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2,
2004
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Final
Minutes
Registration
Review
Workgroup
Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee
January
6,
2004
Teleconference
Participants
EPA:
Jay
Ellenberger,
Susan
Lewis,
Richard
Dumas,
Philip
Ross,
Tony
Kish,
TJ
Wyatt,
Elisa
Rim,
Vivian
Prunier
PPDC
Workgroup:
Cindy
Baker,
Carolyn
Brickey,
Patti
Bright,
Wally
Ewart,
Steve
Kellner,
Therese
Murtagh,
Peg
Perreault,
Janine
Rynczak,
Steve
Rutz,
Julie
Spagnoli,
Roberta
Spitko,
Warren
Stickle,
Ray
McAllister,
George
Wichterman
Public
attendees:
Lucy
Ament,
Pesticide
and
Toxic
Chemicals
News;
Tann
Shafer,
Monsanto,
John
Wargan,
Health
Canada;
(?)
Debora
Eisen,
American
Pet
Products
Association;
Steve
Ratten,
Monsanto;
Kelly
Moran,
California
Water
Pollution
Control
Board
Introduction
and
Background.
Jay
Ellenberger
announced
that
Susan
Lewis
of
SRRD
has
replaced
Betty
Shackleford
as
Co­
Chair
of
the
workgroup.
Jay
summarized
the
workgroup's
achievements,
as
presented
at
the
October
2003
PPDC
meeting.

Mission
of
the
PPDC
Registration
Review
Workgroup.
The
workgroup
will
continue
to
develop
recommendations
and
advice
for
the
PPDC
to
offer
to
the
Agency
regarding
the
design
of
the
registration
review
program.
The
workgroup's
goal
is
to
develop
advice
and
recommendations
on
4
or
five
issues
to
present
at
the
next
PPDC
meeting
(
to
be
held
in
spring
of
2004).
EPA
will
consider
the
PPDC's
views
when
developing
proposed
procedural
regulations
for
the
registration
review
program.
EPA's
goal
is
to
issue
final
regulations
and
have
the
registration
review
program
in
place
by
the
summer
of
2006.

Schedule
for
Workgroup
Meetings
and
Teleconferences.
The
Workgroup
tentatively
agreed
to
have
a
face
to
face
meeting
at
the
end
of
January.
EPA
will
poll
members
by
e­
mail
regarding
their
availability
for
a
meeting
in
late
January.
A
schedule
for
subsequent
meetings
and
teleconferences
will
be
discussed
at
that
meeting.

Issues
for
Workgroup
Consideration.
Jay
Ellenberger
suggested
4
issues
for
the
workgroup
to
consider
and
workgroup
members
added
a
fifth
issue,
as
follows:

1)
What
action
initiates
a
pesticide's
registration
review?
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2)
The
Agency
wants
to
receive
information
relating
to
the
risk
of
a
pesticide
(
e.
g.,
use
information,
exposure
data,
studies
on
environmental
or
health
effects)
before
it
begins
a
pesticide's
registration
review.
What
concerns
do
registrants
and
other
stakeholders
have
regarding
the
provision
of
such
information
and
how
can
these
concerns
be
accommodated?

3)
How
to
develop
cost
estimates
for
the
registration
review
program?

4)
What
are
the
potential
benefits
of
the
registration
review
program?

5)
What
is
a
registration
review
decision?

Jay
Ellenberger
and
Susan
Lewis
agreed
to
provide
workgroup
members
with
a
short
paragraph
on
each
of
these
issues
to
clarify
what
we
believe
the
issue
is
and
what
it
might
expect
from
the
workgroup.

The
workgroup
agreed
that
these
issues
could
be
discussed
by
subgroups
who
would
then
present
their
findings
to
the
entire
workgroup.
Workgroup
members
agreed
to
notify
Jay
and
Susan
regarding
the
issues
they
wish
to
work
on.
