Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0132-0659
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-02-06T05:00Z

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Subject:
Waiver
of
FIFRA
Review
of
Final
Rule
In
the
interest
of
achieving
the
objective
of
signing
the
final
rule
on
the
use
of
human
subjects
in
testing
by
January
29th,
USDA
waives
the
statutory
review
under
FIFRA
of
the
forthcoming
final
rule
draft.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
the
Agency
during
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
Interagency
review
process
to
resolve
any
potential
differences
in
the
final
rule
draft,
including
the
creation
of
a
Human
Subjects
Review
Board
(
HSRB)
that
would
be
subject
to
the
provisions
of
the
Federal
Advisory
Committees
Act
(
FACA)
as
inferred
by
the
January
3,
2006
Federal
Register
Notice
soliciting
potential
nominations
for
an
HSRB
(
FR
Doc.
E5­
8220
Filed
12­
30­
05).
Please
contact
me
if
you
have
any
questions.

Burleson
Smith
Director,
Pest
Management
Policy