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members participating at this meeting will be posted on the FIFRA SAP website at http://epa.gov/scipoly/sap or may be obtained from the OPP Regulatory Public 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 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. 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, as amended by FQPA, established a Science Review Board consisting of at least 60 scientists who are available to the SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in reviews conducted by the SAP. As a peer review mechanism, FIFRA SAP provides comments, evaluations and recommendations to improve the effectiveness and quality of analyses made by Agency scientists. Members of FIFRA SAP are scientists who have sufficient professional qualifications, including training and experience, to provide expert advice and recommendation to the Agency. B. Public Meeting

The Agency recognizes that climate change will affect parts of its core mission. To achieve its core mission, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) assessment methodologies must continue to provide high quality science-based predictions of the risks from exposure to pesticides. OPP is in the early stages of examining how well existing assessment tools may perform in light of climate change and if any modifications are needed to respond to changes in climate. OPP’s initial effort is to examine its exposure models.

EPA assesses pesticide exposure to people from the food and water they consume and from the pesticides they use or otherwise come in contact within and around the home, public areas and occupational settings. EPA also assesses environmental exposure to terrestrial and aquatic species. In assessing exposures to pesticides, EPA uses many peer reviewed models and methodologies.

OPP has reviewed most of its human and ecological exposure models used to assess exposure to conventional pesticides to explore which inputs and parameters may be affected by changing climatic conditions. Of the reviewed exposure assessment tools, OPP selected two human and two ecological models commonly used by OPP as case studies to illustrate the Agency’s approach for considering the potential effects of climate change on the Agency’s exposure estimates. Based on the reviews the Agency has reached some preliminary conclusions.

The purpose of this consultation is to seek the SAP’s advice on the approach used by OPP to examine its exposure models’ performance in light of climate change and on OPP’s preliminary conclusions resulting from this review. The Agency is also seeking advice on sources of information or research that may inform identified gaps in our knowledge. 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 mid-November 2010. 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 electronically, at http:// www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA SAP homepage at http://www.epa.gov/ scipoly/sap

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FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting minutes summarizing its recommendations to the Agency approximately 90 days after the meeting. The meeting minutes will be posted on the FIFRA SAP website or may be obtained from the OPP Regulatory Public Docket at http:// www.regulations.gov

. List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: September 22, 2010. Frank Sanders, Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy.
[FR Doc. 2010–24433 Filed 9–28–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION**  **AGENCY**

**[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0001; FRL–8847–2]**

**SFIREG Full Committee; Notice of Public Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/ State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG), Environmental Quality Issues (EQI) Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on October 27, 2010, and ending October 28, 2010. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

**DATES :**  The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, October 28, 2010.

To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person listed under **FOR FURTHER INFORMATON**
**CONTACT** , preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at EPA. One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington VA., 4th Floor South Conference Room.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ron Kendall, Field and External Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 305–5561 fax number: (703) 308–1850; e-mail address: kendall.ron@epa.gov. or Grier Stayton, SFIREG Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 466, Milford DE 19963; telephone number (302) 422–8152; fax (302) 422– 2435; e-mail address: Grier Stayton at aapco-sfireg@comcast.net.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me?

You may be potentially affected by this action if you are interested in SFIREG information exchange relationship with EPA regarding important issues related to human health, environmental exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA’s decision-making process. You are invited and encouraged to attend the meetings and participate as appropriate. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:


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Those persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0001. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket
at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility 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. II. Background

1. SFIREG/EQI letter re: environmental and human health benchmarks.

2. EPA use of monitoring data vs. use of modeling outputs in registration review process.

3. Endangered Species—bulletins update, possible rulemaking procedure, new biological opinions.

4. Bed bugs: ‘‘ One State’s Experience ’’

, EPA taskforce update, misuse of pesticide products, proposed next steps.

5. Water quality Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP) update.

6. Water quality PREP—National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discussions.

7. NPDES permit update—rollout, feedback and comments, EPA responses, NPDES/FIFRA Workgroup meeting, next steps.

8. Pesticide Of Interest Tracking System (POINTS) database—reporting and use update.

9. OPP and OECA updates. 10. Office of Water updates—Drinking water strategy.

11. Status of deleted and underreview pesticides (endosulfan, atrazine), pyrethoids and pyrethrins reevaluation, chlorpyrifos lawsuit, and usefulness to the states of Study Profile Templates for pesticide registration applications?

12. Canary software—detect intentional or unintentional contamination in drinking water systems. II. How can I request to participate in this meeting?

This meeting is open for the public to attend. You may attend the meeting without further notification. Non EPA attendees will need to be signed in at lobby security and escorted to the fourth floor meeting room. List of Subjects

Environmental protection.
Dated: September 17, 2010. Kevin Keaney, Acting Director, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–24435 Filed 9–28–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0935; FRL–8804–7]**

**Pesticide Science Policy; Notice of Withdrawal** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  EPA announces the withdrawal of the pesticide science policy document ‘‘ Use of the Pesticide Data Program (PDP) in Acute Risk Assessment. ’’ In estimating dietary exposure to pesticides, the Agency uses a variety of data and different models. This science policy document was developed to explain a particular statistical methodology, known as decomposition, for using information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP) in risk assessments of acute exposure to pesticide residues in food. EPA is withdrawing this policy because EPA has been using a less resource-intensive and generally comparable method of analyzing data on pesticide residues. This action is in response to the recommendations made by EPA’s Office of Inspector General during its review of EPA’s implementation of the Food Quality and Protection Act (FQPA). In its report

‘‘ Opportunities to Improve Data Quality and Children’s Health through the FQPA ’’ issued January 10, 2006, the Office of Inspector General recommended that EPA should update the status of its Science Policy issue papers. This Federal Register notice updates the public on the status of one of those papers. EPA is withdrawing this policy because EPA has been using a less resource-intensive and generally comparable method of analyzing data on pesticide residues. **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  David J. Miller, Health Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7509P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5352; fax number: (703) 305- 5147; e-mail address: miller.davidj@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, however, may be of interest to persons who produce or formulate pesticides or who register pesticide products. 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**

. B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

1. Docket . EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– OPP–2008–0935. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at http:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility 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

. II. Discussion A. Background on the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996

The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) significantly amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Among other changes, FQPA established a stringent health-based standard ( ‘‘ a reasonable certainty of no harm ’’ ) for pesticide residues in foods to assure protection from unacceptable pesticide exposure and strengthened