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Endocrine Disrupters Screening and Testing Advisory
Committee (EDSTAC)
Seventh Plenary
February 3-4, 1998
The Madison Hotel, Washington, DC
Agenda
Tuesday, February 3, 1998
8:30 a.m. -- Coffee Available
9:00 a.m. -- Welcome, Overview of the Status of the EDSTAC Process and Content of the Draft Report, and Agenda Review
9:20 a.m. -- Discuss: a) EPA's Proposed Definition of "Endocrine Disruptor" and Resolution of Options contained in Chapter 3, Conceptual Framework; and b) Proposed Modifications From the PSWG to the Flow Chart Related to the Conceptual Framework (Currently Figure 1 in Chapter 4 of the Draft Final Report).
10:30 a.m. -- Break
10:45 a.m. -- Report from the Low Dose Workshop Rapporteurs - Focused on Outcomes of the Workshop and Implications for the EDSTAC's Final Report
11:15 a.m. -- Opportunity for Questions and Answers
11:30 a.m. -- Introduction to Chapter 4, Priority Setting
11:45 a.m. -- Initiate Discussion of Key Issues in Chapter 4, Possibly Including:
- Flow Chart Modifications
- High Throughput Pre-Screening
- Polymer Exclusions
- Mixtures
- Naturally Occurring Non-steroidal Estrogens
- Nominations Process
- Use of the Endocrine Disruptor Priority Setting Database (EDPSD)
- Proposed Approaches to Setting Priorities for T1S and T2T
12:30 p.m. -- Lunch
1:30 p.m. -- Continue with Discussion of Key Issues in Chapter 4
3:30 p.m. -- Break
3:45 p.m. -- Introduction to Chapter 5, Screening and Testing
4:00 p.m. -- Initiate Discussion of Key Issues in Chapter 5, Possibly Including:
- Assays Included in T1S
- Weight-of-Evidence
- Skipping T1S
- Flexibility in T2T
- Dose Considerations
- Categorization of Assays and Tests
5:30 p.m. -- Adjourn for Dinner
7:00 p.m. -- Continue with Discussion of Key Issues in Chapter 5
8:45 p.m. -- Summarize First Day's Discussions, Review Agenda for Second Day
9:00 p.m. -- Adjourn for the Evening
Wednesday, February 4, 1998
8:00 a.m. -- Coffee Available
8:30 a.m. -- Revisit Unresolved Issues from Chapter 4, Priority Setting
9:15 a.m. -- Revisit Unresolved Issues from Chapter 5, Screening and Testing
10:00 a.m. -- Break
10:15 a.m. -- Introduction to Chapter 6, Communications and Outreach
10:30 a.m. -- Discussion of Key Issues Related to Chapter 6
11:15 p.m. -- Lunch
1:15 p.m. -- Introduction and Discussion of Key Issues Related to Chapter 7, Implementation
2:15 p.m. -- Introduction and Discussion of Key Issues Related to:
- Chapter 1, Introduction
- Chapter 2, Background
3:00 p.m. -- Revisit Unresolved Issues Related to Chapter 3
3:00 p.m. -- Summary of the Outcome of the Seventh Plenary and Clarification of the Next Steps in the EDSTAC Process
4:00 p.m. -- Adjourn