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Nominations to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel: Request for Comments
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[Federal Register: August 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 158)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0620; FRL-8085-7]
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. The
Agency expects to select one new member to serve on the panel as a
result of a vacancy that will occur during the current calendar year.
Public comment on the nominations is invited, as these comments will be
used to assist the Agency in selecting the new chartered Panel member.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 15, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0620, by one of the following methods:
? Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
? Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
? Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0620. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters,
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. 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 OPP Regulatory Public Docket
in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive,
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 telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myrta R. Christian, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8498; fax
number: (202) 564-8382; e-mail address: christian.myrta@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 may,
however, be of interest to persons who are or may be required to
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), FIFRA, and the Food Quality Protection Act of
1996 (FQPA). 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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date, and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
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iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
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 registrations pursuant to section 6(b)(2), as well
as proposed and final forms of regulations 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 SAP 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.
In accordance with the statute, the SAP is composed of a permanent
panel of seven members, selected and appointed by the Deputy
Administrator of EPA from nominees submitted by both the National
Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The Agency
expects to select one new member to serve on the panel as a result of a
vacancy that will occur during the current calendar year. The Agency
requested nominations of experts to be selected from the field of
ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment (including probabilistic
ecological risk assessment). Nominees should be well published and
current in their fields of expertise. The statute further stipulates
that the name, address, and professional affiliation of each nominee be
published in the Federal Register.
III. Charter
A Charter for the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel dated October 25,
2004 was issued in accordance with the requirements of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770 (5 U.S.C. App. I).
A. Qualifications of Members
Members are scientists who have sufficient professional
qualifications, including training and experience, to assess the impact
of pesticides on health and the environment. No persons are ineligible
to serve on the Panel by reason of their membership 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)(1) 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.
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 SAP. 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, in
March 2006, EPA requested the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and
that the National Science Foundation (NSF) nominate scientists to fill
one vacancy occurring on the Panel. The Agency requested nominations of
experts in the field of ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment
including probabilistic ecological risk assessment. NIH and NSF
responded by letter, providing the Agency with a total of 12 nominees.
Seven of the 12 nominees are interested and available to actively
participate in SAP meetings (see IV Nominees). The following five
nominees are not available.
1. Barnthouse, Lawrence, Ph.D., LWB Environmental Services, Inc.,
Oak Ridge, TN.
2. Harrahy, Elisabeth, Ph.D., Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources, Madison, WI.
3. Kelly, Elizabeth, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, NM.
4. Oberdorster, Eva, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
5. Piegorsch, Walter, Ph.D., University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC.
IV. Nominees
The following are the names, addresses, professional affiliations,
and selected biographical data of the seven nominees being considered
for membership on the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel. The Agency expects
to select one of the nominees to fill a vacancy occurring this year.
1. Nominee: Autenrieth, Robin L., Ph.D., P.E., Professor, and
Assistant Department Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A and
M University, College Station, TX.
i. Expertise: Biological sciences and environmental engineering.
ii. Education: B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Maryland;
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University; Ph.D.,
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University.
iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Robin L. Autenrieth is a
Professor in the Division of Environmental and Water Resources of the
Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A and M University. She
also has a joint appointment in the Department of Environmental and
Occupational Health of the Health Science Center's School of Rural
Public Health. Dr. Autenrieth teaches classes in environmental
engineering related to biological processes, human health risk
assessment, and sustainable practices. Her research addresses the fate
of chemicals in the environment, notably biological degradation, and
improving estimates of exposure and human health risk estimates. Dr.
Autenrieth received a B.S. in biological sciences from the University
of Maryland, a M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from
Clarkson University. As a professor for over 20 years, Dr. Autenrieth
integrates her background in biological sciences with engineering. Her
early research focused on biodegradation of xenobiotic and hazardous
chemicals with particular emphasis on hydrocarbons released in nearshore
environments. She was one of the principals in one of the few programs
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allowed to exercise controlled releases of oil to wetlands to study
natural recovery and remediation strategies. Other biodegradation work
with explosives and chemical warfare agents led to collaborations with
colleagues in the former Soviet Union. More recently she has been using
quantitative structural analysis techniques to relate both
biodegradability and toxicity to generate factors that can be used in
predicting the behavior of uncharacterized compounds for their fate in
the environment or potential human health impact upon exposure.
Laboratory studies to evaluate biodegradation kinetics of a range of
chemicals have led to current studies on estrogenic compounds (e.g.
hormones) and antibiotics released from confined animal operations and
their impact on exposed environments. She is serving on a National
Academy of Sciences committee to evaluate secondary wastes from the
destruction of chemical warfare agents and has served on similar
committees in the past. In Civil Engineering she serves as the
Assistant Department Head.
2. Nominee: Chandler, G. Thomas, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman,
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC.
i. Expertise: Ecotoxicology, toxicology, aquatic/marine ecology.
ii. Education: B.Sc., Biology and Marine Biology, University of
North Carolina at Wilmington; M.Sc., Zoology, Louisiana State
University; Ph.D., Zoology (Statistics Minor), Louisiana State University.
iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Chandler received his Ph.D. in
Zoology with a minor in Applied Statistics from Louisiana State
University in 1986, where he studied soft-sediment benthic ecology,
ecotoxicology, and developed novel methods for sediment-based culture
of meiobenthos. He was awarded a Fulbright Post-Doctoral fellowship in
1987 to study with Professor Olav Giere of the University of Hamburg.
Dr. Chandler's research in Germany characterized ecological
interactions among sediment-associated bacteria, foraminifera and
copepods inhabiting estuaries of the North Sea Wattenmeer. From 1991 to
the present, Dr. Chandler has been affiliated with the Arnold School of
Public Health at the University of South Carolina, where he has
published more than 70 articles, and progressed from assistant to full
professor in 7 years. His competitive research support has totaled more
than 30 projects for over $9-million, with primary support from the
EPA, NOAA, and the NSF. Dr. Chandler's present research focus is in
estuarine ecotoxicology with an emphasis on developing rapid screens
for environmental detection of endocrine disruption in crustaceans
using copepod models, and evaluating/modeling population-level risks of
pesticide and ED exposure. He recently authored the ASTM E2317-04
standard method for lifecycle bioassay of sublethal developmental and
reproductive toxicants using a 96-well microplate format. This method
is presently being validated by the OECD for rapid Tier 2 evaluation of
chemicals' endocrine disrupting potentials. He has published
extensively on effects, fate and behavior of pesticides used in coastal
environments of the southeastern US. In collaboration with the NOAA
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research,
Charleston, SC, Dr. Chandler performs extensive research on the
toxicological impacts of urban-use pesticides on sediment-dwelling
fauna exposed to golf-course and sewage effluents in salt-marsh
estuaries. Dr. Chandler is presently professor and chairman of the
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, US delegate to the
Environmental Directorate of the OECD (Paris), and member of the
Bilateral Biomarker Working Group, Office of Science, French Embassy.
3. Nominee: deFur, Peter L., Ph.D., President, Environmental
Stewardship Concepts; and Affiliate Associate Professor, Center for
Environmental Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
i. Expertise: Risk assessment and ecological risk assessment.
ii. Education: B.S. and M.A., Biology, The College of William and
Mary; Ph.D., Biology, University of Calgary.
iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Peter L. deFur is president of
Environmental Stewardship Concepts, an independent private consultant,
and an Affiliate Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the
Center for Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University
where he conducts research on environmental health and ecological risk
assessment. He served a term on the National Research Council Board on
Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) and has served on several
NRC study committees. Dr. deFur has served on federal advisory
committees and works with professional associations.
Dr. deFur received B.S. and M.A. degrees in Biology from the
College of William and Mary in Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Biology (1980)
from the University of Calgary, Alberta. He was a postdoctoral fellow
in neurophysiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of
Calgary. Dr. deFur held faculty positions at George Mason University
and Southeastern Louisiana University before joining the staff of the
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in Washington, DC. At EDF, Dr. deFur
was involved in policy issues that include habitat preservation and
quality, wetlands regulations, water quality analysis and risk assessment.
Dr. deFur has extensive experience in risk assessment and
ecological risk assessment regulations, guidance and policy. He served
on the NAS/NRC Risk Characterization Committee that released its
report, Understanding Risk, in June 1996. Dr. deFur served on numerous
scientific reviews of EPA ecological and human health risk assessments,
including the assessment for the WTI incinerator in Ohio and EPA's
Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines. Dr. deFur has served on three
federal advisory committees for EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening and
Testing Program. Dr. deFur presently serves as technical advisor to
citizen organizations concerning the cleanup of contaminated sites at
Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) sites.
4. Nominee: Harwell, Mark A., Ph.D., Principal, Harwell Gentile and
Associates, LC, Palm Coast, FL.
i. Expertise: Ecological risk assessments and ecosystem management.
ii. Education: B.S., Biology, Emory University; M.S., Marine
Ecology, University of Miami; Ph.D., Systems Ecology, Emory University.
ii. Professional Experience: Dr. Harwell is an ecosystems ecologist
with expertise in ecological risk assessments and ecosystem management.
He (with colleague Dr. Jack Gentile) is currently a Partner in Harwell
Gentile and Associates, LC, following a 25-year career in academia at
Cornell University, the University of Miami Rosenstiel School, and
Florida A and M University. Drs. Harwell and Gentile were leaders in
the development of the EPA ecological risk assessment framework, and
have led several large risk assessments, including comparative
ecological risk assessments of oil spills in Tampa Bay and the Bay of
Fundy; an ecological risk assessment of the effects of climate change
and the South Florida ecosystem restoration on the Everglades and
Biscayne Bay; an ecotoxicological risk assessment of the Coeur d'Alene
River watershed; and an assessment of
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the current ecological significance of effects from the Exxon Valdez
oil spill on Prince William Sound. Dr. Harwell led a series of
interdisciplinary studies on human interactions with the South Florida
environment, including field, mesocosm, and modeling studies in
Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. He
coordinated interdisciplinary studies in five National Estuarine
Research Reserves, developing conceptual models of coupled human-
environment systems, and contributing to ecological assessments using
remote sensing and hyperspectral imagery. Dr. Harwell served for more
than a decade as a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB),
including two terms as Chair of the Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee. He led the ecological risk component of the EPA Unfinished
Business Project, and was a member of the EPA SAB Reducing Risk
project. He chaired the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Human-Dominated
Systems Directorate, and led its project on ecological sustainability,
ecosystem management, and an ecosystem integrity report card framework.
He led the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
5-year international study to assess the global environmental
consequences of nuclear war (ENUWAR), with emphasis on ecological
responses to climate change. He directed the PAN-EARTH Project, a
series of national-level case studies on the ecological and
agricultural effects of climate variability on Venezuela, India, Japan,
China, and Sub-Saharan Africa; he was a member of the U.S. Global
Change Research Program's National Assessment working group on coastal
resources effects; and he serves as an expert reviewer for the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He served on the National
Academy of Sciences panel on ecological risks in the U.S. and Poland,
and was a member of the NAS panel on risk communications. Dr. Harwell
also served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on
Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and was elected a Fellow of AAAS.
5. Nominee: Hooper, Michael, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The Institute
of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
i. Expertise: Environmental toxicology.
ii. Education: B.S., Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State
University; Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of
California at Davis.
iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Michael Hooper is an associate
professor in the Environmental Toxicology Department and a member of
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech
University. He received his B.S. degree in Biochemistry at California
Polytechnic State University in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and
Toxicology at the University of California at Davis in 1988. After a
research faculty position at Western Washington University's Huxley
College, he moved to Clemson University in 1989 where he was a member
of the graduate faculty of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute
of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology. He moved to his current
position at Texas Tech University in 1997. His area of expertise is the
impacts of chemical contaminants on the health of wildlife inhabiting
environments contaminated with pesticides or chemical wastes, with an
emphasis on the use of such data in regulatory or remediation decision
making. His current research investigates the bioaccumulation and
effects of chemicals from mixtures that occur on contaminated sites,
studying animals that inhabit these sites and working to develop assay
methods that allow assessments of vertebrate species risk through food
and water exposure routes. Dr. Hooper was an advisor for the Avian
Effects Dialog Group, served on the EPA's ECOFRAM panel to establish
probabilistic risk assessment guidelines for pesticides, and is
currently a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board panel on Aquatic
Life Criteria. His research program is funded through grants from
NIEHS, EPA, USFWS and USGS.
6. Nominee: Klaine, Stephen J., Ph.D., Professor, Department of
Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Pendleton, SC.
i. Expertise: Aquatic toxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment.
ii. Education: B.S., Biology, University of Cincinnati; M.S.,
Environmental Science, Rice University; Ph.D., Environmental Science,
Rice University.
iii. Professional Experience: Stephen J. Klaine is a Professor in
the Department of Biological Sciences and the Graduate Program of
Environmental Toxicology at Clemson University. His research interest
involves quantifying the impact of land use on aquatic ecosystems and
developing strategies by which economically viable land-use can coexist
with good environmental quality. He received his doctorate from the
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Rice University in
1982 and has spent the last 24 years conducting environmental research
and educating graduate students. He joined the Department of Biology,
University of Memphis, in 1982 where he developed an undergraduate
concentration in toxicology, an extramurally-funded research program in
environmental toxicology, and a graduate program that produced 8 M.S.
and 4 Ph.D. graduates. In 1991, he moved his laboratory to Clemson
University to help found the graduate program in environmental
toxicology. Since then, he has graduated over 25 M.S. and 20 Ph.D.
students from Clemson University. Current research in his laboratory
focuses on characterizing: i. The bioavailablity of metals and
pesticides in aquatic systems; ii. the comparative phytotoxicity of
pesticides; iii. the response of aquatic organisms to episodic
contaminant exposures; iv. the water quality consequences of land use;
v. the effects of pharmaceuticals on fish behavior; vi. the
bioavailability of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aquatic systems;
and vii. the bioavailability of PCBs in aquatic systems and the
movement of PCBs through the aquatic and terrestrial food chain. In
addition, he is principal investigator on several proposals and
projects that focus on integrating natural and social scientists to
solve problems regarding natural resource management. He has served as
principle investigator or co-principle investigator on over $8-million
in research funding. He has previously served on the board of directors
for the Society of Environmental Toxicology and is currently an aquatic
toxicology editor for the journal Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry. In the last decade, he has served on several EPA Science
Advisory Panels and Workshops involving pesticide and metal fate,
effects and risk.
7. Nominee: Schlenk, Daniel, Ph.D., Professor, Department of
Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA.
i. Expertise: Aquatic ecotoxicology.
ii. Education: B.S., Toxicology, Northeast Louisiana University;
Ph.D., Toxicology, Oregon State University.
iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Daniel Schlenk is Professor of
Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Environmental Toxicology at the University of
California Riverside. Dr. Schlenk received his Ph.D. in Toxicology from
Oregon State University in 1989. He was supported by a National
Institute of Environmental Health Science postdoctoral fellowship at
Duke University from 1989-1991. Since 2003, he has been a member of the
Board of Directors for the North American Society of Environmental
Toxicology
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and Chemistry and has been a visiting Scholar in the Department of
Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong; a recipient of the Ray
Lankester Investigatorship of the Marine Biological Association of the
United Kingdom; a visiting Scholar of the Instituto Del Mare, Venice
Italy; and a Visiting Scientist at the CSIRO Lucas Heights Laboratory,
in Sydney Australia. He has served on the EPA Science Advisory Board
for Aquatic Life Criteria Guidelines and on proposal review panels for
the EPA, NOAA, and the National Institutes of Health. He is the co-
editor-in chief of Aquatic Toxicology and serves on the editorial
boards of Toxicological Sciences, Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry, The Asian Journal of Ecotoxicology and Marine Environmental
Research. He has co-edited a 2 volume series entitled ``Target Organ
Toxicity in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts'' and has published more
than 115 peer reviewed journal articles. His research interests revolve
around the fate and effects of pesticides in aquatic organisms. In
particular, his laboratory has focused on the impacts of hypersaline
water on the biotransformation and enantioselective toxicity of
endocrine-modulating pesticides to aquatic organisms.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: August 8, 2006.
Elizabeth Resek,
Acting Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy
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