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AAAS Congressional Science and 

Technology Fellow, her scientific 

expertise was utilized to inform public 

policy on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, 

aging, and NIH research funding. The 

major focus of Dr. Sobrian’s research 

involves the behavioral, immunological, 

and neurotoxicological consequences of 

prenatal and neonatal drug 

administration and drug and 

environmental stress-induced 

alterations in behavioral and 

immunological development. She has a 

longstanding interest in sex differences, 

and her lab was the first to show that 

prenatal environmental and 

psychological stress differentially 

altered immune parameters in rat male 

and female offspring, research that she 

continued as a Fulbright Scholar at the 

Immunological Research Institute in 

Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Her current 

research involves the life-span 

consequences of prenatal exposure to 

cocaine and nicotine, alone and in 

combination, with an emphasis on drug 

addiction in the aging organism. In 

developing animal models for 

neuropsychiatric diseases, Dr. Sobrian is 

currently exploring the role of prenatal 

environmental noise stress [PENS] in 

the etiology of autism and depression. 

For her work in establishing an 

environmentally-mediated 

neurodevelopmental animal model of 

depression, Dr. Sobrian was designated 

a L. Vernon Maddox NARSAD 

investigator. 

18. Kristina Thayer, Ph.D. 

i. Expertise: Understanding the role of 

environmental exposures in diabetes 

and obesity, evaluating the predictive 

utility of high throughput screening 

data, and methods of exposure 

assessment. 

ii. Education: BS, Psychology, 

Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., 

Biological Sciences, University of 

Missouri. 

iii. Professional Experience: Kristina 

Thayer, Ph.D. is Deputy Director of 

Analysis at the National Toxicology 

Program (NTP) and Director of the NTP 

Office of Health Assessment and 

Translation (OHAT) at the National 

Institute for Environmental Health 

Sciences (NIEHS) located on the campus 

of the National Institute for 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS). OHAT conducts evaluations to 

assess the evidence that environmental 

chemicals, physical substances, or 

mixtures (collectively referred to as 

‘‘substances’’) may cause adverse health 

effects and provides opinions on 

whether these substances may be of 

concern given what is known about 

current human exposure levels. As 

Deputy Director of Analysis, she 

oversees OHAT and the NTP Office of 

the Report on Carcinogens. Before 

becoming director of OHAT, she held 

positions in the NTP Office of Liaison, 

Policy, and Review, the NIEHS Office of 

Risk Assessment Research and the NTP 

Center for the Evaluation of Risks to 

Human Reproduction (CERHR). Prior to 

joining the NTP/NIEHS, she was a 

senior scientist at the World Wildlife 

Fund and then at the Environmental 

Working Group. In addition to 

overseeing the development of OHAT 

and ORoC monographs, she has research 

interests in the areas of understanding 

the role of environmental exposures in 

diabetes and obesity, evaluating the 

predictive utility of high throughput 

screening data, and methods of 

exposure assessment. She is considered 

an expert on the application of 

systematic review methods to 

environmental health topics. 

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

301 et seq. 

Dated: August 5, 2015. 

David Dix, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0086; FRL–9931–20] 

Environmental Quality Issues and 

Pesticides Operations and 

Management State FIFRA Issues 

Research and Evaluation Group; 

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), the 

Environmental Quality Issues (EQI) and 

the Pesticides Operations and 

Management (POM) committees will 

hold a joint 2-day meeting, beginning on 

September 21, 2015 and ending 

September 22, 2015. This notice 

announces the location and times for 

the meeting and sets forth the tentative 

agenda topics. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, September 21, 2015, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed in this notice under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please contact 

EPA 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, Virginia, 1st 

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) 305–5884; email address: 

kendall.ron@epa.gov or Amy Bamber, 

SFIREG Executive Secretary, at aapcosfireg@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 

pesticide regulation issues affecting 

states and any discussion between EPA 

and SFIREG on field implementation 

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) 

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) and those who sell, 

distribute or use pesticides, as well as 

any non-government organization. If 

you have any questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, please consult the 

person in this notice listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0086, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

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

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

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the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. Tentative Agenda Topics 

1. Pollinator protection issues: 

a. Managed pollinator protection 

plans 

b. EPA pollinator policy public 

comment update 

c. Environmental hazard statement in 

relation to bees 

d. Follow-up on bee kill reporting on 

5700 dashboard 

2. Briefing on a new system for data 

sharing that could provide opportunities 

for states to engage in meaningful data 

sharing. 

3. Results of the joint project with the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

dealing with targeted monitoring for the 

Endangered Species Act Reasonable and 

Prudent Measures (RPMs) and 

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives 

(RPAs) in final biological opinions for 

pesticides. 

4. Discuss final submittal of Pesticides 

of Interest National Tracking System 

(POINTS) recommendation paper. 

5. An update on EPA’s stance on 

treated seed. 

6. Pesticide general permit reissuance 

update. 

7. Worker Protection Standard final 

rule status and further update on 

implementation strategy or staff to 

discuss specific inconsistencies of 

personal protective equipment between 

label and National Institute of 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

8. Safer Choice related discussion. 

9. Registrant agreement by EPA with 

Wellmark on methomyl. 

10. 2,4–D report from International 

Agency for Research on Cancer 

discussion. 

11. Pyrethroid re-evaluation. 

12. Cannabis follow-up and update. 

13. Distributor label follow-up-update 

on letter and enforcement by the agency. 

14. Demonstrate a field inspection 

tool developed by the National 

Pesticide. 

15. Information Retrieval System for 

use by inspectors. 

16. Performance measures update. 

17. Laboratory Discussion to increase 

regulatory awareness. 

III. 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. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: August 3, 2015. 

Patricia L. Parrott, 

Acting, Director, Field and External Affairs 

Division, Office of Pesticide Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9931–96–ORD; Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2013–0620 and Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0128] 

Workshop To Review Initial Draft 

Materials for the Nitrogen Oxides 

(NOX) and Sulfur Oxides (SOX) 

Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) 

for Ecological Effects 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of workshop. 

SUMMARY: As part of the review of the 

air quality criteria for nitrogen oxides 

(NOX) and sulfur oxides (SOX) 

secondary (welfare-based) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS), the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing a 

teleconference workshop to evaluate 

preliminary draft materials that will 

inform the development of the NOX and 

SOX Integrated Science Assessment 

(ISA) for ecological effects. The 

workshop is being organized by EPA’s 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the Office of 

Research and Development and will be 

held by teleconference from August 25– 

27, 2015. The workshop will be open to 

attendance by interested public 

observers on a first-come, first-served 

basis and participation will be by 

teleconference only. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

Tuesday, August 25, 2015, beginning at 

1:30 p.m. and ending at 4 p.m.; 

Wednesday, August 26, 2015, beginning 

at 1 p.m. and ending at 4 p.m.; and 

Thursday, August 27, 2015, beginning at 

11:30 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

by teleconference and webinar. The call 

in number and Web site information for 

the teleconference are available to 

registered participants. Please register 

by going to https://nox-sox-eco-criteriawebinars.eventbrite.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please direct questions regarding 

workshop registration or logistics to 

Canden Byrd at EPA_NAAQS_

Workshop@icfi.com or by phone at (919) 

293–1660. Questions regarding the 

scientific and technical aspects of the 

workshop should be directed to Dr. Tara 

Greaver; telephone: 919–541–2435; 

facsimile: 919–541–1818; or email: 

greaver.tara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Workshop 

Section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA) requires the U.S. EPA to conduct 

periodic reviews of the air quality 

criteria for each air pollutant listed 

under section 108 of the Act. Based on 

such reviews, EPA is to retain or revise 

the NAAQS for a given pollutant as 

appropriate. As part of these reviews, 

NCEA assesses newly available 

scientific information and develops ISA 

documents (formerly known as Air 

Quality Criteria Documents) that 

provide the scientific basis for the 

reviews of the NAAQS. 

NCEA is holding this workshop to 

inform the Agency’s evaluation of the 

scientific evidence for the review of the 

secondary NAAQS for NO2 and SO2. 

Section 109(b)(2) of the CAA defines 

secondary NAAQS must, ‘‘specify a 

level of air quality the attainment and 

maintenance of which, in the judgment 

of the Administrator, based on such 

criteria, is requisite to protect the public 

welfare from any known or anticipated 

adverse effects associated with the 

presence of [the] pollutant in the 

ambient air.’’ The purpose of the 

workshop is to obtain review of the 

scientific content of preliminary draft 

materials that will inform the 

development of the draft ecological 

effects ISA. Workshop sessions will 

include review and discussion of 

preliminary draft materials on the 

atmospheric chemistry, including air 

quality/deposition, biogeochemistry, 

terrestrial acidification, terrestrial 

eutrophication, freshwater acidification, 

freshwater eutrophication, marine 

eutrophication, and ecosystem services. 

In addition, roundtable discussions will 

help identify key studies or concepts 

within each discipline to assist EPA in 

integrating relevant literature within 

and across disciplines. These 

preliminary materials are not being 

released as an external draft, but will be 

used to guide workshop discussions and 

inform the development of the draft 

ecological effects ISA. This workshop is 

planned to help ensure that the ISA, 

once developed, is up-to-date and 

focuses on the key evidence to inform 

the scientific understanding for the 

review of the NOX and SOX secondary 

NAAQS. EPA is planning to release the 

first external review draft ecological 

effects ISA for NOX and SOX for review 

by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee and the public during the 

first quarter of 2016. 

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