Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 15.12.1999

Proposed Test Guidelines; Notice of Availability and Request for Comments

EPA has established a unified library for test guidelines issued by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) for use in testing chemical substances to develop data for submission to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). These test guidelines represent an Agency effort that began in 1991 to harmonize the test guidelines within OPPTS, as well as to harmonize the OPPTS test guidelines with those of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The process for developing and amending these test guidelines includes public participation and the extensive involvement of the scientific community, including peer review by the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) and the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and other expert scientific organizations. With this notice, EPA is announcing the availability of the proposed tests for the Series 810- Product Performance Testing Guidelines titled ``OPPTS 810.3700 Insect Repellents For Human Skin and Outdoor Premises'' and a Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice titled ``Insect Repellants: L