During the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee's (PPDC) semiannual meeting on October 7-8, 2008, Bill Jordan, Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), provided a status update for the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). Jordan noted that the draft list of chemicals for the initial round of Tier 1 screening was proposed on June 18, 2007, and the public comment period ended on February 11, 2008. According to his presentation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the draft final list to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. In response to a question raised during the meeting, Jordan clarified that the list was compiled based on exposure-related criteria; no literature search for possible endocrine effects was completed, for example, to prioritize testing.

According to the presentation, EPA plans to issue test orders for the final list of chemicals in 2009 under the authority of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Section 3(c)(2)(B) and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) Section 408(p)(5). Jordan stated that EPA expects to manage the test orders like data call-ins and in particular to encourage the formation of consortia to respond to the orders. According to the presentation, the draft policies and procedures concerning the test orders, which were published on December 13, 2007, have been revised and submitted to OMB for review.

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• Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
• Semiannual Meeting