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teleconference, may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory 

Board by telephone/voice mail at (202) 

564–4539, fax at (202) 501–0582, or via 

e-mail at armitage.thomas@epa.gov.

General information about the SAB can 

be found in the SAB Web site at http:/

/www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given that the Panel 

will hold a public teleconference and a 

public meeting to provide advice to the 

EPA on the Agency’s Report on the 

Environment. Background on the Panel 

and the focus of the public 

teleconference and meeting described in 

this notice was provided in a Federal 

Register notice published on June 17, 

2003 (68 FR 35883–35884). 

The purpose of the public 

teleconference is to discuss the review 

charge and provide an opportunity for 

questions or clarifications from the 

Panel on the ROE prior to the March 

public meeting. The purpose of the 

March public meeting is for the Panel to 

review the ROE. The agendas and 

charge questions will be posted on the 

SAB Web site, http://www.epa.gov/sab/

agendas.htm, prior to the teleconference 

and meeting. The ROE documents may 

be found at: http://www.epa.gov/

indicators/roe/html/roePDF.htm.

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments 

It is the policy of the EPA SAB to 

accept written public comments of any 

length, and to accommodate oral public 

comments whenever possible. The SAB 

Staff Office expects that public 

statements presented at the ROE panel 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. Oral Comments: In general 

each individual or group requesting an 

oral presentation at a face-to-face 

meeting will be limited to a total time 

of 10 minutes (unless otherwise 

indicated). In general, for teleconference 

meetings, opportunities for oral 

comment will be limited to no more 

than three minutes per speaker and no 

more than 15 minutes total. Requests to 

provide oral comments must be in 

writing (e-mail, fax or mail) and 

received by the DFO no later than noon 

eastern time five business days prior to 

the teleconference in order to reserve 

time on the teleconference agenda. 

Written Comments: Although the SAB 

Staff Office accepts written comments 

until the date of the meeting (unless 

otherwise stated), written comments 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office at least seven business days prior 

to the teleconference date so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

committee or panel for their 

consideration. Comments should be 

supplied to the DFO at the address/

contact information noted above in the 

following formats: one hard copy with 

original signature, and one electronic 

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: 

Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or 

Rich Text files (in IBM–PC/Windows 

95/98 format)). Those providing written 

comments and who attend the meeting 

are also asked to bring 35 copies of their 

comments for public distribution. 

Meeting Accommodations 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access the public 

meetings listed above should contact the 

DFO at least five business days prior to 

the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made.

Dated: January 23, 2004. 

Vanessa Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2003–0360; FRL–7334–4]

Carbamate Cumulative Assessment 

Group; Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) and 

(vi) of the Federal Food Drug and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by 

Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 

(FQPA), specifies that when 

determining the safety of a pesticide 

chemical, EPA shall base its risk 

assessment on aggregate exposure and 

available information concerning the 

cumulative effects to human health that 

may result from exposure to pesticides 

and other substances that have a 

common mechanism of toxicity. EPA 

has determined that certain substances 

in the carbamate class of pesticides 

share a common mechanism of toxicity. 

This notice announces EPA’s 

determination regarding the specific 

substances which will be included 

within this cumulative assessment 

group (CAG) for the N-methyl carbamate 

pesticide cumulative risk assessment.

DATES: EPA expects a preliminary 

cumulative assessment will be available 

for public comment by the Spring of 

2005. EPA will announce its availability 

and request public comments in a future 

Federal Register Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical issues: David Miller, Health 

Effects Division (7509C), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 305–

5352; e-mail address: 

miller.davidj@epa.gov.

General issues: John Leahy, Special 

Review and Reregistration Division 

(7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–6703; e-mail address: 

leahy.john@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This notice is directed to the public 

in general; however, persons may be 

interested who work in agricultural 

settings or persons who are concerned 

about implementation of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the 

amendments to both of these major 

pesticide laws by the Food Quality 

Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. 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. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Potentially affected entities 

may include but are not limited to: 

Agricultural workers and farmers; 

pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental, consumer 

and farmworker groups; pesticide users 

and growers; pest consultants; State, 

local and Tribal governments; academia; 

public health organizations; food 

processors; and the public.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information?

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2003–0360. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

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or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis 

Hwy., Arlington, VA. This docket 

facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select search, then 

key in the appropriate docket ID 

number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

II. Background

The Food Quality Protection Act 

(FQPA) of 1996 amended the laws 

under which EPA evaluates the safety of 

pesticide residues in food. Section 

408(b)(2)(D)(v) and (vi) of the Federal 

Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, as 

amended by FQPA, specifies that when 

determining the safety of a pesticide 

chemical, EPA shall base its risk 

assessment on aggregate exposure (i.e., 

total dietary including water, 

residential, and other non-occupational) 

and available information concerning 

the cumulative effects to human health 

that may result from dietary, residential, 

or other non-occupational exposure to 

pesticides and other substances that 

have a common mechanism of toxicity. 

Further, in carrying out the FQPA 

tolerance reassessment provisions, EPA 

is instructed to give priority to review 

of the tolerances or exemptions that 

appear to pose the greatest risk to public 

health. (Section 408(q)(2))

Both the organophosphorus and 

carbamate classes of pesticides have 

been given high priority by the Office of 

Pesticide Programs for the reassessment 

of their tolerances and the completion of 

cumulative risk assessments in 

accordance with the mandates of FQPA. 

A revised cumulative risk assessment 

for the organophosphorus pesticides has 

been completed and is available on the 

EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/

pesticides/cumulative/ (Ref. 7). The 

carbamate class of pesticides have been 

given the next highest priority by OPP 

for the reassessment of tolerances in 

accordance with the mandates of FQPA, 

and OPP expects a preliminary 

cumulative risk assessment for the 

relevant acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting 

members of this class to be available to 

the public by spring of 2005.

A. Determining the Common 

Mechanism Group

In order to assess the carbamate class 

for cumulative toxic effects, the Agency 

needed to first identify as a Common 

Mechanism Group (CMG) those 

carbamate pesticides that cause a 

common toxic effect by a common 

mechanism. The purpose of this notice 

is to:

1. Describe the approach, process, and 

reasoning used by the Agency in 

identifying, categorizing, and selecting 

the N-methyl carbamate pesticides 

which have been designated as a 

common mechanism group; and

2. Identify the N-methyl carbamate 

pesticides which OPP expects to be 

assessed and evaluated in the N-methyl 

carbamate cumulative risk assessment 

document.

As the cumulative assessment proceeds, 

the public and other interested parties 

will be provided the opportunity to 

comment and provide input concerning 

all aspects of the assessment. 

As had been done for the 

organophosphorus pesticides, OPP 

began its review of the carbamates by 

commissioning a report by the Risk 

Sciences Institute (RSI), part of the 

International Life Sciences Institute 

(ILSI), which considered whether the 

carbamate pesticides shared a common 

mechanism of toxicity. The RSI panel 

evaluated the potential for two or more 

carbamate pesticides to act by the same 

mechanism by applying three 

principles. The principles were:

• They cause the same critical 

effect(s)

• They act on the same molecular 

target at the same target tissue

• They act by the same biochemical 

mechanism of action perhaps because 

they share a common toxic intermediate 

(Ref. 2)

The RSI panel focused on cholinesterase 

(ChE) inhibition as a scientifically 

accepted mechanism of action for the 

carbamates and found that the three 

principles were met for the ChEinhibiting carbamates. The panel issued 

its report, ‘‘Common Mechanism of 

Toxicity: Evaluation of Carbamate 

Pesticides,’’ to OPP in March 1999 and 

concluded that the ChE-inhibiting 

carbamates should be considered to act 

by a common mechanism of toxicity. 

RSI also pointed out that some 

carbamates also produce effects that 

may not be related to ChE inhibition 

(Ref. 1).

Subsequent to this ILSI report, OPP 

prepared its own report on this grouping 

and presented its analysis in a draft 

document entitled ‘‘A Science Policy on 

a Common Mechanism of Toxicity: The 

Carbamate Pesticides And the Grouping 

of Carbamate with the 

Organophosphorus Pesticides’’ to the 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) 

for review in September 1999 (Ref. 3). 

This draft document generally 

concluded that while all of the 

carbamate pesticides appeared to share 

a similar chemical structure, they 

differed in the types of toxic effects they 

caused and therefore it was appropriate 

to divide the group into three distinct 

subgroups: Carbamates, thiocarbamates, 

and dithiocarbamates. Subcategories of 

carbamates based on structural 

characteristics of the carbamate moiety 

and ChE inhibiting potential are 

described in this draft document. The 

report resulting from this September 22, 

1999 SAP meeting endorsed OPP’s 

position in that ‘‘the Panel agreed 

unanimously with the Agency’s 

conclusion that acetylcholinesterase 

provides a sufficient basis for 

determining a common mechanism of 

toxicity for grouping carbamate 

pesticides’’ (Ref. 4). The SAP, however, 

also pointed out that other toxic effects 

(e.g., developmental, thyroid, 

neurotoxic) should be evaluated as 

endpoints for grouping the 

thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates.

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1For example, the thiocarbamates and 

dithiocarbamate pesticides are the sulfur analogs of 

carbamates, and are not used as insecticides but 

rather as herbicides or fungicides because these 

carbamates generally do not appear to be effective 

cholinesterase inhibitors. Neuropathology is the 

primary effect of concern for these chemicals.

2As stated in the Cumulative Guidance (USEPA 

2002), ‘‘This focus on likely risk contributors is 

important ... since a large number of chemicals may 

increase the complexity and uncertainty with no 

substantial change in total exposure. Additionally, 

including a large number of chemicals in the 

refined quantitation of risk also may confound the 

interpretation and utility of the assessment results 

for risk management decisions’’ (Ref. 8).

Upon consideration of the ILSI report, 

the SAP comments, and reviews by 

OPP, it has been concluded by OPP that 

the pesticides that comprise the 

subgroup of N-methyl carbamates, based 

on their structural characteristics and 

similarity and their shared ability to 

inhibit acetylcholinesterase by 

carbamylation of the serine hydroxyl 

group located in the active site of the 

enzyme, should be designated as a 

Common Mechanism Group. (Ref. 5).

The thiocarbamates and 

dithiocarbamates are not included in the 

CMG for cholinesterase-inhibiting 

carbamates. The thio- and dithiocarbamate subgroups were the subject of 

a separate FIFRA SAP meeting, 

September 7, 2001 - Common 

Mechanism of Action of Thiocarbamates 

and Dithiocarbamates, in which it was 

determined that acetylcholinesterase 

inhibition was not their principal 

mechanism of toxicity1 (Ref. 6). As 

pointed out in the Cumulative 

Guidance, ‘‘refined quantitative 

estimates should generally focus on 

common effects that represent the 

principal toxicities for the CMG’’ ...so 

that cumulative risk assessments are 

efficient and protect public health (Ref. 

8). Thus, neither the thiocarbamates nor 

the dithiocarbamates are included in the 

cumulative assessment of N-methyl 

carbamates since they do not share ChE 

inhibition as a common principal 

mechanism of toxicity.

B. Determining the Cumulative 

Assessment Group

Once the constituents of a CMG are 

identified, a necessary follow-on step in 

assessing the cumulative risk of a 

common mechanism group (here, the Nmethyl carbamates) involves selecting a 

subset of these CMG chemicals as a 

Cumulative Assessment Group (CAG) 

(see Ref. 8). As described in the 

Cumulative Guidance (Ref. 8), this 

subset of CMG chemicals is selected 

because not all chemicals grouped by 

common mechanism of toxicity should 

necessarily be included in a quantitative 

cumulative risk assessment. For 

example, initial cumulative assessments 

should not attempt to quantify risk 

resulting from chemicals with low 

hazard potential or from minor exposure 

scenarios, but should instead focus on 

those chemicals that are likely to be risk 

contributors. Specifically (and again as 

detailed in the cumulative guidance 

document), the CAG—and consequently 

the cumulative risk assessment—should 

exclude those chemicals, those chemical 

uses, and those exposure scenarios/

routes/pathways for which risk and 

exposure does not contribute in any 

meaningful or substantive ways to the 

total cumulative risk picture2.

OPP began the process of determining 

the members of the CAG by identifying 

those carbamates which contained the 

N-methyl structural moiety. These are 

listed in the upper rows of Table 1 and 

identified as such by an X in the second 

column. Next, OPP further narrowed the 

list of the potential CAG-candidates by 

reviewing OPP databases to determine 

those CMG members that have active 

food or residential registrations. This 

information is summarized in columns 

3 and 4 of Table 1 which lists those 

carbamates which have one or more 

active food/feed or residential 

registrations, respectively. Those 

carbamates which have neither food nor 

residential (non-food) current 

registrations were eliminated from 

further consideration for inclusion in 

the CAG.

Next, OPP investigated the presence, 

pattern, and magnitudes of residues in 

the USDA’s Pesticide Data Program 

(PDP) database through 2002. Those 

carbamates for which PDP has collected 

data and those for which detectable 

residues were found in the PDP 

database through 2002 are listed via an 

X in the 5th and 6th columns of Table 

1. Those chemicals for which PDP did 

collect residue data but did not detect 

any residues were eliminated from 

consideration from the CAG if there 

were no residential uses. Thus, those 

chemicals without residential 

registrations were eliminated for further 

consideration if an X is present in 

Column 5 and absent from Column 6. 

No chemicals were excluded from the 

CAG as a result of this analysis.

Finally, the 7th column of Table 1 lists 

those that are currently undergoing 

phase-out or cancellation. As was done 

with the OP assessment, chemicals 

currently undergoing phase-out or 

cancellation are not included in the 

CAG since exposures are expected to be 

zero at some point in the near future.

Based on the above information, Nmethyl carbamates which OPP expects 

to include in the cumulative risk 

assessment for the carbamate pesticides 

is as follows: Aldicarb, aldoxycarb, 

carbaryl, carbofuran, formetanate HCl, 

methiocarb, methomyl, oxamyl, 

pirimicarb, propoxur, and thiodicarb.

These carbamates all display ChEinhibiting activity, have current active 

registrations, and are expected to 

contribute to the carbamate cumulative 

risk assessment through quantitatively 

meaningful exposure scenarios.

TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CARBAMATE CAG GROUPING

Registration PDP Data 

N-methyl? 

Food Use 

Registrationa? 

Non-Food 

Use Registration (e.g., 

Residential 

Uses)? 

Any PDP 

Data Available? 

Any PDP 

Detects? 

Phase Out or 

Cancellation? 

Aldicarb X X X X

Aldoxycarb X X X X

Carbaryl X X X X X

Carbofuran X X X X

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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CARBAMATE CAG GROUPING—Continued

Registration PDP Data 

N-methyl? 

Food Use 

Registrationa? 

Non-Food 

Use Registration (e.g., 

Residential 

Uses)? 

Any PDP 

Data Available? 

Any PDP 

Detects? 

Phase Out or 

Cancellation? 

Formetanate HCl X X X X

Methiocarb X X X X

Methomyl X X X X

Oxamyl X X X X 

Pirimicarb X X X X

Propoxur X X X X

Thiodicarbd XX XX

Aminocarb (Matacil) X X

Bendiocarb X X X

Bufencarb (bux) X X

Carbosulfan X X

Cloethocarb (Lance) X X

Dimetilan (Elecron, Famid) X X

Ethiofencarb X X X

Isolan (Primin) X X

Isoprocarb (Etrofolan, MIPC) X X

Mexacarbate (Zectran) X X

Promecarb (Carbamult) X X

Trimethacarb (Broot, Landrin) X X

Asulam X

Barban X X

Chlorpropham X X X

Desmidapham X X X

2-EEEBCb X

Fenoxycarb (torus) X

IPBCc X

Karbutilate X

Phenmediphan X X X

Propamocarb X

Propham X

Thiophanate (methyl) X X

Butylate X X

Cycloate X

EPTC X

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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CARBAMATE CAG GROUPING—Continued

Registration PDP Data 

N-methyl? 

Food Use 

Registrationa? 

Non-Food 

Use Registration (e.g., 

Residential 

Uses)? 

Any PDP 

Data Available? 

Any PDP 

Detects? 

Phase Out or 

Cancellation? 

Molinate X X

Pebulate X

Vernolate X

Diallate X

Triallate X X

Thiobencarb X X

Mancozeb X X

Maneb X X

Metiram X X

Zineb X

Metam Na, K X X

Thiram X X

Ferbam X X

Ziram X X

aThis includes Food Handling Establishment use for carbaryl and propoxur

b 2-2(ethoxyethoxy)ethyl 2-bensimidazole carbamate

c 3-iodo-2-propynyl butlcarbamate (aka Trotsan polyphase)

dThiodicarb is a dimer of methomyl and is analyzed as methomyl by the PDP program

Note: The following carbamate pesticides were excluded from the above table since they are not N-methyl carbamates, they do not possess 

current U.S. registrations for food or non-food uses, there exist no detections in the USDA PDP program, and there is no indication that these 

have been actively phased out or cancelled: Alanycarb, allyxycarb, benfuracarb, butacarb, butocarboxim, butoxycarboxim, carbanolate, 

carboxazole, chlorprocarb, decarbofuran, dichlormate, dicresyl, dimetan, dioxacarb, EMPC, fenasulam, fenethacarb fenobucarb furathiocarb, 

hyquincarb, nitrilacarb, promacyl tazimcarb, terbucarb thiocarboxime, thiofanox, XMC, xylycarb, and NaDMDTC.

D. References

1. International Life Sciences Institute 

(ILSI). 1999 Common Mechanism of 

Toxicity: Evaluation of Carbamate 

Pesticides, International Life Science 

Institute Report, Washington DC.

2. Mileson, B., JE Chambers, WL 

Chen, W Dettbarn, M Ehrich, AT 

Eldefrawi, DW Gaylor, K Hammernik, E 

Hodgson, AG Karczmar, S Padilla, CN 

Pope, RJ Richardson, DR Saunders, LP 

Sheets, LG Sultatos and KB Wallace. 

Common Mechanism of Toxicity: a case 

study of organophosphorus pesticides. 

Toxicological Sciences 41, pp.8–20.

3. USEPA, 1999a. A Science Policy on 

a Common Mechanism of Toxicity: The 

Carbamate Pesticides And the Grouping 

of Carbamate with the 

Organophosphorus Pesticides; draft 

document. August 30, 1999. http://

www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/1999/

september/carbam.pdf.

4. USEPA, 1999b. SAP Report No. 99-

05. November 18, 1999.http://

www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/1999/

september/finalrpt.pdf.

5. USEPA, 2001a. Memorandum from 

Marcia Mulkey to Lois Rossi. 

Implementation of the Determinations 

of a Common Mechanism of Toxicity for 

N-Methyl Carbamate Pesticides and for 

Certain Chloroacetanilide Pesticides. 

July 12, 2001.http://www.epa.gov/

oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/

carbamate.pdf.

6. USEPA, 2001b. Memorandum from 

Paul Lewis to Marcia Mulkey. SAP 

Report 2001–11. November 1, 

2001.http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/

2001/september7/

september2001finalsapreport.pdf.

7. USEPA, 2002a. Organophosphate 

Pesticides; Availability of the Revised 

Organophosphate Cumulative Risk 

Assessment. (67 FR 41993; June 20, 

2002)

8. USEPA, 2002b. Guidance on 

Cumulative Risk Assessment of 

Pesticide Chemicals That Have a 

Common Mechanism of Toxicity. 

January 14, 2002. (67 FR 2210; January 

16, 2002)http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/

trac/science/cumulative_guidance.pdf.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: January 20, 2004.

James Jones,

Director, Office of Pesticides Program.

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Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of 

Application

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.