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C. Updated OPPTS Test Guidelines for 

Series 835 

EPA is announcing the availability of 

updated test guidelines for the OPPTS 

Test Guideline Series 835–Fate, 

Transport and Transformation Test 

Guidelines. Many of these guidelines 

are based upon, and bring up to date, 

the 1982 Pesticide Assessment 

Guidelines–Subdivision N protocols 

that were presented to the Scientific 

Advisory Panel (SAP) in the late 1970s 

and are currently being used to perform 

environmental fate testing to support 

the registration of pesticides under 

FIFRA. These test guidelines are a [nonregulatory] companion to 40 CFR Part 

158–Pesticides; Data Requirement for 

Conventional Chemicals. Eight such 

Subdivision N guidelines have been 

reformatted, including insertion of 

clarifying guidance, and assigned an 

OPPTS 835 designation. The test 

guidelines in this group are: 

• 835.2240–Photodegradation in 

Water. 

• 835.2410–Photodegradation in Soil. 

• 835.2370–Photodegradation in Air. 

• 835.1410–Laboratory Volatility. 

• 835.8100–Field Volatility. 

• 835.6200–Aquatic (Sediment) Field 

Dissipation. 

• 835.6300–Forestry Dissipation. 

• 835.6400–Combination and Tank 

Mixes Field Dissipation. 

One Subdivision N guideline, 

835.1240–Leaching Studies, has been 

updated based on the test guideline 

harmonization efforts of the 

Organization for Economic Cooperation 

and Development (OECD). The Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) played a 

major role in the OECD harmonization 

effort. 

Six test guidelines were harmonized 

at OECD for use with pesticides or 

industrial chemicals: Both OPP and the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT) played major roles in the 

OECD harmonization effort. The test 

guidelines in this group are: 

• 835.2120–Hydrolysis. 

• 835.4100–Aerobic Soil Metabolism. 

• 835.4200–Anaerobic Soil 

Metabolism. 

• 835.4300–Aerobic Aquatic 

Metabolism. 

• 835.4400–Anaerobic Aquatic 

Metabolism. 

• 835.1230–Adsorption/Desorption 

(Batch Equilibrium). 

OPPTS 835.2120 supersedes OPPTS 

835.2110–Hydrolysis as a Function of 

pH. 

The test guideline for Terrestrial Field 

Dissipation (OPPTS 835.6100) is the 

result of a harmonization effort with 

Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory 

Agency (PMRA) and was completed 

under the auspices of the North 

American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA) Technical Working Group on 

Pesticides, established under NAFTA. 

This guideline was peer-reviewed by 

FIFRA SAP. 

OPPT has played a key role in the 

OECD harmonization effort responsible 

for eight other OPPTS 835 Series 

guidelines, for testing of industrial 

chemicals. The eight test guidelines are: 

• 835.0001–Principles and Strategies 

Related to Biodegradation Testing of 

Organic Chemicals under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). 

• 835.3140–Ready Biodegradability— 

CO2 in Sealed Vessels (Headspace Test). 

• 835.3190–Aerobic Mineralization in 

Surface Water—Simulation 

Biodegradation Test. 

• 835.3215–Inherent 

Biodegradability—Concawe Test. 

• 835.3240–Simulation Test—Aerobic 

Sewage Treatment: A. Activated Sludge 

Units. 

• 835.3260–Simulation Test—Aerobic 

Sewage Treatment: B. Biofilms. 

• 835.3280–Simulation Tests to Assess 

the Primary and Ultimate 

Biodegradability of Chemicals 

Discharged to Wastewater. 

• 835.3420–Anaerobic 

Biodegradability of Organic Compounds 

in Digested Sludge: By Measurement of 

Gas Production. 

Of these eight test guidelines, three 

are updated versions that supersede 

existing OPPTS guidelines. The three 

are OPPTS 835.3140 (supersedes OPPTS 

835.3120–Sealed-Vessel CO2 Production 

Test); OPPTS 835.3240 (supersedes 

OPPTS 835.3220–Porous Pot Test); and 

OPPTS 835.3420 (supersedes OPPTS 

835.3400–Anaerobic Biodegradability of 

Organic Chemicals). The other five test 

guidelines are also based on the test 

guideline harmonization efforts of 

OECD, but reflect the development of 

new test methods that has occurred 

since the OPPTS 835 Series guidelines 

for industrial chemicals were last 

updated in the 1990s. In addition to 

these five, OPPTS 835.4100, 835.4200, 

835.4300, and 835.4400 are similarly 

based on OECD test methods developed 

and adopted since the mid 1990s. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemical 

testing, Test guideline. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

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Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board Integrated 

Nitrogen Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public meeting of the SAB Integrated 

Nitrogen Committee (INC) to discuss the 

committee’s draft report. 

DATES: The SAB INC will conduct a 

public meeting on May 14–15, 2009. 

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern 

Time on May 14, 2009 and adjourn no 

later than 5:30 p.m. The meeting will 

begin at 8:30 a.m. on May 15, 2009 and 

adjourn no later than 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Georgetown, 

2101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

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Nugent, Designated Federal Officer 

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recommendations to the EPA 

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Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

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the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Background: The SAB INC is studying 

the need for integrated research and 

strategies to reduce reactive nitrogen in 

the environment. At the global scale, 

reactive nitrogen from human activities 

now exceeds that produced by natural 

terrestrial ecosystems. Reactive nitrogen 

both benefits and impacts the health 

and welfare of people and ecosystems. 

Scientific information suggests that 

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environment and that nitrogen cycling 

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