FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Historical Meetings
The table below contains a list of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meetings from 1996 to 2011. EPA establishes dockets when rulemaking or non-rulemaking actions are announced. Dockets may contain Federal Register documents, a variety of supporting documentation, and public comments. The table below presents links to meeting materials stored in electronic dockets established after May 22, 2002. Meeting materials for meetings prior to May 22, 2002 are available in the EPA Web Archive.
Available meeting materials include the agenda for the meeting, a list of the panel members with biographical information, meeting minutes transcribed from the proceedings, and supplemental materials where applicable.
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Meetings Table
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| Year | Date | Topic | Meeting Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | February 15-18 | Chlorpyrifos Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) Modeling linked to the Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System (CARES) | EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0588 |
| 2011 | May 24-26 | Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment strategies (IATA): Use of New Computational and Molecular Tools | EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0284 |
| 2011 | July 26-28 | Re-Evaluation of Human Health Effects of Atrazine: Review of Non-Cancer Effects, Drinking Water Monitoring Frequency, and Cancer Epidemiology | EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0399 |
| 2011 | October 25-26 | Two-dimensional Exposure Rainfall-Runoff Assessment (TERRA) Watershed Model and its Use in the FIFRA Ecological Risk Assessment for Antimicrobial Uses of Copper | EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0582 |
| 2011 | November 29-December 1 | FIFRA Section 6(b) Notice of Intent to Cancel Twenty Homeowner Rodenticide Bait Products | EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0718 |
| 2010 | February 2-4 | Incorporation of Epidemiology and Human Incident Data into Human Risk Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0851 |
| 2010 | April 26-29 | Re- Evaluation of Human Health Effects of Atrazine: Review of Experimental Animal and In Vitro Studies and Drinking Water Monitoring Frequency. | EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0125 |
| 2010 | July 20-22 | SHEDs-Multimedia version 4, Peer consult on PBPK Modeling, and a SHEDS-PBPK Permethrin study | EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0383 |
| 2010 | July 23 | Comparative Adult and Juvenile Sensitivity Toxicity Protocols for Pyrethroids | EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0378 |
| 2010 | September 14 - 17 | Non-Cancer Effects of Atrazine | EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0481 |
| 2010 | December 7 | Consultation on the Use of Pesticides and Climate Change | EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0761 |
| 2010 | December 8 - 9 | Efficacy of PIP Seed Blends and IRM Modeling for PIP Product | EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0772 |
| 2009 | February 23 - 25 | Evaluation of the Resistance Risks from Using a Seed Mix Refuge with Pioneer's Optimum AcreMax1 Corn Rootworm-Protected Corn | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0836 |
| 2009 | February 25 - 26 | Scientific Issues Associated with Data Required to Register Plant-Incorporated Protectants (February 25, 2009, 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm; February 26, 2009, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm) | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0835 |
| 2009 | March 31 - April 1 | Scientific Issues Associated with Designating a Prion as a "Pest'' | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0859 |
| 2009 | May 12 - 15 | The Ecological Significance of Atrazine Effects on Primary Producers in Surface Water Streams in the Corn and Sorghum Growing Region of the United States | EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0104 |
| 2009 | June 16 - 19 | Evaluation of the Common Mechanism of Action of Pyrethroid Pesticides | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0489 |
| 2009 | August 25 - 27 | The Use of Structure Activity Relationships of Estrogen Binding Affinity to Support Prioritization of Pesticide Inert Ingredients and Antimicrobial Pesticides for Screening and Testing | EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0322 |
| 2009 | October 6 - 9 | Evaluation of Updated Standard Operating Procedures for Residential Exposure Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0516 |
| 2009 | November 3 | Presentation of the Approach to Reevaluate Atrazine | EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0759 |
| 2009 | November 3 - 6 | Assessment of Hazard and Exposure Associated with Nanosilver and other Nanometal Pesticide Products: A Consultation | EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0683 |
| 2009 | December 1 - 4 | Scientific Issues Associated with Field Volatilization of Conventional Pesticides | EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0687 |
| 2008 | December 2 - 5 | Scientific Issues Associated with Worker Reentry Exposure Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0673 |
| 2008 | October 28 - 31 | Selected Issues Associated with the Risk Assessment Process for Pesticides with Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Characteristics | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0550 |
| 2008 | September 16 - 19 | The Agency's Evaluation of the Toxicity Profile of Chlorpyrifos | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0274 |
| 2008 | September 9 - 12 | An Evaluation of the Common Mechanisms of Action of Pyrethroid Pesticides - This meeting was cancelled | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0489 |
| 2008 | March 25 - 28 | Review the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) Proposed Tier-1 Screening Battery | EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0012 |
| 2008 | February 5 - 8 | Scientific Issues Associated with the Agency's Proposed Action Under FIFRA 6 (b) Notice of Intent to Cancel Carbofuran | EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1088 |
| 2007 | December 4 - 7 | Interpretation of the Ecological Significance of Atrazine Stream-Water Concentrations Using a Statistically-Designed Monitoring Program | EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0934 |
| 2007 | October 9 - 12 | The Potential for Atrazine to Affect Amphibian Gonadal Development | EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0498 |
| 2007 | August 16 - 17 | Assessing Approaches for the Development of PBPK Models of Pyrethroid Pesticides | EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0388 |
| 2007 | August 14 - 15 | Review of EPA/ORD/NERL's SHEDS-Multimedia Model, aggregate version 3 | EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0388 |
| 2007 | July 17 - 19 | Guidance on Test Methods for Demonstrating the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Products for Inactivating Bacillus anthracis Spores on Environmental Surfaces | EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0186 |
| 2007 | February 27 - 28 | Status of the In Utero Through Lactational Assay in the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) | EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0987 |
| 2007 | January 9 - 12 | Worker Exposure Assessment Methods | EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0856 |
| 2006 | November 15 - 17 | Studies Evaluating the Impact of Surface Coatings on the Level of Dislodgeable Arsenic, Chromium and Copper from Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)-Treated Wood | EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0693 |
| 2006 | October 24 - 26 | Evaluation of the Resistance Risks from Using 100% Bollgard and Bollgard II Cotton as Part of a Pink Bollworm Eradication Program in the State of Arizona | EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0657 |
| 2006 | June 13 - 15 | Analysis of a Natural Refuge of Non-Cotton Hosts for Monsanto's Bollgard II Cotton | EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0217 |
| 2006 | April 4 - 6 | Review of Worker Exposure Assessment Methods | EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0471 |
| 2006 | March 14 - 15 | Event MIR604 Modified Cry3A Protein Bt Corn--Plant Incorporated Protectant | EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0035 |
| 2006 | February 14 - 16 | Review of Worker Exposure Assessment Methods | EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0471 |
| 2005 | December 6 - 7 | Plant-Incorporated Protectants Based on Virus Coat Protein Genes: Science Issues Associated with Review of Proposed Rule | EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0249 |
| 2005 | August 23 - 26 | Preliminary N-Methyl Carbamate Cumulative Risk Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0172 |
| 2005 | June 14 - 15 | Carbamate Dietary Exposure Assessment Incorporating Cholinesterase Recovery into CARES-Compatible Modules | EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0102 |
| 2005 | May 5 - 6 | Comparison of the Results from 12- or 24-Month Dog Studies on Pesticides with Dog Studies of Shorter Duration | EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0045 |
| 2005 | May 3 - 4 | TSCA Inventory Nomenclature for Enzymes and Proteins | EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0060 |
| 2005 | March 1 - 2 | Scientific Issues Associated With the Human Health Assessment of The Cry34Ab1 Protein | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0395 |
| 2005 | February 22 - 23 | FIFRA SAP Participation in the Science Advisory Board (SAB) Review of the Preliminary Risk Assessment of Perfluorooctanoic Acid | This meeting was cancelled. |
| 2005 | February 15 - 18 | N-methyl Carbamate Cumulative Risk Assessment: Pilot Cumulative Analysis | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0405 |
| 2004 | December 3 | The N-methyl Carbamate Cumulative Risk Assessment: Strategies and Ethodologies for Exposure Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0349 |
| 2004 | December 2 | Use of Pharmacokinetic Data to Refine Carbaryl Risk Estimates from Oral and Dermal Exposure | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0343 |
| 2004 | November 30 - December 1 | Dimethoate: Issues Related to the Hazard and Dose Response Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0320 |
| 2004 | October 13 - 15 | Issues Associated with Deployment of a Type of Plant-Incorporated Protectant (PIP), Specifically Those Based on Plant Viral Coat Proteins (PVCP-PIPs) | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0287 |
| 2004 | September 9-10 | Fumigant Bystander Exposure Model Review: SOil Fumigant Exposure Assessment System (SOFEA) Using Telone as a Case Study | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0242 |
| 2004 | August 26 - 27 | Fumigant Bystander Exposure Model Review: The Fumigant Exposure Modeling System (FEMS) Using Metam Sodium as a Case Study | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0241 |
| 2004 | August 24 - 25 | Fumigant Bystander Exposure Model Review: Probabilistic Exposure and Risk model for FUMigants (PERFUM) Using Iodomethane as a Case Study | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0240 |
| 2004 | July 29 - 30 | Dimethoate: Issues Related to the Hazard and Dose Response Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0173 |
| 2004 | June 8 - 10 | Product Characterization, Human Health Risk, Ecological Risk, and Insect Resistance Management for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cotton Products | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0146 |
| 2004 | May 4 - 6 | Consultation On Dermal Sensitization Issues for Exposures to Pesticides | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0099 |
| 2004 | April 29 - 30 | A Model Comparison: Dietary and Aggregate Exposure in Calendex, CARES, and Lifeline | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0071 |
| 2004 | March 30 - April 2 | Refined (Level II) Terrestrial and Aquatic Models for Probabilistic and Ecological Assessment of Pesticides | EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0005 |
| 2003 | December 11 - 12 | Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modeling: Preliminary Evaluation and Case Study for the N-Methyl Carbamate Pesticides: A Consultation | EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0332 |
| 2003 | December 9 - 10 | Proposed OPPTS Science Policy: PPAR-alpha Mediated Hepatocarcinogenesis in Rodents and Relevance to Human Health Risk Assessments | EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0338 |
| 2003 | December 3 - 5 | Probabilistic Exposure and Risk Assessment for Children who Contact CCA-Treated Wood on Playsets and Decks and CCA-Containing Soil Around These Structures | EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0316 |
| 2003 | October 28 - 29 | Ensuring Data Quality For In Vitro Tests Used As Alternatives To Animal Studies For Regulatory Purposes: A Consultation | EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0302 |
| 2003 | July 17 | Characterization of Epidemiology Data Relating to Prostate Cancer and Exposure to Atrazine | EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0186 |
| 2003 | July 16 | Ensuring Data Quality for In Vitro Tests Used as Alternatives to Animal Studies for Regulatory Purposes | EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0192 |
| 2003 | June 17 - 20 | Potential Developmental Effects of Atrazine on Amphibians | EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0024 |
| 2002 | December 3 - 5 | Face-to- Face Meeting: Studies on Water Disinfection and Softening as Related to FQPA Drinking Water Exposure Assessments: A Consultation | EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0265 |
| 2002 | October 1 | Projecting Domestic Percent Crop Treated with Pesticides for Dietary Risk Assessment | EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0228 |
| 2002 | August 30 | Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation Model (SHEDS): System Operation Review of a Scenario Specific Model (Sheds-Wood) to Estimate Children's Exposure and Dose to Wood Preservatives from Treated Playsets and Residential Decks Using EPA/ORD's SHEDS Probabilistic Model | EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0147 |
| 2002 | August 27 - 29 | Corn Rootworm Plant-Incorporated Protectant Insect Resistance Management and Non-Target Insect Issues | EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0157 |
| 2002 | July 30 - 31 | Review of EPA's Draft Termite Bait Product Performance Testing Guideline | EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0125 |
| 2002 | June 26 - 27 | Determination of the Appropriate FQPA Safety Factor(s) in the Organophosphorus Pesticide Cumulative Risk Assessment: Susceptibility and Sensitivity to the Common Mechanism, Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition | EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0083 |
| 2002 | April 30 - May 1 | Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System (CARES) Model Review | EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0004 |
| 2002 | February 5 - 8 | Organophosphate Pesticides: Preliminary OP Cumulative Risk Assessment | OPP 00756 |
| 2001 | December 12 | Applicability of the Up and Down Procedure Methodology for Acute Oral Toxicity Testing | OPP 00740 |
| 2001 | December 11 | Scientific Applicability for Use of an Alternative Test Guideline for Dermal Sensitivity | OPP 00740 |
| 2001 | October 23 - 25 | CCA Treated Wood | OPP 00743 |
| 2001 | September 7 | Common Mechanism of Action of Thiocarbamates and Dithiocarbamates | OPP 00733 |
| 2001 | September 5 - 6 | Preliminary Cumulative Hazard and Dose-Response Assessment for Organophosphorus Pesticides: "Determination of Relative Potency and Points of Departure for Cholinesterase Inhibition." | OPP 00733 |
| 2001 | July 17 - 18 | Assessment of Additional Scientific Information Concerning StarLink® Corn | OPP 00724 |
| 2001 | June 27 - 29 | Review of Non-target Plant Toxicity under NAFTA | OPP 00717 |
| 2001 | March 28 | HRI LifeLineT, Systems Operation Review | OPP 00724 |
| 2001 | March 13 - 16 | A Case Study: Advancing Ecological Risk Assessment Methods in the EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs | OPP 00702 |
| 2000 | December 7 - 8 | Case Study of the Cumulative Risk of 24 Organophosphate Pesticides; Cumulative Risk Assessment Method for Dietary (Food) Exposure; Cumulative Risk Assessment for Residential Exposure; Cumulative Risk Assessment for Drinking Water; Integrated Cumulative Risk Assessment | OPP 00687 |
| 2000 | November 28 | Assessment of Scientific Information Concerning StarLink® Corn | OPP 00688 |
| 2000 | October 18 - 20 | Issues pertaining to the Bt plant pesticides Risk and Benefit Assessments | OPP 00678 |
| 2000 | September 26 - 29 | Test Guidelines for Chronic Inhalation Toxicity and Carcinogenicity of Fibrous Particles; Cumulative Hazard Assessment of Organophosphorus Pesticides; Components and Methodologies of the Calendex(TM), Lifeline(TM), and REx Models as Tools for Dietary and Residential Pesticide Exposure and Risk Assessments; and Assessment of Pesticide Concentrations in Drinking Water and Water Treatment Effects on Pesticide Removal and Transformation | OPP 00677 |
| 2000 | August 17 - 18 | Assessment of Human Carcinogenic Potential of Malathion | OPP 00670 |
| 2000 | June 27 - 29 | Issues Pertaining to Atrazine Cancer Risk Assessment | OPP 00637 |
| 2000 | June 6 - 9 | Consultation: National Drinking Water Survey Design for Assessing Chronic Exposure; Mammalian Toxicity Assessment Guidelines for Protein Plant Pesticides | OPP 00644 |
| 2000 | April 5 - 7 | Implementing Probabilistic Ecological Assessments: A Consultation Insect Repellent Product Performance Testing Guideline Evaluation | OPP 00647 |
| 2000 | February 29 - March 3 | Food Allergenicity of Cry9C Endotoxin and Other Non-digestible Proteins; Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model (DEEM) and MaxLIP (Maximum Likelihood Imputation Procedure); Pesticide Residue Decompositing Procedures and Softwares; Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model (DEEM) Consultation on Development and Use of Distributions of Pesticide Concentrations In Drinking Water for FQPA Assessments | OPP 00641 |
| 1999 | December 8 - 9 | Characterization and Non-Target Organism Requirement for Protein Plant Pesticide and Cumulative Risk Assessment Methodology Issues of Pesticide Substances that have a Common Mechanism of Toxicity | OPP 00630 |
| 1999 | November 30 | Testing on Human Subjects | OPP 22146 |
| 1999 | September 21 - 24 | Issues Related to Standard Operating Procedures for Residential Exposure Assessment, LifeLineTM Project, Carbamate Pesticide, Issues Pertaining to Hazard and Dose Response Assessment and Review of American Cynamid Company's Probabilistic Assessment for Chlorfenapyr | OPP 00620 |
| 1999 | July 20 - 23 | Burholderia cepacia: Risk Assessment of a Biopesticide with Affinities to a Human Opportunistic Pathogen; A Consultation on Protocol Design to Assess Acute Neurotoxicity Studies following Oral Administration of Pesticides; Higher Tier Ecological Risk Assessment for Chlorfunapyr; Spray Drift - Review of Proposed Pesticide Deposition Curves to Adjacent Areas | OPP 00612 |
| 1999 | May 25 - 27 | Office of Pesticide Programs Policy for the Use of the FQPA 10x Safety Factor; Statistical Methods for Use of Composite Data in Acute Dietary Exposure Assessment; Use of Watershed-derived Percent Crop Areas as Refinement Tool in FQPA Drinking Water Exposure Assessments for Tolerance Reassessment | OPP 00598 |
| 1999 | March 30 - April 1 | Joint SAP/SAB Meeting Concerning the EPA's Position on the Testing of Endocrine Disruptors | OPP 34299 |
| 1999 | February 23 - 24 | Sediment Toxicity and Fate of Synthetic Pyrethroids, Time Sensitive Reversibility of Aldicarb Induced Chlonisterase Inhibition as a Factor in Acute Dietary Risk Assessment; and Consultation on Development of Draft Aggregate Exposure Assessment Guidance Document for Combining Exposure from Multiple Sources and Routes | OPP 00581 |
| 1998 | December 10 - 11 | Joint Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Human Testing Ethics | OPP 22145 |
| 1998 | December 8 - 9 | Methodology for Conducting Comparative Ecological Risk Assessments; A Retrospective Analysis of Developmental Neurotoxicity Studies; FQPA 10x Safety Factor Update; EPA 10x Task Force Report | OPP 00562 |
| 1998 | October 14 - 15 | Review of Guidance for Small-scale Prospective Groundwater Monitoring Studies; and Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals | OPP 00553 |
| 1998 | July 29 - 30 | Proposed Methods for Basin-scale Estimation of Pesticide Concentrations in Flowing Water and Reservoirs for Tolerance Reassessment; Linear Low Dose Extrapolation for Cancer Risk Decisions; DDVP Risk Issues; FQPA 10 Safety Factor Status Report; and Chlorothalonil: Mechanism for the Formation of Renal and Forestomach Tumors | OPP 00540 |
| 1998 | May 5 - 6 | Draft of EDSTAC Final Report | OPP 00534 |
| 1998 | March 24 - 25 | Common Mechanism of Action of Organophosphates, Policy for Review of Monte Carlo Analysis for Dietary and Residential Exposure Scenarios, Suggested Probablistic Risk Assessment Methodology for Evaluating Pesticides that exhibit a Common Mechanism of Action, Use of FQPA 10x Safety Factor to Address Special Sensitivity of Infants and Children to Pesticides, and Post Application Exposure Guidelines | OPP 00523 |
| 1998 | February | Final Report of the Subpanel on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant-Pesticides and Resistance Management | Meeting Materials |
| 1997 | December 10 - 11 | Estimating Drinking Water Exposure as a Component of the Dietary Risk Assessment; Spray Drift Program | OPP 00512 |
| 1997 | September 9 - 10 | FQPA Status Report; Criteria for Requiring In-utero Cancer Studies; Exposure Assessment Methodologies for Residential Scenarios; Progress Report on Developing Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methodologies for Aquatic and Terrestrial Risk; Efficacy Testing Issues Concerning Public Health Antimicrobial Pesticides | OPP 00490 |
| 1997 | June 3 - 4 | Anticipated Residues Methodology; Import Tolerance Guidelines; Antimicrobial Issues; Cholinesterase Policy Issues; DEET Risk Assessment (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) | OPP 00480 |
| 1997 | March 19 - 20 | Toxicology Endpoint Selection Process; Inhalation Risk Assessments and the Combining of Margin of Exposures; Aggregate Exposure Methodology Issues; Common Mechanism of Action; Visual System Toxicity Testing of Organophosphates | OPP 00466 |
| 1996 | October 29 - 30 | 10 Fold Safety Factor and In-utero Exposure to Carcinogens | OPP 00449 |