Nominations to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Request for Comments

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00632; FRL-6392-3]


Nominations to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Request for
Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the names, addresses, professional
affiliations, and selected biographical data of persons nominated to
serve on the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) established under section
25(d) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA). The Panel was created on November 28, 1975, and made a
statutory Panel by amendment to FIFRA, dated October 25, 1988. Public
comment on the nominations is invited, as these comments will be used
to assist the Agency in selecting nominees to the Panel.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket control number OPP-00632, must be
received on or before December 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, electronically, or in
person. Please follow the detailed instructions for each method as
provided in Unit I. of the ``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.'' To ensure
proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that you identify docket
control number OPP-00632 in the subject line on the first page of your
response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Laura E. Morris, Designated
Federal Official, FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (7101C), Office of
Science Coordination and Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and
e-mail address: Rm. 117S, Crystal Mall 2 (CM #2), 1921 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, VA; telephone number: (703) 305-5369/308-6212; e-
mail address: morris.laura@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. 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 above under ``FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.''

B. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of This
Document and Other Related Documents?

    1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this
document, and certain other related documents that might be available
electronically, from the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/.
To access this document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and
Regulations'' and then look up the entry for this document under the
``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You can also go directly
to the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    2. In person. The Agency has established an official record for
this action under docket control number OPP-00632. The official record
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any
public comments received during an applicable comment period, and other
information related to this action, including any information claimed
as Confidential Business Information (CBI). This official record
includes the documents that are physically located in the docket, as
well as the documents that are referenced in those documents. The
public version of the official record does not include any information
claimed as CBI. The public version of the official record, which
includes printed, paper versions of any electronic comments submitted
during an applicable comment period, is available for inspection in the
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, CM
#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB telephone
number is (703) 305-5805.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments through the mail, in person, or
electronically. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that
you identify docket control number OPP-00632 in the subject line on the
first page of your response.
    1. By mail. Submit your comments to: Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and Services Division
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
    2. In person or by courier. Deliver your comments to: Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources
and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis
Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202. The PIRIB is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The PIRIB telephone
number is (703) 305-5805.
    3. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically by
e-mail to: ``opp-docket@epa.gov,'' or you can submit a computer disk
formatted as described below. Do not submit any information
electronically that you consider to be CBI. Avoid the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Electronic submissions will be
accepted in WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file format. All comments in
electronic form must be identified by docket control number OPP-00632.
Electronic comments may also be filed online at many Federal Depository
Libraries.

II. Background

    Amendments to FIFRA enacted November 28, 1975, include a
requirement under section 25(d) that notices of intent to cancel or
reclassify pesticide regulations pursuant to section 6(b)(2), as well
as proposed and final forms of rulemaking pursuant to section 25(a), be
submitted to a Scientific Advisory Panel prior to being made public or
issued to a registrant. In accordance with section 25(d), the
Scientific Advisory Panel is to have an opportunity to comment on the
health and environmental impact of such actions. The Panel shall also
make comments, evaluations, and recommendations for operating
guidelines to improve the effectiveness and quality of analyses made by
Agency scientists.

III. Charter

    A Charter for the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel has been issued
(dated October 2, 1998) in accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770 (5
U.S.C. App. I). The qualifications of members as provided by the
Charter follow.

A. Qualifications of Members

    Members are scientists who have sufficient professional
qualifications, including training and experience, to be capable of
providing expert comments as to the impact on health and the
environment of regulatory actions under sections 6(b) and 25(a) of
FIFRA. No persons shall be ineligible to serve on the Panel by reason
of their membership

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on any other advisory committee to a Federal department or agency or
their employment by a Federal department or agency (except the EPA).
The Deputy Administrator appoints individuals to serve on the Panel for
staggered terms of 4 years. Panel members are subject to the provisions
of 40 CFR part 3, subpart F, Standards of Conduct for Special
Government Employees, which include rules regarding conflicts of
interest. Each nominee selected by the Deputy Administrator, before
being formally appointed, is required to submit a Confidential
Statement of Employment and Financial Interests, which shall fully
disclose, among other financial interests, the nominee's sources of
research support, if any.
    In accordance with section 25(d) of FIFRA, the Deputy Administrator
shall require all nominees to the Panel to furnish information
concerning their professional qualifications, educational background,
employment history, and scientific publications. The Agency is required
to publish in the Federal Register the name, address, and professional
affiliations of each nominee and to seek public comment on the
nominees.

B. Applicability of Existing Regulations

    With respect to the requirements of section 25(d) of FIFRA that the
Administrator promulgate regulations regarding conflicts of interest,
the Charter provides that EPA's existing regulations applicable to
special government employees, which include advisory committee members,
will apply to the members of the Scientific Advisory Panel. These
regulations appear in 40 CFR part 3, subpart F. In addition, the
Charter provides for open meetings with opportunities for public
participation.

C. Process of Obtaining Nominees

    In accordance with the provisions of section 25(d) of FIFRA, EPA,
in April 1999, requested the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and
the National Science Foundation (NSF) to nominate scientists to fill
two vacancies occurring on the Panel. The Agency requested nomination
of experts in the fields of veterinary pathology, toxicology and
oncology. NIH responded by letter dated May 3, 1999, enclosing a list
of 12 nominees; NSF responded by letter dated May 11, 1999, with a list
of 13 nominees.

IV. Nominees

    The following are the names, addresses, and professional
affiliations of nominees being considered for membership on the FIFRA
Scientific Advisory Panel, along with selected biographical data. The
Agency will consider the nominees in making selections to fill two
vacancies occurring during the calendar year, 2000.

A. Nominees for the Field of Veterinary Pathology

    1. Nominee: Norman H. Altman, V.M.D., Vice Provost for Research,
Office of Research, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
    Expertise: Toxicology, pathology, epidemiology, experimental
studies on animals and humans.
    Education: B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, PA,
1959; V.M.D. (Veterinary Medicine), University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA, 1963; Military Service, Captain, 1968; Pathology
Training Program, U.S. Army Medical Research Laboratory, Edgewood
Arsenal, MD, 1968; Postdoctoral Fellows (Pathology; Laboratory Animal
Medicine), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,
1970.
    Professional experience: Board Certified Veterinary Pathologist;
has been involved in extensive bioassays for the National Cancer
Institute; served as the Principal Investigator for numerous large-
scale grants of the National Institutes of Health; served as Director
of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, National Cancer
Institute; served on National Science Foundation and National
Institutes of Health committees and councils; served as a consultant to
Federal government agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health,
National Academy of Sciences, and the Food and Drug Administration.
    2. Nominee: Sharon M. Black, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVP,
Associate Professor, Diagnostic Laboratory Services, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State,
MS.
    Expertise: Veterinary anatomic pathology, immunology.
    Education: B.S. (Biology), University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg, MS, 1981; D.V.M., College of Veterinary Medicine,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 1985; Ph.D.
(Veterinary Anatomic Pathology), Veterinary Medical Sciences, College
of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS, 1994.
    Professional experience: Associate Veterinarian, Animal Clinic of
Oxford, Oxford, MS, 1985-1986; Laboratory Veterinarian, Veterinary
Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia,
Tifton, GA, 1987-1988; Graduate Assistant, Department of Veterinary
Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1989-1990; Laboratory
Veterinarian/Anatomic Pathologist, Athens Veterinary Diagnostic
Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1990; Graduate
Assistant/Anatomic Pathologist, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 1991-1993;
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Research Program, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State,
MS, 1993-1994; Assistant Professor/Anatomic Pathologist, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State,
MS, 1994-1999; Associate Professor/Anatomic Pathologist, Laboratory
Services and Field Services Program, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 1999-present.
    Research: Extensive research activities in the area of veterinary
anatomic pathology.
    3. Nominee: Gregory Bradley, D.V.M., Diplomate ACVP, Assistant
Research Specialist, University of Arizona, Veterinary Diagnostic
Laboratory of Arizona, West Campus Agricultural Center, Tucson, AZ.
(biographical information not provided)
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology; wildlife disease and diseases of
the skin.
    4. Nominee: Tracie E. Bunton, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVP,
Principal Research Scientist, Life Sciences Enterprise, DuPont
Pharmaceuticals Company, Safety Assessment, Newark, DE.
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology.
    Education: B.S., D.V.M., Michigan State University, School of
Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI, 1972-1977; Ph.D., Department of
Comparative Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of
California, Davis, CA, 1978-1982; Residency in Nonhuman Primate
Pathology, California Regional Primate Research Center, Davis, CA,
1979-1982.
    Professional experience: Small Animal Practitioner, Easthaven
Animal Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, 1977-1978; Assistant Professor,
Department of Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI,
1982-1984; Assistant Professor, Division of Comparative Medicine,
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD, 1984-1990; Faculty, Graduate Program in Cellular and
Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1994-
1999; Associate Professor, Division of Comparative Medicine, Department
of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,
MD,

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1990-1999; Principal Research Scientist, DuPont Pharmaceutical Company,
Safety Assessment, Newark, DE, July 1999 - present.
    Research: Extensive research in the area of veterinary pathology.
    5. Nominee: John M. Cullen, V.M.D., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVP,
Professor of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of
Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC.
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology.
    Education: A.B. (Biology), University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh,
PA, 1971; V.M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1975; Ph.D., Comparative
Pathology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 1985.
    Professional experience: Resident, Anatomic Pathology, School of
Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 1979-1983;
Senior Resident in Anatomic Pathology, Veterinary Medical Teaching
Hospital, University of California, Davis, CA, 1983-1984; Assistant
Professor of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine,
North Carolina State University, 1984-1989; Toxicology Faculty, North
Carolina State University, 1988-present; Associate Professor of
Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina
State University, 1989-1994; Professor of Veterinary Pathology, College
of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1994-present.
    Research: Research interests in the fields of hepatic pathology,
animal models of viral hepatitis and mycotoxicology.
    6. Nominee: Michael R. Elwell, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVP,
Pathologist, Covance Laboratories Inc., Vienna, VA.
    Expertise: Toxicologic pathology.
    Education: D.V.M., Kansas State University, 1972; Veterinary
Pathology Preceptorship, United States Army Medical Research Institute
of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), 1975-1978; Diplomate, American
College of Veterinary Pathologists, 1978; Ph.D., University of Kansas,
1982.
    Professional experience: Research Investigator, Animal Assessment
Division, USAMRIID, Ft. Detrick, MD, 1972-1975; Pathology Preceptor,
Pathology Branch, USAMRIID, Ft. Detrick, MD, 1975-1978; Chief, Medical
Research Section, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Armed Forces
Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand,
1981-1984; Staff Pathologist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
1984-1985; Staff Pathologist, Toxicologic Pathology, Chemical Pathology
Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC, 1987-1993; Head, Pathology Group,
Environmental Toxicology Program, NIEHS, RTP, NC, 1993-1995; Director,
Virginia Laboratory, Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Herndon, VA,
1995-1998; Principal Pathologist, Pathology Department, Covance
Laboratories, Inc., Vienna, VA, 1998-present. Author/coauthor of more
than 100 manuscripts and book chapters; editorial board for
Environmental Health Perspectives; member Society of Toxicologic
Pathology; member of panels/committees/review groups for Food and Drug
Administration, World Health Organization, National Institutes of
Health, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Protection Agency,
International Agency for Research on Cancer, International Life
Sciences Institute and the Office of the Surgeon General.
    Research: Toxicologic pathology, design, conduct, and evaluation of
toxicity and carcinogenicity studies for safety evaluation/hazard
assessment, animal models of infectious diseases.
    7. Nominee: Fletcher F. Hahn, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVP, Senior
Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM.
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology.
    Education: B.S. (Biological Sciences), Washington State University,
1964; D.V.M. (Veterinary Medicine), Washington State University, 1964;
Ph.D. (Comparative Pathology), University of California, Davis, CA,
1971.
    Professional experience: Veterinary Laboratory Officer, U.S. Army,
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
Washington, DC, 1964-1966; National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral
Fellowship, University of California, Davis, CA, 1966-1970;
Experimental Pathologist, Inhalation Research Institute, Albuquerque,
NM, 1971-1996; Supervisor, Pathology Group, Inhalation Toxicology
Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, 1980-1996; Senior Scientist,
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, 1996-present.
    Research: Health effects on inhaled environmental contaminants,
studied the morphologic changes and pathogenesis of diseases in
laboratory animals resulting from inhaled materials; the focus has been
on pulmonary inflammation, fibrosis, and neoplasis resulting from
inhaled chemical vapors, oxidant gases, metallic particles, fibers, and
radioactive materials; has authored or co-authored over 245
publications in these areas of interest. Study pathologist on studies
that included carcinogenicity bioassays of inhaled materials, and
safety studies of laser diodes for treatment of benign prostatic
hypertrophy, inhaled hormones, and inhaled polyacrylics; research also
in the area of toxicologic pathology.
    8. Nominee: Jack R. Harkema, Professor, Michigan State University.
(biographical information not provided)
    Research: Respiratory pathology; inhalation toxicology; mechanisms
of airway epithelial injury, adaptation and repair after exposure to
air pollutants; toxicologic pathology; image analysis; morphometry;
immunohistochemistry; upper airway toxicology and pathology;
comparative pathology; airway inflammation; scientific and medical
illustration.
    9. Nominee: Wanda Haschek-Hock, Professor and Head, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology.
    Education: B.V.Sc., University of Sydney; Ph.D., Cornell
University; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists;
Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology.
    Research: Mechanisms of respiratory and hepatic toxicity, natural
toxins, mycotoxicoses, food safety, toxicologic pathology. Currently,
the major focus of the laboratory is on fumonisins, a class of
mycotoxins produced by Fusarium moniliforme that infests corn.
    10. Nominee: Paul C. Stromberg, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVP,
Professor of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University Health
Sciences Center.
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology.
    Education: D.V.M., Ph.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio;
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
    Professional experience: Clinical Service: Necropsy, surgical
biopsies; Professional Service: American College of Veterinary
Pathologists Examination Committee, CL Davis Faculty of Discussants
Participant, Member of Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer
Center Pathology Working Groups, Continuing Education in Veterinary
Pathology; Administrative Service: Department Promotion and Tenure
Committee Member, College Research Day Committee Member, Sisson Hall
Planning Committee, College Curriculum Committee Member,

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Faculty Senate (alternate), Council of Education.
    Research: Cancer Detection and Immunotherapy; Gene Therapy,
Toxicologic Pathology, Laboratory Animal Diseases, Dermatopathology.
    11. Nominee: Brian A. Summers, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., M.R.C.V.S.,
Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology, neuropathology.
    Education: B.V.Sc., University of Melbourne, 1969; M.Sc.,
University of London, 1972; Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
1980.
    Professional experience: Visiting Pathologist, Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory,
Weybridge, England, 1972; Graduate Research Assistant, Department of
Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY, 1976-1980; Assistant Professor of Pathology, Department of
Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY, 1980-1986; Visiting Scholar, St. Edmund's College, University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1987-1988; Associate Professor of
Pathology, Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1986-1996; Professor of Pathology,
Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY, 1996-present.
    12. Nominee: Jerrold M. Ward, D.V.M., Ph.D., Chief, Veterinary and
Tumor Pathology Section, Office of Laboratory Animal Resources,
National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD.
    Expertise: Veterinary pathology.
    Education: D.V.M., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1966; Ph.D.,
Comparative Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, 1970.
    Professional experience: Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer
(Veterinary Pathologist), Laboratory of Toxicology, Division of Cancer
Treatment, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of
Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 1974-1977; Veterinary Medical Officer
(Veterinary Pathologist), Tumor Pathology Branch, Carcinogenesis
Testing Program, Division of Cancer Cause and Prevention, NCI, NIH,
Bethesda, MD, 1977-1978; Chief, Tumor Pathology, National Toxicology
Program, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1979-1981; Chief, Tumor Pathology and
Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, NCI,
Frederick, MD, 1981-1992; Chief, Veterinary and Tumor Pathology
Section, Office of Laboratory Animal Science, Office of the Director,
NCI and Office of Animal Resources, Division of Basic Sciences,
National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 1992-present.

B. Nominations in the Field of Toxicology and Oncology

    1. Nominee: Bruce N. Ames, Director, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences Center, Professor of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
    Expertise: Mechanisms of aging. Mitochondrial decay in aging.
Oxidants and antioxidants in DNA damage. Micronutrient deficiencies and
DNA damage. Chronic inflammation and Cancer.
    Education: B.A. (Chemistry), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1950;
Ph.D. (Biochemistry), California Institute of Technology, Pomona, CA,
1953.
    Professional experience: Postdoctoral Fellow (U.S. Public Health
Service), National Institutes of Health, 1953-1954; Biochemist,
National Institutes of Health, 1954-1960; National Science Foundation,
Senior Fellow, F.H.C. Crick Laboratory, Cambridge, England; F. Jacob
Laboratory, Paris, France, 1961; Chief, Section of Microbial Genetics,
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institutes of Health, 1962-
1967; Chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of
California, Berkeley, 1983-1989; Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-present; Director,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center, University
of California, Berkeley, 1979-present.
    Research: Identifying agents that can damage human DNA and the
consequences for aging and cancer; endogenous oxidants and defenses
against them; mutagenesis and carcinogenesis.
    2. Nominee: Marshall W. Anderson, Ph.D., Director and Professor,
Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
    Expertise: Toxicology, carcinogenicity, mathematics.
    Education: B.S. (Chemistry, Math), Emory and Henry College, Emory,
VA, 1961; Ph.D. (Mathematics), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN,
1966.
    Professional experience: Assistant Professor, Department of
Mathematics, University of Tennessee, 1966-1967; Member of Technical
Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1967-1969; Postdoctorate Fellow,
Biomathematics Department, North Carolina State University, 1969-1971;
Senior Staff Fellow, Biometry Branch, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park,
NC, 1971-1974; Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics and
Pharmacology, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1975-1984; Head,
Molecular Toxicology Section, Laboratory of Biochemical Risk Analysis,
DBRA, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1984-1988; Chief, Laboratory
of Molecular Toxicology, DBRA, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC,1989-
1993; Director of Research, Cancer Research Institute, St. Mary's
Hospital, Grand Junction, CO, 1993-1996; Director and Professor,
Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1996-present.
    Research: Role of oncogenes and tumor supressor genes in
tumorigenesis, especially in lung cancer; identification of
susceptibility genes in human and rodent lung tumor development; early
detection of lung cancer; mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis;
examination of synergistic interactions between environmental toxicants
based on biological mechanisms of actions and the impact of these
interactions on risk estimation to human health from exposure to
toxicants; environmental genetics to investigate the impact of genetic
diversity on the response of the individual to toxic environmental
agents.
    3. Nominee: John R. Bucher, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Environmental
Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC.
    Expertise: Design and Interpretation of Chronic Rodent Bioassays,
Identification of Human Health Hazards through the National Toxicology
Program (NTP) Bioassay Program, NTP Toxicity and Carcinogenesis
Technical Reports, NTP Report on Carcinogens.
    Education: B.A. (Biology), Knox College; M.S. (Biochemistry),
University of North Carolina; Ph.D., University of Iowa, NIH
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Center for
Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University.
    Professional experience: Deputy Director, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, National Toxicology Program, 1983 to
present.
    Research: Characterization of the toxic and carcinogenic potential
of substances of interest to NTP, examination of strategies to
characterize the toxicity and carcinogenicity of chemicals using non-
traditional methods, including genetically modified mice.
    4. Nominee: Gary P. Carlson, Ph.D., Professor of Toxicology and
Associate

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School Head, School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN.
    Expertise: Pharmacology, toxicology.
    Education: B.S. (Chemistry), St. Bonaventure University,
Bonaventure, NY, 1965; Ph.D. (Pharmacology), University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, 1969.
    Professional experience: Assistant Professor of Pharmacology,
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rhode Island,
1969-1974; Associate Professor of Pharmacology - Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rhode Island, 1974-1975;
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology
and Toxicology, University of Rhode Island, 1975-1979; Associate
Professor of Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Purdue University, 1975-1980; Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine (Lafayette Center),
1982-present; Professor of Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Purdue University, 1980-1996, Associate
Head, 1983-1992; Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular
Pharmacology, 1996-present; Supervisor of Laboratory Animal Facility,
1994-1996; Professor of Toxicology, School of Health Sciences, Purdue
University, 1995-present; Associate Head 1997-present.
    Research: Toxicology, pharmacology.
    5. Nominee: Isaiah J. Fidler, The University of Texas, M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Cell Biology, Houston, TX.
(biographical information not provided)
    Expertise: Carcinogenicity.
    Research: Cancer metastasis, angiogenesis, macrophage biology,
immunotherapy.
    6. Nominee: Donald M. Fry, Ph.D., Research Physiologist, Department
of Animal Science, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA.
    Expertise: Physiology, toxicology. Technical expert on the effects
of oil spills on birds, with field and laboratory research on
reproduction and histopathology of petroleum exposure; technical expert
for the United States on the DDT and PCB contamination of the Southern
California Bight, Montrose Chemical Company and discharge from LA
County outfalls.
    Education: B.A. (Zoology), University of California, Davis, CA,
1965; Ph.D. (Animal Physiology), University of California, Davis, CA,
1971.
    Professional experience: Twenty-eight years of post-graduate
independent collaborative research, publication and teaching physiology
and toxicology with emphasis on pollution effects to wildlife, effects
of oil spills on birds, and laboratory and population effects of
endocrine disrupting pollutants on birds. Participation in critical
reviews of endocrine research, as a member of the National Academy of
Sciences Panel on hormone active agents and a U.S. representative to
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) panels
on avian toxicology and endocrine modulators. Director, Center for
Avian Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, 1995-1998. Research
Physiologist, Department of Animal Sciences, University of California,
Davis, CA, 1998-present.
    Research: Extensive research in the areas of avian physiology and
toxicology.
    7. Nominee: Michael Gallo, Environmental and Occupational Health
Science Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. (biographical
information not provided)
    8. Nominee: Lois S. Gold, Ph.D., Director, Carcinogenic Potency
Project, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Senior Scientist,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
    Expertise: Toxicology, carcinogenicity.
    Education: A.B., Goucher College, Towson, MD, 1963, University of
Geneva, Switzerland, 1961-1962; Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford,
CA, 1967; Postdoctoral Fellow, System Development Corporation, Santa
Monica, CA, 1967-1968.
    Professional experience: Lecturer, Graduate School of Public Policy
and Department of Political Science, University of California,
Berkeley, 1968-1973; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Commission on the Future
of Higher Education, Berkeley, 1970-1973; Specialist, Department of
Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1978-1980; Senior
Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 1981-
present; Director of Carcinogenic Potency Project, National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Environmental Health Sciences
Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1985-present.
    Research: Environmental Health Sciences Center: Carcinogenic
Potency Database Project; Interspecies Extrapolation and Risk
Assessment in Carcinogenesis; Research in disease prevention;
Testimony, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, ``The
Science of Risk Assessment: Implications for Federal Regulation,'' Ad
hoc panel of expert reviewers, National Toxicology Program; Testimony
to U.S. Senate, Hearing on Environmental Risk Factors for Cancer,
Comments on Proposed Cancer Risk Assessment Guidelines to U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
    9. Nominee: Margaret L. Kripke, Vice President for Academic
Programs, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,
TX. (biographical information not provided)
    Expertise: Ultraviolet light carcinogenesis; ultraviolet-induced
immune suppression.
    10. Nominee: Michael I. Luster, Ph.D., Chief, Toxicology and
Molecular Biology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services,
Morgantown, WV.
    Expertise: Toxicology and molecular biology, Applied and
preventive, multifaceted laboratory-based research into the causes,
mechanisms, prevention and control of adverse health effects due to
workplace exposures; program areas include neuroscience, dermatology,
molecular carcinogenesis, inflammation, molecular biomarkers, and
immunology.
    Education: B.A. (Biology), University of Massachusetts, Amhurst,
MA, 1969; M.S. (Microbiology), Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago,
IL, 1972; Ph.D. (Microbiology/Immunology), Loyola University of
Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1974.
    Professional experience: Staff Fellow, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 1976-
1979; Research Scientist, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 1979-1981; Head,
Immunotoxicology Group, STB, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, National Institutes of Health 1981-1988; Section Head,
Environmental Immunology and Neurobiology, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 1988-
1995; Chief, Toxicology and Molecular Biology Branch, Health Effects
Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, 1995-present.
    Research: Effects of environmental and occupational agents on the
immune system including applied research (development of methods and
mathematical models to minimize uncertain ties in risk assessment) and
basic research (changes in cytokines and chemokine expression as early
indicators of toxicity and their activation by nuclear transcription
factors).

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    11. Nominee: Edgar M. Moran, M.D., Professor of Medicine,
University of California, Irvine; Chair, Cancer Program, Veterans
Administration, Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA.
    Expertise: Pathology, oncology.
    Education: B.S., National College ``St. Sava,'' Bucharest, 1946;
M.D., University of Bucharest School of Medicine, Romania, 1946-1952.
    Professional experience: Chief, Section of Hematology-Oncology,
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, 1978-1992;
Associate Director, UCI Cancer Center, 1988-1990; Professor of
Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA; Chair, Cancer Program,
Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA,
1978-present.
    Research: Environmental pathology; ecological effects on the
structure and function of cells and tissues, with an emphasis on the
environmental effects on carcinogenesis.
    12. Nominee: Stephen M. Roberts, Ph.D., Program Director, Center
for Environmental and Human Toxicology; Professor, Department of
Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of
Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL.
    Expertise: Toxicology.
    Education: B.S. (Pharmacy), College of Pharmacy, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR, 1968-1973; Ph.D., Department of
Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
UT, 1973-1977; Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmaceutics, School
of Pharmacy, National Institutes of Health, State University of New
York at Buffalo, Amherst, NY.
    Professional experience: College of Pharmacy, University of
Cincinnati; College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences; Chairman, Florida Risk-Based Priority Council; Director,
Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL; Professor, Department of Physiological Sciences,
College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL. Teaches graduate
courses in general toxicology, advanced toxicology, risk assessment and
issues in the responsible conduct of research, University of Florida.
Provides advice to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
on issues relative to toxicology and risk assessment.
    Research: Research program funded by the National Institutes of
Health to examine mechanisms of toxicity, primarily involving the liver
and immune system.
    13. Nominee: Michael Smolen, Ph.D., Senior Conservation Scientist,
Wildlife and Contaminants Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC.
    Expertise: Ecology, cytogenetics, population biology, toxicology.
    Education: M.S. (Mammal Ecology), Idaho State University; M.A.
(Museum Sciences), Texas Tech University; Ph.D. (Cytogenetics,
Molecular Genetics, Toxicology), Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Sciences, Texas A&M University.
    Professional experience: Has published 22 peer reviewed papers in
the fields of ecology, population biology, natural history of mammals,
cytogenetics and toxicology. Conducted faunal surveys in North America,
South America, and Africa while working as a curatorial assistant in
the Section of Mammals at Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
Pittsburgh, PA. Currently engaged in a wide range of studies with
collaborators in academia, most of which address the endocrine
disrupting effects of synthetic chemicals on wildlife. Works
collaboratively with outside scientific researchers and oversees
database development and computer support.
    Research: Ecology, population biology, natural history of mammals,
cytogenetics, toxicology, endocrine disrupting effects of synthetic
chemicals on wildlife.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: November 17, 1999.

Steven Galson,
Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy, Office of
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-30784 Filed 11-24-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-F
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