

See Appendix G in its entirety, specifically also 

page 3 for comments.
Steven Bradbury, Ph.D. and Joan Harrigan-Farrelly

Attachment 3

June 17, 2011

Page 4 of 4

Section of 

Proposed Rule 

Data Requirement OCSPP Test 

Guideline 

Comments

158.2270 

Post-application 

exposure 

Indoor surface residue dissipation 

Product use information 

Non-dietary ingestion exposure 

875.2300 

875.2700 

875.3000 

EPA, in its Proposed Rule, committed to finalize 

the Test Guidelines for these requirements prior 

to issuance of the Final Rule. See 73 FR 59382 

(October 8, 2008), at 59400-59401. Draft 

versions of the Test Guidelines for these 

requirements were provided to the FIFRA 

Scientific Advisory Panel in March 1998, but are 

not finalized. See 

http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/meetings/1998/m

arch/contents.htm. As of May 2011, no final Test 

Guidelines are yet issued.

See appendix G in its entirety, specifically pages 

5-9 for comments

158.2280 

Environmental fate 

Monitoring US waters 

Special leaching

NONE 

NONE

There are no Test Guidelines currently available 

for monitoring waters of the US or for “special” 

leaching studies.

See appendix H in its entirety, specifically pages 

3, 4, 6, 7 for comments

158.2290 

Residue Chemistry

Migration studies NONE There is no Test Guideline currently available for 

migration studies.

See Appendix I in its entirety, specifically pages, 

3, 4, and 7 for comments. Also see General 

comments, page 1-14.